So you thought Professional Nerf Gun Player wasn’t a real thing…
(These guys don’t think it’s a real thing either, but this hobby of theirs ended up taking them on Youtube tour in New York, made them Nerf ambassadors, and more…)
Also Professional Trick Shot Makers
Remember when I said if you love doing something you’ll probably fight for a way to make a living of it? They keep saying they want to do something else eventually (at least one of them is now a dad, even), but for now there’s 5 college/ fresh out of college guys and a panda who’ve turned one-upmanship (initially basketball) trick shots and Nerf guns wars into a lucrative hobby… (Not… advocating skipping school to do this, but between vegging in front of the tv and doing this then definitely this?)
pic from dudeperfect.com
Queen E disapproves.
She thinks Argon The Dragon should have the Panda’s job (pic of Roger Daltrey’s Wheels on the bus off Youtube)
So anyway Dude Perfect. More than 15 million Youtube subscribers. Almost 20 million mobile game downloads. More than 17 million Facebook fans. Where your worst online controversy would be whether your latest trick shot is real.
Like, of course they sell t-shirts. (It’s like, everyone has t-shirts these days. Months ago I went to Stanley Market looking for stuff for Rockstar’s last birthday, and found a teenager screen-printing in a stall, one break. He was swamped. He spoke English with an international school accent. Among his half-done orders and samples were various international school tees and club logos. Turned out he was also quoting higher than someone else on amazon in the UK who immediately replied my online order request with, “I notice you bought the maximum number I had – I could make more of them, how many more would you like?” <rrrespect both these kids ok>)
But back to DP – they also wrote the book: Go Big. Making Your Shot Count In The Connected World. 4.5 stars out of 5, on amazon.com.
(Cory Cotton is the younger of the twins, who both studied Communications and did the DP branding – the others are Wildlife & Fisheries, Architecture majors)
I mention because there is not “a doctor, lawyer, dentist” in the bunch. They got into this among others to avoid the usual college temptations to party.
Proving it’s not the degree for the degree’s sake (or the job, or the…) It’s what you do with it that counts. I once said using financial derivatives was like giving a monkey – or a sushi chef – a sharp knife. You can train in both savvy and self control, and produce a delicacy by removing the poison sac in the fugu (pufferfish sushi), or you can well, whatever it is monkeys might do with knives. Like the investment products and derivatives <shrugs> and… the internet and social media…. If DP hadn’t been doing trick shots, they’d probably have ended up still at least moderately successful at work, their attitudes and determination are the real asset, not the ball-playing Nerf-shooting prowess…
What “sushi” can you make with your “Nerf” 😛 ? Thought for the week, have a good one dears…
