Just imagine living

試想一下，生活在

in this 15 million dollar home.

在這個價值1500萬的家中。

You're paid a steady salary,

你的工資很穩定

supported by a whole team of staff

在整個團隊的支持下

whose sole purpose is to get you to play at your best.

其唯一的目的就是讓你發揮出最好的水準。

Alright fellas, let's go.

好了，夥計們，我們走吧。

And if you don't perform,

如果你不執行。

you're cut from the team.

你從球隊削減。

Here we go, round three, round three.

我們開始了，第三輪，第三輪。

Keep it going, no breaks.

繼續下去，不能休息。

If you think this sounds like the life

如果你覺得這聽起來像生活

of a pro athlete, you'd be right, kind of.

的職業運動員，你會是正確的，那種。

Stop your bitchin'.

別再發牢騷了

It's the life of the sports player

這就是體育運動員的生活

of the future, lived by the lucky few today.

的未來，由今天的少數幸運兒生活。

(fun electronic music)

(趣味電子音樂)

As technology replaces old jobs,

隨著技術取代舊的工作。

it's also creating new ones.

它也在創造新的。

I'm Aki Ito, and I'm here to show you

我是伊藤亞紀，我是來給你看的

the jobs of the future.

未來的工作。

(fun, upbeat music)

(有趣的，歡快的音樂)

My name is Michael Schmale, I'm a professional gamer.

我叫Michael Schmale，是個職業玩家。

(guns firing)

（槍射擊）

For someone who's uneducated in the e-sports scene

對於一個不瞭解電競圈的人來說。

and doesn't understand how it works,

並不明白它是如何工作的。

the way I would describe it is, it's kind of similar

我想說的是，它是一種類似的

to a professional athlete.

到職業運動員。

It's a lot of preparation, hard work, and team effort.

這需要大量的準備、努力和團隊的努力。

I think one guy's above me.

我覺得有一個人在我上面。

Nah, trust me, he's not.

不，相信我，他不是。

Ghost Gaming pays players like Mike

幽靈遊戲公司向邁克等玩家支付費用

to compete in video game battles.

來參加電子遊戲的戰鬥。

And yes, that is a real job now.

是的，這是一個真正的工作了。

(guns firing)

（槍射擊）

More people watch video games than Netflix,

看電子遊戲的人比看Netflix的人多。

Hulu, ESPN, and HBO put together.

Hulu、ESPN和HBO放在一起。

And e-sports is already a billion dollar industry.

而電子競技已經是一個億萬級的產業。

(upbeat, energetic music)

(歡快的、充滿活力的音樂)

That's how Ghost can afford to shower players

這就是Ghost對得起玩家的原因

with all kinds of perks, like this team house.

有著各種各樣的福利，比如這個團隊的房子。

It's a ten bed, 16 bath mansion overlooking Hollywood.

這是一棟有10張床、16個衛生間的豪宅，可以俯瞰好萊塢。

And it houses 10 players at a time,

而且一次可以容納10個玩家。

all in their late teens and early 20s.

都是在十幾歲和二十出頭的時候。

So when most people just take a quick look

所以，當大多數人只是看一眼

at the house we're living in, it's a bunch of teenagers,

在我們住的房子，這是一群青少年。

and it's a lot of us, so you would think

而且我們有很多人，所以你會認為。

it's rowdy, we're just reckless,

這是喧鬧，我們只是魯莽。

but we're professional e-sports players.

但我們是職業電競選手。

(loud alarm ringing)

（響亮的警報聲）

Here's the day of a professional gamer.

這就是一個職業玩家的一天。

(fun, playful music)

(好玩的音樂)

I wake up nine, 9:30, breakfast.

我九點起床，九點半，吃早餐。

Chest up, chest up, let's go.

挺胸，挺胸，我們走。

11 a.m., we have workouts.

上午11點，我們有鍛鍊。

That lasts for an hour to an hour and a half.

