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Parents hiring tutors to improve their kids’ Fortnite skills
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:14 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:14 am
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It wasn’t the violence or the amount of time she was worried about. It was the result. He wasn’t winning.
So she hired him a coach. For about $50, Ms. Hicks purchased four hours of online lessons from a player she found through a freelance labor website.
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“There’s pressure not to just play it but to be really good at it,” said Ms. Hicks, a project manager from Winchester, England. “You can imagine what that was like for him at school.”
Rob hopes his friends don’t find out how he upped his game. “They’ll probably think I’m cheating or something,” he said. “That’s how 10-year-old kids work.”
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Nick Mennen was happy to pay $20 an hour for his 12-year-old son, Noble, to take “Fortnite” lessons. The dad is already dreaming of a scholarship—or at least some tournament money. (“Fortnite” creator Epic Games Inc. recently pledged $100 million in tournament prizes. Some colleges court gamers with financial incentives to join their varsity teams.)
Noble used to win “Fortnite” infrequently before he began taking about six hours of lessons a month. “Now he’ll throw down 10 to 20 wins,” said Mr. Mennen, a software developer in Cedar Park, Texas.
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Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:17 am to TH03
Kids are actually making money playing that stupid game 
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:17 am to TH03
Gonna need to buy a life jacket too so they don’t drown in the pussy.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:17 am to TH03
PubG is better
UMP and suppressed SKS
UMP and suppressed SKS
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:17 am to TH03
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:18 am to TH03
I'm officially old. I used to be a game nerd and I have no idea what Fortnite is.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:18 am to TH03
good for him
pretty cool parents imo
pretty cool parents imo
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:19 am to TH03
I think I remember convincing my parents to buy a couple of chose "cheat" magazines when I was a kid, for different games.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:20 am to LSUFanHouston
Yeah and game genie for OG Nintendo, game shark later on.
It’s different than hiring a coach for a video game.
It’s different than hiring a coach for a video game.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:20 am to Cosmo
This has been around for a long time..I know of a guy who charges $8000 for an all expenses paid trip to South Korea to train and get better at a video game.
And if you don't think people take the trip, you vastly underestimate the amount of people with IDGAF money.
And if you don't think people take the trip, you vastly underestimate the amount of people with IDGAF money.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:20 am to TH03
Paywall gtfo
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:21 am to X123F45
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PubG is better
UMP and suppressed SKS
nerd.
I'm scared to start gaming again. Skyrim and Fallout ruined my life for a while.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:21 am to Cosmo
I read the whole article. 
WSJ should be purchased by almost all adults.
WSJ should be purchased by almost all adults.
This post was edited on 8/2/18 at 9:22 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:22 am to TH03
quote:quote:
It wasn’t the violence or the amount of time she was worried about. It was the result. He wasn’t winning.
So she hired him a coach. For about $50, Ms. Hicks purchased four hours of online lessons from a player she found through a freelance labor website.
quote:
“There’s pressure not to just play it but to be really good at it,” said Ms. Hicks, a project manager from Winchester, England. “You can imagine what that was like for him at school.”
Rob hopes his friends don’t find out how he upped his game. “They’ll probably think I’m cheating or something,” he said. “That’s how 10-year-old kids work.”
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:23 am to Taffeta
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This has been around for a long time..I know of a guy who charges $8000 for an all expenses paid trip to South Korea to train and get better at a video game.
And then you have the MMOs where people just grind out gold/items/levels for money or just flat out sell their characters
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:23 am to TH03
I think it’s dumb, but, IMO it’s no different than hiring a hitting coach. In all honesty, in the world we live in today, it’s highly more likely a kid makes money playing video games than one ever making it in professional sports.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:24 am to Napoleon
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I'm officially old. I used to be a game nerd and I have no idea what Fortnite is.
i do because my kids play. it's fun, but it'll pass.
i will say this, i have NEVER had any issues with my kids and their video games. they saved up, bought their own xbox. have paid for every single game, and i never once had to tell them to get off....
till this damn game. they listen when we tell them to cut it out and play probably a total of an hour and a half to two hours a week during the summer, but their friends are fiends and actually texted me asking why they couldn't get on.
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:25 am to X123F45
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PubG is better UMP and suppressed SKS
Suppressed M416 or SCAR with 2-6x glass. If not, at least a red dot. Love watching them run around trying to figure out where the shots are coming from...
This post was edited on 8/2/18 at 9:27 am
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:29 am to TH03
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Nick Mennen was happy to pay $20 an hour for his 12-year-old son, Noble, to take “Fortnite” lessons. The dad is already dreaming of a scholarship—or at least some tournament money.
So Fortnite is the new travel ball?
Posted on 8/2/18 at 9:31 am to X123F45
Agreed.
I ride with PUBG.
Fortnite is too cartoonish.
I prefer the real weapons and real physics of PUBG.
I ride with PUBG.
Fortnite is too cartoonish.
I prefer the real weapons and real physics of PUBG.
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