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Divine110
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Thank guys for help! much love <3 | ||
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Entropic
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sTsCompleted
United States380 Posts
Luckily, my school has an online homework system, so as soon as I get to school I pretty much go straight to the library, and start getting homework out of the way. I also find I learn better this way. I do the homeworks as class goes on, and find I can get pretty much all of it done by the time it's last period. Then go home and starcraft for 5+ hours XD | ||
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Divine110
United States22 Posts
On August 06 2011 14:25 Entropic wrote: there's 24 hours a day. Assuming 8 hours of sleep, another 8 hours for school and commute to school, 1 hour of personal hygiene/eating, that leaves you with 7 hours of free time. Assuming 2 hours of homework/studying that's still potentially 5 hours of sc2. You sir are a genius! thank you! :D | ||
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Sega92
United States467 Posts
gl hf no better feeling in the world than to get money for doing what you love be sure to keep us posted on your progress would love to see you win a GSL  | ||
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noobcakes
United States526 Posts
Lucky bastard with a chill family. -___- | ||
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GrapeD
Canada679 Posts
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Darclite
United States1021 Posts
Also, you have a nice family, wow. My mom thinks the idea of going to an MLG is crazy, like there will be pedophiles everywhere and bandits in the hotel and whoever I go with is a thief or something like that. I mean, I'm not bashing her because she actually is cool with how much time I spend on the game, but that's just awesome lol. | ||
GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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Darclite
United States1021 Posts
On August 06 2011 15:50 GHOSTCLAW wrote: school and starcraft is much easier than work + starcraft I think ^^ All 3 isn't fun either ^^. I'm not gonna put myself through that again, but that was an unpleasant 8 months lol. | ||
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BradwMD
United States43 Posts
If you really want to do some shortcuts though to allow more playing time, try doing some of your homework in class when you get done with everything, there were a lot of classes I took in high school where the work was so easy in class that I just flew through it, then did homework for another class for part of the time and was usually able to get finished with at least 1 or 2 classes worth of homework. When you get into college, things become a different story though. You actually have to work hard on your school work outside of class there most of the time, when you get there I would recommend working on your school work some, then taking a break to play some starcraft in between so that way you don't completely bore yourself, and you can relieve some stress as well that comes from the school work, then go back to the school stuff, repeat, etc. | ||
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Z3kk
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Isn't that very simple math lol :x | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
What practicing for SC2 just ask yourself: (1) What works? (2) What doesn't work? (3) How can I make it better? You will improve dramatically. Don't practice based on the clock, do it based on where you want to progress to. If you focus on practicing efficiently you shouldn't need 4 hours of practice every day to compete in the professional foreign scene. | ||
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KazeHydra
Japan2788 Posts
When you're in school, think only about school and not about sc2 (this is borderline impossible, I know). As a nerd who enjoys thinking about stuff like math and chem, I realize this is easy for me to say, but the thing is it works. The same logic applies to sc2. The more you think about perfecting that build order or microing better in that one battle, the easier it is when you actually execute it because you've had it on your mind for so long. Granted, in both school and sc2, thinking only gets you so far, but I hope you get what I mean. Thinking critically about school 8 hours a day while in school helps a ton when you study later. And really, being able to focus your mind on something without distracting yourself is a good life skill anyway. Last (obvious) tip is seriously not to procrastinate on studying. Set a certain amount of time every day to study, AFTER you've finished your homework (btw, don't procrastinate on homework either). This can be 15 minutes or 2 hours: you decide, as long as you're seriously productive. The goal of this time is to review all (or as much as possible) the material you've learned up to this point in time, focusing on what you learned that day. The thing I always say that nobody listens to (because procrastinating is so cool) is that if you've been keeping up with the course material, there'll be no real need to study for exams. Of course, it's different for every class so you'll have to figure out how much time to allot for each class. Some might require 5 minutes a week while a really difficult one might need 5 hours a week. Maybe there'll be one concept that's just really difficult to learn; spend some time everyday on it until you get it. After some time of doing this, you'll start to learn how much time you really need and how to cut corners on your studying to maximize your time efficiency. It really pisses me off when everyone complains I don't study for exams and have so much time to play games when the reality is I actually study all school year. If you really do have good study habits, when exams hit and everyone else is cramming, you'll be laddering. | ||
