I played competitive Starcraft and then Warcraft III with several friends. One still works as a cashier in a grocery store. One works in IT support. One works for the gov&#x27;t as a bureaucrat.<p>I also played WoW with a lot of people. Out of ten people who I still keep in touch with, none did exceptionally well at making money.<p>All of these games were major addictions for me, and I&#x27;m kind of glad I&#x27;m out of that phase.  If some of the people I played with spent as much time doing anything else as they played video games, they would have moved mountains.<p>But perhaps that is not the point.  We had a lot of fun, and it was a very enjoyable time for everyone involved.  And maybe that is the most important thing.