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Posted by: Cha0s_Spartan

ill make a list of jobs that basically have the same mentality of playing videogames, im not saying they have anything in common but these jobs really are identical

1. racecar driving
2. acting
3. singing
4. playing in a band
5. any major sport

those are my top 5 JOBS most closely accosiated to MLG

ps: this was all directed to flipster


agreed

  • 06.23.2007 2:59 PM PDT

and what exactly do actors and athletes contribute?
Posted by: sockpuppet74
I can understand people wanting to play games professionally for $250,000 a year but doesn't it bother you that you would be contributing absolutely nothing to society whatsoever? I don't care how much I got paid to sit around and play video games, I wouldn't do it knowing I'm just pimple on society's ass.

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Come with me to the dark side of the force. I'll drop the world on your f****** head.

GT: I Galactis I

I've never played with pros before, because all of them I get matched up with are posers.

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Posted by: sockpuppet74
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Posted by: sockpuppet74
I can understand people wanting to play games professionally for $250,000 a year but doesn't it bother you that you would be contributing absolutely nothing to society whatsoever? I don't care how much I got paid to sit around and play video games, I wouldn't do it knowing I'm just pimple on society's ass.


$hit man, thats EXACTLY what im talking about. EXACTLY. they dont understand though... its not good for your health either.

Yeah, I agree. How could you get a sense of accomplishment from playing a video game? How could you go your entire 'career' without a sense of accomplishment? How could you go your entire 'career' knowing that you really haven't done anything? I sure as hell couldn't.
Who cares? You make money by doing something you enjoy. No one works to "contribute" to society, they work for money.

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to bad his gt dosnt say walshy its say it spelt backwards yhslaw i played once in hardcore we got pwned bad

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Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
REALLY feels good if you know you earned your money. Trust me, it feels good knowing youve done something productive for the society in order to earn money. a sense of a job well done, the best feeling ever.


Thing is you shouldn't force yourself to do something your not going to love doing. If someone loves playing video games and they can easily make a living from it, they should. Especially over doing some job they really don't enjoy just to give back to society.

It's rather funny tho; The people who disagree with a gaming career constantly question the morality of it all like they're fit to judge only using their biased standards. Seriously tho, to the people who are against it, Have you ever thought that the people who get loads of cash playing games aren't actually participating in advancing their education or plan to? I'm pretty sure the OGRE twins go to college not far away from where I live.

Look at Iceman, I'm sure he'd love to be a pro gamer in Halo 2. You know what else? Iceman also attends Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State Univ(Myspace ftw). An you'e have to be retarded to assume that everyone(almost everyone that is lol) under the age of 18 is not currently enrolled in a public school. What about those 18+ people, you may think. Well, how do you think they afford to go to these tournaments? Not everone is ballin enough to get all kinds of sponsorships.

Let's look at sports. What do the sports play do for society? Provide entertainment right? Well if so, imagine if MLG went Big. We, the gamers, would also provide entertainment for people. Hell, they broadcasted last years events on TV. -- Apparently this point was brought up already. Props to the guy who got to it before me.

But anyways, mainly the thing is this; What's best for you isn't best for everyone. T2 isn't currently pursuing a higher education from what I know but he sure is raking in cash from other things.

[Edited on 06.23.2007 4:49 PM PDT]

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Posted by: CxEnVy
Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
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Flipster why don't you shut the -blam!- up when you know you are wrong? You have no argument and you keep trying to act like you're right. You obviously have enough time to waste playing video games so STFU. People do what you do and get payed 702 dollars an hour for it. You obviously could not make pro because of your -blam!- record in THC. You are just a sad jealous little boy. KTHXBAI


first off, wtf is THC?? also, what ami wrong about? do tell!
Wow you are a stupid -blam!-. Are you so stupid that you can't look at the playlists and see THC= Team Hardcore. Im PMing a mod to end this stupid thread.


Seems like a nice discussion to me. You seem to be the only one getting upset!

His Team Hardcore stats?! OH NOES! You do realize that Team Hardcore is a Team game and that Team games don't give a good example of how good someone is individually. You know how hard it is to do good in a Team game when your Team sucks? Rather difficult I must say. Halo 2 is a Team based game so it's hard to carry your Team.

[Edited on 06.23.2007 5:35 PM PDT]

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
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Do pros really make 250,000 dollars a year or is that split through several years.


It's split through several years. However, they make their contract money in addition to tournaments they win. It sometimes depends on the tourney, but mostly the winning team (for Halo 2) will get $20,000 per tournament, and of course FFA's if the players partake in that.

So you have the $250,000 contract they're on, and the cash money for each tournament.

Lets look at what Karma got last year- he was on Carbon's national championship winning team, who won the $100,000 grand prize. He also won the FFA championships, so that was another $10,000. Couple that with a top three placing in each tournament during the year, and his contract money and you have............a whole lotta money LOL


Thanks for clearing that up. 250,000 a year just on contracts would be a awesome career. *drops out of high school and plays halo 2 all day* lol.

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I see things like this, if people like gaming for a living go ahead.It is not affecting me. I am pretty sure that they do not plan to play games forever professionally. The game is only popular for so long. Thus, professional gaming will not last unlike sports (a new sport does not come out every year).

Athletes, actors, and race car drivers do not contribute that much to society directly, but they do indirectly. Think about all the charity work and donations they give. They can sometimes be a role model (athletes mostly, tells kids to stay in shape and follow thier dreams.)

