Parents are paying tutors to stop their kids getting owned at Fortnite - Sensationalist Headlines

This is fucking surreal. Fortnite is the new making your kids learn an instrument.

Welcome to what an excess of money and lack of common sense can do for you. or to you.

I know it's a joke, but if anyone is legitimately interested, pop over to the FP DF thread - we can link you to a wealth of resources to learn to play, it isn't as hard as people think! There are videos, picture guides, written guides, we can answer questions, don't let the apparent complexity scare you off!

This is the kind of headline that worries me. I saw an advert on a bus stop saying 'Is it okay for my child to have no aspirations other than e-sports?'. Video games are a controlled environment within which to escape from reality. Kick back, have fun, compete if you feel the desire. Now people are throwing resources and actual cortisol at what used to be a fucking hobby. Stupid parents, clever barnums.

It's more the fact that people are claiming their kids need to be good at Fortnite otherwise they'll be ostracized in school. Coaching to be better at vidja gamin' is fine, that'd be a badass job, but c'mon. Your kid isn't pressured to succeed at Fortnite, they just want free Fortnite lessons, let's be real.

Just go get a real college education dude, it'll be cheaper and easier

I mean is there something inherently wrong with wanting to get lessons for a hobby? Plenty of people pay for music lessons, art lessons, etc... this could all be considered just hobbies with lower prospect of actually turning into a careers. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I didn’t pursue my hobby as a career!

Literally what is all of you guys' problem with this? The demand is there, the supply is there, nobody's getting hurt -- what's the problem?

That's mostly because 99% of random GE players are actually hackers. Very few top ranking people are actually legitimately skilled at it.

In the last month I've played 1 guy who I thought was definitely cheating out of ~50 GE games.

They're advertising for this... https://my.mixtape.moe/fxnweh.mp4

So, is this really to maintain a child's social status or is this really because some parents think that getting started now with learning Fortnite will lead to a career as a pro gamer? Also, tutoring for a video game seems incredibly insulting as someone who grew up only getting an hour of video games a week. I really don't know why.

I find it pretty neat to see gaming taking up such large space in the mainstream. If this happened 10-15 years ago I'd have shit myself in joy.

I see where you're coming from. I suppose my point is that resources earned from working hard are being spent on an infinitely-replayable video game, which I feel could give your kid a skewed perspective on how the world works. Depends how smart your kid is, I guess

That's because they hide it very well. There was actually a study done, I can't find it right now as I'm busy, that the majority of upper tier players had or were using cheats at some point.

Thinking more about it now, I suppose one difference between learning a skill like Guitar or Painting is that practicing one game will become irrelevant eventually. Other games will come out and you'll have to learn all over again. Where as Guitar, you'll have forever.