Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Can You Benefit From Internet Computer Games

A number of people play computer games as computer games are fun-packed and allow players to enjoy their time. Computer games are also very exciting and this is one of the reasons of the popularity of computer games. Playing fun-packed computer games is one of the best ways to kill the time and to relax. However, not everyone is in the favor of computer games as people usually spend a lot of time on computer games because of the excitement and fun offered by them.

Also, an individual usually forgets about the real-world problems while playing computer games and this is one of the reasons why not everyone is in the favor of games. However, computer games have a number of benefits as well, but it depends on the player whether he uses computer games in a correct way or not. Excess of anything is not good and this is also applicable to the time spend on computer games. It depends on an individual whether he uses computer games in a beneficial way or not.

 An individual can improve the decision-making skills by playing computer games. In strategy based computer games, the player needs to make optimal use of limited resources in order to complete the missions. A plan has to be developed in order to use resources efficiently and to make a perfect plan, a number of things are to be considered and a number of decisions are to be made. Generally, the player needs to think ahead of the current situation and develop appropriate plans.

The ability to think forward in real-life is very useful and the people who can think ahead of the current situation usually have the plans ready for handling different situations. Sometimes in a game, decisions are to be made with-in few seconds and so, the player needs to think fast so as to make a decision. So, individuals who are not very good at making strategies and decisions can play computer games so as to improve the decision-making skills. However, you should not expect instant results as it takes time to improve the skills and the time required to improve the skills depends on the mental ability of the person.

Computer games also help individuals to improve their ability to memorize things correctly. Some games require players to remember the clues, maps, and the location in order to play the game easily. So, players try to memorize and re-collect various things while playing games. This helps them to remember and re-collect things easily in real-world. Remembering and re-collecting things in real-life is very useful and by playing computer games, an individual can improve his ability to memorize things.

People who play computer games are found to have better eye-hand coordination than people who don't play computer games. While playing computer games, players need to use eyes and hands together. Players need to use hands to use the buttons which are required for performing different tasks available in the game and eyes are needed to see the game. The current situation of the game determines the task to be performed and so, the player needs to use hands and eyes together in order to play the game efficiently.

Computer games help individuals to improve their ability to solve puzzles. A number of puzzle games are available which require players to think logically so as to solve the puzzle. So, people can improve their ability to solve puzzles by playing puzzle-based computer games. 

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Computer Game Community In The World

Now in the world almost all the people play computer games,and most of them love the games very much and are deeply addicted in them,they also set up the communities for the computer gamers to discuss about the games and share their experience.

The gaming community has exploded in the past decade with the introduction of MMORPG’s (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) and RTS (Real Time Strategy) games. It is not only playing the games that has infiltrated pop culture, but the streaming of live gameplay has become all the more prevalent. Players of games such as League of Legends, Starcraft II and Counter Strike sit in from of their computers or have parties not to play the game, but to watch it being streamed by professional players.
League of Legends seems to be the most commonly streamed game. It is not the most popular game in  big tournaments put on by Major League Gaming or the massively successful Dreamhack, but the fans of LOL, as it is known, is growing by the day.  Many of the professional League of Legends players stream for a majority of the day seven days a week. They play advertisements during downtime and make money depending on how many viewers they have at the time.
Streamers can get a free program to broadcast their games, Xsplit seems to be the most popular. From there, they need only to sign up with a streaming website, Ow3ed.tv or Justiv.tv are the two most commonly used.
Own3d.tv is by far the most popular streaming website for professional players. The site hosts the players streams and provides a platform for them to make money off the stream by playing the advertisements set up by Own3d.
Streamers are paid for how many viewers they have at the given time of advertisements. For every advertisement played per 1000 viewers, the streamer gets three dollars. This may not seem like a lot, but the most popular players have an average of 10,000 viewers watching while they are online. That means $30 for each ad played.
The ads are often played in sets of three, so for every three adds the streamer can make $90. They can play the ads as much as they like, but most play a set of three once every half hour or so.  Not a bad payout for playing a game you love.
The hardest part about streaming to make money is to capture your audience. Many of the professional players are known from international tournaments. Anyone just coming into a stream will have to grab the attention of viewers through wit, banter, well played games and a great music selection while they stream. The biggest key to keeping and growing an audience is keeping them entertained during downtime. This can be done with Youtube videos, discussion of the last game or game mechanics overall and have music running in the background.
Online streaming does not seem to be a consistent way to make money in the future because of the dynamic nature of competitive gaming, but for the professional League of Legends players it seems to be a great way to enjoy what you do for a living.