Becoming a Professional Gamer at 13 | A Conversation w/ Mongraal

The GaryVee Audio Experience

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 18.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of the podcast Im chatting with a professional gamer Mongraal.

Mongraal, whose real name is Kyle Jackson, is a professional Fortnite player and content creator known for his exceptional mechanical skills and lightning-fast gameplay. Hailing from the United Kingdom, he gained fame as one of the youngest players to enter the competitive Fortnite scene, quickly earning a reputation as a top-tier competitor and streamer. With numerous tournament wins and a massive following on Twitch and YouTube, Mongraal has become a key figure in the esports and gaming community.

We discuss his journey from getting signed at the age of 13 to competing in the Fortnite World Cup just months later. This is an incredible episode for anyone into gaming! Enjoy!

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0:00.0	This is the Gary Vee Audio Experience.
0:03.4	Vayner Nation, how are you?
0:04.7	Very exciting podcast today, especially for a lot of you that are into Fortnite and gaming and streaming or have kids in it.
0:13.6	We have one of the icons, but more importantly, the reason I'm excited to have him here is I think he's living a very thoughtful journey as a young man,
0:23.4	and I think it could help a lot of you.
0:25.4	And so the iconic Mongro is with us today.
0:28.0	Brother, how are you?
0:29.2	I'm good, man.
0:30.0	I know, Ben-Beau.
0:30.6	That's actually what I want to get into
0:31.8	and why I wanted to do this podcast.
0:33.0	But before we get into that sentence
0:35.6	and how I think it affects not just people that are going to make
0:38.3	content on social or try to be internet famous or a gamer or public figure, but even all the
0:43.6	people that are just trying to achieve or stay afloat, we'll get into that part. But before we do,
0:49.3	I want to give you two to three minutes just to let everybody know who you are and what you
0:53.8	do and just to set the tone and you are and what you do and just
0:55.1	to set the tone and now go into my questions.
0:57.0	So I've been playing Fortnite for total of like seven years, but I took a two year break.
1:02.0	We'll probably get into that a bit.
1:03.3	So yeah, seven years since I was 13, I quit school.
1:05.9	I started playing Fortnite full time then signed to a team, Team Secret.
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