The Tragic Truth of Being A Pro Gamer

Being a pro gamer might seem glorious, right? But it definitely isn't for everyone. In this video we'll be breaking down the differences between the expectations of being a pro gamer vs. ACTUALLY being one. Have you or a friend ever had hopes of being a pro gamer? Let us know the story in the comments!

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[Steven-neoy]

How about some YouTuber expectations vs reality, like the pros and cons of being one for income

[finesseandstyle]

So basically unless you're absolutely obsessed with the game or are insanely talented, it's not worth it

[Stefanuslol]

Make: "Twitch Streamers: Expectations vs Reality" or are they like a pro gamers without its cons?

[TN]

As someone who went pro in PUBG for 2 years I can say that the job is not as good as it looks. I played the same game every single day in the darkness of my room, watched only that game, and my life revolved around it. Yes, being paid to play and flying around the world to for compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars was fun, but the time in between events was not. It was grueling hours with lots of practice, preparation and stress to make sure you would play your best when the time came for it. Of course, each player was and is different, and it can change based on what game you play, which organization you play for, and a variety of other factors, but in my experience it wasn't what it was chalked up to be. I dreamed of being a pro gamer since watching Halo 3 MLG 10 years ago and I can say that I did eventually achieve my dream, but I realized that it's not actually what I wanted.

[upwaveflash]

How to be a pro gamer
1. Play with keyboard ⌨️
2. Low hertz screen
3. Always put overlimit

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I would go pro...




If I was good

[RomnysGonzalez]

LoL pro players

9-5 scrims blocks(Games, review your games and analyst other team).

Then SoloQ/Stream for 3-4 hours.

Pro Players doesn't have it easy

At lot of wrist injuries+ pressure from people attacking you saying they are better than you at every mistake. You can have a job now, but if you reduce your performance just a bit and somebody will take your job

[ktvindicare]

I'm glad you guys made this. esports is an amazing thing, and the opportunities it allows for people that used to have their favorite activity bashed as a "waste of time" is awesome. But it's a lot of hard work and not everyone makes it. Just like real sports! The more everyone knows about what goes into it, the more responsible we can be with our players and the more we can respect and admire those that make it.

[detectiveblutomindpretzel]

I wanted to be pro gamer. Then I watched this video and now I change my mind.

[thundageon]

My brother spent over 3 years playing Fortnite and realized that it's impossible to reach esports status so he finally quit and never wanted to become like them. He's now enjoying playing games like Dark Souls.

[FD_Stalker]

Then we have French csgo team playing dota 2 during the major nights... They were so HAPPY

[crpxmn]

A small price (Gf) for Salvation (Being Pro)

[stardust_sonic]

In short : being an eSport pro gamer is like being a professional sportsman/athlete, with some infamous cons related to video game addiction (playing that one game all day (or rather train), health issues, not being able to socialize, etc.)

[KawatanGaming]

That is why I'm telling young kids who idolized pros and want to be one some of the points given by this video. Being a pro gamer requires being extremely good at the game you play. And being extremely good is not equal to just being addicted and so into it. That is what most people believes. "Bro, I'm so good (addicted and toxic) at this game, I WILL BE A PRO GAMER!"

[theankotze]

I'd rather be a gaming youtuber and streamer.

[nsvsbpe]

Twitch streamer is literally pro gamer without cons, you can play anything you want, earn a decent amount of money without being one of the super hug streams, have set streaming times so can have a life outside playing etc it’s major downside seems to be its hard for people to grow their initial follower base to get into it as a career

[SonicGamerGirl]

Thankfully, unlike these professional gamers, I limit my gaming to 1-4 hours. This helps me to interact with my friends, family members, and my fiance, and play more sports. 10-12 hours is just unhealthy, and can destroy social relationship and your career. Therefore, I had to do more exercizing and sport-playing than video games unlike what these gamers are going. I had to limit my time of video games for those reasons. :|

[Xpresshell]

Question: is taking ADHD medication just accepted in esports (like taking steroids in bodybuilding) or is there a no-tolerance policy like in other sports (baseball or boxing)

[bradleyj.fortner]

1:00 - Is that WatchMojo's first onscreen BONG?

[grandmastermario]

I'm a different type of pro gamer I am mainly a speedrunner I speedruned tons of games in my life I've now got world records in 8 different games 2 of those games I got records for level runs and the other 6 got records in full game runs in total I've beat 20 world records currently still have 15 of them which yes that means some games I have multiple world records in mostly all for fighting games I'm amazing at fighting games probably because including smash Bros wrestling street fighter and whatever I've got almost 8 thousand hours in total over the last 20 years and I do speedrun and play other games like Mario donkey Kong TMNT Kirby aladin and others just for fun yah I love being a pro in something I've been doing for basically my whole life it's awesome 🤣🤩😄