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Mainstream Gaming?
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Posted by: Shakie

Professional gaming has grown steadily over the last seven years and now is pursuing mainstream acceptance and financial success.

The video-game industry has outpaced Hollywood (PDF) in terms of revenues over the last few years, yet gaming has remained part of the pop culture gutter. However, big money and media exposure is helping change that. Top tournaments now offer as much as $200,000 in purses and draw thousands of international players.

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Posted by: devlish96

excellent!

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And it's quite an eye-opener to see how good some of these players really are! - Frightning! :eek:

Posted by: dethangel

its great that gaming is becoming more mainstream, that just means better games for us hardcore-gamers

Posted by: bort

its only gona get better from here on :)