The best life stories of gamers

Crazy romance

Losing is always unpleasant, and losing in multiplayer is doubly unpleasant. History knows many cases when people took revenge on their virtual offenders outside the battlefield. Calling special forces at home, harassing the Internet and even real attacks are not uncommon these days. However, no one has treated his nemesis madder than the Briton Gary Davy – he married her!

This story started in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. At some point in the game, Davy noticed that he was constantly dying at the hands of the same user. After that, he simply asked his opponent to stop killing him. It turned out to be Kaylee Hopgood, who, as it turned out, lived in a nearby city. For about a year, young people continued to play together, later they started dating and eventually got married.

Marriages of people who met in games are not uncommon. Many titles even offer getting married without leaving the keyboard. But the madness of gamers in love does not end there. For example, they name children after their loved ones characters and even consoles. This is mainly done out of sentimentality, but some parents are more pragmatic.

Kellermeyer couple called born on the day of the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim son Dovakin and got lifetime access to all games not only Bethesda, but also the entire ZeniMax Media. So, if dragons ever attack the Earth, you should know that Tom Kellermeyer is now going to Dovakin School somewhere.

Crazy job

There are many crazy professions in the world. People make a living raising penguins, sniffing armpits, and even playing video games. Most likely, on our site it will not be possible to surprise someone with this fact. Testers, e-sportsmen, journalists, streamers and others are quite common professions. But there is still something to be surprised at.

You probably know that there are people who can play for you for a fee. Someone does not have enough time to grind resources, someone wants to increase the profile rating, etc. I can’t say for sure how beneficial this path is, but some people have enough life.

In China, a girl with the nickname Xiaoyun ten years lived due to their gaming skills. She ran away from home at age 14 and has since spent most of her time in various Internet cafes. She earned by playing Cross Fire for the others. After almost ten years, the police caught her with a fake ID. When the girl called her real name, it turned out that Xiaoyun had long been considered dead.

There are other types of video game related activities. In Fortnite you can find people who will be yours for money bodyguards and help win. For those who are just looking for a company, on freelance sites there are offers for a joint game from $ 5-10 per hour. Basically, for some reason, these services are provided by girls, while they do not publish victory statistics, but only photographs.

One of the most unusual gaming professions can be called in-game killer. In 2013, World of Warcraft player Xiao Feng was faced with the fact that a group of high-level characters began to hunt for his hero. It turned out that they were paid by the father of the gamer, who thought that after constant death his son would get tired of MMORPG and he would find work. But the plan failed – even the killer attack did not break the gaming spirit.

Crazy losses

Someone finds love in video games, and someone finds money – in both cases, we can only be happy for the lucky ones. However, not everyone is so lucky: there are those who lose something because of their hobby. Today we will not recall something bad like layoffs, divorces and $ 16 thousand dollars, lowered to the skin for a virtual sword. Better talk about something less sad and ordinary.

UK resident Jamie Callis became famous in 2018 – several national newspapers dedicated articles to him and his gaming addiction. According to various sources, the gamer spent in the virtual world from 8 to 16 hours a day. He spoke of a bad mood, difficulties in communicating with people and other consequences of his addiction, but most of all readers were hooked by the unusual loss that he had to endure.

After several years of talking with players from the USA and Canada, Callis lost his Welsh accent. The gamer admitted that he hardly spoke to people in the real world, and this greatly influenced him. In English, accents can vary significantly – depending on the country, not only intonations change, but also words and even whole grammatical constructions. It is not surprising that the Australian does not understand the Irish, and the American does not understand the Scots. Therefore, imperceptibly for himself to rebuild speech – that is still a task.

The disappearance of an accent really looks unusual, but this is far from the craziest loss for a gamer. The most improbable thing for him will be to lose games, or rather, interest in them. After all, then he – kind of – ceases to be, in fact, a gamer.

U.S. University Basketball Fans In 2012 watched amazing metamorphoses that occurred with the center team of Notre Dame Jack Cooley. The athlete managed to double his performance in a very short time – 15.4 points per game against the previous 6.125.

Many tried to understand what kind of training allowed Cooley to surpass himself twice. The answer became a real holiday for all opponents of video games – in an interview with the newspaper Chiche tribune the athlete admitted that he simply quit playing Skyrim.

“Never run Skyrim,” the basketball player advised. “You cannot stop.” It seems that the council really works – after giving up the dragonborn, Cooley spent two seasons in the NBA, played in the European leagues, and now plays for the Japanese team Ryukyu Golden Kings.

Crazy life

Many strange, funny, and absurd stories happen to people in video games. But the reality, as we know, is also not always so clear and explainable. What happens if someone decides to unite these two worlds?

In 2015, someone named GatorMacheteJr sent Bethesda’s office has over 2,000 metal bottle caps. At first glance, the act looks very strange. But if you remember that the release of Fallout 4 was approaching, in the universe of which the caps were the main currency, the situation will begin to make sense.

In a cover letter, GatorMacheteJr asked the developers if he could pay for the game with covers. Recognizing the fan’s wit, Bethesda representatives met him and issued a copy of Fallout 4. However, they clarified that GatorMacheteJr deserved it, being the first who had guessed before.

The Fallout fan managed to transfer the rules of the game into real life and even subjugated to them those who invented them. But youtuber Matt Stoney decided to experience the life of the characters of Grand Theft Auto. Do not be afraid, his experiment has nothing to do with hijacking or mass shootings.

Stony records food videos. In one of them, youtuber tried to overcome the famous order of Big Smoke from GTA: San Andreas, which included eight positions, each of which was equipped with french fries and a glass of soda. An analogue of such a dinner in real life, according to the blogger, contains more than 9 thousand kcal. – This is approximately a three-day norm for a highly active adult male. And if for you this is still not crazy enough – Stony completed the order in just 35 minutes.