The dream of a professional esports career is appearing among more and more young people. The salary level of such athletes is constantly growing, and the prize money starts to amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
One of the most popular esports disciplines that has been around for over 10 years is Counter-Strike. More than 20 major tournaments and hundreds of small regional events are held annually for this game. To become a professional Counter-Strike player, you need to work hard on your individual level of play, as well as on team interaction.
Decent workplace
To play such a dynamic game as Counter-Strike, you need to have a computer that allows you to play at the maximum possible number of frames per second (fps). Any decrease in this parameter can change the physics of the game and, as a result, reduce the player's efficiency.
It is also very important to have a stable and high speed internet connection. Modern players train most of the time on the global network. It is very important that such a parameter as the server response be as close as possible to the level of LAN games - 3-5 ms.
You need to learn from the best
Even the most powerful players in the world watch each other's games and constantly learn from their competitors something new. A player who is just starting a professional career all the more needs to adopt the experience of more experienced colleagues as much as possible. With just two hours a day of thoughtfully reviewing professional players' recordings, beginners see a significant improvement in their level of play within a month.
Don't be afraid to lose
A victory is certainly nice, but is it really for the sake of a couple of thousand rubles a week at a local tournament that they start a professional career? To get to the heights in esports, you need to play with the most powerful opponents that you only have access to. This will greatly improve your understanding of the game in general and standard game moments in particular.
Analyze errors
After victories and defeats, get together with your team and analyze the past training games. Learning from the mistakes of others is good, but yours also need to be constantly corrected.
Shooting is the main thing in Counter-Strike
No matter how excellent tactics the team has, they will always lose if they shoot worse than their opponents in the head. That is why it is imperative to play Death Match mode. Professionals recommend making at least 100 frags per day from each weapon that the player uses in the game.
It is worth noting that before LAN tournaments, you should practice a couple of days in Death Match mode against bots on your local computer. This is done in order to get used to the lower server response latency compared to the Internet.
