I'll admit, I play a lot of video games. So maybe I don't devote my whole life to it, but I usually play a few hours of Mario or Zelda a week, just to take the edge off after a hard day. Sometimes, if I'm playing something I really enjoy, with an engaging storyline or a steep difficulty curve, I might get a bit obsessive, but these days I have to ration my gaming time carefully.

Why? Well, because real life gets in the way. It's just one of many hobbies that I enjoy, and I have to juggle it alongside my job, my social life, family, exercise (yes really) and household chores. When you know how to divide up your week, there really isn't that much time left to fiddle with joysticks.

But if you're a professional gamer, the kind of guy who takes a competitive video game as seriously as a major athlete takes a sport, then gaming can quickly swallow your whole life. Hardly surprising when eSports are bigger than ever, and there's big money to be made via sponsorship deals for playing titles like Call of Duty, League of Legends, and even Super Smash Bros in tournaments.

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The sacrifices that pro gamers make to support their lifestyle can be tremendous, but has one of the most famous ones gone too far? YouTuber Douglas ‘FaZe Censor’ Martin is a pro Call of Duty player, who has just revealed that he and his girlfriend - weather forecaster Yanet Garcia - have broken up so he could focus more on video gaming. Garcia, who is known as "The World's Sexiest Weathergirl" boasts 6.5 million followers on Instagram, while Martin has 1.5 million, as well as 2.5 million YouTube subscribers.

In a series of tweets made to his followers, Martin stated: "I appreciate ALL the support, criticism, etc. Being a YouTuber I know that sometimes you'll get challenged by the decisions and moves you make by people online, but that's what I signed up for. I'm excited for the future," and he then later added "COD is life."

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The reaction from Martin's followers has been decidedly polarised. One Twitter user wrote: "He just threw away an entire future family for a game that’s going to die in no less than 2-3 years. He’s delusional. [sic]"

However, other people were more supportive, and one person tweeted: "Self-happiness and focusing on what matters to you is more important than a significant other. Sacrifices got to be made in order to achieve your goals and that’s what Doug is doing ... He’s pursuing what he wants to do by making HIMSELF happy and doing what he feels matters. Also, I agree with Doug. You can’t give a relationship less than 110 per cent when you got other priorities. There is only so much time/energy you can put into so many things man. Girls come and go. [sic]"

Personally, I don't think I would ever dump a girlfriend over a video game, no matter how much I love the medium ... unless I was about to be number one in Fortnite. I do have priorities, after all.

I remember being told as a child, frequently, that the hours I spent playing video games was a complete waste of time. However, little did my parents know that you can actually earn millions from gaming now - whether it be by competing in professional tournaments or filming your terrified reaction to the latest horror game trending.

People like Douglas 'FaZe Censor' Martin are doing just fine by playing games. In fact, the YouTuber revealed in a new video that he has broken up with his girlfriend to spend more time gaming. The woman he's left behind to focus on professional gaming is none other than Yanet Garcia, a woman dubbed by some as 'the world's sexiest weathergirl'.

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Three years ago, Martin travelled all the way to Mexico from New York three years ago just to meet her. They soon started dating, and then she moved to New York. However, now Yanet, who Martin describes as an "awesome girl," has decided to go back to Mexico, where she is pursuing a career in acting and modelling. "She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she was an awesome girlfriend," he said. "I know it sounds weird I’m saying all this…it’s just, I gotta do what feels right for me."

"I supported her decision. She wanted to be a supermodel actress – chase your dreams, life’s too short. I’m playing Call of Duty full-time now and she wanted to take her job opportunity. I didn’t think it was going to be that difficult. Back then it was a lot easier for me to go out and see her. But now I have obligations.

"I’m on a contract. It’s not like I don’t want to do this, this is the career that I want. I want to win a ring, I want to win a world championship, what I want in my life at this very moment is to compete in Call of Duty because I love it so much.

"I’m going to do whatever it takes to be a champion. There’s only 24 hours in a day and I just didn’t have enough time to do what I needed to do."

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Now, Yanet has responded to his public statement on the end of their relationship. Appearing on the TV show ‘Hoy’ (Today), she revealed how exactly she felt about what happened between the two of them. As per The Mirror, she said:

"So, I am relaxed, at peace, I keep what was good about the relationship in my heart. We were in a long distance relationship, it was very difficult.

"I actually do not judge him, on the contrary I wish him all the success, I hope that he wins that championship and it gives him all that he wants.

"We were a couple working in social media, and he had commitments with his followers while I have my job and projects."

Garcia was also asked if she could envision a time when they could possibly get back together, but she wasn't too hopeful. "No, I do not think so," she said. "I trust God, he has something else for me." However, she sounded a little less peaceful about the whole thing later, when she tweeted, "Never listen to the advice of a person has not done anything good with his life" - a comment some believe was targeted at her ex.

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Good for Yanet Garcia for having a positive attitude about the break up, even if she may have thrown a little shade in the process of moving on.

