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    what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    I am just wondering when a person goes from being a gamer to a pro gamer where the line is drawn?

    Is it if you are paid to play? If you have servers are 100% sponsored or supplied free to your clan? If you are given a percentage of referals due to clan / personal success? etc
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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    I would guess if income from game related activities is your majority income then you are a pro-gamer.

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    can you get semi-pro gamers? How would that work?
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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    Sticking to my dodgy definition, I'd say that's when you get some income from game related activities but it's not your majority income

    But to distinguish it from amateur I'd say it'd still have to be a decent chunk of your income/time. Amateurs can still get money from competitions for example.

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    Usually in non-team sports there is some kind of rating system, like in golf if your handicap is calculated as 0 you are considered a pro, anything else and you're an amateur. In tennis if you have an LTA rating of 1 then you're a pro.

    These are usually calculated based on your performance in recognised tournaments and stuff but since there doesn't seem to be one or any single body governing pro gaming then kalniel's explanation sounds about right.


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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    your a pro gamer when you have been sacked from your real job because you played WOW all night again
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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    is that geek in the pic you mr duck ?????

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    haha, no its not
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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    Don't you need to obtain a degree in gaming studies from Fulchester Polytechnic University?

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    I know a few people who make money from games, normally they enter comps etc.

    The CS:S clan I am in is fully sponsored as well but we are not Pro, or even semi-pro. I don't really know what you would class a fully sponsored team. It has its ups and it downs, not paying for servers is nice but pressure to do well could also be a negative.
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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    I used to run a clan that was fully sponsored by a UK server host, a well known periperals company and a well known mouse peripheral company.

    We played LANs for cash and also got paid by our sponsors if we won large tournys on CB a the advertising was good for all of them.
    I had 3 members also that had played at Quakecon.
    We weren't a pro-gaming clan though as we all had day jobs in REAL LIFE.

    Pro-gamers earn their LIVING playing. Its their main job.

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    I would hate to do that.. if you play games for your job do you think in the evenings they like to sit behind a desk and answer the phones, take notes and get told off by a big fat guy who apparently is his "boss"
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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    when you do it for your living really...

    there is also a classification sometimes used which is "pro-am" which usually means you have the skills of a professional but are not

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    Used to be in CS clan about 5-6 years back now and we were fully sponsored and were given some nice mice and mats for free as well as a free server. Would not say we were even semi-pro though, only did one tournament that we won £300 between 6 of us.

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

    Id say you're pretty Pro when your ranked No1 on a huge online game.

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    Re: what would qualify you as a "Pro Gamer"?

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    you're pretty Pro
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