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Tennis Pro Swaps Racket for Railgun

Posted by Zonk on from the best-headline-ever dept.

kleptonin writes "David Kinnaird, a young professional tennis player from Scotland, has given up the world of tennis for the world of competitive online gaming. His reason? He believes that it will be far easier for him to make a living shooting virtual people in the face rather than smacking some balls around." From the article: "The worlds of pro-tennis and pro-gaming are close, said Mr Kinnaird, because both require players to live and breathe their discipline. The excellent hand-eye co-ordination that helped him to become a good tennis player would make him a better gamer too, he said." Here's hoping he knows what he's getting into. Just a little bit more smack talk in online gaming than in tennis.

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  1. Re:Fame a Factor? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Informative

    And what'dya know? Wikipedia has an article.

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  2. Gimme a break by cmay · · Score: 2, Informative

    I played Division 1 and a few low level pro tennis tournaments.

    I also play HL and CS a ton. You can't compare playing tennis with any video game. Give me a break.

    If you can't see the difference, then you need to look yourself in the mirror and make some changes in your life.

  3. Re:Fame a Factor? by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do you know who Hedy Lamarr was? If you were alive when Blazing Saddles was released, you were expected to. Not anymore, though. She's been lost to history.

    Stardom is a fading thing. Thresh was extremely well known back in the days of Quake I. (After all, he won Carmack's Ferrari!) But that was a LONG time ago in terms of computer gaming. Ten years ago, to be precise. The generation of gamers who are playing their XBox 360s don't even remember what it was like before we had 3D games. They've probably never even played Duke Nukem 3D, and most of them have no idea that it was based on (really cool, IMHO) 2D games. "Terminal Velocity", "Descent", "Commander Keen", and "Wacky Wheels" are just so much noise to them. "Wing Commander" is something that old fogies keep bringing up. And PC Gamer is just another game magazine, not the center of the gaming universe.

    Face it. The gaming generation that made games happen has long been eclipsed by all the johnny-come-latelys. That is why no one seems to know about this stuff.

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