▲ Fortnite pro gamers Benji David Fish and Ann Fish


A British mother in her 50s who became a pro gamer herself after being the manager of a pro gamer son is becoming a hot topic.



On the 9th local time, foreign media such as the BBC introduced the story of a woman who signed a contract with an e-sports team at the age of 58.



Anne Fish, known as the mother of 'Fortnite' pro gamer Benji Fish, recently signed a contract with 'Galaxy Racers', an e-sports team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and became a professional gamer on a salary.



Fish said in an interview with the local media on the 9th, "It's a strange thing just for me to stream Fortnite or online game broadcasts, but I never imagined that I would become a pro gamer. It's really amazing."



Fish is a streamer who currently has 430,000 subscribers on Twitch, an online game streaming platform.

I have about 160,000 YouTube subscribers.



He is known to have achieved all of this by making a splash in the game just seven months after starting Fortnite.



▲ Ann Fish in the middle of a game streaming broadcast


Dubai Galaxy Racer CEO Paul Roy said, "Ann has proven her skills in recent tournaments.



Fish is raising two sons by herself. His husband died of esophageal cancer when his son Benji was eight months old.



It was only because of his youngest son, Benji, that he got interested in the game.



Born with congenitally uncomfortable legs, Benji started playing games with his older brother as a child.



Benji, who showed an extraordinary talent for games, signed a contract with an e-sports team at the age of 14 and started walking the path of a pro gamer, and Mr. Fish is said to have supported his son who became a pro gamer by homeschooling him both physically and mentally. I lost.



Thanks to this, Benji has become one of the top 10 players in the world among Fortnite pro gamers, and has become a 'star pro gamer' with more than 10 million YouTube subscribers.



"I started playing the game to better understand what my son is doing," Fish said.



He continued, "I never imagined that I would become a pro gamer," he said.



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