‘This game is so realistic it feels just like working overtime’

Re:‘This game is so realistic it feels just like working ove... by oblio on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:47PM (#30834065)

I played Dota for more than 10 years.

Besides the fact that I now have RSI (maybe not just due to Dota, possibly due to time spent in front of screen, overall), I realized after a while that I was a sort of people manager for 12-18 year olds and maybe I could just do the same thing at $DAYJOB and end up getting paid better :-)

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Re:‘This game is so realistic it feels just like working ove... by nicoburns on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:53PM (#30834810)

One of the bizarre parts of these games is that you can effectively become a people manager as a 12-18 year old.

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Re:‘This game is so realistic it feels just like working ove... by duskwuff on Monday March 28, 2022 @04:12PM (#30835007)

And if you're good enough, you can even get paid for it.

(Not well, mind you...)

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Re:‘This game is so realistic it feels just like working ove... by hprotagonist on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:02PM (#30836670)

and historically, hired at Yahoo when that meant something.

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Re:‘This game is so realistic it feels just like working ove... by novok on Monday March 28, 2022 @07:28PM (#30836853)

Ironically dealing with pub team psychology to get immature people to work together was good prep for being a manager in some ways.

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