How does that have anything to do with this? Are you saying that because his dad won’t let him play in a tournament that he is ENTITLED to sell their home, steal their money, and relegate their twilight years to a shitty retirement facility?

My stance on this is threefold:

No, I’m down on this person because he seems like an entitled child. And that has a lot to do with this because he stated he can’t support himself, yet posts thousand dollar resort photos, multiple pairs of sneakers, and hundred dollar bottles of alcohol. So either a) his parents pay for this or b) he’s bad with…

If it was just the tourney, then he way overreacted.

I totally agree with you. A good friend of mine is a senior programmer with Netflix with just a GED. It can happen. The difference is this kid chose to have his parents pay for 3 years of his schooling and, in my opinion, needs to buck up and finish. Then if he wants to try his hand at pro gaming, more power to him.…

The difference is he is 1 year away from a college degree. Finish that, then try at pro gaming. As far as minor league baseball, the vast majority of those that start are fresh out of high school. If it doesn’t pan out, then they go to college. Those 37 year-olds playing Single A ball waiting for their one shot aren’t…

That’s what I’ve been trying to say, but these 16 year-olds in here all want to be pro gamers.

It’s all assumption, that’s the fucking point. You assume, I assume. I’m just assuming the kid isn’t a saint and the dad isn’t a dick and you don’t like it. I’m assuming.

You are making a lot of assumption about why his father ‘flipped out’. And I never said his parents supported his hobby, I said they supported him. As I’ve stated to others, if this was the first time this subject was broached with his parents, if this kid has good grades, and if he is on solid ground with his parents…

True, but as it stands now football can get your college paid for. I’m proof of that. But meatheads that say ‘I’m going pro’ and then fizzling out and working as a bouncer are no different than gamers saying ‘I’m making it big’ and having to work as a fry cook. Once eSports offer scholarships (which may be soon) it’ll…

1 side of story in about 3 sentences. If he went to his dad this one time and said “I have a chance at winning money and I want to go” and his dad shot it down, then shame on him. Chances are, it’s much deeper than that.

Again, replying to the commenter not the article. People that rely on tournament winnings to make ends meet do not have careers. They have hobbies.

Replying to the poster, not the post. There are many ways to make money, and that’s awesome. But banking on winning a tournament to make ends meet is not a career.

Because he was saying that he should sue his parents for college tuition because he’s entitled to it. And he did it without making a kick of sense.

Totally agree with you there. Have a friend that makes a ton of money as a senior programmer for a huge company with nothing more than a GED.

As you can see above, I was replying to the commenter rather than the article. We have a whole generation of gamers saying ‘I’m going pro’ without actually understanding the math behind it. Chances are, it ain’t gonna happen. And if you do make it big, you might clear 30k unless you are one of the 1% that are…

We have about 5% of the story from 1 side. This amounts to nothing more than a kid throwing a tantrum on reddit and the other entitled kiddos running with it. If this was a 1 time thing and dad shot it down, then that’s bad in him. But the fact that he hid the tournament from his parents until zero hour leads me to…

You also don’t need a degree to be a programmer. Or an accountant. or many things.

All we got was a ‘woe is me, my dream is dead’ sob story on reddit demonizing his father. We don’t have the whole story. I would put money on this not being the isolated incident we are led to believe, and more of a final straw situation.

The kid has an instagram account featuring nothing more than multiple pairs of new sneakers, beachfront resort vacations, and bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label.