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A Lot of Money for Playing Games

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the professional-minesweeper dept.

knowhow writes "Tom Taylor took the risk of dropping out from high school just to play video games. The guy who is just 18 years old, was prompted to take this step; because of the reason that emerged from his love for gaming. After playing for six months on a full time basis the guy signed a contract for a staggering $250,000." From the Article:"Now Tom taylor is known as Tsquared on the gaming circuit. He's earning six figures and has product endorsements and a video game tutoring business. He's one of about 100 professional gamers associated with Major League Gaming, a video gaming league founded in 2002. When they're playing well, pros might bring home a few grand a month."

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  1. Women by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose that, unlike actual sports leagues, Major League Gaming doesn't have to worry about sex party scandals.

  2. Nice "editing" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm not usually one to complain about the editors, but come on.

    The guy who is just 18 years old, was prompted to take this step; because of the reason that emerged from his love for gaming.

    Set that poor semicolon free! It doesn't deserve to be cooped up in that horrible excuse for a sentence! The semicolon is a beautiful creature that can only be appreciated in its natural habitat: a sentence containing two full independent clauses. Or certain lists.

  3. What? by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> The guy who is just 18 years old, was prompted to take this step; because of the reason that emerged from his love for gaming.

    Say that again, but not in Klingon.

  4. Don't quit your dream job by MemeSpitter · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The guy who is just 18 years old, was prompted to take this step; because of the reason that emerged from his love for gaming."
    "... do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, standing for absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college." -- Kurt Vonnegut
    Or, if you must, at least avoid using if you haven't the foggiest idea of where to put them (such as, say, between two independent clauses). All that does is show you've dropped out of high school to play video games.

  5. Gambling with his future... by jorghis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I cant even count the number of people I knew when I was in college who threw away the chance to become succesfull engineers (I went to an engineering school) to play WoW/Everquest/Counterstrike 15 hours a day. For every guy like this who makes a career out of gaming there are hundreds of thousands who give up their careers because they spend too much time playing video games.

    Spending the enourmous amount of time required to be good at video games is a worse investment than a lottery ticket. Lottery tickets have had more winners, require less time investment, and the payoff is a lot bigger than 250 grand.

    Yes, I realize that a lot of people play video games for fun and moderate their time spent well. But dont we all know people who play endlessly because they want to be the best on their server or be in a clan that wins a lot of tournaments?