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I Want to become a Pro LoL player need help and tips

DaKz·9/9/2015, 2:55:51 PM·2 votes·2,488 views

Im a high school student that has a 1.4 GPA and Im in my senior year due to my lazy attitude toward school and realized Ive basically fkd myself for life and don't see a point in me going to high school anymore due to my GPA I cant go to a good college. I just turned 17 a couple days ago and have always and still do wanna go pro in league since i started playing late season 2 ~early season 3 I'm currently in my promos for gold and climbing steadily at a kinda fast pace as a midlane main with a very large champ pool but playing most meta pick such as azir viktor yasuo and such. But my champ pool is larger than most. Im always looking for ways to improve I watch nearly every pro game lcs, lck,lpl and such and am always watching streams of the best midlaners. This is my dream and I will do anything I can to reach it even if I wouldnt be able to be a pro in coming years I would love to work in the lol pro scene either way. My parents dont really understand the pro lol scene but I know they will support me no matter what I decide to do so any tips on where to start and how to reach my dream

19 Comments

DrCyanide9/9/2015, 3:07:13 PM4 votes

From the full rules - https://riot-web-static.s3.amazonaws.com/lolesports/Rule%20Sets/2015%20Summer%20LCS%20Rule%20Set%20Version%202_03.pdf

Residency of Minors. Players who are below eighteen years of age may prove residency by either: i. School Records. A player may prove residency by providing proof of full-time attendance at school in the region, including by providing copies of report cards, enrollment documentation, or attendance records certified by school officials; or ii. Parents’ Records. A player may prove residency by (i) providing documentary evidence of the parent-child relationship, such as a birth certificate that lists the names of parents, and (ii) proof that one parent lives in the region, which may be demonstrated by provision of documentary evidence sufficient to prove residency as specified in Rule 1.2.3, above.

I'm not sure on your families situation, but you'd have to make sure that you can satisfy the residency requirements, and the easiest way to do that seems to be to stay in school.

It's also worth pointing out that eSports doesn't currently have the makings of being a long-term career. Most of the LCS pros that I'm aware of are also going to school for the inevitable "what do I do after eSports". Keep going to school, try and pull your GPA up to a 2.0 and get a high school diploma. If you've really got the drive to get into the LCS, then you've can definitely apply the same drive to ensure you won't fail out of high school.

TrueNikka9/9/2015, 2:56:57 PM2 votes

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NewKeaneDog9/9/2015, 2:59:51 PM1 votes

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OhBoyItsaMegaman9/9/2015, 3:46:24 PM1 votes

Becoming a pro gamer instead of starting a career—even if it were a possibility—is a mistake. How many more years is the LCS going to be around? 8? 6? 3? You have no way of knowing when this thing is going to go tits-up and just cease to exist as something you can make a living wage on. When it does, "pro gamer" doesn't look fantastic on a resume. It'll be about the same as if you'd done nothing at all after finishing high school.

And I said "if it were possible" for a reason. Even if you made it into Challenger, that doesn't even mean you get on a team period, let alone a team that even has a shot at LCS qualifiers. Very very very few people make it onto professional LoL teams, and out of those few, very few of them have had a long successful and profitable career.

Realistically, if you have been playing for a few years and you're currently in Silver, you will never go pro. I say this in order to give you a little perspective, and also to help you avoid making a really bad decision. You're still pretty young, and the decisions you make now will have a big effect on the rest of your life. If you think high school is hard when you have a "lazy attitude", breaking into a highly competitive field sure isn't any easier.

Keep LoL as something that you do to enjoy yourself, but then spend the rest of your time putting effort into school work and planning your future. If that seems like it is too hard to do, getting people to pay you to play video games is 1000000x harder.

HEAljvLykd9/10/2015, 4:02:30 AM1 votes

If you're not in diamond/master/challenger don't even think about being pro. Even people in challenger aren't good enough to be on pro teams. Your only chance of ever even seeing the slightest bit of pro level league play is if you form a team and stay with that team for years. Other than that, you gotta go to school and stop being so damn lazy towards your education.

Shikigami9/15/2015, 11:48:35 PM1 votes

It seems to me like it's pretty straightforward. First thing first is that Gold isn't even remotely close to a master/challenger skill. As long as you're not there, don't consider yourself able to go pro. Your GPA means one thing, you're lazy. If you don't work hard from Gold -> Challenger, you won't ever be pro, so start grinding. Next thing you'll need are contacts. For that, you need to tryout and to apply to as many teams as possible. Get to know managers/pro players as much as possible. For example, TL is looking for a midlaner and C9 was looking for a jungler. Even if you don't make the cut, you might make enough of a splash for them to remember you, so you get first dibs next time. The last thing you need is to understand that LCS doesn't pay a whole lot and is sure as hell not guaranteed to last nor are you guaranteed to ever go pro. Work on one thing at a time, focus on college, if you end up "clicking" with the game before you head to college then by all means go for it -- otherwise, just go for plan b.