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LaLLsc2
United States502 Posts
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SpicyCrab
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Clearly it is the only sensible thing to do. | ||
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Enervate
United States1769 Posts
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dani_caliKorea
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canucks12
Canada812 Posts
Work hard and it will pay off in more ways than you can probably even imagine. Try to fix your laziness problem. Laziness (sloth) is bad and it will never be beneficial to you ever. If you put your mind to it and try hard in whatever - be it sports or studies or whatnot - you will find that you will eventually get rid of your laziness - at least to an extent. Anyways, to sum up... join a sports team, study and get into a decent college that has a good college atmosphere. Follow your interests. I'd also limit the amount of time that you spend playing games, but that may be a bit much. - You also sound a bit egotistical... I'd try to get rid of that if I were you. Sure, be confident in your skills, but don't grow an ego. Nothing good comes out of an ego. - edit: I would wait off on your dream to become big in the e-sports scene. Wait a few more years and then ask yourself if that is really what you want to do. | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
Also - you can still play games in college and still do well. It won't be the end of the world. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
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GTR
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On October 20 2010 13:22 SonuvBob wrote: ESPORTS requires a 4-year degree. i actually think there are degrees in ESPORTS in korea. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9107 Posts
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TheWarbler
United States1659 Posts
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Snuggles
United States1865 Posts
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Seide
United States831 Posts
College is a must do these days. I just graduated a with computer science degree(focus in media and usability). Working a pretty easy testing job as a contractor at microsoft, and spend my free time playing Starcraft/Tennis. Despite the job market not being so good, and thus me having a lower paying job than I was hoping for, it doesn't really matter to me much. I have enough money to support my hobbies, thus I am happy. As far as school goes, im not that great at math, I took up to Calculus 3 and various statistics courses, barely scraped by in those :D For you and really for anyone pursuing a degree, I would really recomend something that has a technical aspect... As those jobs are usually higher paying and more stable... Being a CS major Id recommend CS, as I find it pretty easy to just be kinda lazy at and still succeed, but that is just me and I know CS is not for everyone x_x. Also you mentioned you live in an area that is low on jobs. That right there is even more reason to pursue education. Also College is so fun man, I wouldn't miss out on that experience for a million bux, honest. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17733 Posts
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
On October 20 2010 12:04 Hikko wrote: Community College is easy. Easier than high school. It is more than worth it. lolwut? I did my first year and a half at what might be considered a community college and it was a huge wakeup call as to how much more difficult post-secondary studies were over high school. I've seen quite a lot of people drop out first year. Perhaps the US is different or you attended an exceptionally soft college (or difficult high school). I would recommend a technical program to anyone who isn't academically inclined. Wages (at least in Canada) have been rising in many tech-school fields as more people have ambitions of high-tier jobs than the economy can support. | ||
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Hikko
United States1126 Posts
On October 21 2010 09:30 3clipse wrote: lolwut? I did my first year and a half at what might be considered a community college and it was a huge wakeup call as to how much more difficult post-secondary studies were over high school. I've seen quite a lot of people drop out first year. Perhaps the US is different or you attended an exceptionally soft college (or difficult high school). I would recommend a technical program to anyone who isn't academically inclined. Wages (at least in Canada) have been rising in many tech-school fields as more people have ambitions of high-tier jobs than the economy can support. Looking back, I guess I had a lot more rigorous work in high school than most people, and I was more than accustomed to staying up all night for projects, sacrificing entire weekends for school work, and working during classes that weren't as serious (currently, lecture classes) on other classes that I felt deserved my attention more while somehow managing straight A's while playing sports as well >.> It sounds like a crazy lifestyle on paper, and probably is, but it is extremely fun--by easy I mean that community college is manageable. It is a wake up for people that just took it easy in high school, but compared to AP classes it was a nice ride for me. Still, Community College is a much better route for _anyone_ these days. You can't even work as a bag boy around here if you're a high school drop out, and with just a high school degree it's about the only job you can get. | ||
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itzme_petey
United States1400 Posts
On October 20 2010 11:09 TheWarbler wrote: Hello, I am 15 and I live in the Western part of New York State. I am almost 16, and gonna get a job soon. But my parents want me to go to college and do something. But I am not amazing at school. I am good at social and terrible at math. Ok at science and good at English. I like playing sports but I also love spending hours and Hon, star craft 2 and soon WoW Cataclysm. I don't play any school sports cause I know I am good enough but to lazy to put the effort. I have a media class where we film stuff and put it on TV. Our school has its own PEG channel in the Western New York area. I really enjoy doing that and Directing videos. From where I live their is not any jobs. My brother is unemployed and looking for a job. When I get out of High School I have no idea what I want to do. Im a 1050 diamond Zerg. I keep practicing and maybe someday hope to be good. I am 1800 PSR at Hon. I'm good at games I practice. I was at 1800 in WoW arena when it mattered. I decided to post this on TL because a lot of you are older and have figured out what to do. My dream is to do something that effects people in E-Sports. Maybe you TLers can help me out. TL;dr READ IT I TOOK MY TIME! 5(Minutes) Why arent people flaming him for this. What an absurd statement to make. Your whole life is going to suck unless you put in the effort. Video game success isnt true effort because you already have experience with it and were successful in the past. However, playing sports or going to college is going to take alot of REAL effort since you have never applied yourself to the ventures. | ||
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bbq ftw
United States139 Posts
but to lazy to put the effort This, above all, is the problem. FWIW, I don't think that an undergraduate education is all that helpful to a good segment of people, especially those too lazy to do the work necessary to pass. If you're willing to put in the effort and sacrifice the time to get to where you want to be, you'll do fine. Cliche, trite, whatever. It is completely true. My advice to you is simple: shape up, drop at least one of your game addictions, preferably two, and stay the hell away from the computer if you can't control yourself. You'll be surprised as to how much spare time you have. Time which you can use to be productive. If you're really interested in making e-sports-ish videos, then put in the effort to find the people that can actually help you on that road. If you're not willing to do even that--I don't know what to say. | ||
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TheWarbler
United States1659 Posts
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Hikko
United States1126 Posts
On October 22 2010 04:46 TheWarbler wrote: Its not that im not willing to put the effort to go to college but to figure out what I want to do. You're making the wrong choice if you don't even attempt college, and you won't ever make enough money to comfortably support yourself. It's worse if you drop out of high school to play video games. | ||
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TheWarbler
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