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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews Sep 23

    Esports degree: 'I won't spend three years playing games'https://bbc.in/2xCerSx 

    7:25 PM - 23 Sep 2018
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      2. Astrid the Spoopy  🎃‏ @starcrow Sep 23
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Why do you need a degree in it? Those that compete already don't have one.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Bruno Scopel M.‏ @ScopelBruno Sep 23
        Replying to @starcrow @BBCNews

        Yeah and there are famous musicians that never studied a music related career. That doesn't make the music career less worth it. There are ways and ways of learning. You could play 16 hours a day and still never become pro because you are not learning properly

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. pigeonplanet‏ @pigeonplanet1 Sep 24
        Replying to @ScopelBruno @starcrow @BBCNews

        This isnt about the degree, its just another BBC gender politics injection. If this woman was an unwashed looking male teen wearing a Korn t-shirt, there wouldnt be a story here. But here we are.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Guardian Headlines‏ @GuardianMemeWin Sep 24
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Because there are people that want to pay £10,000 a year to do an esports degree

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      2. Iain Martin‏ @iainmartin3 Sep 23
        Replying to @BBCNews

        It’s not spending, it’s wasting three years whilst running up a 50,000K debt

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. kyle gleavey‏ @kyleLFCgleavey Sep 23
        Replying to @iainmartin3 @BBCNews

        Yes but if you get good at it and win tournaments you can make that back very quick

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Painterwrites‏ @Painterwrites Sep 24
        Replying to @kyleLFCgleavey @iainmartin3 @BBCNews

        It's really nothing to do with playing, it's the business behind it. Did anyone commenting actually read the article?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Iain Martin‏ @iainmartin3 Sep 24
        Replying to @Painterwrites @kyleLFCgleavey @BBCNews

        Of course not, we have lives

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Painterwrites‏ @Painterwrites Sep 24
        Replying to @iainmartin3 @kyleLFCgleavey @BBCNews

        Hehe and just enough time to make generalised comnents not connected to the article. Gotcha! 😉

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Iain Martin‏ @iainmartin3 Sep 24
        Replying to @Painterwrites @kyleLFCgleavey @BBCNews

        You’re starting to understand this Twitter thing!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Painterwrites‏ @Painterwrites Sep 24
        Replying to @iainmartin3 @kyleLFCgleavey @BBCNews

        Yep, my bad, i was reading the articles before commenting, haha what a naive loser I am 😁 I'll get there one day.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. The Reasonable Otter‏ @DoomedOtter Sep 24
        Replying to @BBCNews

        A degree in Esports for someone looking to pursue a career in one of the fastest growing entertainment industries in the world makes a lot of sense.

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      1. a‏ @BestIdeaEver0 Sep 24
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Because people have been taught to be extremely dumb by school and political propogander. #SeekingTotalDominanceButFailEveryTime #DenseEstablishment #TooThickToSeeReality

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      1. Francesca‏ @Francesca_W_S Sep 23
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @o_oli3 Staffs Uni.

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      2. Graham Giles-Payne‏ @ggilespayne Sep 23
        Replying to @BBCNews

        And people wonder why university degrees are dismissed so easily by employers!

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      3. Painterwrites‏ @Painterwrites Sep 24
        Replying to @ggilespayne @BBCNews

        This is a hugely growing industry. Gaming is a bigger industry tham film or music. So surely this is exactly what we should be offering courses in. Far more relevant than many other degrees, even traditional ones.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Graham Giles-Payne‏ @ggilespayne Sep 24
        Replying to @Painterwrites @BBCNews

        Still sounds like a 'Marketing Degree' to me. You are right though, it is a huge industry but I believe the money is to be made in design development of a game. Amazing graphics and interplay these days.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Painterwrites‏ @Painterwrites Sep 24
        Replying to @ggilespayne @BBCNews

        Yep it prob doesn't really have right name, it looks like a Business/Marketing degree specialising in eSports. Think there's money to be made from many aspects of it, just the same way there is in film and music and we do have a fantastic game development industry here in UK.

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      1. Raymond Kearney‏ @rkbelize Sep 23
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @zfedberg @SombreroGG @SovietWomble

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      1. HalaFish‏ @FishHala Sep 23
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Might as well get a Masters of esports with two additional years.

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