To be successful in something ie pro gaming, you need both talent and devotion. Without either, you are just wasting your time. I'll be blunt here, even with devotion, you very clearly lack the talent. After ~2000 games, if you still play in normal skill level, I would say it's best you just take dota as a hobby. It is extremely unrealistic for you to ever make it into the pro scene, regardless how hard you try. There are many others out there with much more talent and will work as hard/harder than you. So who do you think will make it further in this endeavor? Be wise, and find something else in your life that you have talent and passion for, rather than giving yourself an excuse for your addiction towards dota that you have a lot of passion and want to be a pro gamer. You may think I'm being mean, but I sincerely just want to give you a reality check and hopefully you don't waste your life on something that is infeasible.
Well basically every field is the same...every industry. If u wanna make it u gotta work hard and spend lots of hours into it. Dedicate yourself in it. Go beyond what other people would already quot while you keep walking.
Don't know this would be any help...but...if u serious about it, then u could make a reasonable goal or some sort...like...'within a year I will get to 6k' or some solt I know a guy who play in MVP Pheonix, and he litellary stayed in game all the time, when his not he still plays it in offlane with his team, ur talking about playing dota 24/7! But if you want go ahead
1-Don't drop out or anything like that, stay in school get decent grades and keep up with studies. (
2- Your stats look pretty good , good win percentage, good KDA, etc for NORMAL matchmaking
3- Play more game modes like random draft and least played, this allows you to play more heroes.
4- Learn to make builds on your own and adapt to the games
5.I watched this guy Jenkins on youtube who has a video of how to construct a team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUV-1qs7BUE, he is a semi pro dota player and is in high skill and plays other semi and pro teams in america.
6. Use reddit to find dota 2 teams in the dota 2 sub reddit, plenty of good players looking for teams
7. start off playing free public tournaments and seeing how you play, and hopefully get spotted by teams looking for players.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Amateur_tournaments This is a list of up coming small tournaments to get started in. Even if you can't get into these tournaments you should spectate them. If you play better players you may gain their respect and become more known by scouts. Otherwise just watch this video. If you are good in amateur tournaments you have a chance of being selected for higher level tournaments.
This is coming from a guy with 35% win rate and about 300 matches and 348 hours, but I think these are awesome tips and good sources. Good luck man!!
Relatively unsuccesful pro players may make no money at all. Or they may win a little money from local tournaments a couple thousand dollars at a time.
If they live in the US, the non-famous pro players all have other jobs. I don't really know about the situation elsewhere in the world. Where the cost of living is lower winning a $10,000 prize once a year might be enough. But I imagine there are a lot of people trying to make money playing dota and giving up after a short time and no prize money actually earned.
Several thousand people tried to play into the Open Qualifiers for the International. None of them made it to the Qualifiers except people who already had some professional experience.
On the other hand I have seen local teams who average low 5k and even high 4k MMR win small tournaments for a few thousand dollars.
H4nn1 is a fairly well known pro player. He is ranked #490 in all-time esports prize money won. He calibrated to 4.6k MMR in October 2014 - quite disappointing.
So you can see that in fact a pro player, even a moderately successful and famous one, may be playing in 5k to 6k games. Although if they are really any good they will rise higher over time. But even someone who has been a pro player for 8 years may not make that much money doing it.
Depends, do you have friends that play with you, enjoy it and win games based on teamwork, strats, and good plays, do you guys help each other on games, do you have a positive attitude, for both winning and losing, if so, you can become a pro, the MMR doesnt matter as a guy already said MMR doesnt measure skill, it measures game impact (and the system has a lot of flaws, since 90% of the time you are playing with total strangers, with little to no communication and team chemistry), or maybe you are a good player, sometimes some pros can see you in games ( thats why people connect MMR with becoming a pro) and maybe you are very luck and they call you to play some games with them, and maybe you impressed the pros and you got called in to a team, or maybe you can become a replacement for smaller tournaments and make your name in the pro scene.
