Professional Gamers

[L0d3x]

Hmm well some people are more competitive than others. Whenever I play it's always as a form of relaxation. Even if I lose I don't really care. I'll have alot of those silly games, like when a sniper is shooting at me, I'll run halfway across the field, 'hump', and continue =D

Even in ranked games!

[ill3galpr0gram]

shivers* Ogre Twins...

[DrXThirst]

lol
Whats the shiver for?
They didn't destroy you that bad did they?

[Dojorkan]

If you put "professional gamer" on your resume, your employer isn't going to be impressed- even for a game company.

If you meet a girl she acts what kind of sports you do, and you tell her your a "professional gamer" shes going to laugh at your face or act polite and think "Ok......" inside her head.

[DoorM4n]

Actually, video games have become so well known throughout society that a lot of girls don't say that. If *you* became very good at a video game and got paid for it...*I* would be freaking impressed. Yes, it would mean you play alot but it would also mean you are great at it. Talent. All sports take talent just like video games. Professional gamers mean one thing to me. They play a lot and are getting paid for playing a video game. Sounds funny but it sounds wicked awesome.

[DrXThirst]

Also, you are telling me that you'd rather be out in the sun working hard all day long instead of sitting in a air conditioned room playing games and getting paid for it?

[i.am.terror]

i used to compete in halo 2 all the time, i tell girls about it, most fain interest. some are really impressed though. depends on what kind of womens you surround yourself with. if i told some stuck up snotty bitch that i wouldn't expect anything more than a stuck up snotty response. etc etc etc

[Tanasoo]

Just because you get paid to do something doesn't make you a professional...

[OwnZ joO]

If it's your job then it does though. If you play in a few tournaments and make a few bucks that doesn't necessarily make you a pro gamer, but if you are in the profession of competitive gaming, then you are a professional gamer, and if you can't see that you're trying not to...
Why would you put pro gamer on your resume, if you still hold a job in gaming...Just because you meet a girl doesn't mean she'll assume you play a sport, and even if you do tell her you're a pro gamer, if you have the game, you'll get the girl, that's that.

[Cryticfarm]

A non pro can be better then a pro. Pro's just play for a living and get sponsored and stuff. Tissue can be more absorbent then paper towel but do we use tissue to clean spills, no. Lawl.

[Kirk]

Also, you are telling me that you'd rather be out in the sun working hard all day long instead of sitting in a air conditioned room playing games and getting paid for it?

I'd definitely have more women.

[Veegie]

So, what applies in the real world then Veegie?

Nothing, just like other sports.

So maybe you need to actually work to catch the ball?

They are as good as they are because they worked at it.
Which is the reason you are not as good as them.

Because those things take a little something called skill.

And playing a game professionally doesn't take skill.
Which is why you are as good as Final Boss's team members, right?

Hell, my friend who didn't even have a gaming console 'til about a year ago is just as good as I am at these sorts of things. In my opinion, it's just something you're good at or not...you can't really practice to get better at it, i.e. sports.

There isn't grey areas in the standings for a reason.
Final Boss and Carbon work extremely hard at what they do, which is why they consistently place high in tournaments. Others work hard, go to their first tournament and place decently high, and then continue to work harder and further escalate. It's because they get better. They develop better strategies. They understand spawn times more coherently. The competitive circuit is always developing.

Also a sport involves discipline training regularly I see no way you can have discipline playing video games besides playing adictevly

Playing "addictively" is hardly the phrase. Practicing consistently is a discipline. Unless you can call a football player who is always working out, "working out addictively".

Gaming may be unhealthy and lead to unhealthy habits, but honestly being a professional runner is a LOT more unhealthy for your body.

That was not an intelligent comment.

A non pro can be better then a pro. Pro's just play for a living

Let me re-phrase your comment to apply it to another subject.

"Any average kid can go and join the NFL. People in the NFL just practice all the time and go to the gym to help prepare."

[Evan]

Well I think the fact of the matter is that an athlete is going to get more respect than a "professional gamer". Mostly because sports are popularized by media and gaming is not, because most people find sports much more exciting to watch, as do i.

