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63 corpses lie at the feet of WoW Classic Hardcore permadeath tournament winner as he claims $50,000 prize (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] holiday@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Except professional chess players exist.

That's like saying "I can't believe LeBron James makes money from his basketball hobby."

[–] OrangeJoe@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Professional video gamers exist too.

[–] holiday@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That's my entire point. OP equating people who stream/make content/and play WoW out to be hobbiests.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml -5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There were hardly people here who are James LeBron level when it comes to WoW, a lot of them are in fact closer to hobbyists and the tournament itself was not even close to NBA level. Both chess and basketball have hobby level tournaments that have prize money on the line.