>>> IMAGINE BEING 14 YEARS OLD 
WITH A SIX-FIGURE SALARY, A 
LONG ISLAND TEENAGER MAKING BIG 
BUCKS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. 
THE POPULAR GAME, FORTNITE,  
KRISTIN THORNE SHOWS US HOW HE 
TURNED HIS PASTIME INTO A BIG 
PAYDAY. 
>> Reporter: THIS 14-YEAR-OLD, 
GRIFFIN, IS AN ATHLETE, NOT IN 
YOUR TYPICAL SENSE. 
HOW MANY HOURS OF FORTNITE DEAL 
PLAGUING TYPICALLY ? 
>> TOO MUCH, I PLAY A LOT LIKE 
8 HOURS, ON THE WEEKEND,  UP TO 
18. 
YOU ADMIT THAT IS TOO MUCH? 
>> IT IS. 
>> Reporter: YOU THINK YOU 
SHOULD CUT BACK? 
>> I MEAN, IT IS KIND OF LIKE 
MY JOB. 
>> Reporter: HE HAS MADE 
$200,000 PLAYING IT THROUGH 
SUBSCRIBERS, YOUTUBE 
ADVERTISERS, AND FIGHTING ON 
WITH MISFIT GAMING. 
>> I'M JUST GOING TO SAVE IT. 
>> Reporter: FOR WHAT? 
>> IF I GO ON THE ROAD OR THIS 
GOES DOWN, I CAN USE MY 
COLLEGE, HOUSE, ANYTHING. 
>> Reporter: GRIFFIN IS 
BECOMING A BIG DEAL IN THE LIVE 
STREAMING GAMING WORLD, HE IS 
KNOWN AS SKEPTIC. 
WHAT IS THIS RIGHT HERE? 
>> THAT IS A MICROPHONE. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS FOR YOUR 
SET UP.  
IT ALL STARTED WITH THIS 
YOUTUBE VIDEO 9 MONTHS AGO OF 
GRIFFIN  BEATING A BIG STREAMER 
IN FORTNITE, IT GOT 7.5 MILLION 
VIEWS , SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE 
MONEY STARTED COMING IN FROM 
VIDEO STREAMING GROUPS LIKE 
TWITCH CON. 
>> PROBABLY JUNE, WE GOT HIS 
FIRST HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM 
TWITCH, WE WERE BLOWN AWAY, OH 
MY GOD, HE MADE SOME MONEY. 
AND THEN TWO MONTHS WENT BY, 
ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO GET AN 
ACCOUNTANT, FINANCIAL ADVISOR. 
>> Reporter: GRIFFIN'S FATHER 
SAYS HOMEWORK ALWAYS
