8 Year Old's Billable Rate: $25/hour
Posted on September 15, 2006 by Him and tagged wtf
When I was little, I loved playing Nintendo. In fact, that's all I pretty much did. I was so good at some games kids would call me to help them get through a level of a game. Weirdly enough, a friend of mine called me during college to help him out...but I digress. I think that after watching The Wizard a million kids across the land wanted to compete in video game tournaments. I definitely thought that I could make some bucks as a professional video game player.
At that time though, this would have been impossible.
But not now. Victor De Leon III, an 8 year old boy from Long Island, teaches people how to play Halo. For $25 an hour. That's awesome.
For the record, ever since the thrid dimension was added to gaming I have sucked at games. Therefore, I royally suck at Halo.
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liz | Sep 15, 2006
My son has a friend who has a corporate sponsor who sends him to Halo tournaments where he wins prize money. This kid skips more than half of his classes to go home and play Halo. It's hard to get your kid to listen to you when you say turn off that Xbox and get your homework done when they know there's $$$ out there for playing Halo. I have been known to disconnect the Xbox and send it to the office with my husband if necessary, so they get their homework done.
HC | Sep 15, 2006
His proud father, Victor De Leon II, said [New Jersey Net star Richard] Jefferson was pretty star-struck meeting the youngster, who goes by the name Lil Poison II in gaming circles.
"He actually asked my son for his autograph," said De Leon.
Victor happily obliged but had to print it because he doesn't know cursive yet.
This last sentence fills me with an unholy amount of glee.
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