The life of a gamer
What exactly does the average gamer do in their life? The answer is not a drastic change from anybody else's life, and it would be considered quite ignorant to assume so. Gamers do often participate in a lot more things that are considered to people outside the culture as "nerdy" or "geeky", but still they are people just like anybody else whether they are of the MLG or casual scene. Gamers have interests outside gaming just as someone who might be interested in a different job occupation or pass time. They enjoy sports, spending time with loved ones, and it is becoming more and more uncommon that people become complete shut-in gamers due to the amount of social activity involved in gaming today. This is true for some MLG players and all casual players, however the MLG lifestyle can vary substantially at different levels of commitment.
The Life of an mlg gamer
In other countries, mainly in the Asian area of the world, gaming is taken very seriously by an elite group of people. Above is an information-packed documentary produced by Vice showing the life of gamers today for those really into research of the gaming subculture. (To see an important bit of this documentary check out the scene at 17:00 in the video above). Some people use gaming as their dream in the more competitive scene of gaming, or as a search for glory in the virtual world. While it may be considered quite crazy to try and better yourself through a video game; it is important to not disrespect the virtual world by belittling it because to some people it is much more than a video game for deeper, and more personal reasons.