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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 26, 2015 20:13:21 GMT -5
Question for you all. If you had the financial stability to give this a shot, would you play games competitively? Now I'm not talking those "MLG" people who like raging over Call of Duty and such, but just trying to make a nice little killing money wise off of playing games.
There are a ton of people who make a decent killing playing games. Albeit most of them I know from Twitch, guys like Sodapoppin, Trump (Hearthstone), LIRIK, Ninja & Heinz (Halo), Justin Flynn (Pokemon) and stuff like that. Plus there are a ton of League of Legends pros who are everywhere on the gaming world's Internet.
Sodapoppin alone gets, between Twitch and endorsements, around 11k a month for playing games.
So I'm asking if you could, would you want to dedicate your life and career to being a professional gamer? And if so, what game?
I think I would stick with Pokemon myself. I know there are games like LoL, DOTA and Counter Strike where even smaller name players can make decent bank. However, I love myself some competitive Pokemon battling. I've gone out of my way to check out the Regional, National and World championships and I think I've gotten good enough to try to make a play at going "professional" at Pokemon and see if I can't get myself into the Nationals stage. The winners (depending on the age division) get hefty scholarships and decent cash prizes. Not enough to make me want to quit my day job, but maybe use my vacation days to travel to Boston to try and play.
So if you could go pro, would you? And if so, what game?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2015 20:26:14 GMT -5
I never understood the point of pro gaming, but if I could get paid 11k per month to sit back and do nothing, I would. If I had to pick a game, it would easily be Grand Theft Auto. Any of them, actually. I've mastered all the games in the franchise, so it'd be easiest for me.
Plus I'd be better than those idiotic GTA gamers on YouTube. I hate it when stumbling on those videos where three or more guys just act like immature bungholes.
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Post by The Gangsta on Jul 26, 2015 20:43:57 GMT -5
I probably would, if I got better at Counter-Strike. My rank at the moment is good, but not as prized as the streamers' ranks. In my opinion, it's easier to get big on Twitch as opposed to YouTube, but getting big on Twitch means you're more susceptible to DDoS and other malicious attacks on your stream. But honestly, I would take the risk and expand my popularity to YouTube or Twitter.
It wouldn't be enough to quit my job or anything like that, however. If my career interferes with the streaming, I would probably step down or limit the time. In all honesty, it depends on how far you're willing to go with your passion. At the moment, for me at least, I wouldn't do it because I would have to buy all sorts of equipment and improve my CS skills to bring utmost quality to my followers.
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Post by Dex on Jul 26, 2015 21:01:05 GMT -5
I personally consider myself a single player gamer, and thus my content would reflect that. I would primarily base my content on Youtube, uploading game walkthroughs with light commentary. I'd also think about doing a podcast, or something of the likes, where I and others would talk about current gaming news. (Like almost every other gaming podcast.)
I'm learning game developement, so that could possibly play its way to being featured on my channel.
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Post by The Gangsta on Jul 26, 2015 22:33:09 GMT -5
I personally consider myself a single player gamer, and thus my content would reflect that. I would primarily base my content on Youtube, uploading game walkthroughs with light commentary. I'd also think about doing a podcast, or something of the likes, where I and others would talk about current gaming news. (Like almost every other gaming podcast.) I'm learning game developement, so that could possibly play its way to being featured on my channel. Gaming talk shows are fun to listen to. When you have a passionate fan-base that craves more content, a talk show is always good to calm the mood, yet still maintaining the aspect of gaming. And I never knew that you were into game development Dex. Are you taking a course or something?
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 26, 2015 22:48:02 GMT -5
I personally consider myself a single player gamer, and thus my content would reflect that. I would primarily base my content on Youtube, uploading game walkthroughs with light commentary. I'd also think about doing a podcast, or something of the likes, where I and others would talk about current gaming news. (Like almost every other gaming podcast.) I'm learning game developement, so that could possibly play its way to being featured on my channel. If you're into game design, hit up our old friend ZMaster. He's got a degree in that.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Jul 27, 2015 8:23:43 GMT -5
I've always said that if I won the lottery or something and knew I didn't have to work for a while I would give professional gaming a serious look. It would be fun and if I could get good at it, I would never have to "actually work" another day in my life
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Post by Ben - #6 Munchie on Jul 27, 2015 10:55:23 GMT -5
If I could, hell yeah!
Game of choice being either FIFA or Minecraft. They're the only two games I could play for hours on end without getting bored.
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Post by adzy on Jul 27, 2015 16:35:35 GMT -5
I love video games but the thought of maybes doing it 8-9 hours a day as 'work' would take away some of the enjoyment for me I think. That being said if I was financially secure i would definitely give it a try, problem being I'm a bit of a jack of all trades guy meaning im reasonably good at all games but not fantastic at a specific one.
