On January 16, the Twitch streamer Rani “Stable Ronaldo” showed his community his latest acquisition: a Porsche 911 992 GT3 for nearly €200,000. He earned the money primarily with Fortnite . He says he treated himself to a gift. After a hard year, he managed to fight his way out of a depression.
Who is he?
- The 21-year-old American is not among the top earners in Fortnite esports: he earned about $72,816 in 4 years, most of it in 2019. He had a strong performance in an online tournament (via esportsearning).
- But Stable Ronaldo is a successful Twitch streamer with an average of 3,867 viewers. His peak time on Twitch was in 2021, when he still reached over 10,000 average viewers.
- Stable Ronaldo is particularly known to a larger audience because of his friendship with “Clix,” the biggest Fortnite streamer on Twitch. Clix also has a taste for sports cars and treated himself to a fancy Lambo in May 2023.
Streamer buys his dream car for his 21st birthday
This is now his acquisition: In a stream on January 16, the streamer showed his new possession, a Porsche 911.
He said: “It has always been my dream to buy a Porsche 911. I never thought I could afford one for my 21st birthday and that the Porsche would be a GT3. The year was the hardest yet, but I wanted to reward myself for all the stuff I went through and give myself the love and recognition you all give me.”
Twitch streamer who couldn’t work for 7-9 months in 2023 due to depression
What does he mean by the “hard” year? As Stable Ronaldo writes (via twitter), he suffered from depression in 2023 and was unable to work for 7 to 9 months. During that time, he gained over 20 kilograms. Only his close friends and family know how hard he worked to afford the life he always dreamed of.
Many thought he just got lucky, but behind his life lies hard work. Nothing came easy to him.
The depression set in because he was living alone for the first time in his life, far from his family. He felt lonely and abandoned there, cried for nights, and fought with his depression, suicidal thoughts, and weight gain.
Ultimately, he realized that no one would save him, that he had to fight his way out on his own, while his life was falling apart.
He only overcame the depression through hard work, starting to train to get back from 90 kilograms to 70. Now he has had some of the most successful months of his career.
During his school time, no one believed in him; now he was able to buy his mother a house and a car, support her with a lot of money – and afford a sports car for himself.
What do the career prospects look like? The prospects for a pro gamer in Fortnite looked significantly rosier in 2019 than they do today. Prize money has shrunk – Fortnite is overall not as big on Twitch as it was in 2019 – LEGO Fortnite notwithstanding.
Stable Ronaldo’s career on Twitch shows a clear downward trend over the year. Even though he – as he states – has experienced a resurgence in recent months. A “cold winter” has broken out in esports. Long-term revenue will not rise again.
But apparently, during the “golden times” of Fortnite, so much money was made that the streamer could now fulfill his dream and see light again after a rough year.
What kind of car is this? The Porsche 911 GT3 has 510 hp, a top speed of 318 km/h, and accelerates from 0 to 100 in 3.4 seconds.
Depending on the equipment, the price of this car quickly exceeds €200,000. How much Stable Ronaldo paid exactly is unknown.
