"Video game champ wins $150,000"

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:33 am

The San Francisco Chronicle wrote: New York - A video game master from Kansas City, Mo., won a $150,000 prize on Tuesday by besting a rival in the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour Grand Finals.
Johnathan Wendel, 24, who games by the name "Fatal1ty" in the world of multiplayer games, beat Sander Kaasjager, a player from the Netherlands known as "fnatic.Vo0," for the competition's top prize.
Wendel has been playing video games since around teh age of 5, when his father gave him a Nintendo system and he first played Ikari Warriors. He has become the leader in titles and prize money in the world of professional gaming.
The Cyberathlete Professional League, the first organization of its kind, was founded eight years ago.

Just read this in the paper. Do I notice a growing trend?

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:42 am

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:57 am

Yea, and the fact that people with Fatal in their nick are good at SHOWING ME THE MONEY!

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:17 am

*points Money to himself*

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:14 am

'Kaasjager' means 'cheese hunter' ...

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:22 am

Well, D3 had a $50K contest back in it's day.. I don't see why winning $150K today is so incredible. It pays off when you're absolute top in ultra-nerdness

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:01 am

Pfft, publisher's clearing house gives away a million bucks to a few people who actually buy in to the idea that they can win a million bucks buying a thousand magazine subscriptions.

Sloth and gluttony are obviously virtues