• holiday@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Except professional chess players exist.

    That’s like saying “I can’t believe LeBron James makes money from his basketball hobby.”

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        1 year ago

        That’s my entire point. OP equating people who stream/make content/and play WoW out to be hobbiests.

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      1 year ago

      There were hardly people here who are James LeBron level when it comes to WoW, a lot of them are in fact closer to hobbyists and the tournament itself was not even close to NBA level. Both chess and basketball have hobby level tournaments that have prize money on the line.