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11-22-2005, 01:26 AM
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MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
They had another one of these again recently. They had one before where a bunch of kids were working at UPS or FedEx or something while playing video games during night.
This time they had a group of girls that went to France and won. This one chick from Alhambra I believe seemed pretty cute for a gamer. I don't know, just thought it was interesting. Being a pro gamer and all. 
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11-22-2005, 01:46 AM
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Re: MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
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Definitely a lot of kids' dream. Then again, so is being a [cardgame] pro. Which is probably easier. [/ QUOTE ] I was reading that some kid (His handle is Fatal1ty I think) earned $100K last year playing video games professionally. He expected to rake in about $200K this year with sponsors. I agree that a game like poker is a far better profession since any and everybody plays poker, and they play it absolutely terribly. I love video games, but poker is a far more attractive way to make money and is far more competetive.
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11-22-2005, 01:59 AM
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Re: MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
Thresh of course is the poster boy for this. He parlayed his Quake mastery into a successful website, tons of endorsements, and into being a millionaire when he still looked like he probably wasn't even in puberty yet.
I was never a bully and can't stand them, but I joked to a friend once after seeing Thresh at E3 that he was so twerpy even I was half-tempted to punch him. My friend did not find this funny at all or forgive me for this remark.
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11-22-2005, 12:27 PM
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Re: MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
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[ QUOTE ] Definitely a lot of kids' dream. Then again, so is being a [cardgame] pro. Which is probably easier. [/ QUOTE ] I was reading that some kid (His handle is Fatal1ty I think) earned $100K last year playing video games professionally. He expected to rake in about $200K this year with sponsors. I agree that a game like poker is a far better profession since any and everybody plays poker, and they play it absolutely terribly. I love video games, but poker is a far more attractive way to make money and is far more competetive. [/ QUOTE ] That really isn't that much, in the whole scheme of things of course. In China and Korea, there are professional gamers who are paid to train starcraft and WC3 all day. They rent out an apartment, hire 10 of the top gamers to live there training against eachother all day. I've read that the best starcraft player in china earns upwards of 300-400k a year including sponsorships. Of course, there are also counter-strike teams such as coL and 3D who are paid monthly salaries, as well as receiving money from the numerous prizes they win from competing internationally. These teams are sponsored by major commercial stores like Subway. I think 3D was sponsored by Bestbuy or something previously.
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11-22-2005, 01:41 AM
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Re: MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
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Being a pro gamer and all [/ QUOTE ] Me too, I play Pole Position and Duck Hunt, you?
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11-22-2005, 02:28 AM
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Re: MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
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Anyone else read this as "I'm a professional gambler"? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, I have a one track mind sadly.
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11-22-2005, 09:14 AM
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Re: MTV True Life: I\'m a professional gamer
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Anyone else read this as "I'm a professional gambler"? [/ QUOTE ] Same here. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] EDIT: fatal1ty isnt just some gaming kid. He's probably the most famous gamer alive, and he's (one of) the best too.
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