Eight year old professional Halo coach $25/hour

[milhaus]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09112006/news/regionalnews/vid_kid_a_real_x_fox_regionalnews_jennifer_fermino .htm

[Headhunter]

Parents, take notice. :razz:

Bit of an aside, am I the only one who finds the NY Post's layout utterly unappealing?

[x86asm]

Bit of an aside, am I the only one who finds the NY Post's layout utterly unappealing?

Nope, looks a bit unprofessional to me.

[Rehan]

From the tabloid article:

A shy 8-year-old Long Island boy wonder is making money hand over fist by teaching grownups how to master a popular video game.

The brown-eyed second grader ... Aren't 2nd graders typically 7 years old (or 6 y/o, if they haven't yet had their birthday this year) ?? :| Maybe he spent too much time playing Halo and had to repeat a grade...?

[vrus]

2nd graders are 7 yrs or 8 if they are early.

[Neovingian]

I was thinking, doens't Halo 2 have a mature gaming rating on it? That kid is going to be a serious threat by the time he's 16. Lets hope he doesn't get a hold of firearms.

[Rogue_77]

I was thinking, doens't Halo 2 have a mature gaming rating on it? That kid is going to be a serious threat by the time he's 16. Lets hope he doesn't get a hold of firearms.

Maybe he'll be a cop then. Wait a sec, we're basing it on a video game. He's gonna be a menace to society. Cops better keep him on a tight leash then.

[phd1969]

On a semi-related note, isn't anyone amazed with kids these days.

Hell I grew up playing on the original Nintendo and only had to master the D-Pad and 2 buttons. Kids these days have to contend with 2 analog sticks, d-pad, triggers, and tons of buttons but they kill it. Not to mention that games are way more complex, 3d games were just a pipe dream then.

[cmge]

On a semi-related note, isn't anyone amazed with kids these days.

Hell I grew up playing on the original Nintendo and only had to master the D-Pad and 2 buttons. Kids these days have to contend with 2 analog sticks, d-pad, triggers, and tons of buttons but they kill it. Not to mention that games are way more complex, 3d games were just a pipe dream then.
games are more complex but the difficulty id say has gone easier... games back in the NES era were extremely difficult even tho with a simplier controller.... to this day Bayou Billy annoys the living hell out me... >_<

[maebach]

Nope, looks a bit unprofessional to me.

looks terrible. Im actually dissappointed.

[obernewtyn]

wow this is sad. forgot who but a nba player paid some kid to be good at Halo aswell.

[SLOGAN]

Ooooooo, Halo 2

How about he teaches a real game?