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Re:Chess Is Booming and Our Servers Are Struggling by threatofrain on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:41AM (#34502374)
Most competitive games are much more cruel than chess, but chess is still cruel. Can you imagine winning money as the 3000th best Fortnite player? Or the 3000th best League of Legends player? If so, you'd be winning on personality during streaming but certainly not on competitiveness.
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Re:Chess Is Booming and Our Servers Are Struggling by trynewideas on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:45PM (#34507121)
> Can you imagine achieving recognition or winning money as the 3000th best Fortnite player

There are quite a few retired pros still earning in that cohort, so, yeah. The prize pool is pretty deep and 3,000 is still top 0.2%.

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