becoming pro at age of 30
is there any posible that becoming a pro player in lcs at age 30 and above im actually 28 yrs old working on my solo q to get in challenger.
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I'm in my second year of medical school. I believe there actually is a physical disadvantage older players have. A brain continues to develop into your early 20s, its a process called "myelination." Myelin is like the plastic around a wire. It wraps around your neurons to conduct the signal better. A young brain is like a jumble of bare wires, all jumbled together. Without the insulation, there will be sparks flying and criss-crossed signals. This is why kids do things that make no sense. Children lose about 20 BILLION synapses (where two neurons meet) per day, we're not losing brain cells, they're just "unjumbling" to get rid of all the unwanted "criss-crossed wires." This makes our mental process more streamlined and coherent as we mature.
Anyway, the last area of the brain to get this myelin is the prefrontal and parietal areas specifically areas that process risk vs reward. Once myelinated, the area that processes risk vs reward thinks more linear and logically; this is why car insurance drops significantly at age 25 because we're less likely to make stupid decisions that end up in a car accident.
In the crazy fast past game, there are 2,138,400 pixels on your screen (1980x1080p resolution) changing the information 120 times per second (120fps). Your brain has to interpret the light from each individual pixel; and put translate it and put it together into an image. Your brain then goes "wtf" is this image, and sends it to other areas to figure out what you're looking at. It gets passed around from creative centers, to memory to makes sense of this artificial image. A very similar process has to happen to the sound input as well. That all gets processed, then your brain has to decide what you need to do in game. You make a decision, the decision gets processed by your memory area that which tell you which muscles you're going to have to use to push the appropriate buttons (if you've done it enough you'll have "muscle memory" and not even consciously realize these processes area happening anymore). Then it goes to your cerebellum to get coordinated to make sure your body's muscle work together in perfect sync before getting sent out to the body just to push a few buttons and move the mouse.
My theory is this because of myelination we lose synapses in this risk vs reward center, which helps process normal information more linear and come to a better decision. But when have you have the load of information from a super- fast paced video game, the data gets to that area and slows down to get processed more linearly. In a younger mind, the decision isn't always the best possible decision, but it is made faster. A 30 year old mind might be able to weigh risk vs reward better and come to a better decision, but it might take an extra 0.1 second, which in real life is nothing. But in a pro-level team fight that's make or break. Because that young whipper snapper already did something.
The quick answer - yes. Pure reflexes is a small part of the game and the only part you would likely be disadvantaged. Your maturity however *should be a strength as you should be less likely to tilt and think more rationally in tight situations.
thanks i will be lcs soon im working so hard of it to become a pro
Honestly man it's the same with any job if you are at a disadvantage whether it be age,weight,height,etc. You need to prove you are better than the average person at that job because you'll already have negative points from your resume so you need to be extra good to balance that out.
if your good enough you can, age doesnt matter if you have the skill
Technically, yes, if you're good enough. Lemonnation was older than most when he started playing LCS.
Upvoted for Monte Crispy; just finished reading the full thing for the third time.