19-year-old became a star on Twitch with Fortnite

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In 2018, the online shooter Fortnite on Twitch became huge: careers emerged from nothing. Two streamers in particular became stars overnight. The blue-haired Tyler “Ninja” Blevins convinced with tough shooter skills. But Ali “Myth” Kabbani (then 19) was the more skilled builder. In 2023, 5 years later, both of their careers have fallen asleep. This is no problem for Myth at all.

How did Myth’s breakthrough come about back then??

  • The American with roots in Syria only started streaming on Twitch in 2016. A year later he discovered Fortnite: Battle Royale. Two years later, at just 19, he was a successful Twitch streamer and his name was known to hundreds of thousands.
  • In the early days of the shooter, in late 2017/early 2018, Myth made a name for itself as a skilled builder at a time when few others could build in Fortnite. But strangely enough, he had problems with his nerves and could never really deliver in important games. While the ambitious ninja turned up in important matches, Myth died stupidly, falling off somewhere at the big Las Vegas event in April 2018 and messing it up regularly.
  • Nevertheless, his channel grew enormously in 2018: he collected 4.6 million followers and became one of the biggest streamers on Twitch overnight.

    • Myth was considered the great builder in Fortnite in 2018:

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    How did his career continue? 2018 was actually the peak of his career. In the years since, Myth has become a solid variety streamer with between 8,000 and 12,000 viewers. This isn’t quite the premier league anymore, but it’s a solid spot right behind the top streamers.

    With 7.4 million followers, he would still be in 12th place among the largest channels.

    But he also struggled with all the attention from his young fans:

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    Myth had a quiet career, admits: he was actually terribly bad at Fortnite

    In the post-Fortnite era, Myth made a name for itself as a tongue-in-cheek, thoughtful streamer who strived to provide his community with a warm, tranquil space in which to relax and unwind.

    Myth became a voice of reason on Twitch, respected and loved by many, even if he no longer competed at the top for views and was content to stream in front of 8,000 viewers, sometimes a few more, sometimes a few fewer.

    In 2020, he looked back on his time as the “Fortnite god” and said, God, he was bad at Fortnite back then. Just nobody noticed. He has already got the maximum out of his career: Others had to be professionals and good at their games. He was a pro, but he sucked. Nevertheless, he is still there. That’s an achievement.

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    Myth switches to YouTube, has hardly any viewers there – is proud to be “normal”.

    This is what he does today: Myth took advantage of YouTube’s offer in 2022 after 6 years on Twitch and switched to YouTube Gaming. Obviously, he’s been made one of those offers you can’t refuse.

    Such a deal is a luxury for Twitch streamers: they get a lot of money, no longer have to chase after Twitch subscriptions, and can shape their lives freely.

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    While other YouTubers like Valkyrae or TimTheTatman took off on YouTube, Myth seems to be taking it easy.

    Compared to before, he has hardly any viewers on YouTube: he has 4.5 million subscribers there, but his videos only reach 10,000 viewers, sometimes 40,000 when things are going really well.

    But he doesn’t seem to have any problems with that at all. On Twitter he posts:

    “I’m thankful for the fact that I didn’t lose my mind about all the internet celebrity shit when I fell off the popularity train. Good night.”

    But he didn’t disappear from the limelight like that. The tweet was viewed 670,000 times.

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    A Twitter user asks him: “Don’t you want to rebuild your career?”

    “Well,” says Myth. He already has plans. But he does it his way. The most important thing for him is to be happy first. He shits on the whole “fake shit”.

    Myth seems to be an alternative to the other big Fortnite streamer, Ninja. He seems to be struggling with how his career has been going in recent years:

    Fortnite made Ninja huge on Twitch, wanted to be gaming’s David Beckham – what became of him?

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