How To Become A Professional Gamer And Earn More Than 100K Dollar

You want to Know How to Become a Professional Gamer And earn money?

We’ve probably all fantasized about quitting our 9 to 5s to live the dream and become a professional esports gamer. Being paid to play your favorite game all day long? What’s not to love? But it isn’t as easy as just packing up the day job and staying home in your track pants, gaming all hours of the day and not moving from the couch - making a real living out of esports competitions and getting into gaming leagues takes hard work and true dedication. And even if you’re willing to put the work in to become the absolute best in your game, there’s considerations to make, such as giving up a steady salary. But if you’re committed enough to put in the many, many hours (an excuse to game for more hours? Great) it takes to become good enough to make pro gaming your career, you could earn some serious dollar and live the dream. Check out our top tips to help you on your way to becoming an elite of esports.
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1. Find and choosing Your Game

To become a pro gamer and really make a career out of it, you’ll need to hone your skills in one game. Only the very best, most exceptional players will become pro gamers and earn money by winning competitions - so it’s no good being a jack of all games and a master of none. Becoming a god of gaming and being better than others takes many hours of practice, so you’ll want to pick a game you’re skilled at and enjoy, and stick with it. Sharpen your skills until there ain’t no stopping you. Games like CS:GO, AMONG US, MINICRATF, LOL, DOTA 2, Call of Duty, PUBG and Fortnite all have competitive leagues where there’s money to be made by those that can smash the competition. And because you need to find your game and master it, of course motivation is super important. You’ve really got to love it and give the game your all. If you’re the type that gets bored of a game at the drop of a hat and moves on, a career in pro gaming isn’t for you.

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Pick Your Platform
Most competitive gaming is focused on PC as a platform. But picking your platform will depend on which game you choose to become a gaming guru in. If you’re more into console gaming, you still have the option to become a professional gamer, but often the genres are a bit more restrictive. For example, a lot of console esports competitions are fighting games focused. However, the competitive gaming industry is increasingly diversifying. Leagues for console gamers are becoming more popular, as brands like Nintendo and Microsoft want in on the action of this extremely lucrative industry. So if you’re more into console gaming than PC, now could be a great time to get into pro gaming. Nintendo now hosts a Super Smash Bros tournament, and it was announced in October 2018 that FIFA will have a competitive league, adding another genre to the esports mix and so increasing the presence of console in professional esports, namely PS4 and Xbox.

Choose Your Genre

Choose Your Genre
Many hobby gamers like to flit in and out of gaming genres, one day enjoying smashing their opponent quite literally in a fighting game, and the next feeling more thoughtful and delving into the complexities of the strategy genre. But since we know that only the best of the very best can earn a living out of esports and become pro gamers, it’s important to pick the genre you most enjoy and are best at, and dedicate your gaming hours to it. Pick the genre you’re most motivated by and have the natural skills for, and commit to becoming the absolute best.

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2. Get Good at Your Game - Really Really Good

Becoming a master of your game takes a lot of time commitment, dedication, and of course natural skills for the genre. Hobby gamers will know how quickly time flies when you’re spending an evening after work in front of your screen. So to become a professional gamer, you’ll need to put even more time in (oh no! what a shame! we hear you cry). Natural skills in a genre will of course make becoming a master much easier, and consider what genre you’ve spent most of your gaming hours on. For example, if you’ve played a lot of CS:GO, you’ll have an advantage if you decide you want to build a career as a pro gamer by playing Call of Duty, since similar skills are needed.

Research Strategies and Techniques to Optimize Your Game
An awesome idea to really level up your game from amateur to expert is to always be on the lookout for top tips on new strategies and techniques to optimize your game and play like the pros. There’s tons of guides and tutorials online for tips on specific games. Even things that seem small and maybe insignificant can help give you a competitive edge, such as knowing rifle spray patterns in CS:GO, or how to counter various champions when playing LOL. Read interviews and content from the esports elite and swap ideas with others in your network (more on that later).

