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November 19, 2014

A strange new career: video game pro

  • The residents of StreamerHouse play games in shifts around the clock and chat with thousands of fans via Twitch.tv, which gives them a cut of ads and other sales.
    • By TAMARA LUSH
    Associated Press

    LAKELAND, Fla. — From nine to five, seven days a week, Robert Schill plays video games while sitting on a plush, brown sofa in central Florida.

    Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people watch. His web channel has more than 35 million hits in one year.


     
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