I am not saying that getting very good at a game is easy, by any means, but I am saying that in my own personal opinion athletes should get more respect because unless you do practice all the time and do a sport you may not understand the excruciating pain you have to go through.

I am a runner and do Track and Field and generally have a lot more respect for some one that does physical work as to setting down practicing at a game. But hey, these are all just my opinions. I say respect whom ever you think fit.

[Tanasoo]

Veegie, I agree with you, except one thing. Some sports have merits you would get from them that would apply to the real world. Like if you are good at skiing, you could get a job as a ski patrol. Or if you are a big strong football player, you could get a job lifting heavy things. Or...

[Dr.Cox]

Well, I recently got into a game with LiL Poison and his dad in Team Slayer.

Link to Game : [Click]

My GamerTag is XiL Destruction
Both of them added me to their friends lists.

So, that brought up some curiosity. Who here at halomods have played with pros? If you have, which ones?

Hope to see many replies!

So your pro too?

[Veegie]

Well, I recently got into a game with LiL Poison and his dad in Team Slayer.

Link to Game : [Click]

My GamerTag is XiL Destruction
Both of them added me to their friends lists.

So, that brought up some curiosity. Who here at halomods have played with pros? If you have, which ones?

Hope to see many replies!

So your pro too?

Don't make posts like that.

[OwnZ joO]

Well I think the fact of the matter is that an athlete is going to get more respect than a "professional gamer". Mostly because sports are popularized by media and gaming is not, because most people find sports much more exciting to watch, as do i.

I am not saying that getting very good at a game is easy, by any means, but I am saying that in my own personal opinion athletes should get more respect because unless you do practice all the time and do a sport you may not understand the excruciating pain you have to go through.

I am a runner and do Track and Field and generally have a lot more respect for some one that does physical work as to setting down practicing at a game. But hey, these are all just my opinions. I say respect whom ever you think fit.

I wrestle, don't tell me I don't understand the excruciating pain involved in sports, but I can still respect the professional gamers that put in all the time and effort to be as successful as they are at gaming, it might not be physically tough, but I guarantee it's mentally tough sometimes, I'm sure they don't want to practice 12 hours a day every time that they have to.
This argument went from pro gamers were a joke to arguing about how it's not a real profession, to arguing that it's not a real profession because they don't get respect like pro athletes and that it doesn't do anything in the "real world". Honestly, some professional gamers make 6 figures, I'm pretty sure that if you get that kind of money, you don't have to get another job while you're doing that, making it your profession. I'm not saying all "pro gamers" make that much, but some do, and eventually I think that more will.
Also, the people talking about girls, just wow. First off, why do you meet a girl that assumes that you play a sport and asks what it is? Secondly, if you can't play video games and still get the girl, it's your fault, not the video games fault. Girls don't like you for the sport you play, they might be turned off a little bit by video games, but if you've got enough confidence it won't matter.

[L0d3x]

Well yes it is a fact that some people make a living out of it. So yes it's their profession. But what happens to them once they out age their erm 'pro time'?

If they're lucky they might have made a few bucks, but surely not enough to survive on for the rest of your entire life!

Plus it's also not the most progressive profession out there, though it's not alone, I mean what use does being a pro golfer have?

[Aumaan Anubis]

Plus it's also not the most progressive profession out there, though it's not alone, I mean what use does being a pro golfer have?

- Patience
- The ability to concentrate on something for more than ten seconds
- Not having an overwhelming urge to tackle someone when they're holding a football

You got somethin' against golf?

[OwnZ joO]

Well yes it is a fact that some people make a living out of it. So yes it's their profession. But what happens to them once they out age their erm 'pro time'?

If they're lucky they might have made a few bucks, but surely not enough to survive on for the rest of your entire life!

Plus it's also not the most progressive profession out there, though it's not alone, I mean what use does being a pro golfer have?

I really don't see what you're arguing about, now you admit that it's a profession, and then change the argument? Either way, most professional gamers are somewhat intelligent to be able to play at the level they play at, you don't just get that good by mashing buttons, they will probably get something else going for them once they end their gaming career, which who's to say when they'll come out of their erm 'pro time', it's not like it takes a toll on their body, so you don't really know for sure when people will start to lose it.