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During the past year, the videogame called Fortnite Battle Royale has absolutely exploded all over the world and gained influence in many everyday aspects of life. One of these areas that was greatly influenced by the game is sports. Some people even say that Fortnite is gaining too much influence and is making people turn away from playing or paying attention to sports. Using the data from the search recorder "Google Trends", we will analyze the correlation between the popularity between videogames - specifically Fortnite - and sports.

Here are links to three articles related to this topic:

This is an article explaining what Fortnite is and how it rose to be such a popular game-

The rise (and rise) of Fortnite - www.engadget.com.

This article is about how Fortnite spread to gain extreme influence in all aspects of sports-

Fortnite is Taking Over the Sports World - ftw.usatoday.com.

Finally, this is an artice discussing how even some pro athletes have become worryingly addicted to Fortnite-

Are Pro Athletes Playing too Much Fortnite? Some Teams are Worried. - www.washingtonpost.com.

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