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"If you believe that video games are toys, prepare to change your mind. You may have played video games as a kid and given up on them when you got your driver's license, but a lot of guys never gave up. In fact, the video game industry is soon expected to reach combined software and hardware sales of $35 billion per year."

"3 - The youngest competitor is 7 years old
At the age of 2, a New Yorker by the name of Victor De Leon III picked up a Dreamcast controller to play his first game of NBA 2K. In the realm of cyber sports, that may very well have been a historic day. Just two years later, Victor -- who would later take the nickname Lil Poison (a tribute to his gaming coach/uncle) -- entered his first Halo tournament. Since then, Lil Poison has earned $2,000 in prize money and is signed exclusively to Major League Gaming (yes, this sport even has a league all its own)."


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