A Pro Gamer Lifestyle is NOT what you want
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Want to be a Pro Gamer? Well maybe watch this video first and learn about some of the harsh realities of the Dream career.
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11:53 yes,we want
people screaming at pros back in the day after betting on matches was so insane to me
It really is crazy what gambling does to people
This is the case in sports aswell
They still do it and it happens in all sports lmao, except they get death threats and shit in bigger ones
any betting is stupid, ur ignorant to the fact that certain people has insider info, shit can be rigged, even the team can just bet on their team losing and intentionally lose
U all can turn to Christ if you havent God bless
Glad to know my assumptions were (mostly) right, I used to play soccer professionally but had to retire early, want to still compete and gaming has always been a passion of mine so I'm moving towards being able to play in pro valorant. The only thing I didn't know was the streaming requirement I thought they did it just cause it was what they felt like doing.
Not every org or game has streaming requirements. There are some signed pros in apex that haven’t streamed in years. It really depends on the org. Some want more winning and don’t care about the content which sounds misguided imo.
@@ChaseCarringtonOkay I understand, yeah I looked into it further and saw some players that fell into that description, a couple of the Giants X players I saw haven't streamed in a long time either.
bro just hit ascendant 1
@@ChaS4m I’m conflicted on whether that’s a good or a bad thing. On one hand streaming gameplay is an easy way to brand build and make extra money for you and your org but on the other hand just because you’re a good player doesn’t make you a good content creator. Especially in games like Val where practice is rarely streamed I wonder if the non streaming bros play much outside of practice and warmup. Now in apex we stream scrims and it’s a big source of easy content while practicing but I’m not sure if Val has something like that.
@@ChaseCarrington AFAIK no one streams their scrims and practices as that's where they have set practices and strategies built specifically to counter teams and their strategies and streaming it would give their plans and strategies away. With the example I gave with Giants X they're a very Anti-Strat heavy team who have great protocols and set plays to counter specific strategies and players on enemy teams so I would assume they practice way more than do content
I was a pro gamer from April 2020 to December 2020 and it was awful. I did that because I was a pro athlete and since I wasn't able to compete during that time i started gaming. I had the mentality of an athlete so I was able to get good fast, but at the cost of staying in front of the PC up to 16 hours a day. I was eating junk food, reviewing pro players games and improving my mechanical skills and all of that led up to sleeping problems and I went up to 96 kg where mg starting weight was 86. 10kg in 8 months! I was not seeing my friends anymore and i started to become more and more obsessed to be good (this happened even in months where the quarantine wasn't applied. Then I abandon gaming with "only" 25k earned in 8 months (which is not much compared to the time and effort dedicated to this game)
Respect the grind 🙏, your reasons are justified
🧢
hope you are doing better now
What game?
cap u didnt earn shit u cant go pro in 8 months
4:49 this guy really said all he can and absolutely was speaking facts. Really great highlight that you chose and it is satisfying to see someone know how to respond to rude people.
That's why Aceu took up the Shroud route too! Even Tarik.
It really is the only logical route :( which is sad to see
ive always wanted to be high ranked but not on an actual pro team
this video is really motivating, as many career and paths tips at the end really hits for many other lifestyle, not just pro gamer.
Great video. Concise and well thought out.
Great video! I myself am an aspiring pro for val and everything in this video is something I’ve thought about time and time again. I hope one day to be on the big stage but, as of right now I just put my head down and work until I create an opportunity for myself.
thank you for this video !!
Great thing to really have is a backup plan, I'm truly happy that i accomplished my degree and did whatever the else I want in terms of joining gaming as a certain career that I have been dreaming... I gave myself a year or so, when it didn't work out for me due to stress and like the "rationality" of realization that this isn't going to put me on the spot to succeed... I continued my Plan B and that is to work as a Software Engineer. So yeah, it truly helps to have a plan.
I too had a dream of becoming a pro. I was exceptional at playing the original dota and won several local trophies myself. BUT you have to be nearly perfect, nearly indestructible in your early days to get attraction. Every single mistake, every single shortcoming means death to our dreams. That too would be the story of my journey. Placed top 3 in first national tournament, then 3 again and finally won a champion trophy. Then after that, some solid placings but never at the top again, then just one summer of awful games. I mean, we got dumpstered in every game. The management parted ways with us. A glorious journey only to be disbanded after one awful tournament
wow we have such a similar story but may i ask what happened to your life nowadays? are you doing fine?
