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Some MLG and other people make money playing games like Guitar Hero and Halo.
Blake Peebles made money from guitar hero, and convinced his parents to drop out of school to play GH full time. He's now homeschooled.
If you were good at a game, would you try and make it a living? or is this just stupid?
whatever pays the bills amirite
Your opinions?

People enjoy using their bodies for pleasure.
People make a living out of their bodies.
People enjoy using games for pleasure.
People make a living out of their games.

The next herran ri

Unless you're Korean, it's stupid. Cuz if you're Korean it's in your blood so you're set

If I was superb at a game and I could take on some of the most famous gamers then yes, I would take on gaming as my full time job. Gaming is just as real as any other career.

I already knew about most of these people since I love MLG. They mentioned Tom Taylor, aka Tsquared, and two of his teammates from Str8 Rippin. They forgot one of their other members even though they said there's only 3 on the team, lol.

Honestly, if you look into MLG, the ones who make the most money are the players involved in Halo. They usually get better sponsors and the prize money for Halo is much more than other games on the circuit like Gears 2, COD, WoW, ect. In the Nationals for MLG, Str8 Rippin got a check for 100k after they won, but for the other games it's far less than that. It's almost sad.

So if you truly want to make a living from video games, it will be hard. But if you love it, I don't see why not to try it. People make money through Football, Basketball, Baseball, etc. So if you like playing video games and are actually good at it, then try it out. But I personally don't think you should just rely on video games to make a good income.

Thats one of the bet team names I have ever seen. Ever.

BTW Kev I kinda think it's cool that gamers can make money

I paid for my laptop with online cod4 ladders on my 360.

Tournaments for popular games and stuff like webcomics (XKCD, SMBC, Explosm, Penny Arcade, etc) already support people. If you can turn your hobby into your work why wouldn't you game "full-time" ?

Games should be kept recreational in my opinion. Unless its your job to create and test these games.

Well, it's a good thing your opinion is worth absolutely nothing then.

Tyranno , in my opinion is worth about 6 trillion pounds

"If your good at something, never do it for free."

We're not killing the batman.

Why? Playing a game of football at the age of 10, finding out you are good at it and having a 100K-salary a week at M.C.F.C is a way of earning money. Playing CoD or Halo and finding out you can win tournaments is too.

I don't see making a living off of video games is any more credible than moving a plastic triangle over wires, rotating round, grooved pieces of vinyl, keeping track of green rectangles that you don't own, sitting in a chair all day hitting buttons in a certain order or any other of the millions of jobs out there.

Playing football is getting up and doing something. I am sorry, I meant video games. Should have specified.

Is sitting at a desk 6 days a week "getting up and doing something" ? What I was trying to say : if you can turn something you like into a job, then why not? What on earth could be the problem with that?

Exactly, in fact, having this as a job is probably healthier than a desk job, as it does not entail the same amount of pressures/stresses that you would expect to find at your average large corporation.

Do you condone dropping out of highschool at age 16, to play a plastic guitar full time instead of furthering an education, perhaps getting a wonderful job? Don't get me wrong, I like Guitar Hero, but I do it for fun. Stress is a normal part of life ; its something we all go through. We are going to have to learn to deal with stress sooner or later. Getting up, leaving your house, going to a JOB (even if it is sitting at a desk) it's still a JOB where you go somewhere to do something. When it's all said and done, when you get your paycheck, at the end of the stressful day, you can really feel like you've accomplished something. After you get carpal tunnel from hitting the same buttons over and over, I'm sure it's not going to be healthier then any other desk job.

I don't really care what these people do. I saw an article and wanted people's opinions. I just said that I personally believe that video games should be kept recreational. I have no control what other people do with themselves. This isn't (or shouldn't be) any kind of debate.

No, not at all, but remember, not the entire population is capable of going to university and attaining such high standards. For an intelligent person showing quite a bit of potential, I would discourage it, but at the end of the day, there are situations and people to who this may be a good idea. Say for example, a depressant or someone with an injury whereby they can only really move about the house. It would allow them to have earning independence and give them something to do during the day. A depressant may not have an easy time at work and it could dramatically increase their happiness and/or levels of self esteem if their job is ‘relatively’ carefree.