It all depends on your luck, but the first option is the best, there are lots of little tournaments spread trough the scene, if you have a good team, do as my friend Shia Labeouf JUST DO IT!!!
PS : ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN, DONT JUST LEAVE COLLEGE, WITH MORE WORK COMES MORE OPPORTUNITIES
Ok dude its was ez to be a pro player you need spend more time .. if you can .. you need to practice more .a pro player playing 1 0 game or more in one day but it was bad for your university
Ive been stuck in 4k 4ever and life doesnt allow much dotes time either
I'd say if one is in highschool and has lots of free time to kill with dotes then that's the best chance to train become a pro
Tbh even 6k players are goddamn awful- im 6.4k myself , i seen players doing stupid things and raging all day long, even pro players. dota as a decent job to earn income? forget it, just study and play dota as a hobby
I mean i think almost evryone can go pro if they grind hard enough... but thats just my opinion if you study your replays and put the time and work in im sure there might be a shot maybe possibly... But realistically dont get your hopes up and do anything dumb like quit your job to play... <333 gl on whatver you do
i played hots got bored after 10 games
i always wanted to go pro in liga de leyendas
liga de leyendas is way more fun than trash 2 tbh
The right question is not "Can I".
But "How Can I".
liga de leyendas <3
ROFL i just read ees reddit post he crushed that kids dream i guess
To be successful in something ie pro gaming, you need both talent and devotion. Without either, you are just wasting your time. I'll be blunt here, even with devotion, you very clearly lack the talent. After ~2000 games, if you still play in normal skill level, I would say it's best you just take dota as a hobby. It is extremely unrealistic for you to ever make it into the pro scene, regardless how hard you try. There are many others out there with much more talent and will work as hard/harder than you. So who do you think will make it further in this endeavor? Be wise, and find something else in your life that you have talent and passion for, rather than giving yourself an excuse for your addiction towards dota that you have a lot of passion and want to be a pro gamer. You may think I'm being mean, but I sincerely just want to give you a reality check and hopefully you don't waste your life on something that is infeasible.
what if im talentless FeelsBadMan
at like everything
Well basically every field is the same...every industry. If u wanna make it u gotta work hard and spend lots of hours into it. Dedicate yourself in it. Go beyond what other people would already quot while you keep walking.
Don't know this would be any help...but...if u serious about it, then u could make a reasonable goal or some sort...like...'within a year I will get to 6k' or some solt I know a guy who play in MVP Pheonix, and he litellary stayed in game all the time, when his not he still plays it in offlane with his team, ur talking about playing dota 24/7! But if you want go ahead
1-Don't drop out or anything like that, stay in school get decent grades and keep up with studies. (
2- Your stats look pretty good , good win percentage, good KDA, etc for NORMAL matchmaking
3- Play more game modes like random draft and least played, this allows you to play more heroes.
4- Learn to make builds on your own and adapt to the games
5.I watched this guy Jenkins on youtube who has a video of how to construct a team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUV-1qs7BUE, he is a semi pro dota player and is in high skill and plays other semi and pro teams in america.
6. Use reddit to find dota 2 teams in the dota 2 sub reddit, plenty of good players looking for teams
7. start off playing free public tournaments and seeing how you play, and hopefully get spotted by teams looking for players.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Amateur_tournaments This is a list of up coming small tournaments to get started in. Even if you can't get into these tournaments you should spectate them. If you play better players you may gain their respect and become more known by scouts. Otherwise just watch this video. If you are good in amateur tournaments you have a chance of being selected for higher level tournaments.
This is coming from a guy with 35% win rate and about 300 matches and 348 hours, but I think these are awesome tips and good sources. Good luck man!!
I suggest you play dota for fun and to make friends. The sooner you grow up and prioritise your life the better.
Relatively unsuccesful pro players may make no money at all. Or they may win a little money from local tournaments a couple thousand dollars at a time.
