Bogus! Lebron James affiliated University of Akron cuts academic programs for video games

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I can't imagine a porn star earning a Million dollars.

A little Google research yielded -
"An actress on the other hand typically earns anywhere between $400 - $2000 per shoot depending on the nature of the scene, the filming company and the actress' level of experience. Asa Akira for instance earns $2000 per scene due to her huge level of experience and popularity. A top female actress usually gets $800 for a gay scene, $1000 for a straight scene, and can receive $5,000 or more for more sexually compromising scene."

https://www.therichest.com/expensiv...phy-one-of-the-most-misunderstood-industries/

I can make you rich.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

People make 10 grand a month eating on camera

https://qz.com/592710/why-some-koreans-make-10000-a-month-to-eat-on-camera/

 

[Lanny]

I can make you rich.

What happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors.

Edit: Well, there was that one time in Tijuana.

 

[H.C.]

So yeah, I make more than they do. And these are the ones who make it to the pros, doesn't count the losers who end up getting addicted and live in their parent's basement playing for 80 hours a week.

Just stop.
You literally ignored the main point because it's inconvenient for you.
There is no difference between 'gamers' who don't make it to the pros. And 'athletes' who don't make it to the pros.
Both could end up living with their parents basement doing nothing.
Using that as a reason why 'schools' shouldn't offer something is completely illogical.
Art Majors/etc also could live in their parents basement becoming nothing.

However one you approve of. The other you don't.
Both can make universities money.
Which is why they've been offered in colleges for years all over the country.
The fact you don't know this... Shows you're not very educated on whats offered in colleges for longer than I've been an adult.
Why do colleges offer these things? They make money off it.
That alone would mean someone of your business savvy. Should be enough for you.

Again. You can believe trades should be forced on kids. But that is a completely different topic.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Just stop.
You literally ignored the main point because it's inconvenient for you.
There is no difference between 'gamers' who don't make it to the pros. And 'athletes' who don't make it to the pros.
Both could end up living with their parents basement doing nothing.
Using that as a reason why 'schools' shouldn't offer something is completely illogical.
Art Majors/etc also could live in their parents basement becoming nothing.

However one you approve of. The other you don't.
Both can make universities money.
Which is why they've been offered in colleges for years all over the country.
The fact you don't know this... Shows you're not very educated.

Due to how you post. I seriously doubt you make more than 5k a month.
But cool story. No way to figure this out. Nice internet story.

Again. You can believe trades should be forced on kids. But that is a completely different topic.

So now we are having a dick measuring contest about how much money I make?

Ok brah, like you said, cool story.

 

[Lanny]

So now we are having a dick measuring contest about how much money I make?

Ok brah, like you said, cool story. Just shows how much of a little bitch you are.

Please don't refer to fellow posters using the 'B' word. I appeal to your good side.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Like Ice Cube said....

 

[Lanny]

Like Ice Cube said....

I have no idea what Ice Cube said. Could you possibly be any more vague?

I've always found dishonest people to be overly vague. Not saying that you are dishonest but I am saying it's not the best approach to use with most people.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I have no idea what Ice Cube said. Could you possibly be any more vague?

I've always found dishonest people to be overly vague. Not saying that you are dishonest but I am saying it's not the best approach to use with most people.

Honestly, with me, vague is usually better.

 

[H.C.]

Please don't refer to fellow posters using the 'B' word. I appeal to your good side.

He can call me whatever he wants.
Simply because when he resorts to that, he then gets people to stop talking to him.
It means he can't argue the point.

There is no difference between college athletes who don't go pro, yet failed to take school seriously.
And
These 'gamers or nerds' who don't turn pro. If these same people failed to not take school seriously.

Colleges make money off of students by offering courses.
Being that there is a ton of 'gamers or nerds' willing to pay private people to help them improve.
Colleges picked up on it and decided to get in on the money years ago.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

He can call me whatever he wants.
Simply because when he resorts to that, he then gets people to stop talking to him.
It means he can't argue the point.

There is no difference between college athletes who don't go pro, yet failed to take school seriously.
And
These 'gamers or nerds' who don't turn pro. If these same people failed to not take school seriously.

Colleges make money off of students by offering courses.
Being that there is a ton of 'gamers or nerds' willing to pay private people to help them improve.
Colleges picked up on it and decided to get in on the money years ago.

Video gaming is often addictive behaviour. In college sports, athletes play sports and train, however, none really stay up 18 hours per day in isolation obsessing over it.

Its also easier to become a professional video game player outside the confines of a college environment.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

And you were the one who went low and I responded in kind (and you edited your comments after I called you out on it)

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Video gaming is often addictive behaviour. In college sports, athletes play sports and train, however, none really stay up 18 hours per day in isolation obsessing over it.

Its also easier to become a professional video game player outside the confines of a college environment.

There’s a lot wrong here... Many professional gamers live fairly normal lives and consider gaming their job. They work out, they have social lives, have relationships.

Sure gaming can be addictive but literally almost anything can be.

As gaming gets bigger and bigger it will become harder and harder to be a professional gamer.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

There’s a lot wrong here... Many professional gamers live fairly normal lives and consider gaming their job. They work out, they have social lives, have relationships.

Sure gaming can be addictive but literally almost anything can be.

As gaming gets bigger and bigger it will become harder and harder to be a professional gamer.

As it gets bigger, more people will be addictive.

This is a rehab center they made for gamers in South Korea.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...t-treats-gaming-addicts-with-german-scifi-922

For most, Video Games are a destructive lifestyle when taken past the point of recreation.

 

[yankeesince59]

Oddly enough, I think that deep down he's a good guy. At least he's a good guy in the sense that George Bush II is a good guy. I'd love to have George as my next door neighbor and I'll bet I'd like El Presidente as a neighbor even if I disagreed with his politics.

