Ninja chokes up after fan\u2019s emotional message of support Respawn\/NinjaTwitch megastar Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins was overcome with emotions following a heartwarming interaction with a fan after the pair picked up a win in Apex Legends. Ninja, who can normally be found streaming Fortnite, was trying his hand at the new free-to-play Battle Royale from Respawn Entertainment \u2013 joining games with fans as his partners. After a few games without fans, partnering up with NRG Fortnite pro player KingRichard, Ninja returned to finding people who knew who he was to get wins with. However, he couldn\u2019t be prepared to be overrun with emotions after one fan recognized him. \u201cIs that actually Ninja?\u201d asked the fan, before being asked by the former Halo pro how he was doing. \u201cI\u2019m good, man. Is it for real, for real Ninja?\u201d he asked again, still not believing the situation that he had found himself in. Read More: When does Fortnite Season 8 begin? Earthquake rumors, Season 7 end date, teasers and more – \u201cI\u2019m not messing with you bro,\u201d replied Ninja, trying to prove that it was the real deal. That sealed deal as the fan replied: \u201cThat\u2019s crazy man. That\u2019s awesome. Well, I hope to do you proud man,\u201d before the pair joined a game alongside another player. As a part of a trio, the pair secured a win in the new Battle Royale title, with the fan \u2013 known as shpoonsy \u2013 thankful for being able to play with the streamer and also securing the win with him. Before leaving the game, shpoonsy thanked Ninja, saying: \u201cHey, you\u2019re a beast bro. I just want to let you know that I really respect you and I appreciate everything you do for the gaming community and the BR community and you\u2019re an awesome dude,\u201d before the pair bid their goodbyes to each other, leaving the streamer overcome with emotions. After leaving the game, Ninja had to stand up, taking his face off stream before walking out of shot for a few moments as his emotions had washed over him. Upon his return to the stream, Ninja stated: \u201cWhat a nice guy, man. I don\u2019t get a lot of those,\u201d with plenty of emotion still visible in his body language. It\u2019s genuine interactions with fans such as these that has helped propel Ninja up the Twitch popularity charts and into mainstream view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja chokes up after fan\u2019s emotional message of support Respawn\/NinjaTwitch megastar Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins was overcome with emotions following a heartwarming interaction with a fan after the pair picked up a win in Apex Legends. Ninja, who can normally be found streaming Fortnite, was trying his hand at the new free-to-play Battle Royale from Respawn […]<\/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-56540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56540","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=56540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}