A few months ago, Douglas 'FaZe Censor' Martin had it all. He played video games for a living - yes, that's a thing - and he was dating Yanet Garcia, "The World's Sexiest Weathergirl." Three years ago, he traveled to Mexico to visit the beauty, who boasts 6.5 million followers on Instagram. (Wow, she must be very good at reporting the weather!)  They started dating soon afterward, and Garcia moved to New York so to be close to him.

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However, Martin had a dream: to win the Call of Duty League Championship. And he believed that in order to master Call of Duty, he had to resist the call of booty. That's right, FaZe Censor dumped The World's Sexiest Weathergirl so he could practice playing video games more. Seriously. His enormous fanbase - 1.3 million followers on Instagram, 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube - couldn't believe it.

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In a YouTube video, Martin explained why they broke up:

"She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she was an awesome girlfriend…it’s just, I gotta do what feels right for me. ... I’m playing Call of Duty full-time now and she wanted to take her job opportunity...

"I want to win a ring, I want to win a world championship, what I want in my life at this very moment is to compete in Call of Duty because I love it so much. I’m going to do whatever it takes to be a champion. There’s only 24 hours in a day and I just didn’t have enough time to do what I needed to do."

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During an appearance on the TV show ‘Hoy’ (Today), Garcia revealed how he felt about breakup. As reported by The Mirror, she said:

"So, I am relaxed, at peace, I keep what was good about the relationship in my heart. We were in a long distance relationship, it was very difficult. I actually do not judge him, on the contrary I wish him all the success, I hope that he wins that championship and it gives him all that he wants. We were a couple working in social media, and he had commitments with his followers while I have my job and projects."

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Well, apparently practicing for 24 hours a day wasn't enough. FaZe Censor failed at winning the Call of Duty championship, so now has no trophy and no girlfriend. The great sacrifice did not pay off. "I came back this year and said I was winning champs," he wrote on Twitter. "I feel so bad. Really thought our team could do it. GG to the competition and GL to the rest. Until next year."

It's a tough break, but the gamer insists he has no regrets. He told his 1.3 million followers, "No, I don't want Yanet back!" That's the spirit! Who needs girls when you've got video games?

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Well, it's probably for the best that Martin is moving on. During an appearance on Hoy, Garcia was asked if the couple would ever get back together. "No, I do not think so," said the aspiring supermodel and actress. "I trust God, he has something else for me."

Game over!

Douglas Martin, best known as pro gamer FaZe Censor, has 2.6 million subscribers tuning into his YouTube channel - but it wasn't his career that was in the spotlight this last year, but rather what he gave up for it.

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Last year, he announced that he was breaking up with his girlfriend to focus on his career. It's a scenario many have seen themselves in, but this time it was a little different. Firstly, he was announcing the split to millions of people, but most notably, the woman he was breaking up with was Yanet Garcia - the woman dubbed 'the world's hottest weathergirl'.

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Aside her work as a meteorologist, Garcia has quite the following as a model and social media star - with a net worth through the roof and nearly 10 million followers to her name. So people took notice when Martin decided to call it a day, especially given the fact she had moved from Mexico to New York City to live near him after three years of dating.

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"She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she was an awesome girlfriend," Martin stated at the time. "It’s just, I gotta do what feels right for me... I want to win a ring, I want to win a world championship."

"What I want in my life at this very moment is to compete in Call of Duty because I love it so much. I’m going to do whatever it takes to be a champion. There’s only 24 hours in a day and I just didn’t have enough time to do what I needed to do."

Following the split, Yanet moved back to Mexico to focus on her career too, while the internet soon started to make fun of the pro gamer for his choice - an all-star dunking that only got worse when he failed to win the championship.

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A few months later in October last year, he released a lengthy video to explain his actions, but that wasn't the end of it. This week, he quote-tweeted an article that asserts that young men allegedly want to play video games more than have sex. Alongside the tweet, he wrote:

"My parents were concerned because I didn’t kiss a girl throughout high school. To me, it was more important to be #1 in the world in CoD [Call of Duty], that opportunity wouldn’t always be there.

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Many believed that he was hinting at his past relationship, as he continued:

"Glad I made that decision. Moral of the story: make your career your priority and let everything else fall into place. It will work itself out, and you’ll definitely be pleased with the outcome."

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Having sex and playing video games shouldn't be mutually exclusive, but it looks like Martin's standing by his decision. And when some people poked fun at him for sacrificing high school make-outs for FPS training, he defended his words.

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"You’re not seeing it the way it was intended. Moral of the tweet: don’t put girls over your career. Focus on your career and let the women come to you. I believe if you want something you have to give it everything you have. I didn’t see any point in even flirting with the idea of speaking to a girl because it would distract me from my goal."

This looks like it was the same mentality that led him to split from Garcia - but maybe if things were going better, he would've tried to make it work...

Professional gamer Douglas Martin, aka FaZe Censor, made headlines when he announced he was dumping his girlfriend, Yanet Garcia, 'The World's Hottest Weathergirl.' The reason? So he could have more time to play 'Call of Duty.' Seriously. The couple dated for three years, and Yanet moved from Mexico to New York ro be close to him, but the relationship didn't survive. In the end, he just wanted to play one-player games.

