I remember playing my computer/video games and my parents saying..

[Atomicus]

why won't you do something productive that can help you earn money?

then I directed them to Text

and the fact that Jonathan Wendell made over $130,000 in cash and prizes including a free car in 2003 :roll:

 

[her209]

That is just one guy.

That's like saying I want to be a programmer because Bill Gates is a billionaire.

 

[vi edit]

The guys from "Jackass" get paid millions to kick each other in the crotch, but that doesn't mean that you can too.

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
The guys from "Jackass" get paid millions to kick each other in the crotch, but that doesn't mean that you can too.

maybe with the right sponsers

 

I had a friend who did some "professional" CS gaming.
He went to japan for some tourneys.
I suppose you can make money doing anything.

 

[HamSupLo]

it's like playing poker for a living

 

[KillyKillall]

Sign me up!

BTW, no one got my permission to put me in that video.....

 

[WhiteWonder]

What do they want you to do for recreation?
Start fires?
Be a man-skank?
C-walk?

And the whole earning $ part is not worth it.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

ROFL you know what my parents told me?

I do consider myself as a semi hardcore gamer..

My parents told me this: "you should join tournaments and make some money for playing these games. You can make money off of that ya knw"

i went WTF...


of course, they condemn me playing constantly, but i still manage to be an EE major at ucsd,...and my gpa sux lol

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
The guys from "Jackass" get paid millions to kick each other in the crotch, but that doesn't mean that you can too.

The crotch-kicking market is so unsaturated at the moment, and has such room for growth. Would be wise to begin now, Atomicus.

 

[mitchafi]

There's a pro magic player that's won something like 9 Pro Tours @ 35K a tour. Not half bad, but as mentioned above, just because he won 9 times doesn't mean you ever will