EPTBut the dream passed, and reality entered(or so I thought.) I was very debate-origented, so I thought I'd be a lawyer. Then around 8th grade or so I really got into quantum physics and string theory and the such, reading physics books in my free time, and then I wanted to be a physicist.
And then, I still remember the day. We had burnt cd's of SCBW, and my family would just play a couple games every now and then. I eventually got into playing RP's and custom games on SCBW, and I played that for a good year or so.
And then SC2 came out. And for a while, everything was normal. Then one of my friends managed to get a beta key for me. From there, I was addicted.
Let me put that out there, I love Starcraft Two with all my heart and soul. Along with my family, my dogs, and so forth Starcraft II is really the focus of my life right now. I love improving, I love practicing. I managed to get from bronze to where I am now, 2600 diamond zerg. And for the past month or so I've realized I actually have a chance to achieve my dream job: becoming a pro gamer.
But recently I've grown very concerned, especially as of late. If I commit, I know I can make it big, I just...I believe. And I don't just want to be one of those people who just are famous in the scene for a year and then disappear, I want to make it big, Nada style(I will never achieve Boxer fame though I admit, and even Nada fame will be hard to achieve.) But again, recently just questions have been burning in my mind, and I really want to ask the TL communitiy, who I <3 with all my heart.
1.How much should I practice a day if I really want to make it big?
2.Is it possible to support myself entirely off of SC?
3.What would I do after I'm like 40 or something, what do I do then(since if I took a "normal" job career I would still have a job then, or something?)
I'm really struggling in the shadows, I ask for your wisdom to light up my path.
Edits:
On December 21 2010 04:51 Pandain wrote:
Hello there and thank you for all yoru responses so far, it has all been very enlightening and I've been pondering it for a while now. Just to address a couple concerns/what not.
1.I'm not doing it for the money.
I'm doing it because I love the game. I full hardidly realize that this will probably pay less than if I took a "normal" job, but I would accept that if I just find out just how much I can support myself off of starcraft.
2.I have the dedication.
Somewhat going along with #1, I can put in the hours. I can(and have) put in +8 hours during a single day, and if I could play more I gladly would. Right now I'm only "allowed" to be on electronics an hour during a day according to my mom (-.-) but of course have been playing for longer, even considering going down during the night just to play some more(especially if I focus more on school.)
Just to ask some more questions, here are a couple I've now been wondering.
1.Could I support a family off of this?(like nony and white ra, I'm unsure as to their situations)
2.If I really want to go pro, like try to support myself fully off of starcraft, would I join a team? Is that really my only choice nowadays is to get sponsered? Furthormore, should I plan moving to korea? I know this wouldn't happen for a long time, but I'm just trying to get my thoughts on paper now.
3.How many hours should I at least be putting in in starcraft now? Right now I would say I average 2-3 hours playing starcraft and like 4-5 watching streams/day9 or so forth. Some days I average more, such as weekends when I play for like 5 hours or something.
Hello there and thank you for all yoru responses so far, it has all been very enlightening and I've been pondering it for a while now. Just to address a couple concerns/what not.
1.I'm not doing it for the money.
I'm doing it because I love the game. I full hardidly realize that this will probably pay less than if I took a "normal" job, but I would accept that if I just find out just how much I can support myself off of starcraft.
2.I have the dedication.
Somewhat going along with #1, I can put in the hours. I can(and have) put in +8 hours during a single day, and if I could play more I gladly would. Right now I'm only "allowed" to be on electronics an hour during a day according to my mom (-.-) but of course have been playing for longer, even considering going down during the night just to play some more(especially if I focus more on school.)
Just to ask some more questions, here are a couple I've now been wondering.
1.Could I support a family off of this?(like nony and white ra, I'm unsure as to their situations)
2.If I really want to go pro, like try to support myself fully off of starcraft, would I join a team? Is that really my only choice nowadays is to get sponsered? Furthormore, should I plan moving to korea? I know this wouldn't happen for a long time, but I'm just trying to get my thoughts on paper now.
3.How many hours should I at least be putting in in starcraft now? Right now I would say I average 2-3 hours playing starcraft and like 4-5 watching streams/day9 or so forth. Some days I average more, such as weekends when I play for like 5 hours or something.
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