sad... but true.

Its a matter of choice. The people who truly want to make a living off of professional gaming, whether it be CS, Quake, Starcraft, or something else... WILL find a way. It is not a matter of if but a matter of time. And that does not have to be completely through prize winnings. There are a lot of clever ways to make money through E-sports in terms of a few advertising tricks. But I mean look at Fatal1ty. He set out to do what he wanted to do. Play video games professionally for the rest of his life. Almost a decade from when he began, look at him now. He's still doing it and he became rich doing so.

Or look at Rafik, a friend of Fatal1ty who literally went homeless, selling his laptop just to go to WSVG London one time. Now hes rich off of a lot of the endorsements he has done, and he gets to do what he loves. And on top of that he became somewhat of a national hero to Africa through E-sports.

If you think being a lawyer, doctor, or some other highly conformed job is for you, and all you care about is the money, then go for it. If you think the very concept of E-sports is stupid and that games were never meant to be played for a living, this community won't miss you a bit, so pack your bags and go off to your super fancy university Senior Intelligento. But if you like gaming, and have always wanted to make a career off of it, do it. It becoming a reality is as likely as you condition it to be.