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On YouTube, Douglas explained to his 2.5 million followers why he wanted to focus his energy on tapping buttons instead of 'dat ass.' "She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she was an awesome girlfriend," he stated. "It’s just, I gotta do what feels right for me... I want to win a ring, I want to win a world championship, what I want in my life at this very moment is to compete in Call of Duty because I love it so much. I’m going to do whatever it takes to be a champion. There’s only 24 hours in a day and I just didn’t have enough time to do what I needed to do."

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Yanet moved back to Mexico to focus on her career; after all, she's a social media star herself, with 7.7 million Instagram followers. (Her weather forecasts must be extremely accurate.) Finally, without that pesky 27-year-old meteorologist-supermodel in the way, Douglas wouldn't have any distractions! He could eat, sleep and breathe Call of Duty! But unfortunately, all that practice didn't pay off. FaZe Censor failed to win the championship. "I feel so bad, he tweeted. "Really thought our team could do it."

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Following that crushing defeat, Douglas got savagely mocked on social media. I mean, come on, he dumped the 'World's Hottest Weathergirl,' then still didn't win the CoD championship? That's rough. Trolls proclaimed FaZe Censor to be the master of taking L's. And even after he quit professional gaming to focus on making YouTube videos, the mockery didn't subside. Well, now Douglas has had it.

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In a new, 15-minute video, Douglas reveals the real reason why he and Yanet broke up:

"This narrative that's going on is really making me upset and I really don't like it... All I see on all my social media accounts is I took a big L, I dumped the hottest girl in the world in order o pursue Call of Duty, I retired from Call of Duty and I'm just taking all these L's left and right...

"Obviously it wasn't only for Call Of Duty... Everything started to turn when I mentioned to her how much money can be made on YouTube… So when she understood how much money I was making on YouTube, she wanted to get a percentage of the videos I was making, and for me I didn’t feel comfortable with it..."

Despite what Douglas initially told his followers, the break-up wasn't just because of Call of Duty. Both he and Yanet work in the entertainment industry, and business began to poison their relationship. For example, he says one time he bought her a car, and she wouldn't let him film the event. She felt like he was using her to get more ad revenue. He says he was willing to "support her" by buying whatever she wanted - like cars! - but he "didn't feel comfortable" forking over a percentage of his earnings. To quote the great poets, the Wu-Tang Clan, cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M., get the money, dolla dolla bill, y'all.

Douglas says that he doesn't want to make Yanet look bad, but he feels his followers deserve to know the full truth about the split. He adds Yanet could be possessive, and gave him "ultimatums over who his friends could be." "Looks aren’t everything," the retired gamer concludes. "When you live with someone every single day…you start seeing people for who they really are." Game over.

Well, it's only a matter of time before the 'World's Hottest Weathergirl' responds. She might be gone forever, but at least Douglas will always have Call of Duty.

Yanet Garcia, the woman who is more commonly known as "The World's Sexiest Weathergirl," appears to have thrown some serious shade at her ex-boyfriend who split up with her in order to spend more time playing Call of Duty.

Douglas "FaZe Censor" Martin split up with Garcia earlier this year, uploading a video to his YouTube channel in which he revealed that they had parted ways, so that he could focus on his gaming career.

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While the couple were doing well, Yanet - who is from Mexico but lived in New York - moved back home to focus on her job as a weathergirl and pursue a career in modelling and acting.

Speaking about their decision, Martin said:

"She’s beautiful, she’s smart, she was an awesome girlfriend.

"I know it sounds weird I’m saying all this…it’s just, I gotta do what feels right for me.

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"I supported her decision. She wanted to be a supermodel actress – chase your dreams, life’s too short. I’m playing Call of Duty full-time now and she wanted to take her job opportunity. I didn’t think it was going to be that difficult. Back then it was a lot easier for me to go out and see her. But now I have obligations.

"I’m on a contract. It’s not like I don’t want to do this, this is the career that I want. I want to win a ring, I want to win a world championship, what I want in my life at this very moment is to compete in Call of Duty because I love it so much.

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"I’m going to do whatever it takes to be a champion. There’s only 24 hours in a day and I just didn’t have enough time to do what I needed to do."

Yanet, on her part, said she was "at peace" with the decision. As per The Mirror, she said:

"So, I am relaxed, at peace, I keep what was good about the relationship in my heart. We were in a long distance relationship, it was very difficult.

"I actually do not judge him, on the contrary, I wish him all the success, I hope that he wins that championship and it gives him all that he wants.

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"We were a couple working in social media, and he had commitments with his followers while I have my job and projects."

However, it appears that there is some bad blood on Yanet's side of things. Earlier this month, the Evil Geniuses team won the CWL Call of Duty championships, beating Team Kaliber at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Asia, the girlfriend of Justin Fargo - a member of the Evil Geniuses team - tweeted her partner after their victory, saying: "Saying I’m proud of you is such an understatement. I love you so much, you’re an incredible human and my favorite one."

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Yanet, seeing the story of a boyfriend who stayed with his girlfriend throughout his gaming career, couldn't help but comment on the message, retweeting it with the caption, "True love".

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Of course, Twitter thought it was hilarious.

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They say time is a healer, but, looking at the evidence on show here, they're wrong.