Professional Gaming?

MrJohno · 10-25-2011, 08:12 AM

Hey people, I was wondering if I could have the thoughts of the thousands of forum members on Professional Gaming.

What is your thoughts on it?
What leagues and ladders are out there for professional gamers.

Also anyone from Ireland or N.Ireland please contact me regarding a professional gaming team.

Cheers.

Dbuntu · 10-25-2011, 08:20 AM

Keep you day job.

MrJohno · 10-25-2011, 01:05 PM

is that it?

DarthSatoris · 10-25-2011, 01:19 PM

To be honest, gaming is fun, but only as a past time hobby. Once it becomes your job, it's not as fun anymore.

I can't speak from experience, but I reckon this is what most pro gamers will tell you.

Also, I doubt you could make a decent living out of it. You have to win the competitions in order to win money, and that's not a given.

Suomis · 10-25-2011, 01:21 PM

I'm quite sure that is a profession that you choose, it chooses you. You just can't become a professional gamer, you have to be good as hell.

monkeedude1212 · 10-25-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Suomis

you have to be good as hell.

Practice makes perfect.

There are few world renouned athletes who can say they got to where they were today naturally and never practiced.

EliteTemptation · 10-25-2011, 01:30 PM

Once you start playing competitive, the game no longer becomes about fun, but being better than the other player/team, and that's the only thing you care about

Also I feel if you're starting at an older age, you won't be as good as say someone who has been gaming from a young age, especially hardcore games

I was doing unreal and quake in my young ages, so that leaves me where I'm at today, branching out as a pretty good player in a majority of games, minus RTS

chibi_charon · 10-25-2011, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EliteTemptation

Once you start playing competitive, the game no longer becomes about fun, but being better than the other player/team, and that's the only thing you care about

Also I feel if you're starting at an older age, you won't be as good as say someone who has been gaming from a young age, especially hardcore games

I was doing unreal and quake in my young ages, so that leaves me where I'm at today, branching out as a pretty good player in a majority of games, minus RTS

This.

There's a big difference between competitive play and public play. Personally, I found that counter strike became a lot less fun for me the day I began playing clanside.
This is one reason why I only ever play public Tf2. I just wanna keep it fun. :P A bunch of friends entered the Highlander thing but even that I thought... nah, cos then I'll start to take it seriously and before I know it I'd be up at 3am practicing rocket jump lines and god knows what.

gotthisfortf2 · 10-25-2011, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeedude1212

Practice makes perfect.

There are few world renouned athletes who can say they got to where they were today naturally and never practiced.

yeh i totaly play counterstrikeforce 12 hours a day.gota practice for duh big game

chibi_charon · 10-25-2011, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gotthisfortf2

yeh i totaly play counterstrikeforce 12 hours a day.gota practice for duh big game

I'll bet there are plenty of people who spend that long per day practicing. And by practicing I mean sitting there on one of those flickmaps where there's just a big target and infinite ammo. ¬¬

The thing with competitive play is that there's always someone better than you.

More annoying than that is when you reach the stage where you're too good for pub but too rubbish for competitive. Thankfully I am still bad enough at tf2 to play public. Pretty much had to give up L4D2 though. Every game was either getting annihilated, or the other team leaving after the first round because they got annihilated. Left me with the choice of only playing when 7 friends were online, or not playing with my friends so I could play more than the first map of dead centre over and over.

Hivomnomnom · 10-25-2011, 04:15 PM

I only accept it for having a way to describe awesome things I do.

Example: Drop notebook, accidentally trip and end up with it in your hand. MLG catch.

WereAllDudes · 10-25-2011, 04:37 PM

There are so many gamers out there and extremely few professional leagues. I honestly wouldn't hold my breath. Im not saying not to try, but don't get your hopes up.

dachshundfan · 10-25-2011, 04:40 PM

MLG is a complete joke... i have nothing more to say...

Azithromycin · 10-25-2011, 05:50 PM

Really depends on what you're talking about here..
I respect StarCraft2 players or Dota "MLG" players, however I despise CoD MLG. Its absolutely a matter of opinion and that personally is mine for many reasons I won't go into because I don't want to fight with any CoD MLG Members over the steam forums that probably started the game off at CoD 4 and never even owned CoD 1 for the PC let alone played it.

ShadowMask6 · 10-25-2011, 06:17 PM

Eh, the only really big one i know is SC2/Sc:BW.

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MrJohno Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 1 Posts: 201	Professional Gaming? Hey people, I was wondering if I could have the thoughts of the thousands of forum members on Professional Gaming. What is your thoughts on it? What leagues and ladders are out there for professional gamers. Also anyone from Ireland or N.Ireland please contact me regarding a professional gaming team. Cheers.

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10-25-2011, 08:20 AM	#2
Dbuntu Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 33 Posts: 298	Keep you day job.

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MrJohno Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 1 Posts: 201	is that it?

10-25-2011, 01:19 PM	#4
DarthSatoris Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 986 Posts: 2,950	To be honest, gaming is fun, but only as a past time hobby. Once it becomes your job, it's not as fun anymore. I can't speak from experience, but I reckon this is what most pro gamers will tell you. Also, I doubt you could make a decent living out of it. You have to win the competitions in order to win money, and that's not a given.

10-25-2011, 01:21 PM	#5
Suomis Join Date: Oct 2007 Reputation: 6864 Posts: 7,517	I'm quite sure that is a profession that you choose, it chooses you. You just can't become a professional gamer, you have to be good as hell.

10-25-2011, 01:30 PM	#7
EliteTemptation Join Date: Feb 2009 Reputation: 754 Posts: 3,024	Once you start playing competitive, the game no longer becomes about fun, but being better than the other player/team, and that's the only thing you care about Also I feel if you're starting at an older age, you won't be as good as say someone who has been gaming from a young age, especially hardcore games I was doing unreal and quake in my young ages, so that leaves me where I'm at today, branching out as a pretty good player in a majority of games, minus RTS

10-25-2011, 04:15 PM	#11
Hivomnomnom Join Date: Feb 2011 Reputation: 839 Posts: 1,101	I only accept it for having a way to describe awesome things I do. Example: Drop notebook, accidentally trip and end up with it in your hand. MLG catch.

10-25-2011, 04:37 PM	#12
WereAllDudes Banned Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 27 Posts: 11	There are so many gamers out there and extremely few professional leagues. I honestly wouldn't hold my breath. Im not saying not to try, but don't get your hopes up.

10-25-2011, 04:40 PM	#13
dachshundfan Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 476 Posts: 463	MLG is a complete joke... i have nothing more to say...

10-25-2011, 05:50 PM	#14
Azithromycin Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 86 Posts: 239	Really depends on what you're talking about here.. I respect StarCraft2 players or Dota "MLG" players, however I despise CoD MLG. Its absolutely a matter of opinion and that personally is mine for many reasons I won't go into because I don't want to fight with any CoD MLG Members over the steam forums that probably started the game off at CoD 4 and never even owned CoD 1 for the PC let alone played it.

10-25-2011, 06:17 PM	#15
ShadowMask6 Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 182 Posts: 807	Eh, the only really big one i know is SC2/Sc:BW.