Endless runners are simple games. The genre, popularized by titles such as Temple Run and Jetpack Joyride, has players running endlessly and grabbing coins. Well, for one young man in Chinaās Macao, the endless runās earned him a paycheck of over $3,000.
The Communist Party newspaper, Peopleās Daily, reports that insurance salesman Zhou Yongjian walked away with a 20,000 RMB (thatās a little over $3000) prize in a nationwide Tencent-sponsored competition for Tencentās endless runner, WeChat Dash PVP [å¤©å¤©é ·č· Tian Tian Ku Pao].
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The ācompetition,ā held in 34 different cities, had players try to āoutrunā each other in the mobile game. Zhou came out on top with the best time and distance.
According to Peopleās Daily, Zhouās game ran for over an hour and 50 minutes. In game terms, his character ran over 100,000 meters.
The news reports say that Zhou is an avid mobile gamer and has been playing the Tencent runner since it first came out. He has reportedly spent only about $8 on in-app purchases for the game.
According to the news report, Zhouās sort of famous in the Tian Tian Ku Pao circles. Going by the online handle āXi Lizi,ā he has posted videos of his gameplay online.
He says that spending only $8 and winning over $3,000 is amazing. Itās reported that Zhou, a new father, will be spending the money on formula for his child!
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