By Christopher Null: The Working Guy
Regular readers know that I love video games as much as the next guy. In fact, my right ankle is still sore from drumming my way through a marathon Rock Band session last night (who knew calibrating the TV would make such a difference!?), and I'm always looking for the latest titles to pop into my Xbox.
But how much gaming is too much? For North Carolina native Blake Peebles, there's no such thing. Guitar Hero is his title of choice. "I usually play till I can't anymore," he says, in this profile from the News & Observer.
In fact, young Mr. Peebles is dropping out of high school... in order to focus on Guitar Hero full time. Peebles hopes to join the small but growing crew of players looking to make gaming a job. Citing his victories in Guitar Hero tournaments, which include "gift certificates, gaming equipment, and chicken sandwiches," Peebles thinks he has the chops to play competitively and earn actual money in the process. As the story notes, top gamers on the competitive circuit can earn up to $80,000 a year (though $25,000 is more common). Peebles, of course, can count his 52 Chick-fil-A combo meals toward that total.
Read entire story here.
17 USC § 1008 Prohibition on certain infringement actions:
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the noncommercial use by a consumer for making digital musical or analog musical recordings.
... Cool....
Now stop being so freaking nice, and buy a stun gun. - Krell
Im still waiting for the PornStar Hero title to drop. I will own in that game!
Hard as ever and here to make you people believe...as long as there is one person to hold hope and dream...A GOD...will never die!
"One gamer, quoted at the end of the linked article, says that in eight years his total earnings are about $25,000 total, and that's including a national championship in Halo 2."
Well, if aspirations of becoming a gaming world champ isn't the best damn excuse used by those with a bright future in the gas station attendant industry, I don't know what is.
Just adapt a fleshlight controller....Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45
“The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.” - Florence Nightingale
Awesome!
I'm going to try and recruit this guy, we have a few people who have pro salaries. Shouldn't knock it too much, I enjoy the leisure time I have with my wife & kids now that I took up gaming full time.
I imagine things like baseball & swimming had the same effect on society when it was in its infancy...
20 years from now, just as many kids will be dropping out of school to take up gaming as do now to take up football or basketball.
Especially since "education" and "information" is so easily acquired outside of school or college.
:)
Scouts usually pick up hopefuls while they're in college. Drop out of high school today and you'll have a hard time landing a job serving burgers and fries, not to mention escaping that niche.
16? hell he's already a has been.
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Shaaaaat, I was kickin' the snot out of the old man with Atari games at 8. He would literally storm out of the room cussing at me.
Here's to wapazoid and his 666 posts!
He must be using the Pick of Destiny.
17 USC § 1008 Prohibition on certain infringement actions:
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the noncommercial use by a consumer for making digital musical or analog musical recordings.
The glorious moment had been preserved. As I spun my chair to point dual horned hands at my Dio poster, I could have sworn I heard faint monk chanting.
Where the hell's ratcat?! We must air jam this!
Have a mod delete one of your posts so you can relive the moment.
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satan
6, 7, 8, 9, 10
I used to play with a guy on xbox live that would "plan" on taking in 5 grand or so every two weeks (or whenever the bars down the street had a Guitar Hero competition).
He won every time I asked....
Major League Gaming, www.mlgpro.com, will be a good source for pro gaming. Especially the FPS games: Halo 2 and 3, Gears, Rainbow 6, even WoW.
It's sad that he DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL to pick up guitar hero! Guitar hero will only be the competitive game for so long! After a while, another game will pick up, and will he be so good at that one? Get the damn diploma! Jeeze...
People standin on top of the white house, there's people standin up on capital hill...
They stand up there, sound like they know something...
They all still wake up in the morning, drink a cup of coffee and take a shit, they aint better than I am.
And they dance around a problem... say this... talk about the eco-nomic imp-li-cations...
But their grandfather, great great grandfather, was just like my great great grandfather, just a bunch of monkeys swingin up in trees shittin in the woods.
Well done and I see you have Kodak your moment.The glorious moment had been preserved. As I spun my chair to point dual horned hands at my Dio poster, I could have sworn I heard faint monk chanting.
Where the hell's ratcat?! We must air jam this!
OK lets jam and toast the song \m/
The Number of the Beast, Can I play with Madness
Too many songs are coming into my mind.
Again congrats !!!
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia
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