WHO MADE FAÇADE VIDEO GAME PROFESSIONAL
This man from USA is widely recognized as the first ever, true esports celebrity and professional gamer.
WHO MADE FAÇADE VIDEO GAME PRO
Moon has made approximately $395,456 playing Starcraft over a period of a few years, not to forget the countless Korean girls who probably fell in love with him during his run as a pro gamer. All this sounds crazy but wait till you hear how much these guys make in tournament winnings. It’s gotten to the point where the Korean Air force has a Starcraft team so the young cadets don’t have to stop playing their favorite game after joining the armed forces. People actually consider moving to South Korea to start a gaming career as one would consider moving to Hollywood to start as an actor. Here Starcraft is not a game, it’s a religion and professional Starcraft players are worshiped by their loyal fans as gods. This 29 year old goes by the gamer name “MMA” and hails from South Korea, a country that is well known as the gaming centre of the world. Going into the MLG Winter Championship in Dallas Karma and his team demolished all competition to win the prize of $20,000.This success streak continued for the next three events, including the 2013 Call of Duty Championship where Karma’s team won the grand prize of $400,000.Next year, Karma’s new team Complexity Gaming won the 2014 Call of Duty Championship and thus he happens to be the only Call of Duty pro to have won back to back Call of Duty Championships.ĭuring the period of 2011-2015 he managed to amass over $306,182.27 in prize money from 62 different tournaments making him one of the most recognized and one of the best Call of Duty pros out there. His success story started during the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 season when he joined team Fariko Impact. Even though he was a talented young player, he went unnoticed for quite some time, until MLG Columbus where he placed 10th with team yunGunZ, during the Call of Duty Black Ops season. He originally started off playing Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare. Here are 10 people who made fortune playing video games.ĭamon goes by the gamer alias “Karma” and is a Canadian competitive Call of Duty player and is one of those people who made fortune playing video games. Let’s take a look at ten individuals who defied common belief and went on to make a fortune by pursuing their passion. With exponentially increasing prize pools, celebrity players who do endorsements and have fan clubs of their own, gaming is not to be taken lightly, it is a huge market with millions of players (There are more league of Legend players than people in France) and many opportunities to go big. Even though gaming is still far away from being recognized as a real sport, it is catching up, and it’s catching up faster than any other sport ever. Nowadays people who are really good at gaming can make it a viable career option, earning monthly salaries and with tournament winnings exceeding several hundred thousand dollars, it may actually be a better source of income than most “standard” jobs we are used to. In most cases they are right, because no one ever made A living playing video games, right? Nope, not anymore. Their parents wish that these kids spent more time studying so they could secure a job in the future. Normally, when we hear the word “gamer”, we picture a nerdy, antisocial kid who sits in front of a screen, playing video games all day.
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