@@nahimmadomyownthing invested in lockheed martin since my dad was an engineer there. Never worked a hard job in my life and I'm doing just fine. Well, unless I remembered what could've been
I am a 16 year old from from Bangladesh , since i was 10-11
I always wanted to be a pro gamer and compete at the highest level . I used to watch shroud , Hiko and other streamers and i knew instantly that this is what i want to do with my life , I am now immortal 2 in valorant and i am trying to get better each day , The country where i am from, this job is considered to be stupid , my brother actually is the main finance of my family , he said if i went radiant at the age of 17 , He will try to talk with our parents, I from deep down from my heart want to choose this carrier, i want to become pro in valorant and at least want to lift 1 major trophy in my life , I now wait to see what come ahead of my life and my carrier
Wishing you the best of luck!
@@FLOWSHIZZLE I will be playing with the name shieldbreaker, hope you will see me
thanks to help me thinking outside the box
love how the good is like 2 seconds long and the bad is a year long lol
This video is a good point as I was in a semi pro organisation for competitive fortnite zw but made 40 pounds a week competed but didn't go to the highest levels against the top creative demons listen to him.
This video is so real. The drug abuse, the constant stress, the constant wanting to do better and feeling down about yourself. ITS VERY HARD, you have to realize this is 24-7. A 9-5 is 40 hrs a week, pick your poison.
Great vídeo 👏🏻👏🏻
Amazing video ngl!
I have always had the same thoughts on the pro scene. It never seemed like a glamorous thing to be a part of.
I always wanted to become a pro player but I never had the PC good enough to help myself. Still I'm trying my best and I managed to reach Plat 3 on a 40 FPS laptop. Because of the insane lag, I can't even use screen recorders to watch my gameplay back but nevertheless, I'll keep trying and maybe I might achieve my dream.
I was in ur same position and I have to be real - you need to save up money for better equipment. You don’t need a 360hz monitor or 800 fps, but you do need at least 144hz and a pc that can get that fps. If you can get 240hz-240fps, the better. It doesn’t matter how good you are, if you’re getting 40 fps and are on shit equipment it is not going to happen. If you really want to make it work, work hard, save up, build yourself a good setup.
Straight up stop making excuses and get a job
Honestly, if you can work part-time for a few months and sell some stuff, you can save up enough to build a setup more than capable of running Valorant for your needs and more. I was restricted like you were growing up. As soon as I had enough money to get a proper setup, I soared through the ranks of every game I played competitively. The same will probably happen to you.
@@JkennGGyou don’t know his position 😂.
@@lukeyhas3276 I do, I was trying to make it work like him on gear that would just never be good enough to play on professionally in any universe. I wish I had someone redirect my efforts into working until I could get a setup good enough to actually reach a high level, I would’ve wasted a lot less time.
I was an F1 eSports Sim Racer for the past 4 years. Ended up On an eSports team. The time you leave to put in, sacrificing you have to do is crazy. The pressure is just insane. Bc if you dpnt perform their are tons of other ppl that well and you can be swtiched out quick. And of course your gonna deal with fans. Happy and Upset with you. Just like in real life sports players, actors, bands, all get death threats. And hate mail. That's part of it. So be prepared.
It's always infuriating seeing people dismiss these professions as "easy jobs." Sure, it would be cool to be a pro gamer over a regular 9-5 office job, but the requirements to live that kind of life can be brutal. It's not as simple as playing a game for 8 hours a day. Staying at the top along with doing media projects, streaming, traveling, etc. can take a toll on you both physically and mentally. And forget about having a partner and kids if you play an open circuit game like CS. You'd basically have to live a nomadic lifestyle with little to no stability. You'd really have to LOVE the job to tolerate all of that.
A point many people miss! In CS people would be out for tournaments and bootcamps more than actually at home which must be awful if you have a significant other or any life at home. And if you're not making millions like in major sports where you could theoretically retire after a few years, then it's much harder to justify
The most realistic video about pro gamers. Stil wanna go pro :)) still want to prove to myself old bastard of 27 yrs that i can do it ❤ thanks
Good luck bro
Thank u i will take seriously, i promisse!!!!!
”Fans are only there for the good time” i dont say the anger its okay but it comes out of love for the team not other
great vid! i was pro in overwatch and while i dont regret it, it was certainly an insane time investment and extremely challenging, requiring a lot of sacrifices. im in a much better spot in life after not competing anymore. i wont try to go pro in a game again, not for me anymore. every word of this vid is true! i hope the youngsters listen to this
Do you still play competitive games tho?
