Ladies and gents,

Dont fight!

Gaming isn't going downhill, the human perception is. Games aren't at fault, neither is gaming. Professional gamers don't skip school. In fact, most of them go back to school. Passion is one thing, but stereotyping kids that skip school to play games in a cyber cafe with gamers who represent their countries in sports is proof that there are still those in our generation that cannot accept seeing gaming as a profession.

What was tennis before being a professional sport? A favorite past time. What was basketball before it became a professional sport? A favorite past time. What made those past times into professional sports? Popularity in the masses, the easily mass produced materials required for such sports, the standardization of a ruling mechanism in play, most importantly, the passion of those involved to bring it one step higher, they made the decisions needed that made them into what they are today.

Those kids aren't the gamers you want to compare with. Honestly, i wouldnt even call them gamers. Pro gamers barely even need to skip school to play. They have a set schedule they follow to practice. The only real time they play that much is when they start off on a new game.

As for the article you saw, you didnt really see the big picture as to why the winnings are going down.

1. Sponsors are the same
2. Sponsors are relying on the event to boost sales as well
3. Heavy reliance on sponsors for event costs
4. Games that are chosen also heavily rely on sponsors, aside from the games popularity in the first place.
5. if the sponsors dont do well, they pull out.
6. When the popularity of a game is at its peak, there is no need to push the product any longer. The money spent is just to ensure that the product is continously heard or seen in the public eye, hence the need for high prizes in the beginning. The "Online" community did not exist until a few years ago, which made it SO much easier for these companies to reach that goal.

And that my friend, is why gaming winnings are going down. Its not because gaming is dying. It's the human perception.

This post has been edited by crashtec: Mar 10 2009, 06:23 PM

I get your concern. But you know, politicians are politicians, they will always twist their words to make it work for them.
Me being a lecturer and a gamer while graduating with a degree wasnt an easy task. Like i said, it will take loads of work to be good at anything.

I wouldn't persuade anyone to give up their education for gaming, simply because education is the most important in life, aside from life itself.
Many CoD4 gamers understand this concept, i just wish everyone else had the same idea.

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Added on March 11, 2009, 2:11 pmhaha, damn old la that dance.. im 25 and i also can shuffle la

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Added on March 11, 2009, 2:16 pmits rare that anyone would hire a 30 year old unsuccessful "anything" really. Yet, at the current moment, the highest paying jobs are the ones that dont have safety nets, if you get what i mean.

Anyway, no pro gamer will ask you to skip school to focus 100% in gaming. In my clan, i stress that all members have a minimum of a 2.0 aggregate to play or they get dropped to reserves. Most of the time they get much higher, since the training times are mostly set after school. Its the leaders that need to set the example for their members to follow or eventually break. Same goes to families and communities. Without proper leadership, any community, clan, country or organization stands the chance of breaking and losing out.

This post has been edited by crashtec: Mar 11 2009, 02:16 PM