This article launches the blog series "Fortnite Esports Gear: A Gamer's Guide," offering tips for honing your competitive advantage. "Starting Strong," the opening piece, gives you a glimpse into the humble beginnings of the pro players benjyfishy and MrSavage's gaming setups and the diverse platforms supporting Fortnite.

The third and final part of the inside story of benjyfishy and MrSavage during the 2019 Fortnite World Cup Finals.

The inside story continues. Here’s what the pro players Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish and Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen experienced during the days in New York City leading up to the 2019 World Cup finals.

The inside story of what the pro players Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish and Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen experienced during the 2019 World Cup qualification, the days in New York leading up to the finals, and the finals themselves.

This first part of the story covers the time prior to departure for New York and shares details about the qualification, a bootcamp in London, filming player profiles for Epic Games, and Friday Fortnite.

Parents need to know some fundamentals before they dive into details about esports player contracts later in this article series. First out is esports organisations and how they operate.

Andy is a businessman and entrepreneur within technology, sports and esports. In 2015 he founded NRG Esports where he works as a CEO. We got to talk to him about his interest for esports, how his teen boys inspired him to found NRG and the importance of involving parents when signing young players - among other things.

The pro Fortnite esports player Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen faced some suspect contract terms in many of the deals he was offered just after his breakthrough in 2018. In this post I have included some examples.

The post is the first in a series of blog posts aimed at young players but also their parents and other supporting party about how to navigate the ragged landscape of esports player contracts.

Bloodx acts as a mentor and coach for several elite Fortnite players who in aggregate hold about 10 FNCS wins - probably making him the best Fortnite coach there is. I talked to him about his gaming background, how he works with his elite players, if he decides his players’ playstyle, among other things.

Irina “Reddysh / Red” is a Fortnite streamer and content creator from Romania. She streams in English almost every day on Twitch and has a very positive and family friendly community. She left a safe marketing job at Google in 2019 to chase her dream of becoming a full-time streamer and she hasn’t looked back. We talked with her about her love for gaming, her decision to become a full-time streamer, how she comes up with content and more!

Esports players need to keep physically healthy since they coordinate up to 400 movements per minute over a period of several hours. Here are some tips and hints, including how the Fortnite players benjyfishy and MrSavage do their exercises.

Handling competitive pressure is something that needs to be learned. In this part we cover how Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish learned it and the role of coaches and analysts.

In a similar way to the start of most sporting careers, gaming usually begins with a player casually gaming with friends; they discover their talent and decide to take it to a competitive level. But competing is not the same as playing. Professional Fortnite requires mental focus, determination and hard work, comparable to top athletes in traditional sports.

In this article Anne Fish and I share some tips and experiences from traveling with the pro Fortnite players Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish and Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen to international bootcamps and LAN tournaments.

Such travels give players a unique opportunity to find out about different countries and cultures, as well as to meet old friends IRL and make new friends from places that they might not ordinarily be exposed to.

Cengiz is the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of mousesports, one of the most established and successful esports organisations in Germany. In recent years, Cengiz has devoted his time to a select group of talented players including my son Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen and his team.

The education and academic worlds have started to embrace the benefits that esports can offer young people, and recognise that there are transferable skills learnt while gaming, which can help them succeed in future careers. This article takes a look at some of the transferable skills and esports education available in the UK, Europe and the US, as an introduction to players and parents.

Balancing studies with a career, as a professional esports player or content creator, is not without its challenges for the players and their parents. In this article Anne Fish and I share Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish and Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen’s experience with education and home-schooling during their teenager years.

The glossary covering Fortnite esports from the book Build It Like benjyfishy and MrSavage - with additions made along the way.

Peter is a Personal Manager for the professional Fortnite esports player Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen.

A support team for an esports player can consist of parents, a manager, a lawyer, an accountant, tech advisers, an influencer agency and an organisation.

Learn how the professional Fortnite players benjyfishy and MrSavage have organised their teams.