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Coupled together with the events in Libya and Japan the world has been a literal uproar lately. So many innocent lives extracted from this world in the brutality of this reality we find ourselves in. Crazed maniacs in power, catastrophic natural disasters, and all the while it's beating down on us all as simultaneous and constant as the rays of the Sun itself. It seems almost perpetual and my condolences and best of wishes go out to both those in Libya, Japan, and the countless other regions of the world that the media neglects to also report their own hardships and suffering.
And when I saw a blog earlier on the site today that asked whether or not you should be bought out of what you enjoy it made me shudder. Where some one's father offered them a bribe to give up Starcraft 2, and give up even watching or following the industry altogether. It literally made me cringe. Both of a father who would knowingly ask their own son to give up what they believe in (under any circumstance) and both of a son who would even consider such a self sacriligious bribe. I'm not bashing anyone, just surprised in general that people would even consider selling out what they believe in and enjoy. Even when it's from your own father.
Life is absolutely too short, people. Do not take any monetary compensation over your beliefs and what you enjoy. If you make a living from what you enjoy doing even more power to you. But by no circumstance let money dictate what it is you will or what not do. Because when you do that, you no longer have control over your own life. Your own destiny. Your own anything. You live a life devoid of true free will, where after a prolonged period of exposure to this idea where selling out your beliefs is okay, you will actually convince yourself that a roof over your head is all that matters in life. And it's not, because whether or not you chose to believe it, there are plenty of people who are homeless who live happy lives.
It doesn't have to be Starcraft 2. It can be anything. Never sell yourself short. Because if you had been the one in Japan dyeing that day you would have died a sell out. You would have died as someone who did not believe in being proud of what they do and enjoy.
I can honestly say that though I have yet to achieve my goal of making a living off of gaming and being a professional gamer (and there is no guarantee I ever will, regardless of how dedicated I may be), I would have died happy knowing at least I had tried. And I would have enjoyed every moment of my life up until it's premature and abrupt end.
I'm not here to superimpose religious beliefs (because quite frankly I am nowhere close to religious) but the actual idea that people are still even having to ask for advice like that is just baffling. It's really a logical question of would you rather die tomorrow a sellout or as a person that lived a happy life who never sold themselves or what they believed in short for a cheap buck and never gave up.
And to those who believe that money makes the world go around and that the 'reality' of it all is money talks I suggest you look again at the bigger picture. The world is the way it is because we just let that ideology slide by uncontested. If you ever want to see any strides made towards a better tomorrow you'd best learn that money does equivocate to a better world. In fact in the grand scheme of things money has caused more harm, bloodshell, and heartbreaks to this world than good and if you ask me that's just plain stupid considering why currency was even invented. And the funniest thing of all, it doesn't even have to be money. If it's acceptance, that's even worse. Don't try to sell yourself out for some one's acceptance that couldn't accept you for who you truly are. Money is one issue but an acquaintanceship you're better off without is just plain foolishly elementary.
So my condolences again go out to the world in an ever elevating state of chaos. I know an innumerable amount are facing brutal hardships. So to you all let me say this: If you're going to go out, go out fighting what you believed for. Anything from gaming to to that sports team you embarassed to rep, to that hobby you think of as humiliating.
Be ashamed of nothing. Sacrifice nothing. Live happy. Die happy.
  
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Papua New Guinea152 Posts
Uh, I think you're being a little melodramatic. First of all, let me just say that there is always an exception to every rule.
I mean all the kid's father wanted was for him to focus on school in his last few months of high school or whatever, it's not like he's being bribed to give up Starcraft 2 (or whatever else he is passionate about) FOREVER. I don't think it's too unreasonable for his parents to be concerned about his grades, and spending some of the time he would be watching/playing SC2 on school shoudn't be too objectionable.
You're just making a mountain out a molehill --- you're taking this one trivial scenario and comparing it to selling out or world poverty or global warming or natural disasters? Seriously?
Yes, people should do what they want to do with their lives, but they shouldn't do things that will make others feel bad or uncomfortable. In other words, people should have the right to liberty and autonomy and the pursuit of happiness, but they should also consider the feelings of others. It's not always about what you can legally do or not do, you also should take into account the ethical and moral characteristics of any given action or situation.
