Our computer-oriented culture has triggered many innovations in our modern cosmos, but probably none more unlikely and unexpected than the evolution over the last few years of a new sport. Cyber-athletics, as it is called, developed from the ashes of the simpler video games of yesteryear and now maintains a huge following and sub-culture throughout the world. For a twenty-four year old man from Kansas, who has chosen this sport to be the source of his bread and butter, it is likely that he will earn more bread and more butter than he will ever consume in four lifetimes!
Jonathan Wender, who is also known as “Fatality,” participates in both individual and team competitions all over the world for prize money. These bouts are broadcast live on the Internet. He recently won his biggest purse, so far, $150,000. According to a recent interview on “Sixty Minutes”, Jonathan describes the sport as “playing chess on caffeine.” His parents are divorced and not at all happy about his decision not to go to college. Jonathan, however, who currently lives with his dad, has big plans indeed, albeit non-scholastic, focusing his attention on an up and coming $400,000 purse in San Francisco.
A parent’s nightmare, by many standards, this sport can make some people a fortune, as unlikely and unproductive as that sounds. Reflexes, timing and fast thinking are all tools that come into play with this highly demanding sport of maneuvering one’s way through a three dimensional maze for money. To relieve tension and maintain a “neural fitness,” Johnathan is also an excellent tennis player, which he does as often as he can.
There seems little question that this young man from Kansas may be the next Bill Gates in his own special way. He is well on his way to many lucrative endeavors, not the least of which is his own line of video products.
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