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On December 21 2012 00:49 Teggy03 wrote: If you want to do something while you're still young may I suggest travelling the world instead and going hiking/surfing/snowboarding/para-sailing/skiing/scuba diving/spelunking or whatever you may fancy. You have your whole life to sit in front of a computer 24/7 but your body is only capable of doing the aforementioned activities properly while you are young.
Just something I'd consider. If you do go into programing for years just make sure you're health doesn't take a hit. Stay active!
my 2 cents.
Go to Cali. As you have said you have already travelled the world, but in Cali, you can game and do all the activities mentioned in this post. You can play 10 hours a day and still have time to go to the beach and hit some waves for an hour, go to the mountains and snowboard for the weekend. Gaming full time doesn't mean you can't still be active. As someone who was GM on NA while working full time and being able to keep active, I found it easiest in Cali. I am in WI now and the winter makes it harder to keep active and I am no better than I was when I was more active.
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Hey! gl with your plans! I hope it works out for you!
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On December 21 2012 01:19 StreetWise wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2012 00:49 Teggy03 wrote: If you want to do something while you're still young may I suggest travelling the world instead and going hiking/surfing/snowboarding/para-sailing/skiing/scuba diving/spelunking or whatever you may fancy. You have your whole life to sit in front of a computer 24/7 but your body is only capable of doing the aforementioned activities properly while you are young.
Just something I'd consider. If you do go into programing for years just make sure you're health doesn't take a hit. Stay active!
my 2 cents. Go to Cali. As you have said you have already travelled the world, but in Cali, you can game and do all the activities mentioned in this post. You can play 10 hours a day and still have time to go to the beach and hit some waves for an hour, go to the mountains and snowboard for the weekend. Gaming full time doesn't mean you can't still be active. As someone who was GM on NA while working full time and being able to keep active, I found it easiest in Cali. I am in WI now and the winter makes it harder to keep active and I am no better than I was when I was more active. This guy does have a point actually. If you ever plan on travelling the world, you may as well do it now before you go serious mode sc2, since HOTS is coming out in March, and then the metagame/balancing is going to be all fucked up for the first 1/2 to 1 year probably (remember what games were like in the first year of sc2?). So I don't think you'd be missing much.
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Well Good luck man !! I must say I am a bit envious of you, not that I like the feeling mind you but.. I am still a bit jealous being able to do pretty much whatever.. go you!! Must have been a lot of personal sacrifices early...
That said. Not having read the rest of the thread just your op. If you do manage to come stateside. Arizona is a cheap place to live. (Im in Tucson) and I am pretty sure the Phoenix Arizona scene should be decent with EG's state side house. Wish I could help you more and would be really cool to see where you end up gl man!!
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Or better yet do what Eternal^ up above quoted/say's !!
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Best of luck. My advice to you would be - keep the passion for the game alive, feed it with everything you have, as without it, you will not get far, and even if you do, if you don't enjoy the journey itself, then the victory will not be as big as it could be. Travel to open events like Dreamhack and try to get your name out there. Finding a gaming house which would take you in would be obviously a plus as well; but there are not many open choices out there, unless you have connections - however, money can be a strong ally in that regard, so you may get lucky.
Hope it works for you, don't let anyone to tell you that you are too old for living your dreams and passion for StarCraft. I know that if I had the money, I'd practically do the same, and yes, we are of the same age.
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how can you be working fro 12 years old? should u be in gr 8 or something
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On December 20 2012 21:43 Dakota_Fanning wrote:28 is not when he's starting. He's already GM. He just needs the GM --> pro jump. GM on SEA is like masters on every other server, I'm not being mean it's already proved by the sc2ranks.com (nearly 2% of the SEA server is in gm..). Still I wish OP best of luck, if you find it fun, do it!
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Ok, as a 28 year old man I think you still can become a RTS pro as well as a progamer. Do not listen to other people its your life, do you really want to look at this moment of your life and realize you didn't become pro because some (probably loser) told you "you're too old"? That's what makes life interesting overcoming obstacles not following the brainless/dreamless masses. Go for it man, I'm 23 and Mid-masters on NA I plan on being a pro gamer (I graduated from university this year) and according to some people in this thread I'm past my prime lol. Lets do it!
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Look, this guy might be manic. Do we care? No, it's not our business.
GIVEN that they information is true, I say do it, man. But I would first contact a professional team to get you situated with practice partners and things, or look to some of the academies (Razer academy, MoW).
Good luck!
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You can do it! Especially if you have money, I can't believe that an academy would refuse you, if you pay them to stay in the house. Try to contact every NA team (maybe FXOna, clarity, light, coL academy, etc.etc.)
Don't give up man, it's hard to make it as a pro gamer, but as you mention it, you're still young and you should still have dreams. I find this post very inspirational, gl to you . ~
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On December 21 2012 01:43 aintthatfunny wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2012 21:43 Dakota_Fanning wrote:On December 20 2012 21:41 Naniwa wrote:28 yo is too old to start 28 is not when he's starting. He's already GM. He just needs the GM --> pro jump. GM on SEA is like masters on every other server, I'm not being mean it's already proved by the sc2ranks.com (nearly 2% of the SEA server is in gm..). Still I wish OP best of luck, if you find it fun, do it!
GM, by definition, cannot house 2% of the people on a server. Masters does that, I believe.