...Lanny, that's all well and good but I'm sure most people who post here don't speak to others in real life as they do here...and yes I'm probably as guilty as the next poster for doing just that.

...but we aren't speaking to others here face to face and the anonymity of the internet allows people to create a false persona on message boards/twitter etc., and they sometimes act like a horse's ass...so it's the faceless poster I'm responding to, not the actual person.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

As it gets bigger, more people will be addictive.

This is a rehab center they made for gamers in South Korea.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...t-treats-gaming-addicts-with-german-scifi-922

For most, Video Games are a destructive lifestyle when taken past the point of recreation.

Well this is called changing the arguement.
The discussion is professional gaming, Akron U having a esports program.
No one is encouraging addiction, just as I don’t get upset at alcohol companies advertising that we should drink more alcohol. Alcohol addiction is a big problem too.

If you want to talk about video game addiction we’ll sure that is a real problem.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Well this is called changing the arguement.
The discussion is professional gaming, Akron U having a esports program.
No one is encouraging addiction, just as I don’t get upset at alcohol companies advertising that we should drink more alcohol. Alcohol addiction is a big problem too.

If you want to talk about video game addiction we’ll sure that is a real problem.

So there won't be addictive gamers in an esports program?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Honestly, zero from you is best.


Do you have a link to a study of those that took courses in college about video gaming and how they fared? Sounds like you are speaking more out of your ass than your brain as you assume a lot without anything to back it up.

I don't have a link, but I do assume that it didn't end well for them.

 

[CupWizier]

So there won't be addictive gamers in an esports program?

Time for you to be added to my ignore list. My IQ has dropped by just reading your posts. Have fun being the forum punching bag.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Time for you to be added to my ignore list. My IQ has dropped by just reading your posts. Have fun being the forum punching bag.

Nice. Thanks for letting me know. You are in good company in those who say they have me on ignore as a badge of honor.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

So there won't be addictive gamers in an esports program?

Im sure there will be, but there are addicts in basically every walk of life.
But there really isn’t much proof that professional gaming makes people video game addicts. Also it’s a fairly new thing in the history of humanity there’s a good chance we will figure it out.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Im sure there will be, but there are addicts in basically every walk of life.
But there really isn’t much proof that professional gaming makes people video game addicts. Also it’s a fairly new thing in the history of humanity there’s a good chance we will figure it out.

Yeah, they build rehab centers as a way to "figure it out"

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Yeah, they build rehab centers as a way to "figure it out"

No they build rehab centers for people who need help.
The funny thing is your mind is made up about esports / professional gaming, and mine too so there’s really not much point in having the conversation.
I don’t have any interest in being a pro gamer or watching esports but I don’t care if others do.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

No they build rehab centers for people who need help.
The funny thing is your mind is made up about esports / professional gaming, and mine too so there’s really not much point in having the conversation.
I don’t have any interest in being a pro gamer or watching esports but I don’t care if others do.

This must be the first time in history that arguing on the internet failed to arrive to a consensus.

 

[Lanny]

He can call me whatever he wants.
Simply because when he resorts to that, he then gets people to stop talking to him.
It means he can't argue the point.

There is no difference between college athletes who don't go pro, yet failed to take school seriously.
And
These 'gamers or nerds' who don't turn pro. If these same people failed to not take school seriously.

Colleges make money off of students by offering courses.
Being that there is a ton of 'gamers or nerds' willing to pay private people to help them improve.
Colleges picked up on it and decided to get in on the money years ago.

When people use guttural language it means there's a great deal of frustration. This frustration is sometimes because the utterer isn't proficient enough in the English language to express his/her feelings. Other times it's because the person using the language feels they've encountered a blockhead who has resisted any of the many forms of logical arguments given. I'm gonna say the former is the more likely scenario in this case.

 

[Lanny]

This must be the first time in history that arguing on the internet failed to arrive to a consensus.

Hey, that was good, I mean really really good.

 

[Lanny]

Nice. Thanks for letting me know. You are in good company in those who say they have me on ignore as a badge of honor.

I'd say that having you on ignore means missing out on some really good gems and I don't mean that in a pejorative way.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

When people use guttural language it means there's a great deal of frustration. This frustration is sometimes because the utterer isn't proficient enough in the English language to express his/her feelings. Other times it's because the person using the language feels they've encountered a blockhead who has resisted any of the many forms of logical arguments given. I'm gonna say the former is the more likely scenario in this case.

Look, he made up some shit on how much money I personally make (even though i'm not one to flaunt or discuss). It was a dick swinging contest on a message board.

Then says, in so many words, "you're a dumbass, I don't believe you". It just shows low character, as if I made fun of someone here for being a single parent, unemployed, unable to talk to girls or whatever else there is that people do. I just don't make judgements on poster's lifestyle choices or situations in life(even though i make broad generalizations and will call people out on hypocrisy).

And I swear alot. If somone is being a bitch, i'll call them a bitch.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'd say that having you on ignore means missing out on some really good gems and I don't mean that in a pejorative way.

If you have to publicly announce it, its virtue signaling.

 

[H.C.]

When people use guttural language it means there's a great deal of frustration. This frustration is sometimes because the utterer isn't proficient enough in the English language to express his/her feelings. Other times it's because the person using the language feels they've encountered a blockhead who has resisted any of the many forms of logical arguments given. I'm gonna say the former is the more likely scenario in this case.

I'm not the blockhead ignoring logic in an argument.
So I'd say you're wrong.

I actually brought logic to the topic with other examples.
Only for the OP to continue with 'deadbeat, gaming addiction, basement dwellers'.