Pro-Licenses

The premise of the Pro-License project is to help establish a solid foundation of how to grade teams, players, events, and Western E-Sports as a whole. As of now there is no way of saying who is professional and who is not. The only system that exists thus far is governed by the kind folks at KESPA. However they only see Starcraft as a discipline where one can become a ‘Professional’.

As of now anyone outside of Korea can be deemed a ‘professional gamer’ when that sadly is not the case most of the time. Westerners have no real definition of what ‘professional’ is at the moment, some feel it is where you live off of your winnings, others feel it is when you win a notable event (and not even necessarily a major event). The end result however is the same, events, teams and players are left with no way of determining who is professional, and who is not.

Now in the grand scheme of things this isn’t exactly a large problem, however when you think of it, all the little problems add up, and quickly.

What I am proposing is a grading system which will determine what makes a ‘professional gamer’ an actual professional.



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The grading system itself will take into account previous victories/titles, so those who were once professional and now are not in the scene can still make claim to having a professional gaming career.

The system will have three classes –Pro A, B and Semi-Pro C- Pro A of course being the top most tier, B being the second, and C being the third.

The way I thought of grading players was strictly by event and the persons/teams placing at said event.

The way of ‘sanctioning’ said pro licenses would be done via website (preferably an E-Sports Governing body) where you would be able to see a full list per E-Sports discipline of past and present professional gamers. As well, having their own laminated licenses (much like a drivers license, with picture, classification, name, handle, game played, DOB, etc.)

Certain events are obviously worth more than others, as there are so many, with varying skill levels.

The system below is based strictly on Counterstrike events just for demonstration purposes, you can see that other games such as Warcraft III and Quake can easily make the same transition with addition/subtraction of certain events.

You can view the chart HERE