{"id":208,"date":"2018-01-18T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=208"},"modified":"2018-01-18T21:08:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T21:08:37","slug":"how-do-i-become-a-professional-gamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/18\/how-do-i-become-a-professional-gamer\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I become a professional gamer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw011818-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw011818-3-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"How do I become a professional gamer?\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw011818-3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw011818-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/aw011818-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How do I become a professional gamer?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The usual rules apply: it helps to have professional experience, and it likely matters who you know as much as what you can do. The old line is: &#8220;Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can&#8217;t get it wrong.&#8221; For some day-to-day examples of what the life is like, you might try this: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-inside-pg\">bit.ly\/bc-inside-pg<\/a> or this: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-cyber-athlete\">bit.ly\/bc-cyber-athlete<\/a>. And if you succeed, you might also have a career as a coach: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-edge\">bit.ly\/bc-edge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The usual rules apply: it helps to have professional experience, and it likely matters who you know as much as what you can do. The old line is: &#8220;Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can&#8217;t get it wrong.&#8221; For some day-to-day examples of what the life is like, you might &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/18\/how-do-i-become-a-professional-gamer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How do I become a professional gamer?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career","category-media-tech","tag-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}