I played on killer instinct and parental advisory then I quit and I started playing source with the mediocrity guys when they swapped over.

oh yah I remember now. ki was so good especially with banana gun. PA was a bit shady but really good none the less.

right on glad to see atleast somebody around here played AA

ukm wrote:

i played this game for a long time and was 5 time (in a row)

ukm wrote:

method wrote:

I think alot of people are confusing "pro in another game" with "play any other games?"

friend while your sassy putdown is most amusing if you would take a gander back at the original post you'll find that the question posed in the post itself does not seem to match up with the title of the thread

i would posit that this shocking discrepency may in fact be causing the confusion you have so rightly noticed and pointed out!

Alot of the posts are even just games that they only pub on though lol

Jav was semi-professional in Warcraft 3, i dont know the full details but i could ask if anyone really cares.

<- top tier soldat talent

i once qualified for the mtg pro tour. didn't go because of school though

i don't have any of the free time or ability to dedicate myself to gaming that hardcore to be BIG DAWG. maybe ill poopsock dota 2 till i become a millionare though cause that game rules. show up to lan in underwear, socks and a brazillian flag worn as a cape play huskar mid and feed while screaming in portugese is my gaming fantasy btw.

One of my friends is the best player in the world in terms of skill at Shattered Horizon.

Of course no one plays that game anymore and it never made it to competitive play so it doesn't really matter.

Still, it was impressive.

does jk3 count

I went to the youth Olympics for baseball... That's a game right? Sorta pro for the under 18 crowd... Also state champion for the 12 year old age group in Shurri Ryu. I've sucked at every video game I've ever played :(

I was the best Halo 2 player in Idaho, but then again every else just fucking sucks. Never really went anywhere with that.

#24 what server?
I was more into the open world pvp and ganking people waiting for quest mob spawns, the Journeyman's Boots one was my favorite :>

I also played in the US Ragnarok Online championship in 2003

I'm one of the best gang garrison 2 players in the world

spoiler the playerbase consists of the lowest of tf2's pubs
double spoiler the playerbase is ridiculously small

I'm not pro, but i played alot of console competitive before i joined tf2 (mainly Gears Of War).

I played a bit of WarRock competitive

I also used to be pretty damn good at guitar hero, never like top 10 or anything but I did used to upload my scores to scorehero back in the days of gh2, and when GH3 rolled around I FC'd or was a few notes away from FCing like 63/70 songs in the game

what about you lange? you're prolly better than that idk (unless you were kidding)

Me, phaser, unf, hero, Dospac, kent and a few others all participated in top level TFC for years. Personally I played from 99-05ish.

marisa wrote:

VickM wrote:

I'd love to watch top TF2 players play tribes. That would be fun.

Just about every decent TF2 player I've seen can play Tribes at an upper level pretty easily from what I've seen. Being a "tribes vet" doesn't really seem to help that much compared to being a "competitive TF2 player". solidsnake, remics, harbleu, boulder, me (lol) can all play the game pretty well. also kwazi

vgtw vgtg

pro implies making money. pretty much everyone here are just dominant in other equally as dead games as tf2, or are only at high/amateur levels of games with actual money in it.

ie xen in ns
many at random games like brink/tribes
many of the "veteran" top canadian tf2 players were high level clan arena players
plenty of mid/high to high quake duelers although none technically made any significant money

the closest to someone being pro level at a game with real competition is probably syckness who almost got out of an mlg open bracket if I remember right. did painuser ever play tf2?

coco is pro at phase 10

Oreoz, the word "esports" was non existent 10 years ago and things have significantly changed in modern day advertising paving the way for more sponsoring/exposure. The tfc lan that cpl hosted in 03? i believe had a cash prize but that might've been the only major one. In the years of tfc/ns/etc. it was A LOT different. The whole esports competitive scene is the biggest it has ever been which means the prizes are the biggest as well.. Point is being pro isn't all about making money, it's being one of the best at whatever game you play.

lyse wrote:

I also played in the US Ragnarok Online championship in 2003

I know I asked you this before and you probably answered me, but who did you play with? I was in both Denuo Convena and XGMR.

tehoreoz wrote:

pro implies making money. pretty much everyone here are just dominant in other equally as dead games as tf2, or are only at high/amateur levels of games with actual money in it.

ie xen in ns
many at random games like brink/tribes
many of the "veteran" top canadian tf2 players were high level clan arena players
plenty of mid/high to high quake duelers although none technically made any significant money

the closest to someone being pro level at a game with real competition is probably syckness who almost got out of an mlg open bracket if I remember right. did painuser ever play tf2?

i'd say pro means that you make a living off of whatever you're doing.

literally every game besides SC is instantly tossed out if you want to nitpick.

edited for clarification

guys guys

he was pretty clearly using pro in the vernacular sense of a skill level not in the sense of being a professional video game player

let's not be willfully obtuse okay

ukm wrote:

i played this game for a long time and was 5 time (in a row) champion of its only league PRO AS FUCK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzkBC5u7V-o

in case you are confused that is a 2d asteroids style spaceship game where the spaceships are playing a facsimile of hockey with a glowing sphere of fire

also i made a 1.6 team with some friends from the spaceship hockey game and we made CAL-IM in our 3rd season having never played a scrim

Oh shit, I used to play Subspace too. Except mostly Trench Wars in TWLB ladder.

was on a team that went 58-0 or something over the course of 3 seasons in soldier of fortune 2. then moved on to css, highest i got was failing in the invite placement tourney in CAL, then stopped taking the game serious and played in esea-o for a few seasons once cal died, then got bored. andddd now here i am.

marmadukeGRYLLS wrote:

was on a team that went 58-0 or something over the course of 3 seasons in soldier of fortune 2.

Wish that game was still alive, multiplayer in that game was so fun. I could play it all day.

blinky wrote:

Oreoz, the word "esports" was non existent 10 years ago and things have significantly changed in modern day advertising paving the way for more sponsoring/exposure. The tfc lan that cpl hosted in 03? i believe had a cash prize but that might've been the only major one. In the years of tfc/ns/etc. it was A LOT different. The whole esports competitive scene is the biggest it has ever been which means the prizes are the biggest as well.. Point is being pro isn't all about making money, it's being one of the best at whatever game you play.

counterstrike was huge in 03. much bigger than any of the games you bring up. I can't recall whether they referred to it as "esports" then. I think so. the term is still retarded

i'd say pro means that you make a living off of whatever you're doing.

literally every game besides SC is instantly tossed out if you want to nitpick.

edited for clarification

league, dota, dota2 in the next 6months

current capcom fighting games

counterstrike in its prime(some currently in europe), wc3 in its prime

guys guys

he was pretty clearly using pro in the vernacular sense of a skill level not in the sense of being a professional video game player

let's not be willfully obtuse okay

the distinction is important because the more money is in the game the more competition comes as a result. talking about someone being "pro" at a game with a competition pool of 17 players is fucking retarded. don't cheapen the term so you can feel good about yourself.

Actually 03 is when "clans" started turning into "teams" with Team 3D lol

Some communities are fairly large without much money involved. ie tf2. I'd still consider the top players "pro".