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The World of Competitive Gaming
cphilo wrote to mention an article in the AP about the world of competitive gaming. From the article: "Welcome to the basement lair of the 24-year-old Wendel, the man known and feared by aficionados of multiplayer games across the globe as 'Fatal1ty.' If you deign to think of video games as simply a childish pastime, consider this professional game player. He collects a six-figure salary, has his own brand of gaming merchandise and travels the world to compete - regarded by those in the know as one of the most gifted players of his kind."
He is a freaking CAMPER!!!
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
And the girls... you can't imagine the girls these professional game players get in addition to that six figure salary.
But still a nerd with no sex life. (presumably)
"Gaming is so much fun and so relaxing," he said. "I don't see why anyone would want to stop playing."
Yep, no sex life is confirmed..
Yes I am still very jealous ;)
...its not a sport, and you're not an athelete.
Just saying.
why he chose Fatal1ty over W3ndell.
>At least the Baseball players who learn to cash in on a child's game aren't Coke-swilling computer nerds
Insert Daryl Strawberry joke here
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Big example: given the choice, would anyone here really chose cybersex over sex in person?
;-)
You realize, don't you, that it's a bit of a stretch to think that most of the people here will have the opportunity to make such a choice?
I guess the salaries in this Far Side weren't too far off after all!
For fun I would..., with a twist. Consider the possibility of all the male geeks who masturbate having a method for home storage of their sperm, (they might want to store some off site for redundancy). Maybe at the time they're alone in their mom's basement jerking off to porn their chances of finding a mate are slim, but who's to say in time they might become highly sought after and their late adolescent and early adult sperm might be preferable to that culled late in life.
From a woman's point of view it might be preferable to be able to surf the net looking for a sperm donor more suited to her needs than might be available in her immediate vacinity.
An artifical womb might be far off but surrogate mothers are a reality today and thus women could (and do) sell their eggs to males wanting to procreate from a selection of women far greater than available to them in their various nearby meat circles.
Perhaps sooner than the development of an artificial womb we might manage having our young carried to term in other mammals. I wouldn't mind one of my offspring being carried to term by a Cetacean. The intrauterine experience of an ocean voyaging surrogate mother might make for some positive attributes.
"Academicians are more likely to share each other's toothbrush than each other's nomenclature."
Cohen
Well, that's all very pretty.
But his ping would suck
You have to be kidding me...
What the hell is wrong with all you fucking bleeding heart liberal bastard slashdot high and mighty fuckers that let's you think you get to judge everyone else? (yes there should have been commas in there... but if anyone even thinks of telling me that, then they can take their post and shove it up their ass)
What did _you_ do to "help humanity" today? In the 30 seconds it took you to create this reply you could have saved a baby seal... get off your ass and do something!
God damn...
Friedmud
(PS: I am normally a very level headed contributor, but this post just struck a nerve...)