Video Gaming has advanced a long way from when it started. From it's humble roots as pixel games to the technological marvels that allows us to experience adventures and excitement of untold depths, depths that we would have never experience anywhere else except through our screens. To some people, it may seem a bit sad or strange that we could call sitting in front of a computer or television screen with a remote in our hands an adventure, but those people have no idea how truly magnificent games of today are.
Gaming has advanced so much, that those that have the skill, talent and discipline so as to be called "Pro-Gamers" manage to make a living out of it. The money pro-gamers make is comparable to professionals in sports, with prizes reaching in the millions of dollars.
I wish I could be a pro-gamer. I love games, and if I could make money out of them, that would be a dream come true!
Sadly, such a dream is far off. Many people underestimate just how difficult it is to become a pro, and how much harder it is to stay as one. The very same discipline you see on football fields, and basketball courts, the very same sweat and tears shed during long hours of practice, still exists in the world of pro-gaming, simply existing in different, but no-less intense, form.
The youngest pro gamer for the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) DotA 2, Syed Sumail Hassan, known by his player name "Suma1l" became a 16-year-old million dollar winner through gaming, by winning the internationals this year last August.
He's two years younger than I am, yet has made more money than I ever had, or even, ever will - dunno, depends on the job I get in the future. The fact remains, however, that he has made a lot of money by simply being good at what he loves, something I wish I could do.
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