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Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
Posted by: sockpuppet74
Posted by: Th3 Flipst3r
Posted by: sockpuppet74
I can understand people wanting to play games professionally for $250,000 a year but doesn't it bother you that you would be contributing absolutely nothing to society whatsoever? I don't care how much I got paid to sit around and play video games, I wouldn't do it knowing I'm just pimple on society's ass.


$hit man, thats EXACTLY what im talking about. EXACTLY. they dont understand though... its not good for your health either.

Yeah, I agree. How could you get a sense of accomplishment from playing a video game? How could you go your entire 'career' without a sense of accomplishment? How could you go your entire 'career' knowing that you really haven't done anything? I sure as hell couldn't.


well thats the thing though... these people do feel like they accomplish something by playing video games, and i would sure as hell like the money, but it REALLY feels good if you know you earned your money.


That's all I read. You think they don't work hard to make their money? They're getting paid thousands to play professionally. Sounds like........

Acting.
Baseball.
Basketball.
Soccer.
Football.
Nascar.
Professional golfing.
Professional bass fishing.

How exactly do any of those contribute to society? Other than charity (which MLG helped with during the Katrina incident) they are here for entertainment.

A JOB is a JOB. And if someone is playing professionally, they've obviously earned it from working hard. So..........can you stop being obsessed and jealous about these people who play video games for a living and are getting paid for it already?

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Posted by: Cha0s_Spartan

ill make a list of jobs that basically have the same mentality of playing videogames, im not saying they have anything in common but these jobs really are identical

1. racecar driving
2. acting
3. singing
4. playing in a band
5. any major sport

those are my top 5 JOBS most closely accosiated to MLG

ps: this was all directed to flipster
Actually none of those jobs have anything similar to gaming's mentality...
Racecar driving? Come on, your LIFE IS AT RISK...you don't respawn if your car gets totalled, last time I checked.
Singing is actually really hard to do, even for the famous singers. Same with acting. You also have to stand before large crowds on a lit stage, which would terrify most people.

Any major sport? Football, soccer, basketball, etc...they require more physical ability than games.

Playing video games should not be considered a sport. People should get a real -blam!- job.

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Posted by: Sphincter218
lol @ the people here who get on a gaming forum, reply to a topic every 3 minutes telling someone else that they have no life, and defending it. Might want to look at what you are doing (refreshing and replying constantly) before you flame.


Indeed. For someone saying the pros have no lives, he sure spends a LOT of his life telling people he has never met that they don't have one.

Irony. Sweet irony at its finest.

  • 06.23.2007 5:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: II ORGASMIC II
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Posted by: FKxPandemic
Posted by: Frankiee
VcS Gun Shot is his actual account at the moment, there are alot of fb strongsides so it might not have been him, u never no


No. There is a poser with the account VCS Gun Shot, with the letter o. His actual account has a zero instead.

And Gun Shot isn't pro.


Wrong, his actualy account is spelt with a lowercase "o", and he made pro bracket at Meadowlands.



His account is VcS GuN ShoT. The VcS GuN Sh0t is the poser


proof from Gun shot... its a random post from him on H3F (look in his sig it will say): http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/MrD3ADS3XY/gunshot.jpg


He barely made pro bracket....


Uhh....That's what I said. lol



I know I was just backing you up.

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Posted by: yuben porkslapt
You wish you could make 250K a year to play Halo.


I would rather not waste the rest of my life to play video games.


kid, your an idiot


I'm an idiot for stating my opinion. Well then that makes everyone here an idiot. So GTFO!


no you would turn down that much money to get an actual job, instead of playing a video game and making that much more than you would actually working

thats what makes you an idiot
No you know what, I would turn down that much money to get a real job.

Video games were made as entertainment--an escape, a pastime. As much as I love video games, I'm not going to sit on my ass and make 200,000 dollars by playing them. College, then owning and running a comfortably-sized business--maybe working for Nintendo--and taking vacations to the beach every once in a while...THAT is the life.

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Your bar is high for what is considered getting something done or accomplished... For others, it isn't.

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Agreed Mark.

I honestly don't see the problem here with professional gamers. They do what they do, we do what we do. Why so much hate? Why so much jealousy? (If it's not jealousy, please elaborate on what it is.)

Anyone care to answer that?

[Edited on 06.23.2007 6:20 PM PDT]

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[/quote]No you know what, I would turn down that much money to get a real job.

Video games were made as entertainment--an escape, a pastime. As much as I love video games, I'm not going to sit on my ass and make 200,000 dollars by playing them. College, then owning and running a comfortably-sized business--maybe working for Nintendo--and taking vacations to the beach every once in a while...THAT is the life.[/quote]

That is your definition of a life. Others may have a different perspective.

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You can't assume your idea of the wonders of life are the real wonders of life! You can have a booming gaming life an still be Healthy. I'm sure most of us have heard of the Pro Gamer Karma! He went from being overweight to getting in shape. I'm sure I can find you before and after pictures and probably the video interview lol

  • 06.23.2007 6:29 PM PDT

lil poison sucks i kicked his little ass and i played with fbi halogod to

  • 06.23.2007 6:32 PM PDT

Posted by: Frankiee
Jus wandering, any1 here play with or against pros, i just played with whoisstrongside (who is the real strongside) in 2 ffas on midship and beat him both times, (it was his first games of the day) i played with VcS Gun Shot a few days ago , and im in Ogre 2s clan, preveously in LiL Poisons clan. Also i hav fb walshy , fbi halogod, fbi victory, l3utt3rz and i5ki roy on my friends list. Any1 else play wit pros?


Guess what nobody knows those guys they're like celebrities in the world of people nobody gives a grap about....

Comparable to MySpace celebs... and fking whore trains....

  • 06.23.2007 6:33 PM PDT