Saved alot of cash. Want to move to play full time - Page 13
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
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ShatterZer0
United States1843 Posts
Good luck, have fun! | ||
iMAniaC
Norway703 Posts
Also, be sure to avoid game-related injuries! If you wreck your wrists, you may not be able to return to your old job and that would be a real shame, considering it's your foolproof backup plan... | ||
fire_brand
Canada1123 Posts
The problem I have when people say they're going to do this is they do it while completely sabotaging the rest of their lives or having no backup plan. You've got the right mentality going into this. That being said have a full plan. Have a schedule, have benchmarks, have ways to evaluate where you are in terms of your goals. If things aren't working out know when to cut your loses and go back to your day job. Generally people who try this out don't have a plan and end up spinning their tires for months or years not really knowing where they're going, or what they want out of it. If you have clear goals and a comprehensive plan it will be easier to be successful. In the end no one can force you to live your life in a certain way, or follow a specific path. They can tell you to, or suggest you do something else, but it's all up to you. If this is what you want from life go for it. Just make sure you have the passion to realize it. And if any point it stops being reward or fun, or you're not getting out of it what you want to then have the humility to realize it's not worth it. GL man. | ||
ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
On December 21 2012 00:30 fire_brand wrote: If you have the financial stability to do it, do it. The problem I have when people say they're going to do this is they do it while completely sabotaging the rest of their lives or having no backup plan. You've got the right mentality going into this. That being said have a full plan. Have a schedule, have benchmarks, have ways to evaluate where you are in terms of your goals. If things aren't working out know when to cut your loses and go back to your day job. Generally people who try this out don't have a plan and end up spinning their tires for months or years not really knowing where they're going, or what they want out of it. If you have clear goals and a comprehensive plan it will be easier to be successful. In the end no one can force you to live your life in a certain way, or follow a specific path. They can tell you to, or suggest you do something else, but it's all up to you. If this is what you want from life go for it. Just make sure you have the passion to realize it. And if any point it stops being reward or fun, or you're not getting out of it what you want to then have the humility to realize it's not worth it. GL man. Back up plans give you an excuse to fail man. :D | ||
mrRoflpwn
United States2618 Posts
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Detri
United Kingdom683 Posts
Also ignore the morons who say you are too old etc, they are just using that as a crutch as to why they are terrible, if you put the hours in there is no reason why you couldn't be successful, the reason why most progamers are young is PURELY the fact younger people have more free time to practice. | ||
ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
On December 21 2012 00:38 Detri wrote: Also ignore the morons who say you are too old etc, they are just using that as a crutch as to why they are terrible, if you put the hours in there is no reason why you couldn't be successful, the reason why most progamers are young is PURELY the fact younger people have more free time to practice. This is actually entirely true. I actually laugh when people say you are too old to play Starcraft when you are still in your 20's. Ever seen professional pianists when they are still banging away on the keys until they're 80? Lol. | ||
Titan999
Denmark67 Posts
On December 21 2012 00:02 Arnstein wrote: OP, please think of a worst case scenario; this can fail. You might spend all your money and time playing, and you won't win anything etc. Do you still think it's worth it? If your answer is yes, then there is absolutely NO doubt that you should do this, and I wish you good luck and have fun :D Edit: Chill, get out! Best quote yet... It sounds like you are in it for the love and not the money, so what is the worst thing that could happend. If you have the means to support you go do it and remember to have fun while doing it. Best of luck | ||
Teggy03
34 Posts
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. | ||
nottapro
202 Posts
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
On December 21 2012 00:51 nottapro wrote: Move to Korea, get a small appartment, hit up their more prestigious lan centers, play on their ladder everyday. If you get into Master's League you'll be in a better position to negotiate with teams. Tbh I don't think he would have to move to Korea since he already lives in Austrailia. I'm pretty sure the latency wouldn't be too big of a problem at all as I've seen mOOnglade and a bunch of other fellow Aussies laddering away on KR. It actually just might be better for him to practice and get his skill leve up on KR at home before quitting his job and moving overseas. | ||
nottapro
202 Posts
On December 21 2012 00:57 QuanticTheognis wrote: Tbh I don't think he would have to move to Korea since he already lives in Austrailia. I'm pretty sure the latency wouldn't be too big of a problem at all as I've seen mOOnglade and a bunch of other fellow Aussies laddering away on KR. It actually just might be better for him to practice and get his skill leve up on KR at home before quitting his job and moving overseas. Definitely agreed, I didn't know how about the latency issues were. If its nominal, stay at home. | ||
SpikeStarcraft
Germany2095 Posts
I think it kinda depends on what you want to achieve and how hardcore you want to work for it. If money is not an issue and you want to maximize your skills i would go to korea and get into a gaming house and learn korean. Maybe contact someone like reis (manager of mc and sk gaming) who has those contacts. That would be the hardest way but i think thats the way you can become really good but it takes a huge amount of dedication. Learning korean would be difficult for sure but you get some language skills that can be beneficial outside of e-sports too and its probably the most efficient way to get to the very top. but it might be more a job than a fun year. if you just want to play a lot of tourneys and have a fun experience in esports i would go to europe because there are a lot of dailies, weeklies, small tourneys, where you can actually win some pocket money now and then. There are actually a lot of skilled foreigners which offer coaching or like to share opinions. I guess at your skill level you would have to buy coaching from progamers. I dont know if you can get into millenium house but i would be a bit reluctant to go to mow house. Im not sure if its that awesome. I would just go near krefeld where homestorycup is and you can ask if you can train in that house, because there are usually people like monchi, cloud and real around and you can have a really fun experience at homestorycup. Also you can go to a lot of open brackets in europe for example at the dreamhack and iem tourneys, gamescom is cologne, stockholm is not that far and you could compete in the german eps. well and in the us im not so sure.. theres a lot of money for top tier tournaments and a lot of teams buy top players but i dont know so much about it. | ||
terfand
Russian Federation119 Posts
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rezzan
Sweden329 Posts
even if u are masters/gm that doesnt mean jack unless you have a personality,quality that they need. good luck though. | ||
CursedRich
United Kingdom737 Posts
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NuKE[vZ]
United States249 Posts
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. couldn't agree more.... use your time off for more productive things like this. You can also sit home in Aussie and devote loads of time to sc2 there as well without having to move anywhere. No pro house will be willing to house you if you expect the pros to teach you. MoW house will be full of lower tier players like yourself(and I mean that in the nicest way possible, not a jab at your skills), whilst the pros will just grind out hours upon hours of ladder games and not be willing to pracc vs. you to teach you. So do what Teggy said... use the $$ to travel the World and experience it and if you have money left over and time you can just sit home and grind out ladder for 12+ hours a day until you're ready to move back into the real world and/or you actually get extremely good that you start winning events and eventually get picked up to a pro team and move into their house. Regardless of what you do I wish you the best of luck, and keep chasing whatever dreams you may have. | ||
ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
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buddylee
United States128 Posts
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