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Can I ask what you consider a "real job"? Trust me, it becomes progressively less fun to "play" a game because you have to, not because you want to, to keep up
by dylz 7y ago
Can I ask what you consider a "real job"? Trust me, it becomes progressively less fun to "play" a game because you have to, not because you want to, to keep up your income.
- cwkoss 7y agoIt just makes me sad to see thousands of young people putting in 12+ hour days making less than minimum wage on the hopes they'll someday 'make it big' and will be able to support themselves playing video games. Very few streamers make a good living from just playing games - many of the profitable channels grew through deceptive marketing dark patterns, allowing their audience to gamble, or being porn-lite. Streaming does have some value, but it seems like there is disproportionately large amount of wasted productivity being put towards it in the last decade.
- freehunter 7y agoThat’s an argument as old as time. Playing in a band, sports, acting, etc. Thousands of years of “get a real job”.