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Young Gaming Millionaire Andrew Explains Why Millennials Love Gaming

Young people love playing video games. This isn’t too surprising given the youth are always interested in the latest games. Games like Minecraft have become incredibly popular, and across different age brackets. Even five-year-olds have been known to play this Lego-like game. Other more mature games like Fortnite have become highly popular as well, with millions playing regularly. Games are obviously fun, but they also improve fine motor skills like hand-eye coordination, along with developing problem-solving skills. Andrew was a young guy who has enjoyed playing video games his entire life, and later turned it into a professional career.

Andrew is someone who was very unfulfilled in life. He had a 9-5 job that was the same thing day-in, day-out. After nearly hitting rockbottom, he decided to take the plunge into becoming a professional gamer. This bold and risky decision would end up being the best decision he ever made.

Today, Andrew has millions playing games like Counterstrike, Fortnite, and others. Being a millennial, he understands why people his age love video games. He breaks it down into two major points that are relevant today more than ever.

  • They Are an Entertaining Escape

The world can be a rough and unpleasant place at times. School is not that fun, parents are always telling them what to do, working is a drag, and the world is in a mess. Escaping the issues of the real world by exploring the worlds games provide is a much-desired entertaining escape. Young people all over the world enjoy that there is a place they can go to forget about all of the troubles they see in life.

  • They Can Make Your Rich

Gaming is not a mindless activity that some adults still believe it is. In fact, it can now be a serious moneymaker. For those who pick one game and practice every day, honing their skills, they will be able to compete in gaming competitions for a chance to win big payouts. One of the first big winners was Sander “Vo0” Kaasjager, who won $250,000 at the CPL World Tour in the 2000s,

These are very good reasons for anyone, not just millennials, to invest in becoming really good gamers. With the world being very unstable these days, millennials and others are flocking to gaming as a place they can escape the ills of life and financially improve their lives. This is why e-sports and professional gaming have only gotten increasingly popular over the past few years, and have especially skyrocketed in popularity over the pandemic.

Andrew sees the gaming space still being in its infancy. There are many extraordinary opportunities to be really skilled and pro at certain games that are played on the e-sports competitive level. Are you going to radically change your life as Andrew did by joining the gaming revolution? If so, there are plenty of games that you can start playing right now and become a legendary player at.

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