We need to treat MLG as a Professional Sport!

[usernameranq]

I was reading alot of immature comments on videos and forums about MLG. Say oh you suck D**k at somebody just bescaue there better then you at the game. Why are young immature gamers hating on MLG. We need to stop the immature and start showing more and treat it as a professional sport. That's what the majority of people think's gaming is a joke and don't take it serious as real gamers. An what's to make a living in gaming. An make it big as the NBA and having bigger prize money like 3 mil for each team and get bigger and bigger. If not we are not going to grow and taking serious. STOP Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HEA7]

the reason ppl hate on other ppl's gameplay is for two reasons. one is because since it is over the internet, people are not held accountable for what they say. 2nd is that they (the commenters) cant do half the stuff that the person in the video is doing. its like compensating... However, i cannot count HOW many times ive heard my brother and my dad say stuff like "oh my god Lebron sucks d**k" Its not just video games man. Its life in general

[usernameranq]

true true

[Benjak]

I treat MLG as a sport not just only as a player but as a true fan. I watch MLG and respect pros and anybody that is trying to make it in MLG. Any game takes time to get professional. I am on Sunday-Thursday 6-11 every night and saturday I am on from 7pm-3am practicing and running games. There isn't one pro that hasn't sacraficed time to practice. It's something they have to do. Also I agree with you by saying that there shouldnt be any hate on us gamers trying to go pro. Give us respect and stop trolling.

Ever hear of the 10,000 hour rule?

What Is the 10000 Hour Rule?
The 10000 Hour Rule is just that. This is the idea that it takes approximately 10000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill.

For instance, it would take 10 years of practicing 3 hours a day to become a master in your subject. It would take approximately 5 years of full-time employment to become proficient in your field. Simply work out how many hours you have already achieved and calculate how far you need to go. You should be aiming for 10000 hours.

Not saying pros put in 10,000 hours to get there but pretty darn close!

Reference: http://www.squidoo.com/10000-hour-rule

[bradsears]

Good post Benji. The 10k hour rule is real. It is used as a basis to prove there are no genetic based prodigies. The difference between anybody and a top performer is just the length and quality of practice.

This is not to say that anybody with 60,000 games will be as good as insert fav pro here but with the right support they could be.

[Eclipse]

The only problem with your logic ben is this. You could do something for 10000 hours, wrong, and not be proficient at it.

[darkon124]

IMO MLG will never be considered a true sport for one and only reason. The pros are the ones we look up too and they are the ones that represent us. Now just look at how they act and how they treat each others... u know what i mean.

[HEA7]

The only problem with your logic ben is this. You could do something for 10000 hours, wrong, and not be proficient at it.

This... you could become the worlds best at doing it the wrong way tho...

[Inexist]

My Benjak is totally right.

[WobblyJackMcFruit]

It's unfortunate that MLG chose to use "pro" to classify the top tier of players because it to me devalues what being "pro" is all about.

Literally speaking, "pro" simply means you get paid for doing something. It doesn't necessarily imply skill or talent, just that you make money doing it. This is important because a lot of the most successful sports professionals are people you've never heard of, the less well-known members of a team or the guys in the shadows. These people realise that there's little chance of them making it to superstar status so they've decided to play the long game, do a solid job to the best of their abilities, play nice, keep the sponsors happy and collect a regular paycheck. In short, they're reliable and bankable. In a commercial world that's more important than being some super-talented prima donna that all the fans love but is a complete arsehole who punches opponents, pukes in the sponsors' pot plants, doesn't turn up to publicity events and quickly becomes a financial liability.

So using the word "pro" is actually a problem for MLG but there's another difficulty: It's core fanbase is predominantly young and male and as such tends to be obsessed with the flashiest players but also has a very short attention span, hence the bandwagoning effect that you see all the time on the MLG forums and to a lesser extent, on TLN. This is not likely to change in the forseeable future.