How long would it take to become a professional level gamer?

[Gamerforlife]

As of now, electronic sports are a terrible source for a job. Other than Starcraft I doubt you can make a living out of any game, there's simply no money in all this. Hell, there's barely any money in Football if you think about it, only a handful of people out of millions of players will get anywhere.

If you think it's something you have to train for and "try" to do then chances are you don't have the raw natural talent for it....

Raw natural talent? Sorry but this stuff isn't free, you have to train and hard for it. You don't magically turn good at aiming and shooting and you don't learn to control space when you are born.

But don't quote me, talk with Daigo or Fatality and see what they think.

That's nonsense, some people are just naturally gifted at things. That's a fact. Raw, natural talent DOES exist. However, any person can become very skilled at something given enough practice. So you don't need to be a prodigy to have a career in any field that you want. However, professional gamer is not something that should be your plan A in life, neither should sports or acting. Go to school, get a degree in something practical where there are job opportunities, do your professional gaming thing on the side

[Hazerd]

Anyone else here hoping the MLG dies out? i mean all they play is RTS/FPS and WoW Arena use to be in it, but got kicked out for being unbalanced, go figure.

Would be funny if the MLG added pokemon or like tactics rpgs.

[Erik_Twice]

Raw, natural talent DOES exist.

Nobody argued otherwise!