Did a search and couldn't find this article anywhere on the site. Super interesting article about parents hiring coaches for their kids to become better at Fortnite! And, reported in a conservative, mainstream media newspaper! (had to link a Bleacher Report article because the Wall Street Journal has a paywall.)
Are we looking at a future where Esports becomes like little league and you have overbearing parents yelling at their kids and forcing them to play video games? I cannot imagine my parents doing this for me when I was a kid!
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...oaches-to-improve-play-help-children-level-up
Are we looking at a future where Esports becomes like little league and you have overbearing parents yelling at their kids and forcing them to play video games? I cannot imagine my parents doing this for me when I was a kid!
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...oaches-to-improve-play-help-children-level-up
It wasn't the violence or the amount of time she was worried about. It was the result. He wasn't winning.
So she hired him a coach. For about $50, Ms. Hicks purchased four hours of online lessons from a player she found through a freelance labor website.
Rob hopes his friends don't find out how he upped his game. "They'll probably think I'm cheating or something," he said. "That's how 10-year-old kids work."
Hiring a "Fortnite" coach for a child is no different than enlisting an expert to help a child excel at basketball or chess, parents say. Some sit in on lessons to make sure coaches are professional and that their children, well, level up.