[quote]Claudan wrote:
I love CS, I hate SC, and I love “LoL” type games… the bigger one, IMO, is ‘Heroes Of Newerth’ or Dota2. [/quote]
League is currently the largest game on the planet, and it’s not even close. Dota2 finally launched officially, and Valve will surely advertise it on steam now that it isn’t in beta, so I expect its numbers to rise, but challenging LoL will depend on how successful the Korean and Chinese launches go.
As far as ‘earnings’ go, winning tournies has never been a reliable source of income because obviously you need to be among the absolute top top tier of players to consistently place well at them. That’s why Korea and China have such thriving pro-gaming scenes though, because they have teams with corporate sponsors, paying salaries, paying living expenses, etc. Winning is like a bonus check for a player, and a way to earn a higher salary, advertisement, fans, etc. Basically they are pro-sports out there.
MLG has done this before in the US with the Halo scene, but Sundance admitted that their implementation was flawed. Riot is now taking their shot at it with the LCS, putting a ton of their own funding into setting up an infrastructure that hopefully gets followed up with community involvement, leading to some sort of business involvement to the point that they don’t have to hold the scene up on their own. Every time this happens it has gotten a little closer to succeeding, and whether people who think gaming is some terrible thing like it or not, eventually it will bust through into ‘normal’ culture in the west.
To OP’s actual topic/questions: Hip and shoulder mobility are your biggest concerns, so do exercises that address those. Also the generic computer usage tips like taking a break to go look at something further away because focusing your eyes 18 inches ahead for so long is terrible obviously apply. I think there was an article on this site posted about correcting ‘desk job’ problems, if someone could find that it would pretty much be exactly what you’re looking for.
Free alternative to Gunnars: http://justgetflux.com/ Haven’t tried either, but some nerds swear by it. Gunnars may very well work great, but trying this before buying them won’t hurt.
As someone already said, that’s pretty much like a desk job. Training seriously for an hour a day puts you ahead of 90% of people anyway. I also really hope you get paid for this.
[quote]red04 wrote:
[quote]Claudan wrote:
I love CS, I hate SC, and I love “LoL” type games… the bigger one, IMO, is ‘Heroes Of Newerth’ or Dota2. [/quote]
League is currently the largest game on the planet, and it’s not even close. Dota2 finally launched officially, and Valve will surely advertise it on steam now that it isn’t in beta, so I expect its numbers to rise, but challenging LoL will depend on how successful the Korean and Chinese launches go.
As far as ‘earnings’ go, winning tournies has never been a reliable source of income because obviously you need to be among the absolute top top tier of players to consistently place well at them. That’s why Korea and China have such thriving pro-gaming scenes though, because they have teams with corporate sponsors, paying salaries, paying living expenses, etc. Winning is like a bonus check for a player, and a way to earn a higher salary, advertisement, fans, etc. Basically they are pro-sports out there.
MLG has done this before in the US with the Halo scene, but Sundance admitted that their implementation was flawed. Riot is now taking their shot at it with the LCS, putting a ton of their own funding into setting up an infrastructure that hopefully gets followed up with community involvement, leading to some sort of business involvement to the point that they don’t have to hold the scene up on their own. Every time this happens it has gotten a little closer to succeeding, and whether people who think gaming is some terrible thing like it or not, eventually it will bust through into ‘normal’ culture in the west.
To OP’s actual topic/questions: Hip and shoulder mobility are your biggest concerns, so do exercises that address those. Also the generic computer usage tips like taking a break to go look at something further away because focusing your eyes 18 inches ahead for so long is terrible obviously apply. I think there was an article on this site posted about correcting ‘desk job’ problems, if someone could find that it would pretty much be exactly what you’re looking for.
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