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Seeing how this thread was bumbed, I`ll just give my two cents for the newer players wondering this based on my own experiences.
First of all, the thing you need the most is luck.
Luck in having enough time and money to keep playing.
Luck in finding the right people to play with.
Luck in game.
And also, an incredible amount of dedication.
Against common sentiment, this game is as much about luck as it is about skill. No two ways about it. This actually applies to everything in life, and every single one of the people who are cathegorized as `succesful` agree with this.
Raw talent alone doesn`t get you far. As someone who used to play - and win - casual training games against the top pros in CS 1.6, I`ve never played a single recorded professional match. I never had the dedication or the will to sacrifice other things in my life just to play a game.
But maybe the biggest reason was that I didn`t meet the right people.
The people I played with at the time were good at the game - and we had a great time. However, they - like I - lacked the dedication required to participate in ranked matches. We were playing for fun - not to get recognition or money. And that was enough - it still is!
Thus the whole idea of accepting an invitation to join a team (or a clan as they were called back then) was absurd.
But enough forewords and on to answer the question; "How to become a pro?"
Some parts might seem absurd, and they are to be honest, but true none-the-less.
Requirements:
You need the WILL to sacrifice everything else.You need enough DEDICATION to keep on playing even if it feels dull.You need LUCK in finding people with the same mindset to play with.You need A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.You need TALENT to actually handle yourself in-game.You need MONEY as playing as a sidejob doesn`t cut it.
You need all that and some.
WILL
You don`t actually need to sacrifice anything. If your friends are going barhopping feel free to join them. You don`t need to stay glued to your PC 24/7. It`s actually counter-effective. However, you do need the pure will to do just that.
For example, imagine you had a boy-/ girlfriend, who you loved more than anything in your life, who wanted to get married and build a family. Would you be willing to turn her down and risk your partner leaving you? Because you might have to do that if the circumstances require. Only because of a game?
DEDICATION
None of us can keep playing a single game from day to day without a break for years on end. You`re allowed to take breaks. But you need enough dedication not to get sidetracked for months at a time. There`s a new game coming out that seems really cool? Make sure you don`t get hooked on it for weeks - or even months - at a time.
LUCK
I`m hoping by this point it`s clear to you what this entails.
However sometimes luck is just not with you in a game like CS:GO. Accept it and keep on trying.
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
You`ve hit a dryspell in-game and can`t seem to do sh*t? Your team mates are screaming at you, swearing they`ve fu*ked half your family upside down? And now they`re teamkilling you? You need to be able to smile through everything and anything. You can`t give up.
How many pros have you seen behaving toxic? None I bet. They might have a bad day here and there but that`s about it. Being toxic actually decreases your, and your team mates, motivation to play well. But most of all it only hurts you. Your body gets warmer, you get annoyed, your concentration wavers and your reflex speed goes down. People who act like a**hats can`t make it far in a competitive game.
TALENT
Reflex times, map positions, game sense, and so on, are all things you can get better at by training enough. It`s not like someone who has more talent from the get-go will always be better than you. It`s actually easy to pass them on the ladder.
However, in this context `talent` can be read as `intelligence` or `brain capability`. Are your brains naturally capable of handling all the information you need, fast enough, to give you an edge over other players? You can get better at this, of course, but it`s a slow process.
Everyone is different and some people are simply not born with enough processing power while others have more than enough. If you`re bad at anything listed above, be prepared to spend a little more time training.
MONEY
Goes without saying, but gaming is not a cheap hobby. You need to pay your rent, buy food, upgrade your PC, pay for a top-tier internet connection, buy a new mouse and keyboard every now and then - and all that without going to work.
If you`re serious about going down the long and thorny path to pro it would be a good idea to start by moving out of your moms basement. There are simply too many distractions (read: screaming mom, siblings) there. Which would be good training for the noise at LAN tournaments if it wasn`t for the fact that you`re years away from your first real LAN tournament.
And it`s also counter-productive as the time is better spent concentrating on the game.
OP : "how can I become a professional video-game player ?" - ~6 years ago
I'm not a professional video-game player.
