On Twitch, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was once huge with Fortnite. But now the big hype around the game is over, his friends no longer want to play with him, and the streamer is ready for something new.
What problem does Ninja have? In a stream, the former Twitch superstar Ninja recently explained that he would like to just play offstream with his friends. Apart from his “Final Fantasy” guys, with whom he has a private server, no one seems to be playing with him.
Ninja just wants to play Valorant with the “guys”
Who are these friends? Ninja is talking about Dennis and Tim, presumably referring to the streamers Dennis “Cloakzy” Lepore and Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar. Both were part of the big Fortnite hype in 2018, and their channels’ partly rapid growth is likely largely thanks to joint streams with Ninja.
In countless videos, Ninja, Cloakzy, and TimTheTatman play with other big names of the time, like DrLupo or Tfue. However, this apparently looks different in private: As Ninja revealed, he does not play with his friends off-camera. He just wants to play Valorant with his guys.
Ninja confirms that this is not about the cliché of aging gamers who suddenly have to deal with adult responsibilities and have a family. On the contrary: His friends all have a lot of free time and still play – just not with him.
The problem: No one seems to be playing the same game. TimTheTatman plays WoW privately, but Ninja does not. Cloakzy would play Valorant and League, but “leaves him hanging more often than any other person,” says the streamer.
For Ninja, it’s also clear what the old “gang” needs to come together again: the “next big game.” The streamer explains that Fortnite will never die, but he is ready for something new. According to his Twitch colleague shroud, the “next big thing” could already be on the horizon: New Steam shooter from Valve receives praise – according to a big streamer, it will conquer the market
