Play Professionally?

[Eclipse]

Growing up playing video games, I've always wondered what it would be like to play professionally on a team. One of my favorite games is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on PC, and I watch their competitive eSports streams every now and then


Have you ever wanted to play professionally? Which game?

Granted you would need to dedicate a lot of time to practicing and staring at a computer all day..

 

[Smiley]

Unreal Tournament.

The problem with playing "professionally" is that it takes all the fun out of playing, since it turns into a cutthroat competition, and humans can be sore losers.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I've never been good enough at any game to even think about playing professionally

 

[Smiley]

It's a skill like any other. It takes time and practice to master it. Pro players learn everything there is to know about the game. Map layouts, player, weapons & power-ups spawning positions, engine physics, weapon usage strategies, etc.

They learn to predict and anticipate other players' movements, so, for example, they fire a volley of rockets at the direction the enemy might be coming from with a chance of an unsuspecting player running straight into incoming rockets, thus scoring a frag.



Of course, you also have cheaters who use aimbots which makes their weapons automatically tracking & staying on target, wallhacks which allow them to see through walls, thus know where everyone are and what are they doing, etc.

 

[KenDaGamer]

I don't need e-Sports to make me a professional gamer. I'm a self-made pro gamer in my 36th year and I played a lot of game professionally, but the game I play professionally is Smash TV.

 

[Smiley]

Smash TV? Is that when you suck at a console game and you smash your TV in frustration?

 

[KenDaGamer]

Smash TV? Is that when you suck at a console game and you smash your TV in frustration?

It's a long story, but the 1987 flick The Running Man inspred me to play the arcade version in '91. In August of that year, I bought the NES version hoping to meet my expectations, but it didn't. And no, it's a video arcade game from the people, including the great Eugene Jarvis, who gave us Robotron: 2084 and other great hit games created by Williams Electronics.

 

[Smiley]

I must say, I've never heard of it until now.

 

[KenDaGamer]

I must say, I've never heard of it until now.

Well, IMO, I still play it on the emulator to this day and it's the best 90s arcade game ever.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

It's a skill like any other. It takes time and practice to master it. Pro players learn everything there is to know about the game. Map layouts, player, weapons & power-ups spawning positions, engine physics, weapon usage strategies, etc.

Sounds like a lot of work

 

[Smiley]

It is a lot of work. That's another thing that sucks the fun out of playing, since you're no longer playing for your own entertainment, but to be better than others.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

It is a lot of work. That's another thing that sucks the fun out of playing, since you're no longer playing for your own entertainment, but to be better than others.

Great point there. Doesn't sound fun to be a pro so I'll continue to be an amature.

 

[Smiley]

Pro players actually make money that way. Lots of money.

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[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Pro players actually make money that way. Lots of money.

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Dang, well I suppose if you look at it as a job then its not so bad.