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Paid to Play Video Games

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pay-me-to-play-the-sims dept.

acehole writes "This would have to be every gamer's dream, to get paid for playing games. In South Korea gaming has taken off to an extent that companies sponsor gaming teams (some earn up to $100k per year) to play games up to 12 hours a day."

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  1. The next best thing by Kulaid982 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get paid to Slashdot all day! (Don't tell my PHB)

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    1. Re:The next best thing by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey, me too! (Don't tell MY PHB, he'll mod me down)

  2. Now... by Undaar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if only someone would pay me $100K a year to look at pr0n 12 hours a day...

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    1. Re:Now... by QwkHyenA · · Score: 5, Funny
      As a Net Admin I already get paid to look at p0rn 8 hours a day.

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  3. What the hell? by nertz_oi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it a prerequisite to own a futuristic jumpsuit to join a professional gaming team or are they forced to wear that thing?...shoulder pads and all.

  4. Another example by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yet another example of the end of our civilation.


  5. worst nightmare by s20451 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It might be a dream for some, but getting my ass handed to me over and over and over, for twelve hours a day, by some fifteen year old nerd whose nick is "H3lld0g_69", is pretty much my worst nightmare. The only move I have ever been able to perform successfully in any game is "mash all the buttons at once".

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    1. Re:worst nightmare by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Lucky Bastard. You at least lose to a teenager. I usually get my ass kicked by my eleven-year-old nephew.


  6. Re:Funny story... by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 5, Funny

    That was a thoroughly entertaining anecdote. I just cannot wait for your autobiography.

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  7. Ender's Game by GrahamMastaFlash · · Score: 1, Funny

    $100K? Ender might argue that perhaps it's not just a game...

  8. How do you goof off? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that a spreadsheet, Mister??????

    1. Re:How do you goof off? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      At break time, everyone goes out back and tries to debug the game.

  9. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    - Ted's Boss

  10. ouch by dema · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only thing you have to sacrafice, is your dignity.

  11. A new low... by Mephie · · Score: 2, Funny
    The competition is played at a downtown game centre with a live audience, big screens and two commentators. It is televised by a cable TV network.

    And I thought it was bad the day I turned on ESPN2, only to see the exciting Scrabble championship being televised, complete with commentators.

    Even better, now, instead of actually playing a video game myself, I can turn on the TV and watch someone else play a game! From this day forward I will live vicariously through professional video gamers.

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  12. Oh, no! by Feathers+McGraw · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're going to be opening video game sweatshops!

  13. Re:Maxis employees need luvin' too by GodHead · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's all TRUE! I am NOT a 30 year old 6'4" 300lb man! I am a hot 17 year old girl.

    Really.

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  14. Aha! by Ba3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    So thats why those obsure 120 ping Counterstrike servers always have people jabbering away in Korean (at least I think it is, my ability to differentiate between Asian langs in limited). Now if only the Indians would pick up heavy gaming addicitions, I wouldn't have to worry about my application being off-shored

    1. Re:Aha! by zulux · · Score: 4, Funny

      my ability to differentiate between Asian langs in limited

      That's easy

      Lotts of circles and ovels: Korean

      Looks like french with little squiggles: Vietnamease

      Has a little goldfish looking character about every ten letters: Japanese

      Everything else is probably Chinese.. Or will be Chinese when China invades them in 2013.

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  15. Yeah, but... by cspenn · · Score: 3, Funny

    That sounds good until you realize you'll be playing Daikatana for those twelve hour days... then you may be tempted to claw your eyeballs out.

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  16. Obligatory Simpsons Quote by onion_breath · · Score: 1, Funny

    "The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To order a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now."

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  17. Re:It would get old by twiddlingbits · · Score: 2, Funny

    You work ONLY 8 hours a day and 5 days a week? You Slacker! Next thing you'll tell me is they PAY you too. After all all your boss has to do is shake a few trees and engineers fall out in clumps. You better shape up buddy!

  18. This is great until.... by zoid.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    They start outsourcing all of the game playing jobs to India for 1/10th the cost.

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  19. Obligatory Austin Powers Quote by el_gregorio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dr. Evil: "Do you like your quasi-futuristic clothing, Mr. Powers? I designed it myself."

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  20. A folk promised to pay me 200K/year ... by omarques · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...to play Duke Nukem Forever 12h/day. Man, I cant wait!! DNF will be released soon, right?

  21. All play and no work by minus9 · · Score: 4, Funny
    I used to get payed to play games but I was sacked when my boss caught me working on a financial report.

  22. I am a pro video game player by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I play Trivial Pursuit fulltime for money online.

    This finances the robot I am building to play for me.

    We live in interesting times.

  23. Where's my money? by Radix37 · · Score: 2, Funny

    See sig...

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  24. There is only one thing.. by tomaasz · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..better than getting paid for playing video games:

    Getting laid for playing video games.

  25. 12 hours? by t0ny · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...to play games up to 12 hours a day.

    Lightweights. I play longer than that, and for free.

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