The surprisingly lucrative business of competitive videogaming.
You wish you were Sahil Arora Kuro Takhasomi (thanks, Rotide).
But you’re not.
UPDATE: The top ten earners right now (all playing DOTA 2).
Everything. As It Happens.
yebbut can any of them explain what the heck is going on in Metal Gear Solid?
Any of ’em, i mean?
nanomachines.
well yeah, Paul, i got THAT much but after that….
don’t get me wrong, i’ve whiled away many’s the night hiding in cardboard boxes and puckin’ seven bells out of lads with guns, knocked out surveillance cameras and taking on giant machines inhabited by awful embittered yokes altogether, but I’d have had no idea *why* since, I’d say, 2001!
+1 in fairness :)
Does this mean I can get paid to play FIFA?
If you were actually any good you could .
This is monstrously out of date.
The top earning player currently is Kuro “KuroKy” Takhasomi from Team Liquid, who is worth $3,367,188.35 since winning The International 2017 last month.
Who’d ever have guessed that this guy spends most of his life shut in playing computer games? Not me!
Unfortunately If i spent that much time shut in playing games, I could hope for some of that sweet moolah. Sorry to dissapoint but some people don’t just define sports as ‘the premier league ‘
Nobody defines sports as sitting on your bottom playing computer games. But of COURSE you do. Of course. This explains your angry attitude towards everyone. You’re just pre-empting rejection, aren’t you.
I don’t really define them as sports, but that’s an argument for another day.
Suffice to say F1, Darts, Chess. Also games I enjoy watching. Also in a grey area regarding the word ‘sport’
while gaming has its merits or so I’ve been told
it’s not sport by the wildest of imagination
It’s a fun debate and one I’ve had many times. Any way you use to define the word ‘sport’ immediately disqualifies many respected sports.
Personally I don’t look on gaming as a sport but it’s a handy way to describe what I do enjoy about it.
You even know the chap’s nickname. Why am I not at all surprised that you’re a fan of the professional computer gaming scene?
ROFLMAO
Of course you are familiar with Edson Arantes do Nascimento?
Maybe not.
Eh, Hello!! ….. Where the hell is “Oh Mummy” ?
And what about “Daley Thompsons Decathlon”, for Gods sake!
I’d probably win the Half Life 2 world championship.
I was first in Salthill, Galway to finish Black Tiger on one 10p coin.
That was my 15mins, I was sooo cool… that at least two other nerds witnessed my mighty achievement.
I paid for the pleasure :)
https://youtu.be/8BPtn6_vhNQ