18 December,2022 08:47 AM IST | China | A Correspondent
Kids glued to their devices
How do you get rid of your child's gaming addiction? In China, some parents have signed their kids up for military-style camps, while others have used sneakier techniques like hiring skilled gamers to beat their kids at their favourite video games.
A "video game master" from China recently revealed that he was paid by the parents of a young gamer to kick his butt at his favourite video game and make him question his skills. The young boy's parents said that he used to be a model student and an obedient child until Class IV, but video games changed him completely.
The boy had dreams of becoming a professional gamer. His parents couldn't accept that, but they couldn't talk him out of it either, so they decided to have someone else do the convincing.
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The gamer claims that the boy's parents agreed to pay the game master a fee of 50 Yuan ($7.2) per hour to challenge their son at his favourite video game and utterly crush his confidence. The anonymous gamer even posted screenshots of his conversation with the boy's parents as evidence.
The pro-gamer said that he played five games with the boy over five hours. He took his time in the first game, trying to tire out his opponent, and then crushed him in the next four games, as per his parents' wishes. The games were apparently so one-sided that the boy didn't want to play anymore.
The video game master claimed that he had so far helped two families reclaim their gaming-addicted kids by beating them at their favourite games.
Rs 600
Per hour to challenge a kid
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