Those who quote successful people that they tell in consensus, mentioning luck, is only pointing out the fact that these people want to "shoo shoo" the people like you off. because when you say luck, you don't need explanation. people will go on and say... okay. nothing more.
Intelligence is not your understanding capabilities when there is context. Intelligence is loneliness - intelligence is isolation - intelligence is understanding the silence behind.
So, because I am not a professional video-game player - it is obvious that this is not a question for me. But as I see around these forums, I don't know if there is a "worthy" professional gamer to answer this one - yet leave alone "want" to answer this one - other than shooing you off with "luck", bla bla.
But I know this. whatever it is that is necessary, because you don't know ( and if you are not just Invisible for 987 days, means you don't care anymore ), the only main subject of the great adventure would be never to turn back. When you want to change, but have zero clue what you will change into, you just and must keep going. not because there will be obstacles that you will have to tackle them down psychologically, but...
If this question was an honest one, dear OP, after even ~3 years...
It should still be bugging you. And it will bug you forever until you lose your life completely. That's why turning back is just a waste of time - from something you really want, no matter how far you are from it at that very moment.
The difference between Love and Passion.
Love is just a click. It needs no effort, and will not even motivate you for effort to break you out of laziness to make you actually sweat for some bad things about it to reach good things about it.
Love will make you Peak Star Moments, those even professionals may even get amazed at. But, as you see, these are not healthy. You will be like a shooting star, a fancy show, about to be forgotten next week-start, where ~all people in the world get stressed about, because of the responsibilities and the drag of the life.
Some examples for this are:
1) You as an amateur (amour <- love, you do something just because you love, without a f____g thought about getting a responsibility) carpenter making a astonishing wooden sculpture catching the eyes of your relatives, your friends and even that old f_rt in your neighbourhood, which is a professional carpenter (professional <- doing something for money, insert your hoo_er jokes here). But you after some time getting bored when that star moment fades out, and finding yourself you really can't do this - while that professional carpenter is continuing his life with furniture pieces you only can talk about - never will be able to make.
2) That pop-star shine moment, that even google algorithm having trouble finding the popstar's name now. Because that pop-star just loved the music, but Beethoven, even after these years is still consistent in getting attention. Beethoven may not love the music like Rebecca Black did, hell, after all those training you will never remember what your love was about the subject - but as you see, love is not the one will get you the result, unless you want a one-night stand with the internet memery.
3) Insert your favourite love affair experience here that ended because there was no effort in it, just love - may be on both sides - that created a 10/10 IMDB show that Jimmy Fallon even will never get, but Jimmy will win on the long run... Because your romance was just for one Saturday only.
Passion is on the other hand, means effort. My post above is about passion. Passion is "never turning back", passion is "lone wolfing", though not necessarily being alone, but you got this. Even amongst people some time in the run, passion means you are actually alone, "you" need to figure it out.
Passion leads to consistency. Passion never has OMFG moments that lead to legends and tales - as long as there is someone in the same road with extreme love that can compete with your passion. He will shine like a f____g nuclear bomb, but you, the one with the passion, yes you guessed this one, will be the sun. People will get amazed to him, but they will forget him pretty quickly. You, on the other hand, be more likely to be in people's daily lives - not necessarily mentioning or glorifying you - but taking YOU something like their own life - for granted.
So, if you want to be a great amateur that wants to shine a little. You don't need no clues. Just go with your heart. Even uninstall the game if you desire, to install it back later 5 years or so... Play a classic MM, get a win. Close the game remembering your star moments, etc.
If you want to be someone to other people that other people might take you granted, a professional, no matter it is garbage collection work you are doing or just playing a video game, then, my previous post is what it is all about - generally. Specific details on "video game professionalism", I don't know nothing about.
We are amateurs. I can see I actually love this game more than s1mple does. But nobody knows me. And yes, nobody will. Because I double-click the icon of CS:GO because I f____g go with my heart ( and you, the casual CS:GO guy/girl also doing this ), but s1mple does it because it is his job. Something looking similar, but actually very - very different.
Thank you for your attention.