kid drops out to play gutair hero

[TOBI!]

lolz i found this story it seems funny

He's not the first kid to drop out of school and spend his time playing video games, but 16-year-old Blake Peebles is probably the first to do so with his parents' blessing.
Bloggers are up in arms over the story of Peebles, a North Carolina teenager who left high school to focus on his dream of being a professional Guitar Hero player ? with the support of his parents.
"Seriously. Does North Carolina have some sort of state board that takes kids away from parents? They must, right?" asked blogger Dave Lozo, in a vicious reaction to the report that was made popular on link-sharing website StumbleUpon this week.
Mike and Hunter Peebles, who decided to support their son's gaming dream after he found himself struggling at school, got a figurative hiding from the online community after The News & Observer broke the story.
Peebles left high school last year to spend more time playing Guitar Hero, a popular music-based game that lets users play along to their favourite rock and roll tracks by pressing buttons on a guitar-shaped controller.
With hopes to play Guitar Hero at a professional level, the teen has entered and won several local tournaments and will this month compete in the US regional finals of the World Cyber Games.
To continue his education, Peebles' parents hired a home tutor and said his grades had improved since leaving school.
But that wasn't enough to spare them from the fury of bloggers who, while admitting that the deal sounded like a teenager's dream come true, castigated the Peebles for letting their son "throw away" his education.
As noted by the Observer, most professional gamers in the US earn between $US20,000 and $US30,000 a year and even those who win national championships may not get the chance to compete full-time.
However some said Peebles' decision was no more controversial than pursuing other make-or-break careers such as being a musician or writer.
"It is not for us to judge what a person should take up as a career option," said one blogger on gaming website Split Screen.
"Dozens of people become freedom fighters, insurgents and campus fiction writers every day and nobody bats an eye."

 

[Lawliet]

That is just, stupid. >_> Who in the world would leave school just to play a game? O_O It's like being a pro at something useless, there's no point.If he's not doing so well at school, obviously he's not trying hard enough :l

 

[punk365]

hey TOBI if you leave who gets your group bro?????

 

[Madara Uchiha]

wow. O_O
I'm speachless. (and not in the good way)

 

[Akiza]

wow thats just unbelievable

 

[Madara Uchiha]

well its his choice in the end.
If he wants to spend his time clicking buttons for the rest of his life thats thats ok with me. U_U

 

[Shirayuki]

Omfg thats insane!!!!!!!!!

 

[sasuke_forever]

........................wow...............

 

[YamiAlex]

How do you convince your parents that doing that for a living makes sense?
I mean seriously, when they were younger video games werent as big as they are now lol
It's his choice and I wish him well, but i doubt we will see much of him.
And he might go college still, I mean if he got home tutoring and stuff who knows, it may have even been good for him lol.