Top Fortnite competitive player Benjifish steps away from the game

One of the biggest Fortnite players Benjifish has stepped away from the game.

Fortnite has survived and thrived for as long as it has thanks in part due to the streaming community. So it’s no surprise that many of the biggest streamers of the game have dove into the universe so eagerly and so often. Not only streaming the game but competing in it as well.

One major name in the community is Benjifish, a four-time World Cup Qualifier for Fortnite and a member of the NRGgg competitive gaming team. He’s a young player and has been playing the game pretty steadily for the last four years.

All said, Benjifish has fallen out of love with the game, and now finds it a chore to play the game, so he’s stepping down as a Fortnite competitor and will start playing Valorant, a free-to-play first-person shooter.

(Transcript by Fortnite News)

"Recently I’ve fell out of love with ‘Fortnite’. I used to be able to play ‘Fortnite’ like 8/10 hours a day but even last season I was only playing during the tournaments just because I really couldn’t force myself to get on the game. The reason I always wanted to be a pro gamer was because I always wanted to have a job that I enjoyed so for me right now it seems pointless carrying on something that I don’t enjoy. I’ve been playing a ton of ‘Valorant’ recently on and off stream and it’s genuinely the most fun I’ve ever had gaming, probably since the ‘Fortnite’ World Cup or me, Mongraal and Mitr0 playing Trios together.I’m so incredibly grateful for these past four years that I’ve been playing ‘Fortnite’. It made by childhood dream of becoming a pro gamer a reality and I don’t think I’d replace those years for anything. I joined ‘NRG’ over a thousand days ago now when I was only fourteen years old and they’ve genuinely been the best team that I could’ve ever asked for and I’m super happy to announce that I will be staying with them and making ‘Valorant’ content with them."

Benjifish’s decision is why Fortnite always updates the game

If you’ve ever wondered why the game is always updating the game on such a constant basis, this is exactly why. Players can get very burned out on the game, especially when they play it so much in a day.

Benjifish played anywhere from eight to 10 hours per day, and that constant engagement will burn you out real fast, so it’s understandable why such a young man decided to walk away to try a new challenge.

Variety is the spice of life after all.