3,513 atPrick__ Members 16,315 posts 12,285 battles Report post #1 Posted April 5, 2017 Get gud kiddos, get a free ride. Pew Pew Pew http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/19086129/university-utah-announces-varsity-esports-program http://utahesports.net/ What a world/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,521 [WOLF7] awiggin Members 12,620 posts Report post #2 Posted April 5, 2017 I am literally speechless...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
924 [TSF_1] pewpewpew42 Members 3,301 posts 7,816 battles Report post #3 Posted April 5, 2017 I was summoned? Oh... oh no... If you told someone this fifty years ago, they'd cry 'fake news!'. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,513 atPrick__ Members 16,315 posts 12,285 battles Report post #4 Posted April 5, 2017 Says partial scholarship, missed that, I'm sure it will be a full scholarship in a couple years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,513 atPrick__ Members 16,315 posts 12,285 battles Report post #5 Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) I am literally speechless...... ditto. Though... My kid is 10, he is... really [edited]good at FPS's. So now I can't tell him he won't be able to do crapwhen he grows up if all he does is sit around and play videogames. Edited April 5, 2017 by slak__ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,521 [WOLF7] awiggin Members 12,620 posts Report post #6 Posted April 5, 2017 ditto. Though... My kid is 10, he is... really [edited]good at FPS's. So now I can't tell him he won't be able to do crapwhen he grows up if all he does is sit around and play videogames. Well, perhaps it's all a ruse to train tomorrow's soldiers? Since drones and remote bots will be the battlefield weapons of tomorrow, train those responses today...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
657 dionkraft Members 3,603 posts 7,540 battles Report post #7 Posted April 5, 2017 Salt Lake City has had a lot of game software company startups lately. E-Sports is a upcoming - possible Olympic grade contender in the future they say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,513 atPrick__ Members 16,315 posts 12,285 battles Report post #8 Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) Well, perhaps it's all a ruse to train tomorrow's soldiers? Since drones and remote bots will be the battlefield weapons of tomorrow, train those responses today...... As a kid that grew up with my face crammed in a Monitor, breaking Xbox/PlayStation/Nintendo controllers from playing so much and then when on to Enlist in the Army to end up as a 15w UAS Operator... Yup. Edited April 5, 2017 by slak__ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,138 [BROOK] TheGreatBlasto Banned 2,260 posts Report post #9 Posted April 5, 2017 You can major in SJWism ( social justice weaselism) today, so why not this too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
347 anonym_C2VCFahnN2vC Members 1,123 posts Report post #10 Posted April 5, 2017 Next they will be giving scholarships for simply being able to drop your pants....wth! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
59 [AFW-] Apewar Members 297 posts 16,826 battles Report post #11 Posted April 6, 2017 when these children arent able to find a job in the e world i guess i will get them in construction. Hand them a shovel and you just know they will be looking for the on/off button. pathetic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,513 atPrick__ Members 16,315 posts 12,285 battles Report post #12 Posted April 6, 2017 when these children arent able to find a job in the e world i guess i will get them in construction. Hand them a shovel and you just know they will be looking for the on/off button. pathetic that world is changing bud, better or worse. The kids being born today will likely be programming a robot/controlling a robot to use that shovel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
