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re: 16 YO just won $3M playing fortnite.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 4:59 pm to tiggerthetooth
Posted on 7/28/19 at 4:59 pm to tiggerthetooth
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I dont think these esports participants are forfeiting a pro football career in favor of professional video games
Obviously, 99.999% of them are not, but that wasn't the genesis of the response. I was responding to the OP's postulation that parents may lean toward this iver traditional sports.
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Is this just a random assumption because they're assumed to be nerds?
I don't see it as random at all. At least at the current time gamers in college are almost all in some STEM track. There are about 20 colleges that have teams with scholarship players. Assuming eSports grows this correlation may certainly become less accurate.
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Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:00 pm to Obtuse1
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I don't see it as random at all. At least at the current time gamers in college are almost all in some STEM track. There are about 20 colleges that have teams with scholarship players. Assuming eSports grows this correlation may certainly become less accurate.
But are these guys making $100k per competition?
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:03 pm to Northwestern tiger
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He might have won but he his still a loser in my mind. Most excessive gamers are losers. They contribute nothing to society.
i was an excessive gamer in high school and most of college, won and sold online currency for thousands.
i can nearly 100% guarantee you i contribute more to society than you
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:10 pm to agregime1
People in this thread can hate but Fortnite is basically the chess of gaming. Takes a ton of awareness and savvy.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:14 pm to Gray12
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An engineer will make around $3M-$4M in their lifetime.
I made that before I was 30 if we’re keeping count.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:15 pm to agregime1
Where was this kind of thing when I was failing out school because of Halo 3?
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:26 pm to SabiDojo
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People in this thread can hate but Fortnite is basically the chess of gaming. Takes a ton of awareness and savvy.
I don't dispute the skill of navigating the Fortnite game but I hate its cultural impact on society.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:48 pm to agregime1
The amount of time these kids spend staring at a screen has to be unhealthy. It’s literally their life, on weekends they’re not socializing because that’s when all the tournaments and stream viewing occurs. While other kids are socializing these kids are in their room missing out on life.
I’d guess for the very small percentage that actually make money, it works out but for the other 10+ million trying it’s unhealthy.
I would imagine the chances of becoming a pro athlete are better than becoming a pro gamer when you look a raw numbers.
I’d guess for the very small percentage that actually make money, it works out but for the other 10+ million trying it’s unhealthy.
I would imagine the chances of becoming a pro athlete are better than becoming a pro gamer when you look a raw numbers.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:50 pm to agregime1
He is about to dive into all kinds of pussy.
I bet you loser judgemental baws are jelly!
I bet you loser judgemental baws are jelly!
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:51 pm to ThreauxDown
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The amount of time these kids spend staring at a screen has to be unhealthy. It’s literally their life,
STFU.
But let us push them towards a career where they stare at a screen even more.
This post was edited on 7/28/19 at 5:52 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:55 pm to agregime1
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I’m going to bet that more parents start to train their kids for esports rather than sports.
stupidest thing I read today. congrats.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:58 pm to LSU Coyote
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But let us push them towards a career where they stare at a screen even more.
So you'd rather your kid be a pro gamer than an engineer or doctor? Doctors are on computers often as well.
What are noble professions to you?
Posted on 7/28/19 at 5:58 pm to agregime1
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Geez first World Cup, I’m going to bet that more parents start to train their kids for esports rather than sports
100s of millions of people play that and one made $3 million. The best regular sports athletes pay an order of magnitude more in taxes than that every year.
This post was edited on 7/28/19 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:01 pm to LSU Coyote
Yeah responses in here are stupid as shite. I grew up playing video games as well and was pretty good, I still was and am an athlete 20 years later and stare at a screen all day at my white collar job.
All the oilfield baws around here have no clue
All the oilfield baws around here have no clue
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:08 pm to agregime1
My 10 yr old grandson is hooked on this game.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:11 pm to agregime1
My boy is 4 and he has a fortnight coach and a thumb dexterity specialist he sees twice per week.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:18 pm to agregime1
My kids are getting the shitty end of the fortnite stick.
All they have earned playing it are arse whippings and extra chores. When they get them W's the whole passel of them and their friends go bat shite.
All they have earned playing it are arse whippings and extra chores. When they get them W's the whole passel of them and their friends go bat shite.
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:28 pm to Clark14
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A stadium of people showed up to watch this?
They use a service called Twitch to watch a live stream of the players playing.
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As of May 2018, it had 2.2 million broadcasters monthly and 15 million daily active users, with around a million average concurrent users[
The top players make bank without winning competitions.
Oh yeah, Twitch is owned by Amazon.
This post was edited on 7/28/19 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:28 pm to SabiDojo
Build shite and shoot. That aint chess
Chess would be something like Starcraft
Chess would be something like Starcraft
This post was edited on 7/28/19 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 7/28/19 at 6:30 pm to agregime1
This is the future
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