Joey “Trippy” Taylor

Professional Gamer at OpTic Gaming

 

I’ve been gaming since I was 10 years old, but I didn’t get serious about it until I was in high school. My neighbors introduced me to it when I was a kid. They were brothers and babysat me. And during that time, we spent a lot of hours gaming.

I liked the lore behind the game and the magic you could create in these different worlds. When I was 17, I started thinking, “Hey, I might actually be good enough to do this professionally.”

As a partner with Children’s Health, OpTic Gaming will host a streaming event this holiday season to benefit the kids in the hospital. These events are like digital telethon. Different content creators will come on at different times throughout the event and will play games. And there are incentives, such as someone getting a pie in the face or eating a hot pepper if we raise a certain amount of money.

We do this because a lot of kids at Children’s Health are gamers, and we want them to know that we care for them and support them.

And the games and equipment we provide through our fundraising are a way to help distract them, even if only briefly, from whatever is happening in the hospital. They can play by themselves or with friends. It immerses them in a different world, and that’s pretty magical.