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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Watching RealSports on HBO and there is a video game called League of Legends and there was a world championship at Staples in LA. The whole damn place was sold out. The winning team won $1M!!!!!!

    As geeks yourselves is this kinda' your dream or ultimate goal?
     
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    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I think my cousin plays that game. She's on it like all day. I think she writes for a website about the game though.
     
  3. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Says these people average 14 hours a day playing! Are any if you guys in these pics? [​IMG]

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    Sent from my baller ass iPhone 5 FAMS!
     
  4. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Oh my god...... My life is over![​IMG]


    Sent from my baller ass iPhone 5 FAMS!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    They call these guys Cyber-Athletes!
     
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    I love that the guy that does video for Blazer broadcasts takes pictures with his shitty iPhone camera of his TV screen and posts them in a thread. Did you take those pictures with a potato?
     
  7. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    [video=youtube;MJ2nbJoB-DA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ2nbJoB-DA[/video]
    I play this game, maybe 3 hours once or twice during the week when my wife is gone. The athletes in the NBA do not contribute anything more to society than the LoL people.
    here's a guy who is not on one of those teams, but streams his play and puts together videos and lives off ad revenue. In this video he ran a charity event where he played games for 13 hours and raised 105k$
    [video=youtube;EVDN_G3u3dU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVDN_G3u3dU[/video]
     
  8. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    One thing I wanted to point out about pro gamers, which have been around in Korea since about 2000, is that they peak at about 19 years old, then their reactions drop. People have to "retire" from pro gaming competitions by about 24 or 25.
     
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    That's even too nerdy for me.
     
  10. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    SC2 players make bank as well. Six figures bank.

    A lot of them just stream their games and then charge a couple bucks for people to watch. In a global economy, a couple of bucks to watch might seem like nothing, but if 20,000 people watch you play, that's $40,000. Hell, if only 4,000 people watch you play, that's $8,000 from one game.
     
  11. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    That's Star Craft 2.

    What I think is hilarious, is that LoL is based off of DotA, which was a free modified map for Warcraft 3. Blizzard could be making so much more money than they do just off WoW.

    :Brace for extreme nerd rage from HCP.:
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Like Blizzard needs more money lol
     
  13. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    [video=youtube;_wQKAm7hMSQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQKAm7hMSQ[/video]
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Dude............I considered you a pretty cool guy.......Until this post. IS THIS EVEN ENGLISH?!?!?!?!
     
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