Team SoloMid's Myth Explains His Falling Death at Ninja Vegas '18

Team SoloMid Fortnite Battle Royale player and streamer Ali "Myth" Kabbani was one of the competitors who took part in the Ninja Vegas '18 event at the Esports Arena Las Vegas this past weekend. Over 225 players competed against Twitch superstar Tyler "Ninja" Belvins in nine live games taking place throughout three heats. A prize pool of $50,000 was on the line, as the winners of each match received $2,500 with an additional $2,500 up for grabs to whoever was able to eliminate Ninja from each match. Each match that Ninja was able to win sent $2,500 to a charity of his choice. 

The event reached a peak viewership of 680,000 concurrent viewers with many fans tuning in to see a potential matchup between Myth and Ninja, who are two of the most popular and skilled players in the Fortnite community. However, the highly anticipated matchup did not come to pass, as both players suffered early eliminations in a few of the matches. Critics of Myth soon began to claim that nerves from playing live in front of hundreds of thousands of people led to his poor performance. One of the instances that these critics pointed to was the Team SoloMid player's falling death near the end of one of the matches. However, the player addressed what had occurred in the situation in a post match interview. 

Myth explained that the death was caused by a rare bug in the game that will send the player flying when they build and or edit a structure. In addition to his explanation of the unfortunate death at the event, Myth took to Twitter and addressed the critics who pointed to this death and his other early exits as evidence of nerves getting the best of him stating that they were taking the event too seriously, as Ninja Vegas '18 was all for a good cause and was not meant to be seen as a major competitive event. 

With Fortnite's competitive scene only continuing to grow, there will most likely be many more large scale events that Myth will be able to show why he is one of the most talented players the popular battle royale title has to offer.