What games should i play to become a HARD CORE GAMER and wat is the job of PROFESSIONAL GAMERS,,,/?

i want to know more about gaming ,,,can gamers help me out....


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\|||Hardcore Games: Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, Metal Gear Solid, Resistance,pretty much any good shooter gamer Madden 09,...





the job of pro gamers is to play the game they are best at in tournaments, and if they win they get money|||play final fantasy cos they take soo long to finish


and play fps games cos they take skill and are harcore


eg. cod4|||For the former, it doesn't matter. All you have to do is find a game you like and then claim everyone who doesn't play that is not "hardcore".





As for the latter, there are two holy grails. The first (and theoretically more likely) is for people who are particularly good at playing various online games "professionally" (ie. with special rules and mods enabled to change the gameplay experience) competitively. These people then compete in tournaments and ladders for money. If you wish to get into this, I would suggest researching local tournaments and finding what games are popular in your area, then learning how to play said game with the appropriate mods enabled.


The second kind (which doesn't really exist) is the theoretical "professional beta tester". While it is true that some companies (Relic comes to mind) do pay outside people to test their games, those people are usually culled from the community as a reward/way to gauge whether or not the community will think the game is "balanced". More often than not though, it will just be the friends and family who do closed beta tests. And they probably won't be paid.|||There are four types of games where money is at in professional gaming





FPS- This is where most of the money is. Games like Halo, Call of Duty, Unreal, etc.





RTS- Real time strategies. This is probably where the second most money is. Games like Starcraft, Age of Empires, Warcraft, etc.





Fighting games- There is some money here. Games like Streetfighter, Mortal Kombat, Smash Brothers.





Sports games- This is primarily tied to Madden, although in the past there has been NFL Blitz tournaments and NBA Jam and NBA Street tournaments.