Im too old for going pro on val

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redddiiiiii

When i become good the game might as well be dead, is chess viable? Like i become gm in 10 years, so until the rest of my life i will be good or smth like that

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VacuousViper

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how old you rn? and how high is your current elo?

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19, my peak was immortal when i played chamber, he got nerfed i went down to asc, played until last year, download the game a few weeks ago, got plat 2 in md5, realized i became washed, so i gave up

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VacuousViper

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chess I mean

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redddiiiiii

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i dont play chess.com im scared i could become addicted, i play irl in a chess school idk the name of that, started like 6 months ago

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VacuousViper

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I mean its possible if you work really hard but very unlikely

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redddiiiiii

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Got friends that play chess since 6 years old, they arent gm tho, shits hard

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As a plat 2 almost plat 3 that's gonna be a pro in a year I say that you can do it

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19 years old 😹 bro u are so washed, might as well retire and cash in your 401k

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redddiiiiii

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Pandemic and shit i was playing 5 hours a day, then college came, never reached past asc again, after last year everything went down hill, i wish i sticked to bjj i was purple😭, fuck pandemic

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19 is too old?? Wtf
Am I old too then

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aspas started playing fps games when he was 3

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redddiiiiii

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I think 19 too old to become good at things like sports, esports, martial arts

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nah I think prime martial arts is like early-mid 20's

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That's prime after you've spent your whole life training you can't be high level and compete without the years of experience everyone else has

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ohhh yeah that makes more sense honestly

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burritx

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Average age in champions rn is 22 bro chill, doesn't take your prime for you to learn how to aim

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Prancer

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bro get a stable job, pros dont make shit unless they work for an org like sentinels and/or are big streamers, and chess pros dont make shit without sponsors nad having a big following. only like 1 out of 900 people make it to this big rich famous personality, the rest are flipping burgers at mcdonalds

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Aware

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redddiiiiii

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Im good with math and shit, but i wanted to be high level at something, thats why im willing to play val, chess idk

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thanatos11

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learn coding and just grind leetcode then you can get an actual job too

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thanatos11

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nothing wrong with flipping burgers at mcdonald’s that’s more than 95% of this forum can say they do

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Prancer

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Ong I'd flip burgers if the managers didn't stuck ass 60% of the time and the past was better

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thanatos11

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most mf on this forum not even old enough to get a job

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Prancer

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I thought the average age of people on here was like 16

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play pokemon tcg (for fun tho)

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redddiiiiii

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Might as well play showdown thing about pokemon is that after gen 6 it became too gimmick, gen 9 full of powercreeps

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not vgc, tcg. in sword and shield era tcg had so much power creep it was unplayable, but the game is in a good spot rn

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burritx

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What servers do you play bro

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redddiiiiii

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EU/LAS/BR, well i tried to play on EU atleast but i need to focus there on college, so mostly LAS, back in pandemic i used to play in br when i was on uruguay, its nicer

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Is 19 really too old?. Aren't most pros (incl. t2) like 22-24ish, I reckon if you spent the time you could easily get trialed for a t2 team in 2 years or so

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I think the median (average is skewed because fns is 100000) is like 20

But don't forget that they have spent much of their lives practicing and perfecting their techniques and mechanics, they didn't randomly go pro after a hitting immortal once; many were stuck in t2 and t3 hell.

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Aayan

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True, I wonder if you gave an average person (say like at 20 years old) like 4 hours a day just to improve, how long it would take them to reach a t1 pro level

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Esports dont make money
Unless you started early or have passion for it and willing to fail at the end
For some people its a hobby turned to a serious job
Chess is a hard ass game but hey it doesn't have an age limit
Goodluck