Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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Gaming Scottish granny plays her way to Guinness world record
AI generated
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AI → game → record
In 2017, Cath Bowie saw her grandson play the multiplayer shooter game Fortnite and decided to give it a try.
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grandson → see → try
Little did she know that nine years later she would play her way into the record books.
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she → know → books
On Sept 24, the 78-year-old Scottish grandmother was named the world’s oldest female Fortnite streamer by Guinness World Records (GWR).
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grandmother → name → Records
She was also featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2027, which was released in September.
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which → feature → September
Bowie, better known as “grumpygran48” to over 24,000 followers on Twitch, said she was “instantly intrigued” when she saw her then 17-year-old grandson playing the game in 2017, when Fortnite launched Battle Royale mode.
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Fortnite → know → mode
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.
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group → fight → players
“Nearly 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,” Bowie told GWR.
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Bowie → play → GWR
She said she had tried other online games, but nothing got her hooked as much as Fortnite.
“I call myself a ‘Fortniter’ more than a gamer,” she added.
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she → say → gamer
She started streaming in 2018, but her grandson was sceptical of her success.
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grandson → start → success
“As a young guy he just couldn’t believe that his grandma would do such a thing and suggested that nobody would join me or watch me,” Bowie said.
“Saying that was like a red rag to a bull to me.
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Saying → believe → me
I would show him that I could do it — 24,000+ followers later and he doesn’t mention it.
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he → show → it
I wonder why?”
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I → wonder → ?
Bowie said she loves the challenge the game gives her.
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game → say → her
She streams herself playing for up to six hours a day.
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She → stream → hours
Over the years, many of her fellow gamers became supporters and friends.
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many → become → gamers
“I play with some wonderful folk - from the UK, quite a few from the USA, from Canada, New Zealand and Australia,” she told the BBC’s Radio Scotland Breakfast programme.
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she → play → programme
“It’s super meeting all these folk.
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It → ’ → folk
The chat we have, it’s lovely — I’ve had folk with me for quite a few years now.
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I → have → years
And to older people who want to try gaming, Bowie said: “Never let age stop you.
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age → want → you
If I can do it so can you.”
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you → do → it
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