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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. we have this here. don't we? by musikit · · Score: 3, Informative

    their are q3a tourneys. UT tourneys. i didn't RTFA but over here it seems you make money off of game when you have skill. of course your skill doesn't matter when your title is "Game Tester"

    1. Re:we have this here. don't we? by snatcheroo · · Score: 3, Informative

      Yes, you should have RTFA. It wasn't describing tournaments or prize money as anything new but rather explaining that in south korea people are SPONSORED to play the games in tournaments. The gamers play on a team the is owned by a company.

  2. Re:And then you die by jasoncart · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes. Excessive Gamer dies. But its not just in Korea... Boy exhausted after mammoth CS session

  3. Not just in South Korea... by NiKnight3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Team3D is sponsored by CompUSA and nVidia.

  4. 12 hours a day, every day? by Ancient+Devices+King · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds like my freshman year of college.

    More seriously though, 12 hours a day at a job in Korea doesn't seem like such a big deal. I have a friend from Korea who moved here about 25 years ago. He says he gets calls from friends at home who are about to go back to work at about 1am their time, having just worked MORE than a full day already. It seems like adults there do almost nothing BUT work -- literally, not like "workaholics" over here. 12 hours a day doesn't seem so bad compared to that.

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