Job satisfaction is not an issue for everyone though, there are many who just want to work and go home, they do not care for knowing whether or not they have made a difference/done something important, they just want to earn money and for that type of worker, this ‘job’ would be ideal.

I agree with you there. A person's physical conditions affects them greatly should have a job that fits their needs/problems/can't really word it at the moment.

If you look at the people in the article (some have nothing to do with video games though) they do look like able bodied teenagers. Some older and younger then teens. They do have potential.

Yeah, I know people who just want to make money and go home. My parents/most of my family are the same way. While I am old enough to work I do not have a job at the moment so I can't relate at the moment.

Did the article not mention that he is now homeschooled? For some people that actually is a better option. And why not do both : spend parts of the day making money AND still be educated? That way you can even pick out your own subjects?

His parents let him drop out of school to play GH. I honestly don't think they are qualified to school him.

He could educate himself.

But he's not going to.

Because reading an article online tells you everything about someone's personality, amirite?

A 16 year old American does not drop out of highschool to educate themselves.

Don't start bringing your life story into this. This isn't about you and your parental/educational conflicts. As Zimy said, you dont know anything about their personal life outside of the article. Who are you to judge if his parents in fact are or are not qualified to teach without any evidence whatsoever of their own educational status.

His parents caved in when he begged them to drop out. They didn't homeschool him themselves. They hired someone qualified to teach him.
He said school was a waste of time. Why the Phoronida would he educate himself then? Maybe it is the law to get an education until age 18. After that GH is the only thing he needs to worry about.

Oh yeah. This has nothing to do with my life story, parental/educational conflicts. My parents actually encourage me to go to college, they wouldn't be happy if I were some highschool dropout.
Source: http://www.dlisted.com/node/27826
Source of the source: http://kotaku.com/5037975/parents-let-kid-...-on-guitar-hero

u mad?

no.. what about u?

Every post of yours is rather hostile. I didnt know that I was in the debate room.

I apologize if I came off that way. I am just trying to defend my points

Kev what have I told you about trying to defend a point you have no fathomable reason to have?

Tyrannnnnnno,
what have i told you about being the thought police

I don't see how this could possibly be negative. He's getting his schooling, he's doing something he likes AND is good at. He's making cash money. He probably keeps in touch with friends from school, and makes new friends at tournaments(tournaments are huge social environments) I don't really see how this could be a bad thing. He's only 16 years old, and if he's getting a proper education at home then he'll obviously be ready to enter the workplace when he feels that the game isn't what he wants anymore.

McDonalds welcomes high school dropouts. Most jobs do not.

He won't have to work a "normal" job if he plays his cards right. Bill Gates was a college drop-out, look how he did.


I'm not saying he shouldn't have education, I think college is very important, but just maybe not for everyone.

Since the economic recession recently McDonalds doesnt even hire at all. Furthurmore, why would he even want to get a job at McDonalds when he ALREADY has a paying job playing video games.Your argument is invalid.

Also, you get your points across by putting forth evidence and logical reasoning corellating with other informations. Not flaming others to make yourself look cool.

Well that's great then. Also, he could think of school as "a waste of time" because he didn't agree with what he got taught. Also, as others mentioned, don't make assumptions based on an online article about one's personality if you don't know him IRL.

This is the internet i can do what i want SO THERE............

WUT NAO. WHAT YOU GONNA DO NAO??

Owie

My lulz was had. I request this topic be closed

Since when was the internet a democracy. The internet is not American, it is global, and the Earth is not a democracy.

Actually our lulz was had at your ignorance. You request this topic be closed because you cannot take anymore.

Zimy just ended this topic so hard. He deserves a coupon for one free internet.

Scrng'd

Yeah because I totally said the internet was American. I also totally said it was a democracy. Good eyes there.
I requested the topic closed because I cannot type more words. I am tired of typing words. Do not like to type words. I am glad whoever you really are is on the site.

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You want this closed because you got butthurt