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[Sirus]

Making money by sitting around and playing video games (something of an over-simplification)? I would sign up for that in an instant if I could actually pull it off.

[Orange Wizard]

Same here. I've no idea how well such a thing would pan out, but it certainly sounds like a good idea.

[Tawa]

I wouldn't do that except as a last resort. It breaks my code of honor.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

There is a lot of things that need to be done first, I tried and to this day I thank god that that it was too complex for me to understand at the time.
My username I made up was MinecraftianSpells, can you imagine how badly that would have gone?
Edit: by a lot of things, I mean that I set into so many roadblocks I gave up, and thank god for that.

[Orange Wizard]

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[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

One thing many people forget is that editing videos can be a nightmare. And you have to wait anywhere from half an hour to half a day for the damn things to save into a more compressed format since it takes too much RAM and processing power to compress them AND record.

See, that's what I meant by roadblocks.
I started getting like five different program's to try to upload the video, and this was without editing.

[Tawa]

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* Tawarochir's iron will repels II's evil

I just think that doing that is basically earning money for nothing. "O, YAH. I PLAY VEEDEEO GAMES FOR MAAAHNEY." I might as well get paid to sleep.

[KingofstarrySkies]

Taw, most of them do it as a review thing. Not just playing games. It's the same damn thing as IGN or RPS. 

[Orange Wizard]

Well, no. There's actually a lot of work involved in (a) editing, (b) being entertaining, and (c) doing stuff in the game required for a minimal amount of (a) and a maximum amount of (b).

...

Also, RAGE: Cat is sitting on my mouse cord. Can't move the mouse far any more.

[Tawa]

My point is, you're doing a leisure activity for money. It's like getting paid to watch TV.

Have any of you actually edited a video? It doesn't take that long if you know what you're doing.

[Frumple]

More like getting paid to play football or chess, or paid to tell stories or dance. Y'know, any leisure activity in general people pay to be entertained by. Of which there are many.

Watching TV's a fairly poor equivalent, since TV is... well, non-interactive. Though some people get paid to do that and react, too (See: Mystery Science Theater).

Really, drawing your line at getting paid for doing a leisure activity just about cuts you off from the entertainment industry in its entirety. Which... okay, I guess? Seems weird to me, as de-stressing is important and facilitating that is an act that has value, but if that's your thing it is your thing.

[Lightningfalcon]

My point is, you're doing a leisure activity for money. It's like getting paid to watch TV.

Have any of you actually edited a video? It doesn't take that long if you know what you're doing.

I think you are ignoring the fact that people are, actually, paid good money to watch TV.

[Sirus]

See, Imma just skip the whole "video editing" kerfuffle and stream things instead

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* Tawarochir's iron will repels II's evil

I just think that doing that is basically earning money for nothing. "O, YAH. I PLAY VEEDEEO GAMES FOR MAAAHNEY." I might as well get paid to sleep.

You do realize that there are people getting paid to sleep on beds?

[Tawa]

More like getting paid to play football or chess, or paid to tell stories or dance. Y'know, any leisure activity in general people pay to be entertained by. Of which there are many.

I also think those things aren't really things to be paid for, although your last two are debatable on that matter.

Watching TV's a fairly poor equivalent, since TV is... well, non-interactive. Though some people get paid to do that and react, too (See: Mystery Science Theater).

I see your point, but my point was a bit more general.

Really, drawing your line at getting paid for doing a leisure activity just about cuts you off from the entertainment industry in its entirety. Which... okay, I guess? Seems weird to me, as de-stressing is important and facilitating that is an act that has value, but if that's your thing it is your thing.

Filming for TV or a movie? Writing a book? Acting in a play? That's cool. You're getting paid to work on something. But get paid to play video games? You're getting paid to enjoy yourself and make comments. I do that plenty. Do I get paid for it? No.

I have made my point and will not speak more on the matter.

* II takes Tawarochir's code of honourand breaks it over his knee.

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* Tawarochir's iron will repels II's evil

I just think that doing that is basically earning money for nothing. "O, YAH. I PLAY VEEDEEO GAMES FOR MAAAHNEY." I might as well get paid to sleep.

You do realize that there are people getting paid to sleep on beds?

You do realize that that's a horrible thing to be paid for?