Thankyou for writing this, Wheat. As someone involved in commentating on wrestling shows and also trying to break into the world of esports broadcast while also working a fulltime job, it's nice to see people acknowledging just how hard and draining this is. Luckily, like you, I have a supportive relationship that allows me to pursue this.

You're an inspiration to people like me, and I hope things work out well for you.

hogwash

United States1 Post

July 15 2011 03:15 GMT

#302

Yo Wheat,

Very interesting post, I think it's always helpful/positive for people in the progaming world to show the IRL side of things a little bit (did Day9 ever do that daily about his day-to-day life?)... it puts things in perspective.

Anyway, this really resonated with me (I have a wife and young son) and we're both working jobs to support something else we're both really passionate about (farming) and which we hope to transition to full-time. Having someone with you for the ride 100% is so important. I sometimes wonder how that is for people in the progaming world. You hear about team houses in Korea and EU/US gamers living and training together -- definitely an interesting and fun experience, I imagine, but the pressure/focus on the game has to be incredible.

Sometimes I wonder if older players like White-Ra are so cool and composed partially because they have so much else going on in their lives (wife, job) that's outside of the game?

Anyway, thanks again for the very insightful post.

Bswhunter

Australia954 Posts

July 15 2011 06:56 GMT

#303

Fuck your so baller.

God your life makes my friends looking fucking terrible by comparsion. One of them WANTS to end up working under a person like you (Not as a caster, but in IT). People need more drive. Its disgusting. I hope your son grows up to become the president or atleast the greatest progamer of all time.

EDIT: Has miniwheat been to a live a event? If not you should so totally take him to the Blizcon GSL finals. That would be so fucking baller.

ArhK

France287 Posts

August 10 2011 20:29 GMT

#304

Interested insight, thank you for taking the time to write that down. I am an IT consultant myself and even though I am at the very beginning of my career, I struggle to find the correct balance between gaming, work and more conventionnal "social" activities. You are lucky to have a strong family to rely on

.

Keep up the awesome work you do for the gaming community,

Best Regards.

MediaOcrity

Australia25 Posts

August 12 2011 01:03 GMT

#305

djWHEAT.
Your story choked me up. I have been an avid watcher of your shows, EG masters cup, Kings of Tin and the like. And it is just amazing what you are doing for this community.

Without you we wouldn't be where we are.

Hopefully one day you can work in eSports full time with a steady paycheck so you can give even more (If that is at all possible) because for our community to survive, we need you.

Thankyou for changing mine, and many others lives.

We <3 you wheat

ToToRo87

Greece8 Posts

September 20 2011 00:20 GMT

#306

Damn Wheat, I can't think of a lot of things to say... I'm not that good at expressing emotions through words, so I'll just leave it to that:

An immensely huge thanks to you and to everybody (mostly jen and mini) supporting you for being who you are and showing a unique dedication to this embryonic cause called e-sports. Mark my words, in a few years from now when e-sports will be globally acknowledged as a legit full-time job and entertainment, you'll be recognised as the pioneer and the dreamer that changed it all... You're a huge totem in the e-sports world wheat, take great pride in that! Take care mate, this was a great read; nice to know a few things about the man behind the shows! :D

Ajaco92

Norway152 Posts

September 23 2011 01:40 GMT

#307

On May 28 2011 01:49 Adebisi wrote:
Keep up the great work Wheat, if anyone deserves to be able to support themselves fully off eSports, its you

. I think you'll be there soon!

Looks like you were right

I'm really happy to hear that djwheat now can do e-Sports full time.

You deserve this! Keep on doing what you do the best; be an awesome caster, as well as an incredibly nice, funny and handsome guy.

Xyik

Canada728 Posts

September 23 2011 01:53 GMT

#308

That is crazy to hear and surprising, I hope you can manage to balance family time, work and gaming into your life. Thanks for sharing this.

JohnnyNicks

Canada7 Posts

September 27 2011 05:23 GMT

#309

Not surprised by the schedule. I'm doing full time work and trying to finish my thesis at the same time and its 18 hour days 7 days a week. The fact that you juggle a family on top of that is crazy impressive.

I hope your family knows how much you mean to the community and for that we owe them a huge debt of gratitude. If only you were a 10 storey staypuff marshmellow man so there'd be enough of you to go around...

iamtheoneneo

144 Posts

September 27 2011 08:52 GMT

#310

interesting read...im glad you work in the real world, its a good balance/perspective to have.
As a 27yr old male myself im not too impressed about your schedule though, yes you can make excuses for your behavior because your wifes awesome yadda yadda, but gaming > your son?
I would go as far as to say that's a serious issue.

IMO there is a line between being old and having RL commitments (ie you, whitera) and being young, free and being able to do sc 24/7 in a house full of stinky geeks.... and I think regardless of who you are and what the community is about RL should ALWAYS take priority.

The community is fickle after all and all it takes is for a DOTA2, or a diablo3 or a C&C5 and your community is instantly reduced.

I never liked this idea that some people have of "sc is the be all and end all" because one day it will disappear and what will those people do then?

FILM

United States663 Posts

October 01 2011 04:41 GMT

#311

Love you wheat.

ReboundEU

508 Posts

October 20 2011 12:45 GMT

#312

Dunno if this is a good question or not, but recently u announced going to twitch.tv together with 2GD. My question would be.....is twitch.tv like a payed job? Is it stable enough to ... let's say "migrate" from the bank to twitch.tv as a stable job, that could make u 100% e-sport available?

Related to your blog, u just made me respect u and what you do and HOW u do it atleast 10 times more!!

reneg

United States859 Posts

October 25 2011 02:46 GMT

#313

Much love for the wheat <3.

It's ridiculous, and i feel like a lot of people don't realize how much goes on behind the scenes in a normal day for someone who's at the forefront in ESPORTS (though i realize wheat just changed jobs!!!)