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Gaming Can’t Guarantee You A Future? 27-Year-Old M’sian Esports Gamer Just Bought A Ford Mustang

source: https://www.worldofbuzz.com/gaming-cant-guarantee-you-a-future-27-year-old-msian-esports-gamer-just-bought-a-ford-mustang/

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All of us grew up getting yelled at for playing games because our typical Asian parents think that playing games will affect our studies, and ultimately, our future. But we are no longer strangers when it comes to Esports in recent years because more people are becoming professional gamers and they earn real money too! Our parents will not believe this!

A Malaysian Esports gamer Faris, also known as Soloz, had been participating in various mobile gaming competitions, on top of streaming his PUBG and Mobile Legends gameplays online. While many didn’t think that “playing games” can also be one’s career, Soloz, also known as Faris Zakaria, proved that his efforts in Esports could earn a lot as well.

Most of us had missed out on a Malaysian Esports Team, Team Bosskurr participation in the SEA Games 2019 in the Philippines. They won Bronze in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang category and Faris was a member of Team Bosskurr.

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This is an extremely amazing achievement and they definitely made Malaysia proud.

A story went viral on social media a few days ago, when Soloz shared that he had purchased a Ford Mustang from a car showroom in Bangsar on 4 February.

Often being praised for being down-to-earth, Faris visited the car showroom in a pair of slippers to view a red Ford Mustang GT500 on 28 January. And just one week later, he returned to the showroom to purchase the beauty with his hard-earned money for being an Esports athlete.

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The 27-year-old gamer uploaded these photos onto his Instagram account (@solozsoloz) to celebrate his achievement, further proving that he had come a long way.

People often misunderstand gamers, thinking that gaming is easy and “it’s just a game”. Little did they know, that professional gamers train really hard to qualify and participate in competitions and actual trainers or coaches are hired to train them as well. So, tell your parents that playing games isn’t “useless”, but it can be a profession if you set your heart to it!

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Time for me to start playing game!!!

 

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Also gamers have a short working lifetime. Reflexes start to slow down by mid-20s?

Then they still have whole career lifetime ahead of them.

Unless they had carefully saved and invested the amounts that they earned from professional gaming. But if quickly splash out on ford mustangs ... good luck!

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u all need to see it in another way. all sports got short life time.

how many % of pro soccer player actually make it to the top??

1%???

gaming is same, just another form of sports involving different tools 

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https://onlymotors.com/gt-academy-winners-now/

Time was that if you suggested someone who was good on a racing simulator could transfer their virtual skills into an actual, real-life racing car, you would have been laughed out of the room. But then the Nissan GT Academy came along.

It starts with an on-line competition in Gran Turismo, that most legendary of driving games. The fastest few go to an intensive ‘race camp’ where their fitness and skills are put to the test in real racing cars, on a real circuit. The winner then goes into an even more intensive training programme, with the aim of turning them into a race-winning professional driver.

It really works. The Academy has turned up several drivers – notably Lucas Ordonez, Jann Mardenborough and Wolfgang Reip – who have turned out to be real talents. Had it not existed, they may never have had the chance to even sit in a racing car, much less drive one. They alone prove the whole GT Academy concept works and is a viable path to a career as a pro racer.

But they are just three of the 19 lucky so-and-so’s who have won the competition and been given the golden ticket. What have the rest been up to?
 

Lucas Ordonez – Winner: 2008, Europe. The first winner, who had been a taxi driver. Proved quick and reliable in any car straight from the off and is now well-ensconced in Nissan’s driver roster.

Jordan Tresson – Winner: 2010, Europe. Won several races in GT4 European Cup before graduating to LMP2 in World Endurance Championship, probably too soon. Lacklustre performances saw him dropped at year’s end.

Jann Mardenborough – Winner: 2011, Europe. The real star find from the Academy. He’s done a huge amount of racing, mostly in GTs and also drove Nissan’s ill-fated LMP1 machine. He’s even tried GP2, one rung down from F1. Currently in Japan, racing (and winning) in Super GT and F3.

Bryan Heitkotter (on right) – Winner: 2011, USA. Heitkotter had just been made redundant when he entered the competition, becoming the first American winner and, at 30, the oldest. He’s proved a solid performer in the GT-R GT3 and continues to race in the Pirelli World Challenge.

Wolfgang Reip – Winner: 2012, Europe. The only Graduate to have been picked up by another manufacturer. Now racing for Bentley in the Blancpain Endurance Cup.

Steve Doherty – Winner: 2012, USA. Raced in Grand-Am, but seems to have been dropped when Nissan cut the series from its programme at the end of 2015.

Peter Pyzera – Winner: 2012, Germany. Contested the Nurburgring-based VLN series in 2013, but seems to have been dropped at year’s end.

Mark Shulzhitskiy – Winner: 2012, Russia. Raced GTs and sports cars with solid if unspectacular results, but appears to have been dropped now.

Miguel Faisca – Winner: 2013, Europe. Took a class win in the 2014 Dubai 24 Hours, but seems to have been dropped at year’s end.

Nick McMullen – Winner: 2013, USA. Raced in Grand-Am, but seems to have been dropped when Nissan cut the series from its programme.

Florian Strauss – Winner: 2013, Germany. Strauss has been a regular in the Blancpain and ADAC GT series since winning. He finished 2nd in the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hours, but doesn’t appear to have done much since.

Stanislav Aksenov – Winner: 2013, Russia. Class win in 2014 Dubai 24 Hours and raced in Blancpain Endurance Series, but seems to have dropped at year’s end.

Gaetan Paletou – Winner: 2014, Europe. Contested Blancpain Endurance Series and a few European Le Mans Series races in the LMP3 class in 2015, but lacklustre performances saw him dropped at year’s end.

Nic Hammann – Winner: 2014, USA. Raced in Grand-Am, but seems to have been dropped when Nissan cut the series from its programme.

Marc Gassner – Winner: 2014, Germany. Class winner in ADAC GT last year and contesting VLN Series this term.

Ricardo Sanchez – Winner: 2014, International. Currently racing in the Blancpain Endurance Cup.

Romain Sarazin – Winner: 2015, Europe. Currently contesting his first full season of racing in the Blancpain Endurance Cup.

Matt Simmons: Winner: 2015, International. Contesting his full season of racing this year in the Blancpain Endurance Cup.

Jose Gerard Policarpio – 2015, Asia. Was apparently progressing well through the Driver Development Programme, but had to drop out after being diagnosed with a medical condition.

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On 2/12/2020 at 10:35 AM, Sosaria said:

Also gamers have a short working lifetime. Reflexes start to slow down by mid-20s?

Then they still have whole career lifetime ahead of them.

Unless they had carefully saved and invested the amounts that they earned from professional gaming. But if quickly splash out on ford mustangs ... good luck!

Exactly... I used to join arcade competition when I was in army age 18... by the time I hit early twenties cannot make it.... 

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