Recently, all 10 members of the San Francisco OptX were interviewed by the gaming site GamesRadar. With a plethora of serious (and not-so-serious) answers to their questions, this is a great insight into what it's like to be a CGS Pro Gamer, as well as being a member of the OptX!

A small sample:

GR: What's the biggest misconception people have about what you do for a living?

Garett Bambrough: The biggest misconception is that I play with four other small Asian nerds with glasses. People don't realize that in gaming the range of races, ages, and gender is huge. And it's a great thing.

Chad Neil: People like to think that gamers are people with no lives. The funny thing is that no gamer I know in the CGS is boring at all. They're all very fun to be around and we all like to do things outdoors.

Yazan Ammari: When I tell people that I am a professional gamer, the first assumption is that I test games for companies or I create games. False! I don't have any involvement in the creation. I just played the game, caught on faster than most, and am able to perform better than everyone else. If Counter-Strike was Mario Bros., I could beat the level faster than everyone else while shooting fireballs.

Chris Harris: That we are all lazy people and don't want to do anything but play games. Most people don't realize that this is just as competitive as anything else.

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