starcraft 2 is an old boys club. Unless ur friends with anyone "famous" in the community or post huge results on a consistent basis in major events your not going to make a dime at all. Sc2 is not worth trying to be pro. 1.5 years ago sure. Now, not at all. Infact if you don't already have a name for yourself, chances are you won't make one.
I'd suggest an amateur team with likeminded competitive people, and just duking it out at open tournaments. You can also get coached online. For me personally, it was enough to see that progaming isn't my thing... :p
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
It's a matter or whether you want to be a programmer or are willing to put that aside for another job in esports.
If you want to go full pro I suggest getting in touch with the personalities of the community such as Tasteless, Artosis for Korea and Mr Bitter or Total Biscuit for the rest of the world. Let them know you want to do it win or fail and just want to know how you can do it.
On December 20 2012 16:00 lifeangelus wrote: 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
After reading this I really believe you have the money you talk about. I'm just an electrician myself and have a ton of money sitting around waiting for me to do something with it. Do it man. Life is more about experiences, not how good of a job you can hold down.
Don't do it. Unless you already winning online tournaments and cups you won't make it very far. The player crowd is already super-saturated. If you've been playing every day for the past few years and are only in Masters NA, then you definitely need to reconsider this.
Don't bother. I don't mean this as a slight against you but you will be wasting your time.
You don't list a specific amount of money that you saved, to a 17 year old fresh out of high school 10,000 might seem like a lot of money but it won't get you far. Maybe you have over 30,000 who knows. Moving to a foreign country isn't a smart idea unless you're bringing over seven figures with you, you're getting a job, or your going to school there; you're putting yourself at a huge risk. Going to Korea or America won't give you the the safety net that you have in Australia, there are many factors to consider than trying to be the best at a game where the competition is already stiff and even the professionals who've been at it since beta still struggle for fame and money.
You don't list much in the OP about your age, education, and where you currently stand in life.
Chances are you're young. If you aren't going to Uni reconsider it, maybe attend a transitory school like a Community College. You need to have a back up plan, because the odds are against you and you will most likely fail. If you're life only consisted of a dead end job and Starcraft you need to replan your life. This doesn't mean you have to abandon starcraft or esports as a whole, there are many things you can do where you live to further esports where you live.
You could use the money to start a tournament in your town. You said you live in Australia right? If you offer a decent prize pool you might get people like mOOnGLaDe and his team interested. Hell you can even start a lan event every year. You think events like QuakeCon and Dreamhack started out with attendance in the tens of thousands? Fuck no, they started out small but they grew. They found a group of people who were willing to come together and game under one roof. Now these events cost and make millions of dollars. Set up small goals, first year you try to get 50 people to attend and put together a small tournament for one game. Maybe try to get a local caterer for food and contact a few local computer stores seeing if they want to put up banners in exchange for some equipment. Maybe the second year you get a little traction, 150 people show up and you have several tournaments for several games running simultaneously. You found a local sponsor to dish out some money to you in exchange for advertisement. Maybe the local news does a TV spot about it.
The experience you'd gain from trying to run a tournament series or lan event would put your life further ahead than being a try harder at a game. The logistics and networking that is required to do such a thing is quite a burden, but you'd be surprised what you can accomplish when you call some people and put forth an effort. Your odds at doing this IS better than being a pro-gamer. You need to weigh the risks, there are many ways to make a name for yourself in the scene. Some are more advantageous than others.
To all the hate about my rank. You should try maintain gm on two servers and masters on 2. It takes alot of playtime and fitting that around work is tough but I still love it!
On December 20 2012 15:50 lifeangelus wrote: 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
What's your ID?
Yeah i'm curious as to your ID too, despite not playing on SEA i still know most GM level players and your name doesn't ring a bell so far.
Good job attaining financial independence, clearly a foreign concept to the majority of Starcrafters.
On December 20 2012 16:09 TeslasPigeon wrote: Don't bother. I don't mean this as a slight against you but you will be wasting your time.
You don't list a specific amount of money that you saved, to a 17 year old fresh out of high school 10,000 might seem like a lot of money but it won't get you far. Maybe you have over 30,000 who knows. Moving to a foreign country isn't a smart idea unless you're bringing over seven figures with you, you're getting a job, or your going to school there; you're putting yourself at a huge risk. Going to Korea or America won't give you the the safety net that you have in Australia, there are many factors to consider than trying to be the best at a game where the competition is already stiff and even the professionals who've been at it since beta still struggle for fame and money.
You don't list much in the OP about your age, education, and where you currently stand in life.
Chances are you're young. If you aren't going to Uni reconsider it, maybe attend a transitory school like a Community College. You need to have a back up plan, because the odds are against you and you will most likely fail. If you're life only consisted of a dead end job and Starcraft you need to replan your life. This doesn't mean you have to abandon starcraft or esports as a whole, there are many things you can do where you live to further esports where you live.
You could use the money to start a tournament in your town. You said you live in Australia right? If you offer a decent prize pool you might get people like mOOnGLaDe and his team interested. Hell you can even start a lan event every year. You think events like QuakeCon and Dreamhack started out with attendance in the tens of thousands? Fuck no, they started out small but they grew. They found a group of people who were willing to come together and game under one roof. Now these events cost and make millions of dollars. Set up small goals, first year you try to get 50 people to attend and put together a small tournament for one game. Maybe try to get a local caterer for food and contact a few local computer stores seeing if they want to put up banners in exchange for some equipment. Maybe the second year you get a little traction, 150 people show up and you have several tournaments for several games running simultaneously. You found a local sponsor to dish out some money to you in exchange for advertisement. Maybe the local news does a TV spot about it.
The experience you'd gain from trying to run a tournament series or lan event would put your life further ahead than being a try harder at a game. The logistics and networking that is required to do such a thing is quite a burden, but you'd be surprised what you can accomplish when you call some people and put forth an effort. Your odds at doing this IS better than being a pro-gamer. You need to weigh the risks, there are many ways to make a name for yourself in the scene. Some are more advantageous than others.
On the topic of wasting time: it pays to read threads XD
Hey TeslasPigeon - might want to read the thread. Dude doesn't need life advice. He's got tons of cash, and this is what he wants to do with his money. Seriously - he's said it like five times so far.
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.
On December 20 2012 16:13 Ace03x wrote: Hey TeslasPigeon - might want to read the thread. Dude doesn't need life advice. He's got tons of cash, and this is what he wants to do with his money. Seriously - he's said it like five times so far.
Well fuck me right? I still stand by my suggestion of growing his local scene than wasting time traveling under the guise of "playing full time."
by all means, spend a few months in a place like MoW.... $800usd/month is really not bad.
just throwing it out there, but if you end up having a lot more than you need, take some of the money and put it somewhere where it'll benefit other people. donate it and then spend some time wherever you give to see how your giving pans out. sounds corny, but you can do things with money to help generations.