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 China’s Macao, the endless run’s earned him a paycheck of over $3,000. The Communist Party newspaper, People’s Daily, reports that insurance salesman Zhou Yongjian walked away with a 20,000 RMB (that’s a little over $3000) prize in a nationwide Tencent-sponsored competition for Tencent’s endless runner, WeChat Dash PVP [天天酷跑 Tian Tian Ku Pao].cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1649252704","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); https://kotaku.com/these-are-chinas-favourite-homegrown-mobile-games-1462112718 The game is a simple endless runner similar to Jetpack Joyride. Players can customize their avatar and purchase weapons and rides. The game is free to play and is incredibly popular in China, consistently making the top 10 on the Chinese app stores. The “competition,” held in 34 different cities, had players try to “outrun” each other in the mobile game. Zhou came out on top with the best time and distance. According to People’s Daily, Zhou’s 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 winner55 ทางเข้า สล็อต the Tencent runner since it first came out. He has reportedly spent only l86.com สล็อต about $8 on in-app purchases for the game. According to the news report, Zhou’s sort of famous in the Tian Tian Ku Pao circles. Going by the online pg168 ทางเข้า handle “Xi Lizi,” he has posted videos of his gameplay online. He says that spending only $8 and winning over $3,000 is amazing. It’s reported that Zhou, a new father, will be spending the money on formula for his child! 澳门小伙花50块玩手游赢了20万 [People’s Daily] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian Internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am. Eric is a Beijing based writer and all around FAT man. You can contact him @[email protected] or follow him on Twitter @FatAsianTechie