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Ninja achieved the status of professional streamer by being entertaining and being very good at the games he plays. Early on, It was much more crucial for him to establish his funny and humorous entertaining side in order for himself to grow as a streamer. Status symbols include his famous original Ninja headband that represents his love for Ninjas and how they act. He wears on stream for his viewers to see. Role conflict is when Ninja has to balance being a good husband to his wife and spending time with her while also maintaining a good stream schedule because it takes up a lot of time.

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Master and Ascribed status

Ninja has the Master status when he became the first professional Esports player to make an appearance on the cover of an Espn magazine, which was a breakthrough for the video game world that a guy who plays video games was able to make it onto a sports magazine. It is Ascribed because Ninja comes from a small town in Chicago, and he didn't start his career until after high school, which is late for the video game business. But even with the odds stacked against him, he was able to prevail. Status symbols are his blue dyed hair that stands out and his famous sharp gaze.

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Ninja claimed a achieved status of being a husband with his wife jess. This was a huge milestone in his life. This also displays role strain because devoting and spending so much time on practicing and streaming was taking away from his social and personal life. Status symbols are his wedding ring and his love bracelet that he wears to remind himself of his marriage.

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Ascribed status

Ninja grew up in detroit with his mom Cynthia blevins and his father Chuck blevins. This is very important because he was very close with his family and still is to this day. This is ascribed because he is assigned this at birth and does not get to pick who his family is.

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Ninja attended Silver lake college in Wisconsin where he grew up. This helped him focus on doing well later in life regardless of where his video game success was going, because he finished going to school before starting his streaming career. This is an ascribed status because he had to first graduate from high school, do well, and then go through the grind of the college work.