In 2017, Cath Bowie saw her grandson play the multiplayer shooter game Fortnite and decided to give it a try. Little did she know that nine years later she would play her way into the record books.<\/p>\n
On Sept 24, the 78-year-old Scottish grandmother was named the world\u2019s oldest female Fortnite streamer by Guinness World Records (GWR).<\/p>\n
She was also featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer\u2019s Edition 2027, which was released in September.<\/p>\n
Bowie, better known as \u201cgrumpygran48\u201d to over 24,000 followers on Twitch, said she was \u201cinstantly intrigued\u201d when she saw her then 17-year-old grandson playing the game in 2017, when Fortnite launched Battle Royale mode.<\/p>\n
Battle Royale mode is an online multiplayer video game type where a large group of players fight to be the last person or team alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cNearly nine years later I am still playing it, still absolutely loving it, and although still growing older I have never made my age a deterrent,\u201d Bowie told GWR.<\/p>\n
She said she had tried other online games, but nothing got her hooked as much as Fortnite.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call myself a \u2018Fortniter\u2019 more than a gamer,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
She started streaming in 2018, but her grandson was sceptical of her success.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a young guy he just couldn\u2019t believe that his grandma would do such a thing and suggested that nobody would join me or watch me,\u201d Bowie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaying that was like a red rag to a bull to me. I would show him that I could do it \u2014 24,000+ followers later and he doesn\u2019t mention it. I wonder why?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bowie said she loves the challenge the game gives her. She streams herself playing for up to six hours a day.<\/p>\n
Over the years, many of her fellow gamers became supporters and friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI play with some wonderful folk – from the UK, quite a few from the USA, from Canada, New Zealand and Australia,\u201d she told the BBC\u2019s Radio Scotland Breakfast programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s super meeting all these folk. The chat we have, it\u2019s lovely \u2014 I\u2019ve had folk with me for quite a few years now.\u201d<\/p>\n
And to older people who want to try gaming, Bowie said: \u201cNever let age stop you. If I can do it so can you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2017, Cath Bowie saw her grandson play the multiplayer shooter game Fortnite and decided to give it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-913838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}