Ghostsof1915 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'd comment but I'm going to play World of Warcraft.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenWei91 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Many Age of Empire professionals don't even play professionally last time I checked. A Korean won the first ever Microsoft AOE tournament back in 2000 for 10k. Many of these guys have dominated RTS as a whole and don't play professionally. They get paid for winning tournaments, etc, as have I, but nothing you can support yourself on. Not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberries Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 -Vintage Canuck-, I'd be worried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanKeslord17 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Wow. Didn't this happen a few years ago too? And does anybody know why this happened as such? Was it just because he simply wasn't eating/drinking enough for those 40 hours? It just seems so weird how people can actually get so hooked they die from it. It's just a game and now somebodys life is taken because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Wow. Didn't this happen a few years ago too? And does anybody know why this happened as such? Was it just because he simply wasn't eating/drinking enough for those 40 hours? It just seems so weird how people can actually get so hooked they die from it. It's just a game and now somebodys life is taken because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhinogator Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Many Age of Empire professionals don't even play professionally last time I checked. A Korean won the first ever Microsoft AOE tournament back in 2000 for 10k. Many of these guys have dominated RTS as a whole and don't play professionally. They get paid for winning tournaments, etc, as have I, but nothing you can support yourself on. Not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 this just shows you have no idea about how much pro gamers make and are just throwing out random opinion that you deem true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Using Age of Empire is a terrible example. Not many people play that game anymore. At least professionally. Right now there are at least three major game titles that will rake in a s%*# ton of money. 1. League of Legends 2. Starcraft II 3. Dota 2 Many pro's and some non pro's make their money through stream revenue. They stream themselves playing the game, and thousands and thousands of people watch them play. http://www.own3d.tv/ http://www.twitch.tv/ The best example is probably TheOddOne (http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_theoddone), who plays League of Legends. Everytime he streams, he instantly attracts over 10k viewers. Now I'm not sure how much Twitch.tv plays, but if he were to stream on Own3d; he'd get $3 for every ad he plays for every 1000 viewers. So if we do some simple math... He runs three ads before and after a game. A game usually goes for 30-40min. So he runs at least six ads every hour (sometimes 12). So 6x10,000 = 60,000/1000 = $60.00/h. He usually streams for about 12+ hours a day, so that easily brings him to at least $720.00 a day, and that's without team sponsors, and other stuff. Plus, Twitch pays more than Own3d so he probably makes more than $720.00 a day. Not bad for a Calgary boy Team CLG owner Hotshotgg (http://www.own3d.tv/clgame/live/13574) makes over $1000.00 a day. Something that his ex-drunk teammate (Saintvicious $800.00 a day) confirmed on stream. Ontario boy Also to prove my point a little more. Riot, League of Legends devs are holding a $1,000,000 grand prize tourny in a couple of months. I don't follow the Starcraft scene, but I'm sure they make just as much through sponsors. Specifically in Korea. So to say that you can't make a living off of gaming is completely bogus. People are starting to take gaming incredibly serious. Time are changing Edit: TheOddOne has 21k viewers at the moment.... that's $120.00/h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Frk Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Well...atleast he went out doing something that he loved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daywalker Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm sad to hear that a such a young man died this way. But what I'm most surprised at in this thread is that so many people watch other people play video games? In my day, we'd be fighting each other over who is next in super mario kart, not volunteering to sit out and watch Dean cause he was the best player in the neighbourhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChenWei91 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm sad to hear that a such a young man died this way. But what I'm most surprised at in this thread is that so many people watch other people play video games? In my day, we'd be fighting each other over who is next in super mario kart, not volunteering to sit out and watch Dean cause he was the best player in the neighbourhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danthecanucksfan Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Times have definitely changed. Video games are becoming more and more considered a pro "sport". People are quitting their day jobs, and putting their educations on hold just to become a pro gamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SukhKular Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Im gonna guess our young dead man had other things wrong with him other than sitting for 40 hours straight. An undiagnosed heart condition? Drugs? theres more than enough straightforward explanations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neufy161 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm gonna get crucified for this, but whatever. Assuming external factors such as drugs aren't being applied to this situation. If your a human being and you cannot obtain the fundamental ingredients to sustain your life, because your "too busy" playing a video game to do so... I'm sorry but you have no chance of making it in this dangerous world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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