British 十代の少年少女 `really happy´ after scooping almost £1m at Fortnite World Cup
A British 十代の少年少女 who won almost £1 million at a gaming tournament said he is happy to have shown his mother that he was not just wasting time in his bedroom.
Jaden Ashman, from Essex, will 分裂（する） 2.25 million US dollars (£1.8 million) with his Dutch partner after the pair （機の）カム second in the 二人組s sections at the first Fortnite World Cup.
The 15-year-old competed under the 指名する Wolfiez at the three-day event held inside the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium in New York, which also hosts the final of the US Open.
More than 100 finalists were 始める，決める to 参加する the event’s さまざまな 競争s, having been whittled 負かす／撃墜する from around 40 million who 試みる／企てるd to qualify for the tournament and compete for the 3 million US dollar (£2.4 million) 最高の，を越す prize.
More than 30 countries were 推定する／予想するd to be 代表するd at the 決勝戦, which featured a 二人組 競争 for pairs and a “creative” tournament where teams of four 目的（とする） to 完全にする different in-game 裁判，公判s.
The online 戦う／戦い 王室の game has become a popular culture sensation since its 開始する，打ち上げる two years ago ? more than 250 million people have played the game, and its in-game celebratory dance moves have been re-created by some of the world’s biggest sports 星／主役にするs.
Jaden told the BBC: “Me and my mum, we 衝突／不一致 やめる a lot. Like, she didn’t understand how it worked, so she thought that I was spending eight hours a day in my room just wasting my time.
“So now that I’ve 証明するd to her that I can do stuff, I’m really happy.”
The scene inside the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium in New York where the first-ever Fortnite World Cup is taking place (Epic Games/PA)
His mother, Lisa Dallman, told the BBC: “If I’m honest with you I’ve been やめる against him gaming. I’ve been more 押し進めるing him to his schoolwork.
“I’ve 現実に thrown an XBox out, snapped a headset, we’ve had a nightmare.
“And then 主要な up to the games, getting his ビザ, we had problems with that so we had a week of a nightmare.
“Then the dog ate his birth 証明書, so ? and this is not a joke ? this 現実に really did happen.
“And then my work messed up my 給料, so three things went wrong before we started 長，率いるing here so I knew we were on an even keel and everything was going to go 権利.”
Asked about the prize money, Ms Dallman said: “I think Jaden’s not really a materialistic person. He will have a lifetime 供給（する） of Uber Eats, and I think that will do him, to be fair.
“Just sitting there playing ビデオ games and eating takeaways, Jaden would be in his element.”
Fortnite has come under 増加するd scrutiny in 最近の times with critics 尋問 its 衝撃 on its predominately younger 使用者 base.
MPs are 現在／一般に 主要な an 調査 into 中毒の 科学（工学）技術s, 含むing looking at ビデオ games and in particular their use of 略奪する boxes ? paid-for packs of in-game items which are 利用できる in Fortnite ? which some 恐れる could be used as a gateway to 賭事ing for children.
