14-year-old Warzone pro skips school after winning $75k tournament Twitter, @Rivs2_ \/ ActivisionIn one of the most understandable school skips ever, a 14-year-old Call of Duty: Warzone player decided to take the day off after his duo won the $75,000 Last Dance in Verdansk tournament. Rivs is a really good Warzone player who happens to be 14 years old. And after just barely qualifying for the $75,000 Last Dance in Verdansk Grand Finals with Destroy \u2014 the duo went ahead and won it all. In total, they netted $28,000 of the tournament\u2019s full prize pool. And, while it\u2019s life-changing money for many, can you imagine how much it would feel like at 14 years old? So we asked Rivs if he, after winning $14,000 on a school night, was able to make it to class the next day. And, of course, we also had to ask how his parents reacted and how he intends to spend the money. 14-year-old Warzone pro wins $75,000 tournament First place and $28,000 in the bag for @Destroy_215 and the 14-year-old @Rivs2_! \ud83d\udcb0 They absolutely fried out all tourney (and on a school night no less). pic.twitter.com\/2ZnCKyB3j1 \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) November 3, 2021 Just winning the tournament was wild, as it featured the best players in the world in custom lobbies. But, after hours of gameplay and some ridiculous hacking drama, the duo secured first place and the bag. So, how did Rivs celebrate? By not going to school the next day. And it\u2019s unlikely his parents minded, as they\u2019re probably still confused. When asked how they reacted to the tournament win, Rivs said \u201cthey couldn\u2019t believe me and were super proud of me and just were super shocked.\u201d And, as for whether the prize money would go to a new PC or Mother\u2019s Day, he assured us that \u201cfor sure, probably Mother\u2019s Day,\u201d but that \u201cit\u2019s a lot of money\u201d and he hasn\u2019t made any other decisions yet. Warzone pros react to 14-year-old winning major tournament Rivs winning 14k at 14 is mental, when I was 14 my mum tried putting a timer on my Xbox to stop me playing more than 3 hours a day \u2014 Louis (@LouiCM_) November 2, 2021 Other pros have also responded to the huge sum of money awarded to someone still in school. One player, LouiCM, called it \u201cmental,\u201d noting that his mom was trying to block his Xbox access when he was 14. On the contrary, Rivs\u2019 parents let him play in a long tournament on a school night (and then skip class the next day). That\u2019s a pretty stark difference and proves just how far the gaming industry has come. And, if Rivs gets his parents some nice gifts, maybe more parents will stop locking their kids\u2019 Xboxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
14-year-old Warzone pro skips school after winning $75k tournament Twitter, @Rivs2_ \/ ActivisionIn one of the most understandable school skips ever, a 14-year-old Call of Duty: Warzone player decided to take the day off after his duo won the $75,000 Last Dance in Verdansk tournament. Rivs is a really good Warzone player who happens to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}