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**SoulRiser** · 08-18-2008 06:51 AM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2766/story/1155589.html

Quote:Blake is so dedicated to gaming that his parents let him quit school so he can better concentrate on it. They pay for home tutors instead. Mom and Dad do this, even though there are very few people in this country who make their living playing competitive video games. That is not to say that it was an easy decision for them to let Blake leave school last September. They would have preferred that he stay in high school with his brother. But he bugged them until they let him quit. "We couldn't take the complaining anymore," says Hunter. "He always told me that he thought school was a waste of time."

Also posted in the news section.

Some people are apparently going ballistic saying how bad his parents are for letting him do that. Even though they're basically homeschooling him.

Darthmat · 08-18-2008 06:57 AM

This is epic on a brand new level.

Sunbourn · 08-18-2008 07:00 AM

Lol. As expected the faggots there are bashing him.

Abandoning Ship · 08-18-2008 07:11 AM

Well I guess it's okay if he's gonna end up being homeschooled. But still....Guitar Hero? Cuckoo

Sunbourn · 08-18-2008 07:12 AM

ATXTheKiller Wrote:I'd rather him play real guitar. If he dropped out to further his skills with a real guitar, than I'd understand.

But if he dropped out just because of gaming and just gaming, then I can't really support this. And Guitar Hero of all things.

STFU. It's to become a professional gamer, as in get paid.

Abandoning Ship · 08-18-2008 07:12 AM

I changed my post, GTFO.

Fire Elf · 08-18-2008 07:26 AM

That's a really weird goal to work towards... getting paid to play a video game? There's no such thing, is there? But, whatever.

As for the comments section, I'm not really all too surprised. It's something for any-one who claims that "the schools are not working" to look at. After all, school is not about learning. It's about creating a system/forcing people into it. And many people have become so brainwashed, so destroyed, that they have become dependent on this system and willing to fight to protect it. The schools are working all too well...

Milk2Go · 08-18-2008 08:28 AM

Faggots are going to be on the street screaming "LULZ THIS IS PROOF THAT GAMES ARE TEH BADZ0RZ LOLWUT!!11!!!11!!!1!q"

Milk2Go · 08-18-2008 08:30 AM

26 Wrote:That's a really weird goal to work towards... getting paid to play a video game? There's no such thing, is there? But, whatever.

As for the comments section, I'm not really all too surprised. It's something for any-one who claims that "the schools are not working" to look at. After all, school is not about learning. It's about creating a system/forcing people into it. And many people have become so brainwashed, so destroyed, that they have become dependent on this system and willing to fight to protect it. The schools are working all too well...

Actually, you can get paid to play games.

**SoulRiser** · 08-18-2008 08:50 AM

But you have to be ridiculously good to make a lot of money from that. And if you're good at one game, that isn't enough 'cause new games come out all the time to replace the older ones. So you have to keep up as well... it's not like regular sports that stay pretty much the same all the time.

Either way, there are other ways to get paid to play games, like being a game tester/reviewer and probably some other things.

ChickenLeg · 08-18-2008 04:10 PM

I'll be honest. It is a bit crazy. But if that's what he wants, no one should stop him.

Freak · 08-18-2008 04:30 PM

Yay! His parents are stupid! =D

Faby · 08-18-2008 05:33 PM

I want those parents, badly.

Although I consider Counter Strike the bullshitiest game ever made.
And I also hate playing in multiplayer. Pfeh, socializing.

Rebelnerd · 08-19-2008 01:47 AM

when you think about it, is this really any more stupid then dropping out focus on playing a sport?

youvebeenthunderstruck · 08-19-2008 01:58 AM

Rebelnerd Wrote:when you think about it, is this really any more stupid then dropping out focus on playing a sport?

Do you even have to ask? None

liq3 · 08-19-2008 02:15 AM

Actually, I agree. Letting the kid stay home to play games is a good thing. He WILL get bored. Trust me. :o And if he doesn't, he'll become pro. o.O

Regardless of his interests, aside from hurting people, ANYTHING is better then school.

N-NEE-THING

youvebeenthunderstruck · 08-19-2008 02:17 AM

I'd choose mandatory schooling over guitar hero.

liq3 · 08-19-2008 02:34 AM

youvebeenthunderstruck Wrote:I'd choose mandatory schooling over guitar hero.

I wouldn't. Mainly because, well...I'd choose nothing over school. And I did. I did basically nothing for 6 months. Was so worth it :o.

Cosbydaf · 08-19-2008 02:58 AM

LOL at the first comment. THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE SCHOOLING, my ass. What the hell do they care what some kid is getting homeschooled for anyway?

That's one of the biggest things about school that annoys me, the arrogance. That they think they know better than anyone else what's good for your kids, despite that they really could give less of a shit.

Slaughter · 08-19-2008 01:28 PM

Wish I could do that. But my current problem is that I'm not a early awakener. I'm a night guy, I like to sleep and wake late, so I stayed in the afternoon class. And since the beggining of this year, I had to go to the morning class. I think I'm slowly going crazy due to lack of good sleep. I told my parents and my grandmother about how I'm slowly going mad from having to awake early as hell only to go to School... SCHOOL! They think I'm overdoing it, heck, they even laugh at it, but as soon as the clock hits almost midnight (time I go to sleep, I REFUSE to sleep earlier. I can't waste time!), anger takes over me and I my blood boils in anger with enough heat to burn a hole in the ground. When I have to wake (at 6:00, 6:30 or 6:50), it's even worse. I get a incredible urge to go and kill someone. Something. My blood boils like fire. And nobody in my family cares, of course. It's not their problem, so they don't care. Bastards.

**SoulRiser** · 08-20-2008 12:00 AM

Have you tried staying up, going to school and then going to sleep after that? Like, the opposite of the "normal people" daytime schedule...

chibichibibear · 08-21-2008 07:56 AM

SoulRiser Wrote:Have you tried staying up, going to school and then going to sleep after that? Like, the opposite of the "normal people" daytime schedule...

Toward the end of the school year I did this all the time, and frankly it was the best sleep schedule I'd ever had!! Except it leaves little time for socializing. The only reason I don't have it anymore is because my like one friend comes over a lot and keep me awake...jerk.

Also, this seems very good. If he really wants to get paid to play video games, he probably needs to work at it all day. I can't imagine that's easy job to get. And he's probably need a job too, for all the latest stuff that goes along with a career like that. Dropping out of school might have been the best thing he ever did for his career!! And those are just some freaking awesome parents.

returnal · 08-22-2008 05:28 AM

I find it weird but not stupid to do something like that.
If someone wants to do something to live up to their dreams, why not let them?
p.s. 500th post!

liq3 · 08-22-2008 02:47 PM

@chicibear: 4 hours a day is pretty much the minimum.

wyldstryke · 08-22-2008 03:49 PM

wow, ok. how about we look at it this way:

he dropped out of school so he could be home schooled. when hes not 'in class' hes perusing his hobby of guitar hero very passionately, which, possibly, could earn him money in the future/

cooltoonist · 08-24-2008 01:56 PM

*facepalm*

It's awesome to have parents let you drop out to pursue your interests and enhance your abilities but let their son drop out for a video game addiction? None

Him making a band and pursuing the music industry would have been a better scenario.

**SoulRiser** · 08-25-2008 10:53 AM

Quote:It's awesome to have parents let you drop out to pursue your interests and enhance your abilities but let their son drop out for a video game addiction?

This amuses me. Why does it matter why he drops out as long as he's happier that way? He's still getting homeschooled regardless, AND he's doing all the work without any complaints apparently.

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