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As with other pro sports, the entrepreneurs behind tournaments like the World Cyber Games believe that in the multibillion-dollar video game industry there is enough interest to support an elite level of gamers who play for pay.
"This sport is still under the radar," said Angel Munoz, 44, the creator of the Cyberathlete Professional League
Jeez, I had a hard enough time not laughing when the cheerleaders called themselves a sport.
Taking Their Game to the Next Level: Professional Video Game Players [nytimes.com]
I'm NOT saying video games are evil (although I think some of them are designed by people who are)
Won't someone please think of the children!
Won't someone please think of the children!
based on YOUR observations, YOUR perspective (narrow as that may be, considering what you do for a living on a daily basis - and it IS fairly constricted....)
This comment, coupled with a few others, makes it clear that I never should have gotten involved in this discussion to begin with. How can you say that I have a narrow perspective on a question pertaining to children, when I WORK with children every day? This is like a doctor telling a web designer his perspective on html is too narrow.
Anyway...think of the children, hahaha? Apparently, I can't get away from them even at night.
Sorry to have offended your sense of justice for video games. And please forgive me for taking the mental health of small children seriously. I suppose I really ought to know better. (And really, honestly, I DO know better than to get involved in these sorts of discussions. From now on I'll stick to the technical forums and leave 'Foo' to you.)
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The original article was about adults playing video games for money.
You chose to bring children and violence into it.
And "Won't somebody please think of the children?" is a SP reference.
The economics of it? Absolutely stellar. A good tourney showcases exactly the products that the game developpers are pushing, which push sales of said products. Also, when you look at the gaming "spin-off" industries, like the gamer magazines, websites, TV shows, etc etc, a lot of that thrives on not only talking about the games, but who the hottest player is. When someon reads about Joe Blow from Kansas and his amazing feats with Quake, or Doom, or whatever, it inspires the reader to spend that extra hour a day trying to be just that good, to go and buy another magazine so he has all the cheat codes and spoilers, to head to the computer store and get the latest graphics card so he never again has to deal with lag...
Not that different from the kids running out to the mall to get the latest pair of sneakers that Basketball Player X has, to he can run and jump and shoot like an NBA player. Or at worst, look like he might be able to run and jump and shoot like an NBA player.
As for Video Games corrupting youth: Codswallop.
"The youth of today are mischievous, vulgar, violent, and have no respect for their elders or figures of authority." - William Shakespeare.
Which is to say, kids are kids, always have been, always will be.