If they live in the US, the non-famous pro players all have other jobs. I don't really know about the situation elsewhere in the world. Where the cost of living is lower winning a $10,000 prize once a year might be enough. But I imagine there are a lot of people trying to make money playing dota and giving up after a short time and no prize money actually earned.
Several thousand people tried to play into the Open Qualifiers for the International. None of them made it to the Qualifiers except people who already had some professional experience.
On the other hand I have seen local teams who average low 5k and even high 4k MMR win small tournaments for a few thousand dollars.
@topic: short answer no. Drop the idea.
@offtopic:
Remember your ideas and dreams as a 14 year old? Holy fuck we were stupid.
Here is an example for some specific realism.
https://twitter.com/kaih4nn1/status/526343527232716800?lang=en&lang=en
H4nn1 is a fairly well known pro player. He is ranked #490 in all-time esports prize money won. He calibrated to 4.6k MMR in October 2014 - quite disappointing.
But over the course of the following year he rose to 6.7k MMR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDj0FjWuyFg
Oct 2015
http://www.esportsearnings.com/players/3572-h4nn1-kai-hanbueckers
However, even those good enough to be ranked in esports as winners don't make that much. He won $71k over 8 years in 49 tournaments. He has been working side jobs to actually have enough money.
So you can see that in fact a pro player, even a moderately successful and famous one, may be playing in 5k to 6k games. Although if they are really any good they will rise higher over time. But even someone who has been a pro player for 8 years may not make that much money doing it.
Depends, do you have friends that play with you, enjoy it and win games based on teamwork, strats, and good plays, do you guys help each other on games, do you have a positive attitude, for both winning and losing, if so, you can become a pro, the MMR doesnt matter as a guy already said MMR doesnt measure skill, it measures game impact (and the system has a lot of flaws, since 90% of the time you are playing with total strangers, with little to no communication and team chemistry), or maybe you are a good player, sometimes some pros can see you in games ( thats why people connect MMR with becoming a pro) and maybe you are very luck and they call you to play some games with them, and maybe you impressed the pros and you got called in to a team, or maybe you can become a replacement for smaller tournaments and make your name in the pro scene.
It all depends on your luck, but the first option is the best, there are lots of little tournaments spread trough the scene, if you have a good team, do as my friend Shia Labeouf JUST DO IT!!!
PS : ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN, DONT JUST LEAVE COLLEGE, WITH MORE WORK COMES MORE OPPORTUNITIES
I finally found someone younger than me on the forums :')
You asked someone whether you can be pro, and when people say it's impossible you decide to flame them....what a joke.
Don't bother, 2000 games and you're still normal skill....isn't that like 1-2k mmr? You got no talent and it's a waste of time.
Trying to save your life here buddy.
what if justin bible wants to go pro in d2 l0l
Ok dude its was ez to be a pro player you need spend more time .. if you can .. you need to practice more .a pro player playing 1 0 game or more in one day but it was bad for your university
Why is there so much necroposting lately?
Ive been stuck in 4k 4ever and life doesnt allow much dotes time either
I'd say if one is in highschool and has lots of free time to kill with dotes then that's the best chance to train become a pro
Oh shit did not realised this is necroposted
Add me. I'll make you a Pro Player.
this is an old topic, so did OP become pro player already? like 1.5 years past
^No but he managed to get 3.8k solo mmr kappa
Tbh even 6k players are goddamn awful- im 6.4k myself , i seen players doing stupid things and raging all day long, even pro players. dota as a decent job to earn income? forget it, just study and play dota as a hobby
This post was 1 year old? Lmao, he was 2k something back then?
another 7k+ semi pro player deletes his comments from dotabuff? what is this
I mean i think almost evryone can go pro if they grind hard enough... but thats just my opinion if you study your replays and put the time and work in im sure there might be a shot maybe possibly... But realistically dont get your hopes up and do anything dumb like quit your job to play... <333 gl on whatver you do
Give it up kid...not worth trying
guys, op is not reading this old post from 2016, relax