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Hello guys! let me start with a brief description about myself :D
My name's Manuel, I'm a 17 y/o guy living in paris atm.
I've been playing video games ever since I'm like 3, got a super nintendo and I loved it (I still have it somewhere xP), from that moment I knew that gaming was something that I was going to love for the rest of my life.
I've always been a competitive guy, always wanting to show that i'm better than the others, I always challenged my stepbrother/friends to play killer instinct, mario kart, smb, playing for hours slowly getting better (well, I was 8 in this moment so I wasn't a uber-pro either^^).
when I was 11 I played my first online game: Quake 3 arena
I played it for so long, loved the game, even if I sucked hard online I was having a blast.
I started watching vids on internet, watching guys like Fatal1ty, Stermy...I wanted to be like them! so I played and I played...but I was slowly getting bored of quake, I wanted something new, so I asked one friend of mine to borrow me SC and BW, the moment I started playing it I loved it, same thing happened, I knew about Boxer, Androide, sAviOr...I really wanted to be like them, but I didn't know where to start or where to look (and I didn't know about TL, what a shame :D). So I pretty much gave up.
Now that SC2 is out, I want to really start getting good, I know it requires alot of hard work and dedication, but it is my goal, I just love what I do (gaming) and taking it to the next level is something I strive for.
So pretty much thats it! don't know what else to say  I hope you read this and I'm looking forward to meet new ppl around here!
ps: What do you think are things that a somebody that wants to become a pro gamer should do to arrive to that goal? (besides practice practice practice)
  
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PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE KEEP UP WITH THE PROSCENE WATCH VODS LEARN STRATEGIES READ TL THEN GO OWN IT UP ON BNET FUCK YEAH
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Everyone wants to become pro.
That's no longer a quesiton, it's a hollow desire.
The desire has to be "I want to change my lifestyle and discipline myself to facilitate a pathway to become pro"
If the answer is still yes, then ask yourself what exactly those changes are and what it might truly mean.
If you still want to, then it is a lot less about a "want" so much as simply walking the path infront of you.
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Good luck men, if you really are serious about this and do love playing this game above else you got a shot, it will come naturally. If you just want to ''be a pro'' it will be difficult.
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You just need to ladder like crazy, get decent practice partners and pray to god you have enough talent that you might outshine 99% of the other thousands of kids longing to become a progamer.
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Since you're from France, first, you'll have to beat some locals such as SarenS and MoMaN. GL HF!
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I'm going to become a pro too, we should establish dominance together over the known world, nay, the universe, and all who told us we couldn't do it will tremble at our empire
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Find a certain, extremely cheap, food you can live off of somewhat healthy. Practice. Congrats you are now gosu.
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dude, the koreans train aprox 8-12+ hours a day, if you do that you might have a chance, unless you're one of those very talented guys who gets good quickly, and are able to stay sharp even with less practice
but my advice are:
Practice/Train like a mad, losing makes you better, try see if you can settle up with some more experenced gamers to help you analyzing your replays, and just to play against em
my advice would also be 2stay healthy", playing many hours a day exhaust you greatly even if you dont know it
anyway, good luck with it! hopefully i'll see you on ESport frontpages in the future
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well said ella_guru... better start changing your lifestyle :O
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stay in school play for fun imo
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On August 25 2010 01:50 ella_guru wrote:
Everyone wants to become pro.
That's no longer a quesiton, it's a hollow desire.
The desire has to be "I want to change my lifestyle and discipline myself to facilitate a pathway to become pro"
If the answer is still yes, then ask yourself what exactly those changes are and what it might truly mean.
If you still want to, then it is a lot less about a "want" so much as simply walking the path infront of you.
5 stars
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And ask yourself this: What are the downsides of becoming a pro? For example, during your training towards becoming gosu, will you get laid?
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Besides practice practice practice, watch LOTS of replays from "pro" players of your race in First Person View at "Faster" speed and compare them to your own replays. Learn how the "pros" did better than you in similar situations in-game. Observe and learn their keyboard and mouse mechanics, multitasking, hotkeying units and buildings, managing macro, scouting, etc. When you are playing SC2, keep your left fingers VERY low so that you can execute hotkeys as fast as possible and as accurate as possible. It's like playing an instrument, like the piano or any other instrument. Decent musicians never lift their fingers high, and they keep their fingers moving very smooth even if there are gazillions of notes. SC:BW progamers also keep their fingers very low.
And you should scout and macro constantly. Scout, macro, scout, macro, scout, and macro. For instance, 11 right click right click 44 55 szz sddd 11 right click right click 55 sv br sdddd q 22 right click right click etc (I'm a zerg player). Scouting and macroing simultaneously are the two MOST important skills in SC2 (and even in SC:BW). This is where LOTS of players hit their wall in terms of skills (including myself). But if you practice those skills right and eventually become capable of doing them at "lightning" speed, then you might have a chance at becoming a SC2 pro. Not only you have to perfect your mechanics, but you also have to perfect your strategies and their timings to become a SC2 pro. Good luck.
