Open this Microsoft Word document. Save it. Use it to record your responses to questions 1-9. (See scenario and questions below.) Save often and save one last time before going back to Blackboard to submit the attachment, which is your submission for the FYS Common Exam.
FYS Exam for Students Answer Template
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Your friend John Marshall works a full-time job making minimum wage. This friend is very fond of video games and has started live streaming online games on TwitchTV. He has about one-hundred subscribers and is making a small amount of money from ad revenue. John was just offered a paid sponsorship through a major gaming company, but in order to stream games for the amount of time required by the sponsorship, your friend has to quit his current full-time job. Your friend really trusts you and values your opinion, and so he came to you for advice. Do you think he should keep his job and continue gaming as a hobby, or do you think he should take the paid sponsorship to stream video games full time? Your recommendation should be in the form of an email that you would send to a friend. Although this is sent to a friend in an informal setting, this email should still use proper grammar and punctuation along with a salutation and closing.
Issues to Consider:
You may want to consider the following issues but you are not limited to these.
- Health risks associated with video gaming for long hours
- Time commitment
- Difficulty to “make it big” in the industry
- Income
- Work environment
PART A
Document List:
Ques 1/Doc 1 – Green, Ollie. “These Streamers Make Millions In A Year – Here’s How.” Gamebyte, Gamebyte, 13 Mar. 2018, TheseStreamersMakeMillionsInAYear
Ques 2/Doc 2 – Guarino, Ben. “Prominent Gamer Died during Live-Streamed Attempt to Play ‘World of Tanks’ for 24 Hours.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 23 Feb. 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/02/23/va-man-died-during-marathon-attempt-to-play-video-game-for-24-hours/?utm_term=.0ffd0bb7a33a If you are unable to connect, use this PDF backup: WashingtonPostArticle
Ques 3/Doc 3 – Bean, Anthony M., et al. “Video Game Addiction: The Push to Pathologize Video Games.” Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, vol. 48, no. 5, 2017, pp. 378–389., https://christopherjferguson.com/Bean%20et%20al.,%20PPRP.pdf
Ques 4/Doc 4 – Wood, Austin. “The Runescape Lifers.” Eurogamer.net, Eurogamer.net, 11 June 2017, www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-06-the-runescape-lifers
Ques 5/Doc 5 – Beck, Kellen. “Tune in to the ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Marathon on Twitch.” Mashable, Mashable, 19 Mar. 2018, mashable.com/2018/03/19/mister-rogers-neighborhood-twitch-marathon/#Yusjrb_xcZqI
Ques 6/Doc 6 – “The Realities of Being a Full Time Twitch Streamer?” Reddit, Reddit, 2014, www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/27i4k0/the_realities_of_being_a_full_time_twitch_streamer/
Ques 7/Doc 7 – Keilman, John. “He’s Got Celebrity Pals, Millions of Fans and (Probably) Millions of Dollars: Meet Ninja, Chicago’s ‘Fortnite’ Superstar.” Chicagotribune.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2018, www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-ninja-fortnite-video-games-20180801-story.html#
Part B: Go back to the Microsoft Word document and explain what other information would have helped you understand the topic better and how you might find that information.
Part C: Reread the scenario above. Make sure you understand what you are being asked to do and the format specified in the directions (an email to a friend). Go back to the Microsoft Word document and complete this portion before saving one last time and submitting the Microsoft Word document to the FYS Common Exam Blackboard Assignment.