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Jugan
United States1566 Posts
On August 06 2011 15:50 GHOSTCLAW wrote: school and starcraft is much easier than work + starcraft I think ^^ It most definitely is. You can get away with sleeping in class. Work? Not so much... Just do what Tyler said: "Finish everything you need to get done first, then devote the rest of your time to Starcraft." | ||
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Ero-Sennin
United States756 Posts
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BouBou.865
Netherlands814 Posts
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MeeMeesiko
United States40 Posts
But anyways, this guy had the right track in mind: there's 24 hours a day. Assuming 8 hours of sleep, another 8 hours for school and commute to school, 1 hour of personal hygiene/eating, that leaves you with 7 hours of free time. Assuming 2 hours of homework/studying that's still potentially 5 hours of sc2. However, in that area of "Free Time" you have to consider a few things. Are you planning on entering a relationship? Lots of kids in high school start dating around your age. How much time does your family spend together? What about those days that your friends want to head out to Six Flags or just chill for a weekend? That all takes its toll on your free time; be sure to make sure that you get your ladder time in with minimal disruption to really important family and friend relationships. No matter how important the game gets to you, no matter how seriously you take it, no matter if you find the time to play it for 12 hours a day, make sure that those people have time with you and try not to blow them off just because you're playing Starcraft. I think that Starcraft is its own art form, and that it's possibly one of the most important things in my life. I ladder every spare second of the day that I can. But in the end; make sure those people have room in your life. Just advice I guess. I hate when people tell me stuff like this sometimes lol. But it's really important. | ||
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rfoster
United States1005 Posts
On August 06 2011 14:13 Divine110 wrote: I have school coming up.. going to be a junior this year and really excited to graduate and go pro in starcraft! :D But i was wondering.. how do you maintain a 3.0+ GPA and still practice 4+ hours a day? my father the Manner bear he is fully supports me playing starcraft same with my mom and sister they just want me to get school out of the way fi rst. I have talked with my dad about going to MLG's and his answer is always "Lets check your grades" So my question is.. Does anyone have a set schedule as a highschool student to manage School work and Starcraft Thank guys for help! much love <3You just have to be really diciplined, you have to set away one or two hours a day to study and then no matter what when that time of the day comes you drop everything and study. Ex: I`m going to play starcraft all day but when it turns 8`o clock I have to study until 10 with no distractions | ||
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TylerThaCreator
United States906 Posts
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gamecrazy
United States421 Posts
Look at OptimusPrime (aka Polt). He's going to Seoul National University while being a progamer. What this means for you is, just go to class and make the best of your time there by paying attention to your teachers and using whatever time they give you to either study or do homework. From my high school experience, whenever teachers finished their lectures early, they'd usually give you time to do work for their class. Don't bitch and moan about it, just use it. When you get home, you should have enough time left to just finish your homework (2 hours MAX, this was true for me even with 5 AP classes), and maybe 1 or 2 more hours of studying. Any other time is your own. I would get home at 5/6 PM or later because of sports, so this often meant it'd be about 10 PM until I could play some starcraft. That still leaves you with about an hour. If you use your time a little differently, you can probably squeeze in even more time for starcraft. Still on that time budget alone, I got to D+ on iccup, and I'm masters in SC2 while maintaining a 4.0 through high school. I still had enough time for doing other stuff as well. So, you can choose to balance it as you like, just make sure you're ACTIVELY using class time. Either learn from the teacher, or do some homework from another class if the teacher doesn't mind so your school time doesn't go to waste. TL;DR Work when you need to, esp. during school. Then you can play when you want till you're tired enough to sleep. | ||
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