Wouldn’t it be a dream to be a 17-year-old a earning $150,000 salary just for playing video games? This is a life most kids would love to be living, and for one gamer, this dream is a reality.

“Overwatch” competitive player Jay “sinatraa” Won` was recently signed off by the NRG gaming league for a $150,000 salary contract. He would be taking the place of famous “Overwatch” player Brandon “Seagull” Larned, who had stepped down from NRG to focus on streaming. Larned is notoriously known for how he plays Genji. While his competitive career was short, his name still flies throughout the “Overwatch” community.

Won is known to be one of the best Damage Per Second “Overwatch” players, primarily playing on offense as Tracer, but also plays Genji and McCree on the sides for variety. He is arguably one of the best “Overwatch” players the U.S. has to offer when it comes to the world of e-sports, the competitive gaming community. “Overwatch” over the past year has taken a significant role in the competitive gaming community as well, joining “League of Legends,” “Heroes of the Storm,” “World of Warcraft” and several other gaming platforms.

Won has been playing “Overwatch” since its release and has participated in season one through five, and has recently jumped onto season six which has been out for less than a month. He has managed to stay within the Top 500 range for ages now. Top 500, in “Overwatch” terms, is the tier where competitive players skill ranked 4500-5000 settle, making them the best of the best.

The rating system in “Overwatch” is backwards compared to most, where lower numbers represent the worst, and higher represent the best. Skill tiers range from bronze to silver, gold, platinum, diamond, master, grandmaster, and Top 500. Rewards are given to competitive players based on their rank as well, such as competitive points to earn items for their favorite heroes, player icons, Season Rank points to prestige and experience to level up. Competitive play can come with consequences however: losing can result in dropping of rank and skill tiers and earning very little rewards. Leaving matches can chop off a severe amount of SR and cause the other team to lose; leaving matches frequently can result in penalties that can keep a player from taking part in competitive. Some penalties last minutes, some last hours, some even days.

However, the difficulty of competitive play has not stopped Won from stepping up to the plate and showing off his skills, so much so as to accept this contract and to now play for the U.S. team in this years “Overwatch” World Cup.

The “Overwatch” World Cup is an event that brings teams from several countries to play against each other, and whoever wins moves on to the next match with another country. Currently, the teams have been narrowed down for the quarter-finals to the United Kingdom versus Sweden, Canada vs. Australia, China vs. France, and the U.S. vs. South Korea. Finals will take place Nov. 3-4 in Anaheim, California, specifically at Blizzard’s own convention, BlizzCon. The top two competitive teams will play against each other to see who comes out on top, and the U.S. fans hope to see Won and his fellow team members there.