For what it's worth,
It was a nice read though...
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i never have control over my life. because i have nothing money is everything because i might not be able to eat next week. so i have to sacrifice lots just to pay the bills. i doubt i will ever be happy. and when you have no money, money can really be the only thing that can make you happy in life. everything else is a temporary fix from the depression you are in.
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Cheers to you Fodder. I believe in the same thing.
Even here in Japan, I think I can survive after this huge disaster hit and I hope I can continue with my simple job, not caring much about the money, just having the amount necessary to pay the bills and eat, so I can pursue my dream.
Some of my friends gave up on the job we were currently together on, just for the money, and there is one particular fellow who is super unhappy with what he is doing right now, and he had to stop playing games almost completely. Poor him  I wonder if he is going to come back here.
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Money is the symbolic representation of everything that is valuable. Most cultures develop a monetary system because it just makes sense.
People want valuable things, therefore, money is the most important thing to the vast majority of people. Those who it isn't important to either have to much of it or just happen to want something that doesn't cost money and can't be bought.
Saying people should stop caring about money is like telling a starving child to stop caring about food. It's an integral part of life and culture and in fact we would live in relative anarchy without our current monetary system.
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leadphyc:
i never have control over my life. because i have nothing money is everything because i might not be able to eat next week. so i have to sacrifice lots just to pay the bills. i doubt i will ever be happy. and when you have no money, money can really be the only thing that can make you happy in life. everything else is a temporary fix from the depression you are in.
I'm really sorry man. If I were in your shoes I would draw happiness from the fact that at least you have pride for yourself as a person with integrity and hasn't given up. Though I do disagree with your idea of money can buy you happinses. It can't. It really, honestly can't. At the very most it can buy you what you don't physically have, and unless you learn complacency you will always want more and never be happy. It can never actually buy you hapinses itself. Even if you are as rich as Bill Gates. Thankfully Bill Gates is rich and he enjoys and loves what he does and thats why he is happy. Like I said, seek happiness not from an external source, such as money, but from within. You will always be happy then, regardless of anything external.
zeroISM: Cheers to you Fodder. I believe in the same thing. Even here in Japan, I think I can survive after this huge disaster hit and I hope I can continue with my simple job, not caring much about the money, just having the amount necessary to pay the bills and eat, so I can pursue my dream. Some of my friends gave up on the job we were currently together on, just for the money, and there is one particular fellow who is super unhappy with what he is doing right now, and he had to stop playing games almost completely. Poor him I wonder if he is going to come back here.
If only he had understood just how much more important some things are than money. My hats off to you though, I have a lot of respect for anyone who truely understands and lives out the life they owe themselves. And even more props to you for having such a positive and logical outlook on life after such a horrible disaster. Just goes to show the power we all hold within and that money could never buy us.
42x10:
Money is the symbolic representation of everything that is valuable. Most cultures develop a monetary system because it just makes sense.
People want valuable things, therefore, money is the most important thing to the vast majority of people. Those who it isn't important to either have to much of it or just happen to want something that doesn't cost money and can't be bought.
Saying people should stop caring about money is like telling a starving child to stop caring about food. It's an integral part of life and culture and in fact we would live in relative anarchy without our current monetary system.
Money is not the symbolic representation of everything valuable unless you consider happiness itself worthless. And obviously you can't buy happiness. If you believe so, you can make 10 times what my family makes but I can guarantee you with that mindset you are probably living a very depressing life without complacency, peace of mind, or happiness. For some people unfortunately they've convinced themselves they have these things when it is painfully appearent they live a sad life. And if you think my idea of a sad life is a bum on the street you're wrong. My idea of a sad life is exactly what it should mean. A life without happiness. And for the milltionth time, happiness can not nor will it ever be able to be bought.
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krndandaman:
exactly how I feel.
nice read, but way too dramatic over something very trivial.
You think what I said is primarily focused on that father and his son? Not even close. That was just the final straw that made me want to say this all. It is not exactly the center of my focus at all. It was just the final trigger. I was speaking in an extremely global sense. I wasn't even remotely pinning every amount of my focus on one extremely trivial situation. Sorry if there was any confusion. 
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Plenty more homeless live in misery than do in joy.
It's good to see youth with an outlook such as yours though
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