Comments on: Escambia County Public Schools Awarded $1.5 Million Esports Gaming Grant by U.S. Department of Defense http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense/comment-page-1#comment-526897 Jay Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:24:45 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=528428#comment-526897 @everyone Y’all don’t seem to understand what this means. Y’all think this leads to nowhere and is just for “gaming”. While it is for “gaming” it’s not different than having your kids play soccer/football hoping they get scholarships to play in a college or university. What this is offering is kids the chance to become Pro Competitive Gamers. Who naturally make more money than probably anyone reading this at their current jobs. Don’t believe me look up a 18 yr kid named M0nesy he plays a video game called Counter Strike and is a Pro at such a young age and makes 6 figures. Sadly yall think this is also only in America when in reality this goes on globally and is probably the future for most of our kids who love “gaming”. Not everyone wants to be pro gamers like not everyone wants to be a doctor or a soccer player. So if you kid says hey I wanna be in this program and try to become a pro gamer push them. They could be the next Scump(multi millionaire retired pro) the next shroud(Multi millionaire retired pro). Don’t put down your next generation because you were raised without such possibilities. @everyone

Y’all don’t seem to understand what this means. Y’all think this leads to nowhere and is just for “gaming”.

While it is for “gaming” it’s not different than having your kids play soccer/football hoping they get scholarships to play in a college or university.

What this is offering is kids the chance to become Pro Competitive Gamers. Who naturally make more money than probably anyone reading this at their current jobs.

Don’t believe me look up a 18 yr kid named M0nesy he plays a video game called Counter Strike and is a Pro at such a young age and makes 6 figures.

Sadly yall think this is also only in America when in reality this goes on globally and is probably the future for most of our kids who love “gaming”. Not everyone wants to be pro gamers like not everyone wants to be a doctor or a soccer player.

So if you kid says hey I wanna be in this program and try to become a pro gamer push them. They could be the next Scump(multi millionaire retired pro) the next shroud(Multi millionaire retired pro). Don’t put down your next generation because you were raised without such possibilities.

]]> By: kane http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense/comment-page-1#comment-526635 kane Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:07:22 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=528428#comment-526635 @mnon I think you missed the point that's a D.O.D grant they are not playing video games they are learning to fly drones and kill our enemies starting in middle school. It's a recruitment program disguised as education. @mnon I think you missed the point that’s a D.O.D grant they are not playing video games they are learning to fly drones and kill our enemies starting in middle school. It’s a recruitment program disguised as education.

]]> By: EricM http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense/comment-page-1#comment-526630 EricM Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:41:07 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=528428#comment-526630 @mnon. You are absolutely correct. @mnon. You are absolutely correct.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense/comment-page-1#comment-526628 Cheryl Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:22:10 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=528428#comment-526628 @MNON I know the future is so scary!!! Back in my day kids played with sticks and ate bugs right out of the dirt- they also had to walk from molino to atmore just to get to school. Crazy times we're living in- so crazy. The problem with our education system is definitely technology and DEFINITELY NOT the banning of books, rewriting history to try and make us look better instead of acknowledging past mistakes and learning from them, physically and mentally disabled kids being denied basic care, the encouraged bullying by certain parents, and funding for school not being evenly distributed so all the schools can afford kids similar opportunities. It's totally technology that's the problem. Stop relying on the schools to parent your children, technology and even gaming is completely fine in moderation. Teach them how to balance it for their health. ONE NORE THING "Esports" are a great alternative for disabled kids who can't take part in physical activities, but still want to participate in team competitions. Take care and have a wonderful day y'all @MNON I know the future is so scary!!! Back in my day kids played with sticks and ate bugs right out of the dirt- they also had to walk from molino to atmore just to get to school. Crazy times we’re living in- so crazy.

The problem with our education system is definitely technology and DEFINITELY NOT the banning of books, rewriting history to try and make us look better instead of acknowledging past mistakes and learning from them, physically and mentally disabled kids being denied basic care, the encouraged bullying by certain parents, and funding for school not being evenly distributed so all the schools can afford kids similar opportunities.
It’s totally technology that’s the problem.

Stop relying on the schools to parent your children, technology and even gaming is completely fine in moderation. Teach them how to balance it for their health.
ONE NORE THING “Esports” are a great alternative for disabled kids who can’t take part in physical activities, but still want to participate in team competitions.

Take care and have a wonderful day y’all

]]> By: Bob http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense/comment-page-1#comment-526625 Bob Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:44:15 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=528428#comment-526625 @mnon This is how we get kids interested in "math and advanced tech". Kids today are learning machine learning to create AIs that can solve games faster, learning programming to create mods and applets, and statistical analysis to analyze emerging metas. Just out of curiosity, are you equally upset about how much our schools are spending on football programs? @mnon

This is how we get kids interested in “math and advanced tech”. Kids today are learning machine learning to create AIs that can solve games faster, learning programming to create mods and applets, and statistical analysis to analyze emerging metas.

Just out of curiosity, are you equally upset about how much our schools are spending on football programs?

]]> By: mnon http://www.northescambia.com/2023/10/escambia-county-public-schools-awarded-1-5-million-esports-gaming-grant-by-u-s-department-of-defense/comment-page-1#comment-526609 mnon Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:17:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=528428#comment-526609 Nice that's exactly what our students were missing... more gaming. This is absurd and the reason the US is behind academically compared to other countries. Instead of math and advanced tech, we have them gaming and wondering if their gender is correct. This is the reason why the US will collapse into a socialist state, owned by China. Nice that’s exactly what our students were missing… more gaming. This is absurd and the reason the US is behind academically compared to other countries. Instead of math and advanced tech, we have them gaming and wondering if their gender is correct. This is the reason why the US will collapse into a socialist state, owned by China.

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