Professional Gamers

One thing that has always interested me is professional gamers. They get paid to play their passion, their hobby. They have my dream job. They compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars and prizes. In some places like Japan where 37% of the population are gamers, professional gaming is big business.

The CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) is the world leader in professional gaming. Add it to a growing list of other such leagues, WCG (World Cyber Games), GGL (Global Gaming League) and you get a surprisingly assorted list of gamers. No longer is gaming left to the sweaty greasy haired losers in their mother's basement. Men, women and children of all ages are in on the trend now. I've met children as young as 5 playing and some people old enough to be my grand parents. All walks of life from the stay at home mom, to the podiatrist to the kid tasked to farm items and money in game for an allowance. I've even played with a lady who swore she was a nun!

Of course I have to add in how proud I am to be finding more women gaming now. It's not just husband and wife teams. It's women who game who are introducing their boyfriends and family to gaming. We are kicking butt and taking names! One such team is the Frag Dolls. Seriously guys and gals, check them out! WWW.Fragdolls.com. Not only are they hot but they are HAWT! If it's a game they can play it, watch your backs boys!

To the haters out there talking about how this is just a new breed of couch potato, I challenge you to get out there and see how well you can do. Get good enough to win these competitions and then we'll talk. Until then, you are just jealous!