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Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 2:29 pm
by tree_
Aspire to do this? Know anyone who does this?

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 2:35 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Like prize money or just paid to play? My ex stepson wins a good amount from tournament play

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 2:36 pm
by tree_
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Like prize money or just paid to play? My ex stepson wins a good amount from tournament play
Anything. How much? What kind of tournament? All foreign to me.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 2:45 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
He plays mostly in Super Smash Brothers melee tournaments. When he wins it's usually 100-200 bucks. He plays every weekend and he's a freshman in college so it's a nice bit of spending money. He placed in a bigger regional tourney in Atlanta once and his prize money was like 1500

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 3:04 pm
by CopperTom
A college friend played in Tekken tournaments. It didn't seem all that fun. Way too serious. When the new one came out, he spent days writing and testing combos.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:53 pm
by Ello Sailor
I had a buddy who made it into the US team for a tactical squad-based shooter. It was all he ever talked about. He made very little money, but got to travel around the world to compete. Not a wise time investment if you ask me.

Still, I'm sure it felt somewhat rewarding to excel at something to that degree, as niche as it was.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:55 pm
by tree_
Splatoon?

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:56 pm
by Ello Sailor
That would be the epitome of wise time investment.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:48 pm
by BurtReynolds
My brother won a few Tekken tournies. Won a few hundred bucks I think.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 11:01 pm
by Ello Sailor
Respect. Any idea which character was his main?

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 11:08 pm
by BurtReynolds
Jin or Bryan Fury I think, but he is good with lots of them.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 11:43 pm
by Ello Sailor
Yoshimitsu and Heihachi were the homies.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Sun August 26, 2018 11:22 pm
by CopperTom
4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Mon August 27, 2018 9:10 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
i was just at the landing a few weeks ago

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Mon August 27, 2018 10:44 pm
by CopperTom
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
i was just at the landing a few weeks ago
Thank God you're ok. I was worried sick.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Tue August 28, 2018 12:59 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
CopperTom wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
i was just at the landing a few weeks ago
Thank God you're ok. I was worried sick.
let’s bang

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Thu September 06, 2018 1:27 pm
by tree_
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
makes one wonder... I do equate Madden with maddening... Same word... Thing about physical sports competition is you work out aggression and don't feel like murdering ppl... Video gamers don't exercise and are all pent up... Shame and scary... Hope it's not a sign for what's to come in the competitive gaming world

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Thu September 06, 2018 4:27 pm
by Monkey_Driven
tree_ wrote:
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
makes one wonder... I do equate Madden with maddening... Same word... Thing about physical sports competition is you work out aggression and don't feel like murdering ppl... Video gamers don't exercise and are all pent up... Shame and scary... Hope it's not a sign for what's to come in the competitive gaming world
This is such a 1987 stereotype.

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Thu September 06, 2018 7:08 pm
by tree_
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tree_ wrote:
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
makes one wonder... I do equate Madden with maddening... Same word... Thing about physical sports competition is you work out aggression and don't feel like murdering ppl... Video gamers don't exercise and are all pent up... Shame and scary... Hope it's not a sign for what's to come in the competitive gaming world
This is such a 1987 stereotype.
I'm assuming majority of pplz who commit enough time to be good at Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY don't exercise enough and it causes all kinds of neuroses

Re: Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY?!

Posted: Thu September 06, 2018 8:20 pm
by Monkey_Driven
tree_ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tree_ wrote:
CopperTom wrote:4 dead, more injured from a sore loser at a Madden tourney. JFC.
makes one wonder... I do equate Madden with maddening... Same word... Thing about physical sports competition is you work out aggression and don't feel like murdering ppl... Video gamers don't exercise and are all pent up... Shame and scary... Hope it's not a sign for what's to come in the competitive gaming world
This is such a 1987 stereotype.
I'm assuming majority of pplz who commit enough time to be good at Playing vIdEo gAmEs for MONEY don't exercise enough and it causes all kinds of neuroses
You know what happens when you assume...