I’m a 17-year-old Fortnite gamer who’s won over $646,000 in two years since going pro. I average about 10 hours of gaming daily.

Diego Palma, aka Arkhram, is 17 and says he got into gaming while recovering from a knee injury. He later signed with a pro-gaming league at age 14.

Palma became eligible to play professionally at age 14 and says he practices playing Fortnite for 10 hours a day. Photo: Diego Palma

By Diego Palma, as told to Jenny Powers

I was 4 years old when my papá first introduced me to my two loves, soccer and gaming.

When I wasn’t running around on the soccer field, I’d sit on his lap for hours at a time, playing World of Warcraft and completing quests together.

By the time I turned five, at bedtime, he’d read me horror fiction stories by H.P. Lovecraft that took place in a fictional Massachusetts town known as Arkham, which became the inspiration behind my screen name.

Baby Diego Palma on his dad’s computer. Photo: Diego Palma

As I grew up, I kept playing soccer, eventually reaching the varsity level. During my sophomore year of high school in 2017, I tore my meniscus while playing and had to have surgery. The doctors said I couldn’t play for at least a year.

While recovering from my injury, I started getting…