My Feelings On Aiming To be A Professional Gamer, And Why Ultimately I Could Not Select This As A Full Time Job.
When I first found out it was viable to become a professional gamer, I thought great, this has to be one of the coolest Careers possible for an individual like me – I love games, I believe I’m really good at them, and I detest going to work as it breaks up my game time… at first glimpse it seems like a win-win situation! However as with many things I supposed it would be too good to be true, and, inevi¬tably, it is. Starting a New career as a professional gamer would need on obligation that at the moment I could not provide due to other on-going commitments – that and I’m probably not good enough to contend anyway. I’m quite good, but I think when confronted with the prospect of going up against someone who has trained for 7 hours a day, 7 days a week, I’d get my backside handed to me. I’d like to talk about why I’m going to continue looking elsewhere for New careers, but I also want to talk about the interesting points of being a professional gamer.
One of the attractive points of being a professional gamer to me, is the fact that as a professional gamer you should be getting to see the world, and visit all kinds of different countries. Not many people expect this, and still imagine a stereotypical gamer as an individuals who sits in a darkened room all day, scarcely moving an inch, with discarded cans of mountain dew or some kind of high energy drink scattered about them. Well, while they will be sitting playing for lengthy periods of time, professional gamers really get to travel – the World Cyber Games championships, one of the greatest events on the gaming agenda, is held in many locations. This year it is being held in L.A. in America. Now while this does sound great, you must remember when first starting out, and even should you make a name for yourself, you will have to be meeting the cost of travelling. For someone in a similar position to, it wouldn’t be possible to set-aside that requirement of financial commitment.
One thing that dissuades me from taking on professional gaming as a New career is the lack of physical activity involved. Presently I ride to work most days in a bid to stay in shape, however without that incentive, and with long hours required sitting in front of a computer, I would worry about my general health. Of course nothing is forcing me to stay in all day and not get any exercise, but I do wonder about my level of motivation sometimes.
As well as everything else, I don’t think I’m really good enough to be a full-timer gamer. For now I’m just going to keep on searching for New careers, but I’m sure some people will have the dedication and perseverance needed to make it big as a professional gamer. I however will need to remove this from my list of Careers for now, and continue looking.
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