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Post by The Gangsta on Jul 27, 2015 17:42:02 GMT -5
I just find that there are too many streamers out there, playing the same games. In order to make it big, you have to come up with something original and unique, let alone engaging enough to draw more fans in. And that's where the risk aspect comes in to play. Streamers take huge risks to devote their time and effort to their unique idea, which can either skyrocket or absolutely hit rock bottom. It's kind of like a win-lose situation.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 18:28:00 GMT -5
I've been watching twitch lately and I've been considering it. When I dedicated some time to gaming. I Platinum 15 PS3 games. Some people are entertaining, which I thing sells it.
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Post by Sizzle on Jul 27, 2015 18:37:07 GMT -5
I would love to be paid money to press buttons on a controller.
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Post by Dex on Jul 30, 2015 11:09:38 GMT -5
I personally consider myself a single player gamer, and thus my content would reflect that. I would primarily base my content on Youtube, uploading game walkthroughs with light commentary. I'd also think about doing a podcast, or something of the likes, where I and others would talk about current gaming news. (Like almost every other gaming podcast.) I'm learning game developement, so that could possibly play its way to being featured on my channel. If you're into game design, hit up our old friend ZMaster. He's got a degree in that. Eh, not sure if I'm intending to make a career out of it though.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 30, 2015 13:14:21 GMT -5
I still don't understand how people make money from YouTube just by Playing Video Games
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Post by Ben - #6 Munchie on Jul 30, 2015 16:57:44 GMT -5
I still don't understand how people make money from YouTube just by Playing Video Games Ad revenue. They partner with organisations who rent their video space out to display ads, and the more hits a video gets, the more hits the ads get and thus the more revenue is generated.
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Post by The Gangsta on Jul 30, 2015 17:05:29 GMT -5
I still don't understand how people make money from YouTube just by Playing Video Games Ad revenue. They partner with organisations who rent their video space out to display ads, and the more hits a video gets, the more hits the ads get and thus the more revenue is generated. To add on, they only make a fraction of their pay. For example, their salary is taxed to hell with revenues going to YouTube itself, the network the channel belongs to (in order to avoid copyright strikes), the company that features the advertisement, and the government. So, in order to make a living off of YouTube, you have to bring the utmost quality content to a broad fan base, which alone is extremely hard without the proper strategies and equipment.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 30, 2015 17:16:41 GMT -5
Ad revenue. They partner with organisations who rent their video space out to display ads, and the more hits a video gets, the more hits the ads get and thus the more revenue is generated. To add on, they only make a fraction of their pay. For example, their salary is taxed to hell with revenues going to YouTube itself, the network the channel belongs to (in order to avoid copyright strikes), the company that features the advertisement, and the government. So, in order to make a living off of YouTube, you have to bring the utmost quality content to a broad fan base, which alone is extremely hard without the proper strategies and equipment. Its very hard to get a YouTube Partnership.
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Post by The Gangsta on Jul 30, 2015 17:21:08 GMT -5
To add on, they only make a fraction of their pay. For example, their salary is taxed to hell with revenues going to YouTube itself, the network the channel belongs to (in order to avoid copyright strikes), the company that features the advertisement, and the government. So, in order to make a living off of YouTube, you have to bring the utmost quality content to a broad fan base, which alone is extremely hard without the proper strategies and equipment. Its very hard to get a YouTube Partnership. That too, haha. You have to be the best of the best, and even that is up to luck.
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Post by Ben - #6 Munchie on Jul 30, 2015 17:22:48 GMT -5
To add on, they only make a fraction of their pay. For example, their salary is taxed to hell with revenues going to YouTube itself, the network the channel belongs to (in order to avoid copyright strikes), the company that features the advertisement, and the government. So, in order to make a living off of YouTube, you have to bring the utmost quality content to a broad fan base, which alone is extremely hard without the proper strategies and equipment. Its very hard to get a YouTube Partnership. One with a large, big name partner may be, but even ones like Machinima, who albeit have declined in recent years, are fairly easy to get partnered with. There are a lot of partnership companies such as Freedom! who can provide smaller channels with the ability to earn more than they would usually.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 30, 2015 17:25:21 GMT -5
Its very hard to get a YouTube Partnership. That too, haha. You have to be the best of the best, and even that is up to luck. Yeah there are people with tons of subscribers and views who get constantly denied partnerships. It seems like YouTube has a thing for guys like PewDiePie and Wingsofredemtion and SeaNanners and any of those hardcore Call of Duty players.
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