So recently I have been thinking about my place in the world... and I've decided to go all in on SC2. I've never been successful academically or socially, and im not very attractive, but im good at gaming because its all ive ever done for the past 12 years or so of my life (im 20 atm). I've decided to quit my job so i get more time to train. I think i've got what it takes and from interviews ive gathered that i need to train a ton to become a better gamer so i've decided to go all or nothing or die tryin (hence the title)
I've quit my job at tesco night shift which gives me much more time to train, atm I am a pretty good master league zerg and have been massing games to get as good as possible asap so i can starthopefully succeeding in life. This is pretty much all I have left
Not sure why im making this, just kinda wanted other peoples opinions etc. Anyone got any training advice? atm i am just massing games on the ladder and analysing my own replays for 10 hours a day
gonna document my chronicles here if anyone has any interest
wish me luck
-Andy
edit: If anyone wants to hit me up for some custom games, you can find me on battle.net: my char code is AndyPandyPie.314
good luck lad, really inspires me to see a man with such a moulded vision when you are eating apertifs with Gregory Idra Fields in Atlantis gimme a call x
If you are thru with all of that, make sure you have a training schedule and method. You may want to get some tips from some long time progamers if you can get a whole on them.
For training advice, there are several threads on people want to go pro and in them there are alot of tips. You may want to use the search function to excavate those thread. One important is keep healthy, dont play untill 4AM, diet on take-out pizza etc. You need practice like you are on a full-time job. Dont play non-stop, take time to go out, eat your meals on time, take a nap when you are tired etc...
Good luck fellow zerg ! I highly recommend you compete in weekly cups such as Go4SC2s or Zotac Cups. you will meet some strong opponents and it will increase your reputation
People are going to tell you that you're doing a mistake, but remember, you will only have been doing a mistake if it doesn't work out. If you succeed, you will have confidence that you can do something if you put your mind to it and will become a progamer, if you fail, however, you will probably end up losing even more confidence and possibly drown in hopelessness. Remember, all of it depends on you. It's your turn now to accomplish something.
Good luck man. I'm a ~mid master league zerg too. I wouldn't advise just laddering for 10 hours straight as practise; I used to spend most of my practise time laddering and I found that eventually I just hit a wall where more ladder games wasn't really helping me (or even improving my ladder point score). It's better to target specific maps and match ups 1 at a time and focus on them with a practise partner. Having said that if you want to practise ZvZ some time I'll probably be up for it (I'm planning on playing a lot over summer when I finish my exams at the end of this week) I'm Moose.746 on the EU server.
Analysing your replays is always good, but sometimes discussing problems with other players or watching the replays of other players can be beneficial too as it gives you a different perspective on certain things.
Wow... almost sounds like a troll (not successful anywhere, not handsome, living with your parents, etc), but still gonna answer.
1/good luck, I respect people who know what they want and fight for it 2/maybe, think carefully about your future. Mainly, think about a plan B. For instance, you may decide that if you haven't succeeded in progaming 1 year from now, you go back to work/school/real life. Real life has actually a lot to offer, event to people who don't graduate from MIT/are super handsome etc etc. Actually, there are quite a few semi pro gamers who DO have a real life/a school degree/etc.
What I just said mostly comes from professional poker. Where its much easier to succeed than in SC2...
On May 31 2011 22:00 snexwang wrote: You ought to at least be studying something (even just self learning) and working a part-time/casual job. You'd still have plenty of time for SC.
I assume that you have another acc since the one you mentioned has no games played for like a week. And I wish you good luck since if you dont try this, you'll always wonder what had happend if you did. As other have said before, make a schedule for your day to keep yourself in line when playing and not. I think you can steal one from proteams if you search around a bit and then modify it to work as your own.
On May 31 2011 22:00 snexwang wrote: You ought to at least be studying something (even just self learning) and working a part-time/casual job. You'd still have plenty of time for SC.
You're only 20. Don't throw your life away.
I agree, until you are able to actually support yourself by playing SC2 It wouldn't hurt to have a part time job or be studying something in case things go sideways, either way best of luck!
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