Watch Streamers and Professional Competitions
The rise of streaming has allowed the average amateur gamer to get up close to the action, and see in real time how the pros play. It’s an awesome way to pick up important tips and tricks to master your game and be on your way to becoming a professional gamer. In your pursuit of becoming the best, you can’t just have a one-track vision of the game. Esports pros will often deploy ‘out of the box’ approaches to beating their opponents and smashing their game. Those techniques could be more mental things such as a strategy you might never have thought of, or something more physical like a quick wrist or finger movement, or seeing how their gear is set up and configured, that allows them to have the competitive edge. Watching pro streamers and live competitions will help you discover what the meta of the game is.

Network With Other Gamers
Yes it’s corny, but as with most ways to make a living, you gotta network. But put all thoughts of networking at stuffy corporate conferences out of your mind - if you love gaming so much you want to become a pro, it’s going to be much more fun engaging with others who share your passion. On your path to becoming a professional gamer, it’s important to join the right gaming networks and hang out with other gamers so you can practice together - you’ll get tangible real life gaming experience which of course is super important to become the best, but by joining a network you’ll also be able to learn tips and tricks from other gamers. Having a solid network of people who love gaming as much as you will also keep you motivated. As we’ve mentioned, this is really important when you need to dedicate so much time to master your game, and work towards becoming a pro esports gamer.

Invest in the Best Gear
Honing your strategy skills will only get you so far if you want to become a professional gamer. If your gear doesn’t match up, you’re never going to have the competitive edge over your opponents. See your gear as your teammate - you need to work in harmony together for the best results. If you’re gaming on PC, you should invest in a mouse that has the ultimate precision that can handle rapid fire movements and works with pinpoint accuracy. Always choose a mouse that fits your grip style so you’ll feel comfortable after hours and hours of gameplay, and enables you to make quick-fire movements when you need to. SteelSeries offers a range of professional grade and multi-award winning gaming mice. Some of the features of the Rival range by SteelSeries include the world’s first true 1 to 1 tracking for pinpoint precision and state-of-the-art lift off detection system, due to TrueMove optical sensors that are world class and approved by pro gamers. All movements are incredibly accurate, with no acceleration, no lag, and absolutely no chance of tracking errors. There’s no point in practising hour after hour if your gear can’t keep up with you and you’re at risk of tracking lags. The SteelSeries Rival 650 Wireless is the most precise wireless mouse on the market - so you don’t need to let a wire get in your way. It features Quantum Wireless™ 1ms lossless performance and the most precise gaming sensor ever made.

Your monitor is also a super important part of your gaming setup. All of you gear needs to work in sync so it can keep up with you and allow you to be the best version of yourself, gamer wise. Ideally your monitor should be a 144Hz monitor with a 1 millisecond response time for the best experience. Your PC itself also should be top spec so it can handle any game without lag or stuttering.

Whether your preferred platform is PC or console, being immersed in the sounds of your game is a key way to play like a pro. Particularly if you’re playing a game like CS:GO or Call of Duty, you need to have a 360 degrees soundscape and be able to hear every little sound - these sounds are your audio clues as to where your enemies may be approaching from. The Arctis line of tournament grade gaming headsets by SteelSeries has all the world class specifications you need to help you become a professional gamer. Every Arctis comes with first-class hi-res audio drivers, so you can pick up every sound in the game clearly. The SteelSeries Arctis Pro range can reproduce hi-res audio up to 40,000 Hz, which is nearly double that of most standard headsets - which proves why it’s so important to invest in gear made for gaming. The headsets in the Arctis range also feature ClearCast mics, which pick up your voice with absolute crystal clear precision and they deliver studio-quality voice clarity. This is super important if you pick a game to become pro in that’s team based - your teammates need to be able to hear you loud and clear. ClearCast mics expertly cancel background noise too, so your teammates can hear your instructions without any without distractions. Many of the SteelSeries gaming headsets loved by esports pros are compatible with PC and console, so you can get the best gear on the market no matter what platform you pick