Playing video games for a living is the dream of pretty much every adolescent male at one point or another.
Believe it or not, there are gamers who are doing exactly that. And they're making some serious money.
e-Sports Earnings has ranked the 100 players with the highest overall earnings from competitive gaming.
Over 60 gamers have earned over $100,000 in prize money.
To top it off, that's not even counting the sponsorship deals and income that many of these players receive from streaming their practice games on services like Twitch.
15. Luo "Ferrari_430" Feichi - $226,776.58 From 8 Tournaments
A Dota 2 player, China's Luo Feichi made $200,000 from one tournament alone in 2012.
14. Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri - $229,902.30 From 58 Tournaments
France's Ilyes Satouri has made quite a career for himself by placing in StarCraft 2 tournaments nearly every month since 2011.
13. Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager - $232,725.00 From 18 Tournaments
Hailing from the Netherlands, Kaasjager made most of his money from competitive Painkiller in an amazing winning streak in 2004 and 2005.
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