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On December 20 2012 14:52 lifeangelus wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Hey guys and gals. over the last couple of years ive spent most of my time working and playing SC2 every day and managed to get GM on oceania, Masters on NA and korean server. I have been saving every bit of cash I could with the idea of moving from Australia to either america or korea to play starcraft 2 full time with people who have the same appreciation for the game I do.
I figure with the amount of cash Ive saved(alot) ill be able to live comfortably without a job for a fair few years. The problem comes from not having the chance to talk with anybody important to make it happen. Im preety much willing to pay a team house to let me live with them and play everyday until im worthy of actually being part of a team.
I know this is a really wierd post cause I read TL everyday and have never seen a post asking this sought of thing. But if anyone has any ideas of how I can make this happen or giving me something to work towards it would be great.
Cheers in advance!
Edit: I had multiple PM's of people asking me to put the information I replied in the thread so I did.
Im 28. Im not putting anything on the line by doing this. I already own 2 properties out-right in australia so all the extra cash ive had is straight in my bank. Ive worked since I was 12 and am looking to do something I enjoy in life while Im still young.
800 us a month is nothing was expecting it to be much more. Thanks for more advice looking into the ministry of win now.
I have entered a heap of online australian and american tournaments. I stoped the aussie ones cause there is only a couple of good players so I stuck with all the american ones. Not here trying to show me e-peen off just trying to see what sort of options are out there.
Thanks for all the replys im gonna keep reading up on the suggestions.
I have managed to reach GM on hots which I didnt mention and am playing it at a 50/50 rate to wol. Im not really caring where the market ends up for sc2. Im not in it for the money. I just love smashing terran and zerg under the might of the zealot
Thanks for the constant advice. looking into all the different teams mentioned
Started working as a linesman after all my smaller jobs in school. Ended up qualified to work up to 330000v alive and started investing at the age of 18 in stocks and housing. Ive killed all my sperm off so it came with a price
"dont do it" ? I dont want to work anymore should I just sit around and do nothing... or should I travel to all the countrys ive already been to and experienced.. Gotta do what you enjoy To those juding if I have enough to survive. I didnt go into details because its not anyones bussiness. But here you go if it means I can get more information. I own a property in parramatta which was recently valued at 640000. I own a property in st clair which was also valued at 490000. I have had a salary over 200k pa for a fair few years. Ive saved plenty. Thankfully there is only about 10000 people around the world qualified to do my job. I can get a work visa in any country in the world and a job at at anytime I like around the world. If it does not work out going back to my job will take about 15-20minutes to organise.
Please just post any advice SC2 related you can
I would love knowing what you do for work.
On topic; I know if I were to do this, I'd want it to be in Korea. In part because of it simply being the center of skill and in part because I'm interested in the culture/language.
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On December 21 2012 01:57 Nuclease wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2012 01:43 aintthatfunny wrote:On December 20 2012 21:43 Dakota_Fanning wrote:On December 20 2012 21:41 Naniwa wrote:28 yo is too old to start 28 is not when he's starting. He's already GM. He just needs the GM --> pro jump. GM on SEA is like masters on every other server, I'm not being mean it's already proved by the sc2ranks.com (nearly 2% of the SEA server is in gm..). Still I wish OP best of luck, if you find it fun, do it! GM, by definition, cannot house 2% of the people on a server. Masters does that, I believe.
If there are 10000 active players then GM by definition is 2% of the players.
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On December 21 2012 01:57 Nuclease wrote:Show nested quote +On December 21 2012 01:43 aintthatfunny wrote:On December 20 2012 21:43 Dakota_Fanning wrote:On December 20 2012 21:41 Naniwa wrote:28 yo is too old to start 28 is not when he's starting. He's already GM. He just needs the GM --> pro jump. GM on SEA is like masters on every other server, I'm not being mean it's already proved by the sc2ranks.com (nearly 2% of the SEA server is in gm..). Still I wish OP best of luck, if you find it fun, do it! GM, by definition, cannot house 2% of the people on a server. Masters does that, I believe.
GM houses a static 200, not a percentage like the other divisions. So, assuming a low enough server population, GM could be top 2%.
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Just to try and stifle claims that this is a troll, OP did in fact sign up for a LAN in Sydney on January 6th.
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Good luck with your plans. I hope it works out!
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If you're serious about becoming the best you can be, Korea is the only real option. You might have to take a hit in standard of living (i.e. live in a team house with a bunch of younger guys), but I'd bet some of the best teams would take you on if the price were right. You probably will have to learn Korean either before or while you are there (might be hard if you are playing a lot of SC2).
I haven't heard the greatest things about MoW, but maybe that could work for you. Honestly, I don't see much point in doing it if you aren't willing to do it in Korea, as the results you will see elsewhere probably won't be worth your time/effort/money.
Just my 2c.
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On December 21 2012 02:21 HardlyNever wrote: If you're serious about becoming the best you can be, Korea is the only real option. You might have to take a hit in standard of living (i.e. live in a team house with a bunch of younger guys), but I'd bet some of the best teams would take you on if the price were right. You probably will have to learn Korean either before or while you are there (might be hard if you are playing a lot of SC2).
I haven't heard the greatest things about MoW, but maybe that could work for you. Honestly, I don't see much point in doing it if you aren't willing to do it in Korea, as the results you will see elsewhere probably won't be worth your time/effort/money.
Just my 2c.
Korea would be cheaper too since he wouldn't have to fly himself all the way to Europe since he already lives in Austrailia.
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I wonder how long this one will last.
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Live out the dream. Best of luck to you.
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