You enter a bright new digital world, exited to explore and hyped just to enjoy the vibe. Ten months later you're yelling at someone for standing in fire. Wh...
Ignore the clickbait title this is a really fascinating video.
Individual members will hustle on Twitch to earn money and try to build up a personal brand, and the organization itself usually gets sponsorships ranging from mainstream stuff (PC builders, gamer chair dropsellers) to dubious-at-best corporations (think Brain Force Max, but for gamers instead of chuds :same-picture:).
There are a handful of guilds that compete for world firsts when new raid content is released, I think they typically play on the PTR beforehand to get experience with the fights, seems to attract a sizable portion of the community.
OK, now that I've seen it,
How are there "professional" guilds? Where does the money come from? Twitch?
Individual members will hustle on Twitch to earn money and try to build up a personal brand, and the organization itself usually gets sponsorships ranging from mainstream stuff (PC builders, gamer chair dropsellers) to dubious-at-best corporations (think Brain Force Max, but for gamers instead of chuds :same-picture:).
There are a handful of guilds that compete for world firsts when new raid content is released, I think they typically play on the PTR beforehand to get experience with the fights, seems to attract a sizable portion of the community.