Aspire to do this? Know anyone who does this?

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.

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

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.

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.

Splatoon?

That would be the epitome of wise time investment.

My brother won a few Tekken tournies. Won a few hundred bucks I think.

Respect. Any idea which character was his main?

Jin or Bryan Fury I think, but he is good with lots of them.

Yoshimitsu and Heihachi were the homies.

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

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...