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introverted writes "An article in the Wall Street Journal covers events in South Korea, where, even more so than the U.S., there are increasingly highly paid professional teams competing in games such as Blizzard's StarCraft. The article notes: 'Last year, [pro StarCraft gamer] Lim Yo-Hwan made about $300,000 from player fees and commercials. Another top earner, Hung Jin-Ho, whose fingers are insured for $60,000, recently signed a three-year deal with telecom provider KTF Co. that will pay him $480,000 altogether.' So now you can claim your time gaming as 'job skills training'!"
Screw that BS... Get a new team or something.
Out of almost half a million people, there has to be some remotely hot girl that this guy could get and not be afraid of rejection with.
I mean..... wait for it..... she' in YOUR FAN CLUB!
Hmmm.
So now you can claim your time gaming as 'job skills training'!
... really!..."
That should fly as well with the wife as the, "I'm working
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A job like that pWn3z.
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[pro StarCraft gamer] Lim Yo-Hwan made about $300,000 from player fees and commercials.
And you thought you got pissed when someone Zerg Rushed you.
If you're getting paid to play games, what do you do for fun? Practice practicing medicine?
-Dizzle
"I most likely AM so interested in myself."
in South Korea, where, even more so than the U.S., there are increasingly highly paid professional teams competing in games
Jesus, are they outsourcing everything now?!?
My company has been paying me to be a professional solitaire and spider solitaire player for years.
I just flunked out of school AGAIN, for playing Starcraft. Damn, I need to learn Korean so I can start getting paid. Does anyone know where to download peoples replays of famous matches? thanks. PEACE
Man... there was a Far Side comic about parents hopefully imagining newspaper classifieds desperately searching for a super-mario player so that their son, engulfed in games, would have a career.
Professional starcraft player. Fastest Zerg rush of the east! ^_^
But I ALWAYS destroy that Silly Chinese army in C&C:Generals. And if their Army is any indication of their gameplay, I'm home free!
Hmmm.
The fans of a given game can't reasonably be called hardcore until some of them die playing it (as with Diablo 2 a couple years ago). I see the Starcraft guys still lack commitment.
I long for combat!
And if a career as a professional gamer doesn't work out ... you can always fall back on a career in professional sports.
Here's what I do: Bitty Browser & Andromeda
I know pro-sports players buy massive insurance... but exclusively for fingers?!?!
Hell, can I get a pro-rated discount for only insuring my thumb, index, and middle finger? What about only the dominant hand?
Reminds me of the Conan O'Brian skit: "In the year twoooo-thousand... People will be able to save $150 or more on their finger insurance by switching to Geico!
SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE A_WINNER = "YUO";
Hmmm.
This is probably true, but just out of curiosity, what do you think the upper age limit for a gamer is generally? There are baseball players in their 40's, and a few NFL kickers. Do you think a gamer could continue into their 50s-60s? (I hope so). I could see retirement homes in 40 years with old NES games, with huge icons, and slowed down processing time so we can still play SMB. :-)
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He stopped playing basketball to make sure he didn't damage his hands. Isn't he still risking hand injuries with that sort of rule?
Maybe at the weekend he relaxes flipping burgers at McD's for fun.
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Heheheh.
"Would you like a Zerg Rush with that?"
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What I wanna know is how can i get someone to pay me to be their videogame coach. "Hit jump! Go that way!"
that he is the Beast? Is it Armageddon already and nobody told me?
what the article meant to say was: "Hi, I'm a gamer, and although I make a metric buttload of $$$ I still can't get laid!"
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Actually, I think that's a typo. It should read "job skillz training."
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I left her because one time she told me to suck you.
What'd you do to her, dude?
Back in university we used to play Wolf3D (and later Doom) in small groups, one guy playing and the rest watching. We had one guy who used to give out advice like that; we took to calling him Coach. His most sage piece of advice: "Don't get hurt!"
Then you're not doing it correctly.
The point here is that all these companies sell products that the people *watching* would buy.
... etc.
Pro gaming just needs to concentrate on the right advertisers:
- Jolt cola
- Pizza hut
- Acne medications
- Miracle weight loss pills
- "Big & short" clothing companies
- Porn distributors
- Overprotective mothers
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can you imagine the coach when you lost an important position in a tournament?
coach: No you imbecile. I told you 200 hydralisks that side! NOT 200 Zerglings THAT SIDE. ARE YOU DEAF! *smack*
player: sorry coach. I'l be better next time
coach: You better, otherwise I'l sell you to that other coach with the glass eye who always talks about his encounter with sasquatch