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SCARRA: Season 3 for me is...
Is the first step that Riot takes to make this game be like a real sport,
And so there'll be a lot of eyes on this first season.
SYCHO SQUID: Well Season 3 is like the new beginning for everybody.
XPEKE: Since I was 14, I was already playing other games and I was hoping that I could become a pro gamer like those people I see playing and doing their living for that.
LAUTEMORTIS: I've been playing video games since I was a little kid,
But about 10 minutes ago, I became a pro gamer.
NINTENDUDEX: It's a step in the next part of my life, and I'm excited, honestly.
XPECIAL: It's not really just a game anymore. It's a job.
NRATED: I think people don't realize that this actually is a sport, and takes a lot of your health and concentration, focus -- mind, everything.
BROKENSHARD: eSports is real. It's like football, it's like baseball - it's a real sport. People just have to realize that it's more of the mind than physical.
ZIONSPARTAN: You need players that are ready to focus on only eSports and put time towards that commitment.
ECCO: It's just insane to be making money off playing League of Legends.
In the next 3 months, making way more than I made over a year doing part-time jobs.
I AM ANJO: I think I'm looking forward to skip one year, because college is whenever.
League Season 3 is now.
SHIPHTUR: Every team like, wants to be pro, and there's always practice if you want it.
ZUNA: We play 5-6 days a week, 8-10 hours.
BRUNCH U: We wanna play anyone. We really do. We just wanna get better.
We wanna get on that level that, like, all the top NA teams are.
COP: We're used to all this. We don't really have those like, tournament scares, I guess, which...
Like, a first time competitor will probably have.
CLAKEYD: I know we're the underdog team, but I think we showed that we're really strong. We're gonna work really hard and practice really hard.
And we're gonna be able to play them for months.
CHAOX: What a job. I get to travel around the world and experience like, everything.
Meet so many new people and just understand myself better as a person and grow.
XPEKE: People can think whatever, but then I just explain to them - well, I do what I like.
I travel all around the world. I have friends. So for me, it's making my dream.
FREDY122: I think there's a big future in eSports.
THETESS: And I think that in the next few years, it's just gonna get even bigger. It's gonna be incredibly cool.
NRATED: I say I'm a pro gamer. I'm proud of that.
CHAOX: Competing is what I live for, and it's a great experience to compete against the best players around the world.