Super awesome players - why play for free when you could earn big $$$?

[TurboX]

If I was a super awesome player, like a few that frequent the NJ server, I'd probably get in on the e-sports FPS action. These are usually team games that require team members to communicate and work well with each other as a team (Oh). If you're a super awesome player perhaps you could actually make a living playing games and winning huge cash prizes! I sure wish I had the gaming skills to do so.

https://www.esportsearnings.com/games

It looks like CS:GO is the current FPS earning people $$:

CS:GO
$47,825,338.01
9234 Players
3047 Tournaments

Recent trourney -Eleague Major, Boston, Mass. 1/28/2018:
1st Place
Clan Cloud9
United States
autimatic
Rush
Skadoodle
Stewie2k
tarik
$500,000.00

Wow, so each guy went home with $100,000 so basically DONE working for the year. Not too shabby.

[Gryphus_1]

The money that can be made at that is crazy.

Maybe it's just me, but while competitive gaming can be a lot of fun, "esports" and everything it's become just makes me cringe.

G1

[TurboX]

I agree, sounds like it becomes more of a 'job' with lots of potential gobs of drama and emotions. Still, if you're as good as some players on the server - why not make money at it?

[-myth]

Another aspect that isn't covered on this site is streaming and Youtube.

People make ludicrous amounts of money from their followers on both platforms.

[TurboX]

That's right! Forgot about those revenue streams. I guess the catch with those though, is you'd need some social skills/personality.

[-myth]

TurboX

wrote:

That's right! Forgot about those revenue streams. I guess the catch with those though, is you'd need some social skills/personality.

Most people just watch whoever is best that is semi-popular so they can learn from them. This is especially true for League of Legends. But most pros have taken a "big brother" type of streaming style where they just commentate on what they're doing so people can learn easier. CSGO is a bit different.. most people generally watch the big pros (Shroud, before he retired, could pull in 15-20k viewers at any given time just by playing CSGO and turning his stream on). I haven't watched CSGO streams in years, though, it could have changed by now.