Online+Gaming

Johnathan Wendel, also known by his gaming name, Fatal1ty, is a famous professional gamer. His game of choice is Madden. Only thirty years old, Wendell has already won approximately 500,000 dollars from his professional gaming career. He has a rigorous training regimen in which he practices gaming at least eight hours a day. Tom Taylor is another famous professional gamer. Also known by his gaming name, Tsquared, Tom Taylor's games of choice include Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Reach, and Gears of War. Taylor has already had a great deal of success at the young age of twenty-three. He dropped out of high school to play games competitively and practices eight to ten hours a day normally and twelve to fourteen hours a day within a week of a competition. He claims that one can make 100,000 dollars from one tournament. And this does not include lucrative endorsement deals that are also available to these “athletes.” The //World of Warcraft Global Arena// is a major online tournament. In 2010, the total amount of money given away at this tournament was 200,000 dollars, which 75,000 dollars of that going to the first prize winner. According to Wikipedia, some of the most popular online leagues include Pro Gaming League, Cyberathlete Amatuer League, Cyber Evolution, FraggedNation, eCompete-Online, Major League Gaming, ClanBase, and the Electronic Sports League. Some of the most competitive games include Starcraft, Halo, and World of Warcraft. Cyberathlete Professional League, World Series of Video Games, and the Championship Gaming Series are a few examples of some of the most competitive professional gaming tournaments. Many professional gamers are athletes, not the overweight couch potato-type that the media usually uses to describe gamers. This is probably because gaming demands the ability to make split-second decisions, discipline, and competitiveness to succeed. These are also things demanded by sports.

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