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'I make a living playing FIFA games' 'I make a living playing FIFA games'
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A man who makes a living playing video games has said his career is getting taken more seriously.A man who makes a living playing video games has said his career is getting taken more seriously.
Alex Shaw, 24, from Quarndon in Derbyshire, is a professional FIFA gamer for Horizon Union, an esports organisation and plays the football video game for up to eight hours a day.Alex Shaw, 24, from Quarndon in Derbyshire, is a professional FIFA gamer for Horizon Union, an esports organisation and plays the football video game for up to eight hours a day.
"I remember telling my parents about it, like, 'Oh, I'm getting put up in a hotel and I get to go play in a tournament for free and there was a prize pool of $250,000," he said."I remember telling my parents about it, like, 'Oh, I'm getting put up in a hotel and I get to go play in a tournament for free and there was a prize pool of $250,000," he said.
"And I remember my parents thinking, 'What the hell's going on there?'""And I remember my parents thinking, 'What the hell's going on there?'"
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