How to become Pro Gamer

(Specific order does not need to be followed) 1. Find a game you love. 2. Play a fuck ton of said game. 3. Get into pro scene of said game. 4. Create a catchy edgy eSports name that comes to mind, usually a noun or adjective or two with jumbled capitalization mine ended up being KaWaiiSoCks cause cute girls with kneesocks is what came to mind for me, then I just capitalized in a way that looks good to me. 5. Play a fuck ton more of said game and actually get good at it this time cause you know what to practice/study after getting into pro scene. 6. Possibly stream and make it to the big leagues/do tournaments. 7. Profit from doing something you love. (Will revise when I'm actually a full out progamer.) Curious to see what other people will say on how to become one.

I played over 1000 hours of league this past year alone. Played over 1200+ matches in only one out of its 3 game modes. Thats 670 wins and 650 loses on ARAM alone. Can play decently on 100 of their 130 champions. Still cant get out bronze...

Starcraft skill level is solely measured by who does something quicker. If you're good, you'll know what to do in situations. If you're new, you're just gonna make make Colossi, Immortals, and drop some Dark Templars on their mineral lines. Then they surrender cause they're bronze.

You can't just simply decide to be a pro gamer, then put in the time and become one. If it was that simple, then there'd be a LOT more pro gamers. There'd be a LOT more pro athletes. Less than 2% of the US population will become a professional athlete, in any sport. It's probably a similar percentage to become a pro gamer. Like Panda mentioned, there are a shitload of gamers that pour in hundreds or thousands of hours into a game, but aren't even close to being a pro level. The whole notion of "practice makes perfect" is not true. It's HOW you practice. https://golfgym.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bruce-lee-kicks-quote.jpg I don't play the games you guys are talking about, but I can talk about one game without dispute: Dead or Alive 5 When I was first learning the game, I'd run into pro players online, and as expected they'd absolutely destroy me. I remember the first time I played Rikuto (universally considered the best Bayman player in the world) and after being thrashed a few games, I thought to myself "holy fuck, I can't even TOUCH him." And I don't mean touch figuratively on a skill level, I mean literally TOUCH him in the game, like with a punch or kick. At that time I thought I was big shit because I was a high rank and could routinely beat other players online, even highly ranked players. He put me in my place. But he also changed the way I looked at the game. I think this is the difference between pouring countless hours into a game and still languishing at a mediocre level, and truly understanding a game and elevating your play. I was able to add him and other pro Dead or Alive players to my friends list, including Shin_Ryuji, who at the time was considered the best Jann Lee player in the US, and SweetRevenge, who is considered one of the best (if not the best) Gen Fu players in the world. I played them as often as I could, taking my bruises, and picking their brains. Through talking to them about the meta of the mechanics, and just playing them, I myself changed as a player. One of the principle differences between an average player and a great player is frame data. This applies to all 3d fighters, such as Tekken and Virtua Fighter. If you don't know and understand frame data (most don't) and you play someone that does comfortably (I do) then you will lose. You will lose, and you will lose often. I played someone from this site 50 games. He won 3 rounds total. Not 3 games out of 50... 3 ROUNDS. It takes 3 things to truly be good at a game. 1. practice 2. knowledge 3. mental capacity Sticking with Dead or Alive... If I ask another player what to do after I do 1KK2P and their answer is to counter with a fast strike, you are wrong. Not only are you wrong, you will now be eating a counter hit from me 100% of the time. It's infallible because it's mathematics. Once the 2P hits you, you are now at -6 frames... the FASTEST strike in the game is a standard jab, which requires 10 frames to execute... if I use a 15 frame attack or less, such as 6K (15 frames) or 66P (14 frames), I will counter hit you EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Can anyone figure out why? It's just math. However, if you know the frame data, you'd know to block or sidestep in that situation instead. You'd know that you essentially HAVE to block or play some form of DEFENSE... not offense. Now picture playing someone that applies those same principles of mathematics in the entire game, with every attack... and you might start to understand the difference between top players and average players. You can play 30000 games, but if all you've done is practice combos and are oblivious to frame data, you will consistently lose to a top player that has played it a fraction as much as you. The amount of time you practice doesn't matter if you don't know what to practice.