| DisillusionedAcronym November 09 2012 11:49. Posts 125 | Profile # |
| good luck with your study and your future path, dude. :-) |
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| Wren.822 United States. November 09 2012 11:50. Posts 25 | Profile # |
Good luck in everything you do, Merz. It was great to meet you and the rest of Dignitas at MLG! Like you said, at least you tried. But just because you're done competing doesn't mean you have to leave altogether. You can always become a spectator like the rest of us.  |
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| MountainDewJunkie United States. November 09 2012 11:54. Posts 9310 | Profile Blog # |
Nice blog. I couldn't stop reading.
I don't think you made a bad call, though. You were (are) young enough to take a significant risk with something that you were passionate about. I mean for the mere investment of a calendar year or less being full-time, you were able to determine that this is not your path. People toil and stagnate for years in many professions before they make such a call. So I think you got out at the right time for yourself.
There's really only 2 ways for players to "make it big:" being among the best in the world, or being a marketable likeable (or controversial) figure. With the latter, you don't even have to be good at the game. I need not mention examples. So what that leaves is a sea of people who may or may not have low salaries at all, missing winnings money, and struggle just to break into tournaments, since there are thousands and thousands of people with your exact goals and determination. I can understand the appeal. Getting paid to play a video game. What a life! Stephano almost makes 100k on salary alone. (Major) tournament winnings can last a good while if you get them. And if you are good enough, the sponsor/streaming revenue goes up because you are a more desired product. But there is such a small percentage that qualify for any high payouts, particularly foreigners.
Thanks for talking about actual issues, particularly the naivete and weakness of players having no life experience and no support of a union. I completely agree.
You're lucky to have such supporting parents. I want you to know I know all to well how you feel. My parents helped me out during a really tough period, and although I am grateful, all I usually feel is guilt. Having such good and helpful parents but not performing near my personal expectations (or even theirs perhaps) was quite a burden.
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| Gretorp United States. November 09 2012 12:44. Posts 567 | Profile Blog # |
Merz,
I have nothing but respect for you ever since bw days. I remember the time you had no honor and chose P in scbw. But i still respected you b/c you didn't just make carriers.
On a serious note, I will always remember and cherish our games. It probably didn't mean much to you but to me as an upcoming player I always saw you as an awesome player. (you and morrow for some reason really stuck with me, then later bratok)
I'm very sad about this but i wish you a ton of luck in the future. You're an accomplished player in both games, and I really belive you could do whatever you want in life and be successful.
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| Caladbolg November 09 2012 13:50. Posts 720 | Profile # |
| Man, what a heartfelt letter. Good luck merz. And to your credit, you had a lot of potential. GL in Uni! |
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| ninazerg United States. November 09 2012 14:37. Posts 1848 | Profile Blog # |
| Come back to BroodWar o.o// |
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| Kaitokid Germany. November 09 2012 15:02. Posts 1322 | Profile Blog # |
| keep writing blogs in the future, they are awesome |
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| Titusmaster6 United States. November 09 2012 15:53. Posts 3354 | Profile Blog # |
Bye Merz, glhf. Believe it or not I did enjoy your bw fpvods and your insane apm Loved it when you played team melee against some pros as well. Thanks for all your work and time.
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| Vaelone Finland. November 09 2012 16:02. Posts 1842 | Profile # |
This should be linked to all the future wannabe progamers that appear on the forums. It's worth a read for everyone involved in Sc2/esports.
Goodluck with university and whatever comes after Merz. And like people said please write more blogs, that was a very good read! |
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 Seeker  Korea (South). November 09 2012 16:18. Posts 17326 | Profile Blog # |
Farewell merz. :/
Thank you for being an awesome Dignitas player. |
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| Elem Sweden. November 09 2012 16:20. Posts 3975 | Profile # |
Olsson450 förevigt i våra hjärtan.
GL mate, everyone from the old swedish superpower retiring.  |
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| Seqkat United Kingdom. November 09 2012 17:57. Posts 28 | Profile # |
| Very sorry to see you go, but really impressed with your mature approach to the whole situation. I think you've made the right long-term choice, and wish you every success in school! |
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| Grettin November 09 2012 18:05. Posts 20492 | Profile # |
| Wish you the best of luck in the future, sir. |
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| Heartland Sweden. November 09 2012 18:22. Posts 2453 | Profile # |
| Wow, it feels like the whole old guard of Swedish mid-tier players is retiring sometimes. Lycka till i framtiden Merz! |
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| samscraft United Kingdom. November 09 2012 18:24. Posts 58 | Profile Blog # |
| One of the best things to read on TL, because its so full of happiness due to you living the dream, but at the same time keeping life so close at hand, Such a gentlemen in the community, you will definatly be missed allot merz, but goodluck with the studies and i hope you keep in touch with the TL community! |
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| Tailss Sweden. November 09 2012 18:27. Posts 224 | Profile # |
| Really touching read. I remember sitting behind you at Dreamhack summer 2011 watching you beat IdrA. Good luck with the studying! |
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| mouzIllusion United States. November 09 2012 18:40. Posts 1028 | Profile Blog # |
| best of luck merz! May another terran rest in peace |
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| Juustokalle Finland. November 09 2012 18:40. Posts 23 | Profile # |
Good luck in studies Merz!
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| LemonyTang United Kingdom. November 09 2012 19:33. Posts 267 | Profile # |
I have to thank you for showing a lot of great games Merz. The insane finals at i43 were what got all of my friends into StarCraft after I'd been excited about it for months, it was the first series most of them properly watched and you and Fargo both played brilliantly. I'm grateful you showed such great games for your fans.
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| worked13 Australia. November 09 2012 19:50. Posts 93 | Profile # |
| Good read and insight. Best of luck with the rest of your studies Merz. |
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