Game on?

The esports industry is growing rapidly. TheStreet has already reported that the industry is set to surpass a billion dollars within the next year. Some of this growth is thanks to the growing population of younger players who are playing or watching eSports. According to Newzoo, over 65% of esports viewers are college students. And Jack Vandervelde, co-founder of Helix eSports–a gaming center based in New Jersey–expects that esports will be similar to traditional sports. Vandervelde said that he expects esports scholarships to start popping up. 

Griffin Spikoski spends as much as 18 hours a day glued to his computer screen playing the wildly popular, multi-player video game Fortnite.

His YouTube channel — where he regularly uploads videos of himself playing the online game — has nearly 1.2 million subscribers and more than 71 million views; figures that have netted him advertisers, sponsorships, and a steady stream of income.

Last year, that income totaled nearly $200,000.

The healthy sum — more than enough to comfortably raise a family in most American cities — is all the more impressive considering Spikoski is 14 years old.

Charity work is important – there are so many important causes out there that need people’s support, both fiscal and otherwise. Generally speaking, charities are a pretty amazing thing – they show people selflessly working together to support a cause like children, animals, sick people or something similar.

Research is another topic that many charities concern themselves with – both in healthcare and other sectors like technology and education. There is a variety of great causes that people can support, and when it’s a big event or famous person that supports one, this also comes with the added benefit of the charity getting additional exposure – this also happens within the esports community.