Well Fatal1ty doesn' t think so and he wants you to spend $3,499 to take part in a two week session that will make you 1337.

Dedicated gamers will be introduced to a variety of Unreal Tournament 3 tactics and strategies developed by Fatal1ty and other professional gamers, which have been honed in international competitions. Teens will test their new battle skills against students in tournament play. They’ll also learn to create machinima and build highlight video reels of their best in-game moves and shots.

OMG YES! MACHINIMA!!! WIN!

Sadly this only applies to the youngins on the board...

Ages: Ages 13-17
Skill Level: Customized for beginner to advanced learners
Available At: Emory University- New!, Stanford University, UCLA, Villanova University
Cost: US $3,499 (per two-week session. Includes tuition, room, board & activities)
Weekend Stays: US $300 (optional, but recommended)
What' s New: Exclusive new course. Limited space.

How sad...

So let me get this straight , You pay $3,500 dollars for learning gaming tactics ? Unless you plan to be a gamer professionally i dont think its worth it ..

How are you supposed to pay the fee when you are just 13-17 years old?

Wow. Video games and real life meet. Pay $3500 to advance in gaming skills. I wonder how much magic skills cost.

I can still pass for a teen, right? Cause I really want to pay thousands of dollars to hang out with people like that.

There' s a gaming college in Denmark where they them about good tactics in WoW

Turnout will be abysmal. Their main audience isnt going to leave the basement for this.

Turnout will be abysmal. Their main audience isnt going to leave the basement for this.

LOL

Ages: Ages 13-17

And the game rating is M. Isnt this like illegal? Some one call Jack!

Ha! I didn' t even notice that!

It' s mot illegal to play M rated games, only to sell to minors and only in some places.

I' ve seen people tutor people for X amount an hour. Even kids as young as 12 were doing it and making money.

Yeah, it' s really not illegal. Most organizations try to keep minors off mature games though, at least from the events that I have been to.

I will train those in the art of gaming for a low price of 29.99 This is a one hour course. Coupons are redeemable

This is the kind of thing that kids beg their parents for. So a lot of rich kids.

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How are you supposed to pay the fee when you are just 13-17 years old?

most ' hardcore' gamers are shit at games.

How incredibly sad, lol.. You pay all that money and they' ll probably teach you tricks on becoming decent-fair at First person shooters, something you can do on your own and for FREE by just practicing..

And to make matters worse, whatever is *learned* at what is going to be one of the world' s dumbest seminars will be limited to just that genre (they only mentioned a first-person shooter). So I guess gamers will have to cough up an additional $3500 for a session on conquering Platformers, an additional $3500 for driving games, etc. etc.

Well after you think about it a while is this really much different than something like band camp, basketball camp, or any other kind of summer camp thing?

They' re teaching kids how to be better at a certain hobby that they likely will never be a professional at.

So you' ll now get girls saying:
' This one time at gamers camp I stuck a joystick up my......(insert your own choice of orrifice.)"

If you want to get good at something a 2 weeks course in something is not going to help, like Terry says, practice is the only way to learn and to learn by your mistakes, what works for one person might not work for another.

Practice in the company of others is better than practicing on your own, and that applies to gaming too. You can share tactics and looks for tricks more easily. But this course is a waste of money, it' s just a scam for some gamers to get paid and pwn rich noobs.

and why does the mention of joystick insertion bring up the image of a Competition Pro 5000?

lol competition pro....I had one of those...but not for inserting anywhere.