Pro Gaming Question

[smashplayer16]

Hey guys, I came here to ask some questions about Super Smash Bros. Pro gaming.

How did you get started

Could you make a living off of this.

How many hours in a day do you guys train.

for people in school how do you balance school and making time for gaming.


How do you balance this out with your social life.

Do you guys play any other games professionally to make more money. If so how many other games do you play and what are they.

Do you guys like pie

Im just curious, because I want to start getting serious about pro gaming.

 

[eighteenspikes]

It's not a career, it's a hobby. Start playing competitively with fun in mind. Don't worry about money... if you get good enough to win money, you will.

 

[Grand Mango]

Hey guys, I came here to ask some questions about Super Smash Bros. Pro gaming.

How did you get started

Could you make a living off of this.

How many hours in a day do you guys train.

for people in school how do you balance school and making time for gaming.


How do you balance this out with your social life.

Do you guys play any other games professionally to make more money. If so how many other games do you play and what are they.

Do you guys like pie

Im just curious, because I want to start getting serious about pro gaming.

By playing the game and being good.

No

I don't train I just play.

When I have absolutely nothing to do.

You can't. There's like 4 essential things you do. Sleep, classes, homework, and socializing. There isn't enough time for a 5th, gaming.

None.

No.

Go get serious then it's your life.

 

[smashplayer16]

response from another gaming forum

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=152468

 

[slartibartfast42]

How did you get started?

Uuum, I'm not a pro. The way I got started competitively was that, well, this was my favorite game for a long time, and I had beaten everyone I played and thought I was really good. I kinda got bored with the game due to a lack of decent competition. Then I met someone who could own me (he didn't even use advanced techs). I looked up advanced techniques and tactics on the internet, watched a few pro videos and imitated them, and went back and owned him right back. Then I realized I was getting good enough to start going to tournies.

Could you make a living off of this?

No.

How many hours in a day do you guys train?

you just train however long it takes you to get all the advanced techs down, then you practice playing against other very skilled opponents. There really isn't a set time, and you don't need to train every day.

How do you balance this out with your social life?

social life? what's that? can you send me a link to where I can download it?

Do you guys play any other games professionally to make more money. If so how many other games do you play and what are they?

I don't even play this game professionally. I would advise against playing multiple game professionally, it's taxing (and nigh impossible) to remain champion at a single game, let along 2.

Do you guys like pie?

Key lime is best.

Im just curious, because I want to start getting serious about pro gaming.

you have to realize that Pro Gaming is different from other occupations.

1. Right now it's not really possible, tourney payouts aren't high enough.
2. It's not reliable. What do you do if you slip up? Where do you get your money? What if the game gets out of date and people stop playing? What happens if a few players emerge which physically have reaction times you just can't compete with in your body? Really the only real pro gaming jobs aren't competitive: they're things like testers and guide writers...

 

[Bailey]

Brawl sucks for competitive play so I will answer this Melee based.

I got started with Melee at random locals.

I could have made a decent weekly wage off it if I was as good as I am not 3 years ago.

I only played Melee if it was the day before a tournament.

School came first.

My social life WAY > Melee ever was

Also I could have been on 2 MLG HAlo 2 teams but turned them down because Melee was more fun.

 

[shadydentist]

Take care of important things before you devote time to gaming.

 

[Nintendude]

I'm not a pro gamer but I managed to get pretty far up there. I basically just played the game with friends for several years. I learned the advanced tactics by reading things on the internet, then just tried it all out against my friends. I also played a ton of Stadium back in the day, and it gave me solid tech skill and an understanding of all aspects of the game.

Then I discovered a local series of tournaments like 5 minutes from my house and went to all of them, and over time I became a smart player. At this point I pretty much only played at tournaments, as my friends hardly ever played and I don't play by myself except when going for high scores. As I went to more tournaments and some out-of-state ones, I got to the level I'm at today.

To answer some of your questions specifically:

I made a few hundred dollars off of the local tournament series, but that ended when good players and PC started going to them. Besides that, the only tourney where I actually made money was a NJ tournament where I got 3rd and profited like $5 lol.

Could I make a living off of it? No.

I don't train. Besides high scores, I only play the game with other people.

I always put school first, or well, I make sure I set aside enough time to get the work done in time and get good grades.

Balancing gaming with a social life is easy: just do extracurricular activities and don't neglect your friends. Gaming is a social activity anyway.

 

[Lange]

Unless your extremely good and one of those rare few forget about it. Sure you can make some small cash from tournies if you get good but to be at top major league tournaments it could take years to get THAT good. Only a few people have ever made enough for a living. It can be done at that extreme level but its very unlikely. Not saying you can't get good at games and get good for tournaments but professionally is alot more extreme than you can imagine.

Also its something you should do as a hobb not your life. School work and whatever else comes first. Gaming is a leisure activity, and for some who develop games for a living or work for gaming companies.

Not playing games competitively for a living. So consider this.