Gamers have been paid for one reason or the other for centuries…
The Go game, also known as Weiqi, is believed to have originated in China more than 2,500 years ago and Chess is also an ancient game, with origins dating back to India in the 6th century AD.
In both Go and Chess, there are paid roles available for teachers and other professionals like mentors, or coaches for other players.
They can also work as game commentators, analyzing and commenting on professional games for an audience.
In Japan, during the Edo period (1603–1868), Go teachers were often affiliated with Go houses, where they would teach and play Go with students and patrons…
It is said that some Go teachers were able to earn a comfortable living and even become wealthy, while others struggled to make ends meet.
Times passes as it comes…The now!
Moving into videogames, the jobs in gaming scale.
In 1990 professional gaming began to gain more traction and become a more organized and recognized industry, with players earning significant amounts of money from sponsorships and tournament winnings.
The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), established in 1997, is often considered the first professional gaming league and helped to popularize competitive gaming.
Now, more roles in which gamers have been earning;
Gold farmers — Sell gold in games.
Coach — Teach you how to play like a pro.
Rusher — Like a babysitter helps you in the game.
Spy — Act as an infíltrate / kamikaze in enemy teams.
Account booster — Sells high category gaming accounts.
GM — Handle support tickets in gamers / fix bugs.
Moderators — in game chat moderators.
Beta testers — Provide quality feedback.
Content creators — Influencers in gaming.
eSports — Hire gamers to join professional eSports teams.
And much more we are not aware of. Share your story with us here.
Here are a few more, recent ones:
Metaverse builder — Build your metaverse house or office or game.
Metaverse Event — Managers, stands, shows, dancers,
Metaverse guides — Guides visitors in through the metaverse.
Guilds— Managers, scholars, researchers, strategists, financials,…
Exciting times we are living!
With the evolving game scene, new gaming roles will appear, with the guilds scaling, blockchain getting a standard in gaming combined with automation of jobs and VR… Metaverse will transform how we see gaming, how we learn, and how we experience, a gamified experience!
Few more job roles for gamers that the team of Trooper has brainstormed:
-Metaverse shops designers.
Gamer defensors / Lawyers for gamers.
YouTube / Twitch guild animator.
Raid organization and management.
Music / Guild DJ.
Guild Streamer / Gamer + Video edition.
Gaming therapy/psychologist / VR therapist.
NFT Real Estate Agents.
Metaverse stylist.
Gallery managers.
Keyboard binder master.
Do you have any idea why and for what to hire a gamer? tell us here.
The payments for these task go from $3 to over $100 per hour.
…In-game marketing sector is to be reinvented…
With gamers wearing brand merch while playing, a new concept is to be explained…
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