Cyber Security Challenge UK runs a series of online games that allow amateur cybersleuths and white-hat hackers to test their skills. Those who score well online are invited to a series of regional, in-person competitions. The top performers at these events are then invited to the annual three-day masterclass and team-based competition where they face a realistic scenario created by experts from the sponsoring companies.
Would you like to play a game?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by looorg on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:29PM (3 children)
So you play online so you get to play again and then you get to play again in their "masterclass" and then perhaps you'll get a job within 12 months. I'm with the WOPR on this one; A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
(Score: 2) by Bobs on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:56PM (2 children)
True.
Another perspective is that there is more career upside potential to playing these games vs. Flappy Birds or Dota 2, etc.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday November 15 2017, @10:25PM (1 child)
Not so sure. One of my younger relatives introduced me to Twitch. I got to watch some other kid play video games instead of me playing video games. I asked him what the fucking point of all this was. He responded with basically that it was cool and these were the best players, blah, blah, blah. What got my attention was when he pointed to the corner and told me that was how much money other viewers were sponsoring this kid for. It was over $25k!
I was then informed that there is a growing population of millionaire gamers that can garner rather large viewerships.
After what I learned, I would not be surprised if there is a Flappy Birds channel on Twitch, and that the person playing it is making the same money players do in professional sports.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday November 16 2017, @12:18AM
It's not that strange. Play Starcraft, Destiny or some other game for a while, then watch gameplay footage from the pros to see how bad you are by comparison.
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