持續一個小時到一個半小時。

There you go Mike,

給你，邁克

push it straight into the ground.

直接把它推到地上。

Eight, nine and ten.

八、九、十。

After we do that,

在我們這樣做之後。

we hit the film session, and we watch film

我們打電影會議，我們看電影

on other teams to see what they do.

在其他球隊身上，看看他們的做法。

Just taking his time, make sure you guys take your time,

只是慢慢來，請你們一定要慢慢來。

you don't need to be fancy with it,

你不需要用它來裝飾。

just need to make sure to hit the shots

只需確保命中率

you need to hit.

你需要打。

Oh man, after lunch, we play from 1:30 to 7:30.

哦，天啊，吃完午飯後，我們從一點半玩到七點半。

(upbeat, energetic music)

(歡快的、充滿活力的音樂)

(guns firing)

（槍射擊）

One's gonna be, ladder, ladder, ladder, problem.

一個是要，梯子，梯子，梯子，問題。

Bomb is really one shot.

炸彈真是一發不可收拾。

Oh my god, push that, one got pushed up.

天啊，推，一個被推上去了。

And that's just a long grind

而這只是一個漫長的磨練

of playing against other talented teams.

的與其他有天賦的球隊比賽。

(gasping)

（喘氣）

Good job.

做得好

We play from lunch to dinner.

我們從午飯玩到晚飯。

We have a wild lobster with chive butter.

我們有一隻野生龍蝦配韭菜醬。

I put it on Twitter.

我把它放在了微博上。

(playful, fun music)

(俏皮的音樂)

How you doin', Mike?

你怎麼樣，邁克？

It's amazing.

太神奇了

(slow, entrancing guitars)

(慢速、迷人的吉他聲)

Mike's been playing video games since he was five,

邁克從五歲起就開始玩電子遊戲。

but when his parents got divorced,

但當他的父母離婚後，

that's when he really buckled down on gaming.

這時他才真正地放下了遊戲。

I would just get in my desk, turn my game on.

我只是在我的辦公桌上，打開我的遊戲。

It's like I would disappear

就像我會消失一樣

and go into another world and forget about all that.

並進入另一個世界，忘記這一切。

When he was 13, Mike qualified in the pro-league

當他13歲的時候，邁克獲得了職業聯賽的資格。

of the popular video game, Call of Duty.

的流行視頻遊戲，使命召喚。

He became the youngest professional player in the game.

他成為遊戲中最年輕的職業球員。

When I first walked into the event,

當我第一次走進活動現場。

I was just amazed and just fell in love with it.

我當時就驚呆了，就這樣愛上了它。

That's when I knew this is what I wanted to do.

那時候我就知道這是我想做的事。

(slow, entrancing guitars)

(慢速、迷人的吉他聲)

That conversation with his parents,

和他父母的那次談話。

telling them he was pursuing a career

告訴他們，他正在追求一個職業

as a professional video gamer, well,

作為一個專業的視頻玩家，好。

imagine your kid telling you that.

想象一下，你的孩子告訴你，。

There was a lot of arguments and late nights.

爭論不休，夜深人靜。

But Mike promised to put school first,

但邁克答應要把學校放在第一位。

and his parents eventually came around.

而他的父母也最終回心轉意。

Well, as a single parent, it wasn't easy.

好吧，作為一個單親家長，這並不容易。

In my mind, I really couldn't foresee it as a career,

在我看來，我真的無法預見它是一個職業。

but we were at the mall and some young boy came up

但我們在商場和一些年輕的男孩走了過來。

to Mike and he said, "Excuse me, are you SpaceLy?"

他對邁克說："對不起，你是SpaceLy嗎？"

And Mike said, "Yeah," he goes, "Can I have your autograph?"

和邁克說，"是啊，"他去，"我可以有你的簽名？"

And I started to cry, and I'm like, "This is crazy."

