Is Ninja Dead? Fortnite Streamer Death By Ligma Says Twitter
By Jesse Collins ·
Ninja isn't streaming, so he must have died, right?
Update (July 17): The man has spoken!
Stream is scheduled to start around 12 PST guys! Pumped to get some good games in! For now I am at breakfast with the lady and we are gunna do some shopping! pic.twitter.com/TRrLzfltDV
— Ninja (@Ninja) July 17, 2018
Popular Fortnite streamer and celebrity, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins posted not even half a day ago, isn't currently streaming, and is off radar for probably his own personal reasons. But, the Fortnite community and Twitter never sleep, so that must mean he's dead, right?
Last seen, Ninja tweeted that he was in LA with his wife, streaming on Tuesday and Wednesday, and attending the Espys.
Landed safely in LA with the wifey @JGhosty streaming tomorrow all day and a little bit Wednesday, we will be attending the Espys this year!
— Ninja (@Ninja) July 17, 2018
But, that wasn't good enough for Twitter, now, is it? It never is. Pictures started popping up saying he was dead, which led to the community losing their minds over the missing player. Supposedly, he died of something called "ligma". Here's a sample of what can happen when you ignore your fanbase for half of a day because you may or may not have a life. How dare you have one of those, Ninja.
@Ninja are u dead, there’s been rumors, if u respond than no but if u don’t idk
— Mikey Austing (@AustingMikey) July 17, 2018
@Ninja are you actually dead!? pic.twitter.com/ojXUU84vBm
— Rose Mars (@RealRoseMars) July 17, 2018
I'm confused , is ninja dead or no ?
— ryan (@Ryanisoff) July 17, 2018
Yo wait is @Ninja actually dead
— Garrick | Mark Gormely is a god (@Garrickisfatlol) July 17, 2018
is it true that dude's dead? @Ninja
— أبوحميد الدحمي (@RelapseDrug) July 17, 2018
I'm not saying that he's dead, for sure. But, we do think Ninja should at least poke onto Twitter and say "STFU I'm alive" or "Let me take a nap without people thinking I'm dead" or something. Also, for some reason, people believed he had died of a fictional disease called "ligma". You should look this up on urban dictionary (at our NSFW warning), because you're all silly.
How do death hoaxes start? In the streaming world, it's when you're famous and decide to sleep in. Then again, this is the same guy that lost 40,000 followers on Twitch by attending the Celebrity Pro-Am at E3 and not streaming for a couple days. Ninja's fanbase is weird. So, is Ninja dead? Probably not. In the mean time, check out the Fortnite TV show hoax that is also going on right now.
(Editor's note: Here's a bit more on what happened, apparently. We're still baffled this went viral.)