@@TheACTIONZ just ranked Val now
@@benji9804I started with OW and moved to Val. Congrats on going pro. Good to have u here in Val.
what do you do now? if you don’t mind me asking
@@kayjee7460 i am a mechanic for toyota
good reality check.
I really like and support the points made in this video, although I feel like the title could pass for a click bait. While the video itself does an exceptional job idenifying some of the negative aspects of esports, it feels like many points are also applicable to other major sports leagues and how they operate, this video is like telling a person passionate about baseball how much time and effort it takes to make it to the MLB, while sprinkling in outside aspects like fan hate, all while advocating for how it's not worth pursuing, but the truth is, if a person is passionate enough about the form of competition at hand, they should also be ready to withstand the adversities stated in this video. This applies to going pro in ANYTHING is what I picked up most from this video and I'm glad you made it regardless.
Yes! I made it specifically towards esports because that's something that I personally hold close to my heart, but it definitely applies to going pro in anything! It's also a point to disprove the idea that pro gaming is "easy" compared to regular sports and to have them be more easily seen on similar levels (although not exactly the same)
i think this shows why i believe fighting games, and most partially to me, melee, is one of if not the best esport to have an attempt to pursue. almost all tournaments are in person, you get to grow socially at these events and meet people you never would have. there is no team to fall back on, so your own results speak for themselves, a double edged sword. you will never get replaced, as you are still able to enter any tournament on your own accord and prove yourself without having to rely on a team to enter and play. also, fighting game players, especially melee players, have had some of the most longevity in esport history. the goat, mang0 has been signed to cloud9 since 2014, 10 years now. leffen to tsm since 2015, and hungrybox to team liquid since 2015-16 if i remember correctly. the personalities of fighting game players come out more than in any other esport as well, making pros have lasting fanbases and history that can never be taken away. it is the player, not the team on display when you are watching a fighting game. outside of the sport, fighting games, again especially smash, are i believe the most palatable for wide audiences. games are short, and there is a clear premise to the games. fighting games often have iconic characters, and the fighting genre has been one of if not the longest lasting esport in history, dating back to the 80s!! i believe that of any esport, fighting games have what it takes not just to be the best to attempt to get into as a pro, but also have the widest appeal of any esport out there. there is nothing like the fighting game community.
I’m inclined to disagree with you regarding melee as a career because it is very low paying. If you thought valve was neglecting the CS scene, Nintendo was worse because they actively sabotaged the melee scene to the extent that Nintendo neglecting the melee scene was the best case scenario. And we can see the effects. Compared to CS, melee is way more grassroots, so the funding is way smaller. Top 10 hbox who has some of the highest melee earnings if not the highest, hasn’t broken $1m from payouts. Meanwhile, the top players in CS have hit $1m+. Unless you can reach top 16 in any supermajor, you literally won’t make money playing melee as a career, and anything below is just costing money to be able to join the bracket. The social aspect of fighting games I do agree with you wholeheartedly.
Well the social parts yes. But to make a living off of it? Heck nah
Was that you in the TurboTax ad? Lol. How did you get that?
thanks
supposedly, a legend of overwatch esports Carpe, now a valorant player, was offered 400k as a salary from a team, and turned it down for a higher offer. Some people make crazy money on this stuff. also, on drugs, supposedly a coach for the Florida Mayhem in the overwatch league told the player Hydron that he would be way better if he took aderall.
Edit: the first fact wasn't a refutation of any point made in the video, just an interesting thing
The more successful you are, the more haters you will get, being a pro/successful in any field such as in gaming might not be suitable for you, tough reality 😔
15:19
Thats what Ankit Panth said once
im a cs player dont like valorant but your video made my day
A lot of people also forgets that retirement is hell. Theres rarely any players that is 28 and above. Even worse for unpopular player, once retire if you don't get any esport related job. You're pretty much ruin. A 30+ yo dude with almost 0 work experience
You better make a lot of money during ur pro years to get a decent life after ur 30s
I hope I can go pro in Deep Rock Galactic one day.
Content creation rules
Whats the song used during the org parts flowshizzle?
As a person climbing into the Fortnite scene and just won a big tournament my best friend has been addys redbull and viagra
You can still bet on cs games or any game you want
great points but imo fk a back up plan.
Content creating is much better. Don't even have to be good.
In my country a normal job is 9 hours.
I think I already play that much because I'm playing 5 different games and plus my cycling it's basically just sleep, play, eat, cycle over and over.
I've been sent death threats all the my life lol. Sometimes while I was being bet on while we were racing bicycles.