我開始哭了，我想，"這太瘋狂了。"

I'm like, "He recognized you, Mike?"

我想，"他認出了你，邁克？"

And that was instrumental for me, as well,

而這對我來說也是至關重要的。

realizing how this has taken off.

意識到這是怎樣的起色。

I started earning money at these tournaments

我是在這些比賽中開始賺錢的

after my third local event.

在我第三次參加當地活動後。

That was like one of the best feelings ever,

這就像是最好的感覺之一。

being able to go home and like, "Look, Mom, look, Dad.

能夠回家和喜歡， "你看，媽媽，看，爸爸。

"Today I got paid for playing."

"今天我玩的時候，得到了報酬。"

I wasn't just wasting my time,

我不只是在浪費我的時間。

and I wasn't just making up stories and fairytales

我不只是在編故事和童話。

just so I could play video games more.

只是為了讓我能更多地玩電子遊戲。

Mike didn't wanna discuss his contract,

邁克不想討論他的合同

but when he joined Ghost, it was reported that he

但當他加入Ghost時，據說他

and his teammates shared a 50,000 dollar signing bonus

和他的隊友們分享了5萬元的簽約獎金。

and were each offered a 4,000 dollar months' salary.

並分別獲得了4000元的月薪。

On top of all that, Mike also earns money on the side.

除此之外，邁克還兼職掙錢。

Fans pay to watch him play on the popular streaming site,

粉絲們付費觀看他在流行的流媒體網站上的比賽。

Twitch, and he also sells his own line of apparel.

搐，他還銷售自己的服裝系列。

(fun, victorious music)

(歡樂、勝利的音樂)

That all makes for a pretty good living by the standards

這一切使得一個相當不錯的生活標準

of any 20 year old, but it's even better

任何20歲的人，但它甚至比任何20歲的人都好

when you consider that almost all of his expenses,

當你考慮到他幾乎所有的開支。

from his rent to his food to his training

從他的房租到他的食物到他的訓練

to his gaming related travel, is all paid for,

到他的遊戲相關的旅行，都是有償的。

which leaves a lot of room for shopping.

這就為購物留下了很大的空間。

Can I take them off?

我可以把它們摘下來嗎？

Sure.

當然可以

Alright, we got the Yeezys, moon rocks.

好吧，我們得到了Yeezys，月球岩石。

I've been a fan of shoes forever, so there's

我一直是個鞋迷，所以有

a lot of times where I spend

很多時候，我在那裡度過

an insane amount of money on shoes.

瘋狂的錢買鞋。

(chill pop music)

(寒冷的流行音樂)

But like professional sports, gaming is not

但和職業體育一樣，電競也不是

a life long career, and there's a ton of turnover too.

一輩子的事業，也有大量的流動。

Three months after I met Mike, Ghost dropped him

我認識麥克三個月後，鬼子把他扔下了。

from the team, and he's now back home in New Jersey.

從球隊，他現在回到了紐澤西的家中。

This sounds very tragic and could nearly end

這聽起來非常悲慘，幾乎可以結束

a player's career, but this is

運動員的職業生涯，但這是

a very common thing in the scene.

場景中很常見的事情。

And players get released and switched around all the time.

而球員也會被放出來，一直被換來換去。

My advice to young gamers that wanna play professionally,

我對想打職業的年輕玩家的建議。

you gotta stay patient, you gotta stay dedicated

你要保持耐心，你要保持專注

and understand that it's gonna take sacrifice

並明白這是要付出犧牲的

because there's always another person out there

因為總有另一個人在那裡

trying to take that spot.

試圖佔據那個位置。

But I don't have any plans to give up the gaming career.

但我並沒有放棄遊戲事業的打算。

I'm gonna bounce back from this

我要從這個反彈

and make my mom and dad proud.

並讓我的爸爸媽媽感到驕傲。

(chill pop music)

(寒冷的流行音樂)

(mysterious synths)

(神祕的合成器)