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Richards has won an estimated $215,000 in his tournament career Here you have a person that has dedicated their life to playing a game professionally and has a
by 300bps 12y ago
Richards has won an estimated $215,000 in his tournament career
Here you have a person that has dedicated their life to playing a game professionally and has attained literally the top ranking in he world. Yet in his entire career has made less than many software engineers make in a year.
That is why I stopped participating in Scrabble tournaments years ago. Casual play is fun but tournament play is about memorizing a dictionary. It was less fun than work and paid horribly.
- vacri 12y agoThe article certainly doesn't sound like he has dedicated his life to professional play, and the recompense is simply a factor of how much economic pull the game has - if people aren't going to shell out to watch other people play, no prize money for you.
- 300bps 12y agoThe article certainly doesn't sound like he has dedicated his life to professional play Read the book "Word Freak" and you'll read all about the people that win Scrabble tournaments. It's really sad.