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how did pro players find their teams?

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DW-Unrec
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
492 Posts
March 08 2014 00:59 GMT
#1
Somehow I managed to find myself a team a month ago, but right after winning a prized tournament I got kicked out of it. In starcraft I belive it's much easier to find a team because you don't rely on anybody to practice, but in team games I think it's much harder to get noticed and invited to play on a team.

How did pro gamers find their teams? I'm in a position where I'm completely lost and I'm not sure what I should do to find another team to compete.


Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-08 01:02:48
March 08 2014 01:02 GMT
#2
If you get grandmasters and have no team-symbol in your username then random people will often message you because there are a bunch of lower-end teams looking for ungrabbed talented players.

Work your way up from there
WikidSik
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Canada382 Posts
March 08 2014 02:43 GMT
#3
why did they kick you out? What was their reasoning?
Iv been here for 5.5 years. My other accounts are named "Sonu" and "Dalroti" || I had some more but I cant find them XD || known in sc2 as "Sonu"
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
March 08 2014 05:20 GMT
#4
Honestly you just get to a high level of play, play with and against pro players, if you're on SC2 just get high on ladder and play a lot, if you are a manner guy then people might start wanting to practice with you, and from there it's just a matter of playing in a lot of tournaments and getting your name out there. If it's something like Dota2/CS, you have to play a lot with and against good players. A lot of "new" pros in games like Dota pop up because a team needs a stand in and they pull in a guy who they've played a lot with.
Wahaha
rafaliusz
Profile Joined December 2009
Poland482 Posts
March 08 2014 13:34 GMT
#5
No pro player has even found their team through ladder. Tournament results are the way to get recognized.
BEARDiaguz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia2362 Posts
March 08 2014 19:06 GMT
#6
They don't. Teams find them. Through ladder, tournaments and knowing people.
ProgamerAustralian alcohol user follow @iaguzSC2
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
March 08 2014 19:08 GMT
#7
On March 08 2014 22:34 rafaliusz wrote:
No pro player has even found their team through ladder. Tournament results are the way to get recognized.

This is so untrue. Ladder gets you on lower level teams, which then provide a means for you to participate in more tournaments, if you have success there you start to have bigger opportunities from bigger teams. But it all starts on the ladder.
Wahaha
rafaliusz
Profile Joined December 2009
Poland482 Posts
March 08 2014 22:11 GMT
#8
He asked about pro players.
aike
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1629 Posts
March 09 2014 10:42 GMT
#9
On March 09 2014 07:11 rafaliusz wrote:
He asked about pro players.

Just because it's not a top tier pro team doesn't make it any less of a pro team. Just about everybody who was on teams like CheckSix or ItsGosu or a huge amount of other teams were picked up because they either stood out on the ladder or participated in the community. Those teams maybe didn't give people a salary, but they still flew players to events.which got the players more exposure and experience and allowed the good ones to move on to bigger and better teams.
Wahaha
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