Game Coaching for the Win 26
1up.com has a feature on the growing business of videogame coaching. From the article: "This is where Tom Taylor comes in. He's one of the rising stars in the Halo 2 world and leading the charge for one of the first console videogame coaching sites: gaming-lessons.com. 'I've given lessons to people who [are] looking to go to tournaments or people who are just looking to brag to friends,' Taylor says, adding that he guarantees I'll beat Shoe after my training session. He's gotten offers from gamers in Europe and Australia for some schooling-his rate: $40 for a one-hour session-but today he'll be training a simple guy who just wants to beat his boss once."
Bobby Knight is my new VG coach. (Score:1)
Re:Bobby Knight is my new VG coach. (Score:1)
I've seen people offering lessons in CS before, but now it's just going "mainstream" - into the console market.
I used to write for Warcraftstrategy.com (Score:5, Interesting)
Very interesting. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Very interesting. (Score:2)
Re:Very interesting. (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, more realistically? Okay, convince more women to become geeks. (if even that is realistic)
Be yourself (Score:5, Interesting)
What's wrong with gaming becoming 'just another thing that "cool" people do'? If you enjoy gaming, great - why is your enjoyment so dependent on how other perceive gaming? If gaming becomes "cool", are you all of a sudden not 'counter culture' enough? Are you afraid that you're friends are so shallow that they'll abandon you for, in their eyes, 'trying to be cool'?
Way back when I was still in high school I had a friend that was a huge Nirvana junkie and owned all of their albums (and tons of bootlegs) prior to the band hitting the mainstream. The day my friend heard a Nirvana song on the radio, he tossed out all of his Nirvana tapes and gave up on the band. It's funny really - he was trying so hard to be counter cultural that he ended up being more of a slave to the culture than the people he was fighting against. If you enjoy gaming, then enjoy gaming. Don't let others dictate what you like and who you are.
Re:Be yourself (Score:2)
Re:Be yourself (Score:2)
I can't speak for the original poster, of course, but here's my problem with it: I have nothing against gaming becoming cool, but for the fact th
Re:Very interesting. (Score:2)
Don't know about anyone else, but my answer? Powerisers! [skyrunners.com] Bounce around town for a bit - you'll get the strangest looks. And if that ever catches on with the masses I'm sure I'll be able to find something else that's just as weird.
There's also using videogames to get in shape, as per my .sig - that hasn't really caught on yet either, the success of DDR notwithstanding...
Re:Victor DeLeon III..... (Score:2)
Oh boy (Score:3)
I don't doubt he could train someone to beat a bunch of loafers , but what about stilettos or Doc-Martins , they can be pretty tough . All he seems to be offering is map tips and a private game for 40 Per hour
Though fair play to him if there are people willing to pay this .
Re:Oh boy (Score:2)
Re:Oh boy (Score:1)
awesome (Score:3)
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Re:awesome (Score:2)
Uggg Waste of Money (Score:2)
There isn't much to learn in an fps. Here, who would like to pay me $50 for this complete coarse to dominate any 1 v 1 fps game?
1. Learn the maps routs and where weapons
2. Learn the weap/item respawn times (does halo even have this? )
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You can do the above on your own on empty maps. Below, you can do by joining a second player to your game and having it stand still.
3. Learn where the hitboxes are (wheres a headshot actually n