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On August 25 2010 01:45 Megalisk wrote:
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE KEEP UP WITH THE PROSCENE WATCH VODS LEARN STRATEGIES READ TL THEN GO OWN IT UP ON BNET FUCK YEAH
good advice :p
On August 25 2010 02:26 ProHellZerg wrote:
Besides practice practice practice, watch LOTS of replays from "pro" players of your race in First Person View at "Faster" speed and compare them to your own replays. Learn how the "pros" did better than you in similar situations in-game. Observe and learn their keyboard and mouse mechanics, multitasking, hotkeying units and buildings, managing macro, scouting, etc. Also, keep your left fingers VERY low so that you can execute hotkeys as fast as possible and as accurate as possible. It's like playing an instrument, like the piano or any other instrument. Decent musicians never lift their fingers high, and they keep their fingers moving very smooth even if there are gazillions of notes. SC:BW progamers also keep their fingers very low.
And you should scout and macro constantly. Scout, macro, scout, macro, scout, and macro. For instance, 11 right click right click 44 55 szz sddd 11 right click right click 55 sv br sdddd q 22 right click right click etc (I'm a zerg player). Scouting and macroing simultaneously are the two MOST important skills in SC2 (and even in SC:BW). This is where LOTS of players hit their wall in terms of skills (including myself). But if you practice those skills right and eventually become capable of doing them at "lightning" speed, then you might have a chance at becoming a SC2 pro. Not only you have to perfect your mechanics, but you also have to perfect your strategies and their timings to become a SC2 pro. Good luck.
really good adivce too.
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get up the ladder, send me a pm when you get to the top and you think you're good, i'll get some korean pros to look at it and if you got talent, i'll let you know.
Cheers.
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On August 25 2010 03:01 MightyAtom wrote:
get up the ladder, send me a pm when you get to the top and you think you're good, i'll get some korean pros to look at it and if you got talent, i'll let you know.
Cheers.
Is this offer applicable to the thousands of other people that are in the same situation as the OP?
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On August 25 2010 03:12 Puosu wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2010 03:01 MightyAtom wrote:
get up the ladder, send me a pm when you get to the top and you think you're good, i'll get some korean pros to look at it and if you got talent, i'll let you know.
Cheers. Is this offer applicable to the thousands of other people that are in the same situation as the OP?
Surely, I dont think anyone is going to get up the ladder : P
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Devote 10 hours of pure starcraft time per day, minimum. Play proactively, don't just play thousands of games expecting to get good. Play with a strategy in mind, and know what your specifically trying to improve. Playing for the sake of playing is useless, train to improve specific aspects of your gameplay. Best of luck, its a tough thing to achieve.
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From the little that I know from youtube videos and streams, the life of a progamer isn't really all that rewarding. Many have to practice so much that they stop finding the game fun. The ones in Korea don't really make too much money, many are kicked off their teams before they ever get a chance to make it big, or their skill really isn't comparable to that of Flash or Jaedong. Then in a few years they get outplayed by the fresh faces and that's the end of their progaming career unless they get lucky enough to become a caster or a coach.
I myself would ask a few progamers what their life is like before continuing on this path. There are a few on this website.
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On August 25 2010 01:50 ella_guru wrote:
Everyone wants to become pro.
That's no longer a quesiton, it's a hollow desire.
The desire has to be "I want to change my lifestyle and discipline myself to facilitate a pathway to become pro"
If the answer is still yes, then ask yourself what exactly those changes are and what it might truly mean.
If you still want to, then it is a lot less about a "want" so much as simply walking the path infront of you.
putting that in my tl profile
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On August 25 2010 03:12 Puosu wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2010 03:01 MightyAtom wrote:
get up the ladder, send me a pm when you get to the top and you think you're good, i'll get some korean pros to look at it and if you got talent, i'll let you know.
Cheers. Is this offer applicable to the thousands of other people that are in the same situation as the OP?
Same question... And one more, who are you?
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Think about more than "Well, if I'm good at SC2, then I'll get money by playing professionally."
You have to be more defined than that. Not to mention, pro gamers are extremely small in number and I'm not sure many can survive on a pro game salary if they aren't top level.
Think about what you have to do financially to survive.
Think about how you can gain recognition, about how being good at SC2 will somehow translate to having money in your pocket. Even if you're the best, if you're as boring as a brick wall then who would wanna pay you?
Think about how you can compete and get out there and get known and win tournaments.
Even after the countless hours of practice, you still have to think "Okay, if I were good, how do I make money off of it?"
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1 - get #1 diamond with 2k+ rank, then start asking pro's for games, beat them a lot, get your games shoutcasted, get invited to tourneys
2 - ????
3 - PROFIT
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