A competitive gamer's dream to win a multi-million dollar Fortnite tournament were dashed recently when his father smashed his gaming PC to smithereens due to a misunderstanding.
The gamer, who goes by the name Rem, was competing in the prestigious Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS), which featured a US$3 million prize pool, when his father told him to shut off his PC.
According to esports personality Jake Lucky, who brought the incident to light on Twitter, Rem was told by his father to visit relative's house. However, Rem refused to comply as he was competing in FNCS.
This is Rem, a Fortnite player whose dad smashed his entire setup during FNCS this weekend… wtf pic.twitter.com/pMExW5XxsU
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) July 11, 2022
"His dad gave him a couple minutes to get off, when Rem refused, he smashed everything He was only able to recover his 1080 TI (graphics card)," said Lucky.
Rem shared his experience on Twitter, claiming that he had paid for the PC himself without any financial assistance from his father.
mid fncs nice bro pic.twitter.com/qXBWwg87kS
— rem (@remedyfv) July 9, 2022
Following the incident, United States-based custom PC builder PowerGPU said it would gift Rem a brand new gaming PC, which has better specifications than his older, now destroyed, machine.
Thank you @Class for the contribution to this act of kindness and thank you @JakeSucky for bringing this to the community’s attention.
— PowerGPU (@PowerGPU) July 11, 2022
Enjoy your new PC @remedyfv pic.twitter.com/uiM3evoEUW
Some netizens commiserated with Rem, saying his father's actions were excessive. However, others pointed out that Rem should have respected the wishes of his father.
1/2 Parents are allowed to set boundaries for their children. Breaking his stuff isn’t cool but we only have one side of the story. We don’t know if the father had been trying to set boundaries for months and his son was consistently telling him no.
— Jackson Godsey (@JacksonGodsey) July 11, 2022