We did it on shared paths so while I'm not the strongest, I won because I was the craziest. I guess when you get used to the death threats you also stop caring if you'll be alive tomorrow.
And if I go into e sports I'm going for simulator racing.
I am not dealing with a game I cannot instinctively play.
I started university during covid so no difference and we don't have high school here, I barely talk to anyone from before university and it's only that one person, who started streaming valorant and asked me to play.
I wouldn't go pro, streaming is much more fun.
Idk, being pro sounds better than working in wallmart
Agreed
Please make a video on now esports teams can be saved
If it’s not adderall than it’s gfuel these stimulants are really bad news man sitting down all day and doing shit that fucks with your ❤️ we’re gonna see some heart attacks
Please make a video on how to fix eSports
Was that from your computer or was that just a troll sfx lmao
I think he's trolling us
make a video on esports being saved?
Fast food, retail, sales, warehouse work, Uber, delivery, IT ALL SUCKS!
Might as well frag for a living
Imagine a job being a job
bro every thing that you say is pretty obvious if you want to be a pro you need to give your best and remeber that a lot of people hate when someone is doing good in life
let's be honest here all the obstacle are not that difficult as long you have consistancy the REAL obstacle are the orgs cause you never know when to get picked up, and gambling your future in that "uncertainty" is not worth it for me personally
Best learn some online skills to make a business where you work on your time then you need so you can play when you want and do what you want without worrying you have to do too much.
You all can still turn to Christ God bless
I realized that pro gaming wasn't for me when I first lost a Clash match in League of Legends with the boys and I couldn't be bothered to play the lower bracket. Playing the same game for 12 hours a day takes the fun out of it. The appeal behind pro gaming, if you don't know what actually goes on behind the scenes, is that you can just play, have fun, and that's your job. It wouldn't be fun for me. And then of course comes every shitty thing to it that's in this video. No thanks.
Yep already dont wanna. I just want to get good at the game enough to be compared to pros but that will never happen since i wont spend my day just sitting, so im all good 😅. no disrespect tho
HLTV match threads are 90% salty bettors
well, 5 minutes in and i am already at the first obstacle, because silver 2 wouldnt qualify for a pro...
Nope!
Gotta put the time in to rank up first. It takes time but u got this
I earned a living gaming for 3 years. Honestly more money that id make with a pretty good job. But holy shit it is dogshit for you. I have regret investing so much of my life to play games. Yes i earned alot of money, but I now lack alot of knowledge about the world and also don’t have the amount of friends i would have had if i invested more time in to them. I feel very behind in alot of things that matter in the real world and it sucks. Never go pro, not worth. All pro players mostly share my take. Imagine you gotta practice like crazy, you gotta have talent and even then theres a small chance of you succeeding. And if you succeed 90% chance you will regret it later on. Not worth, don’t do it.
Well atleast doesn’t cheat on me for finical reasons anymore
If you're under silver when you first touch the game, it's absolutely delusional to think you even have a chance of making it to the pro scene. You are spending two times of effort to even be on someone else starting line. And even if your are talented, you might think time is the only factor, as long as you wait enough for your opportunities then you can shine. However, luck is everything, and it applies to every industry. But if you only know how to play game, it's like going into the casino and all-in your chips into one single number, except this time it's your life for the next 30 years.
using shroud as an example is bad. he fell off in csgo when pubg came out and it was obviously he wasnt focus'd on csgo at all. he didnt care and people could see it and his stats were below what he normally was at (which was already pretty shit icl) so ofc people wanted him gone. and it was a blessing that he left! after shroud leaving c9 became the first NA team to win a major. shroud was literally holding them back
okay but if youre that good to be able to go pro just make a twitch or youtube and have at least an okay personality and you going to get some good money
i'm from brazil and just make a video
Commenting for algo
Pro is so toxic, especially fans just toxic, and it’s internet culture. The crazy thing is that, anyone can game, it doesn’t take much skill “skill” you don’t have a life.
Hi
It isn’t man, I’m a pro Fortnite wager player and that lifestyle wasn’t it
Just become a Valorant developer instead
yeah, no thanks
druguse? fuck me. where do i sign up????
People just use adderal and other adhd medications, the reason is for lower reaction time, you think and talk waaay faster, and the proof is normally blatant. They drug test now, and the only way to bypass certain tests is proof of diagnosis
I really don’t care about all of the bad stuff i want it really really bad so remember my name at some time you will hear on stage ❤️
Good luck!!
thats any job bro stop yapping