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Gogleion
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States534 Posts
October 20 2011 15:54 GMT
#21
Yay! Someone that's not bronze posting one of these!
EffOrt. That is all.
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
October 20 2011 15:57 GMT
#22
I like it! When I saw the blog title I thought "-_-' here we go again..." but turns out you're actually a good player already, which is great news because it means you can actually do well! Hurray for Felooooo!!!
memes are a dish best served dank
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
October 20 2011 16:08 GMT
#23
Nothing I can say that hasn't been said so I'm just posting this to tell you Good luck!
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
Anuzi
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
192 Posts
October 20 2011 16:29 GMT
#24
I was surprised at how well thought out your post was Kinda refreshing to see something like this that's well grounded in reality. Good luck with your endeavors. I'll make sure to give your stream a go
Swwww
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Switzerland812 Posts
October 20 2011 16:50 GMT
#25
There are plenty more productive ways to spend your days than wasting them playing a game with a faint hope at becoming a big name.... Get a job.
"What is this TeamSupportGroup?" - mahnini.
Felo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany392 Posts
October 20 2011 17:21 GMT
#26
@Gogleion - Yay!

@marttorn - Thanks a lot, hopefully I can make that work ^^

@Probe1 - I'm very grateful for that, thanks for stopping by, it means a lot to me.

@Anuzi - Aww, thank you! Hopefully it is something for you!

@Swwww - Actually I'm done with the "get a job" thing and sitting in one - but I would like to try out something else. I'm still grateful that you are caring for me! :-P And if you consider enjoying life to the fullest as a waste, then, well, our concepts of life simply differ.

EU GML P | Check my Stream (with commentary!) -> www.twitch.tv/xFelo
Serejai
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
6007 Posts
October 20 2011 17:29 GMT
#27
Wow. An "I'm going to be a progamer!" blog that isn't written by someone in Silver league who plays three hours a week.

Best of luck to you.
I HAVE 5 TOAST POINTS
smilie
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria5 Posts
October 20 2011 17:44 GMT
#28
Rock it Felo, and keep on the good work you did all this time... ppl like you made me get deeper into SC2 and stay with it. (on a waaaay lower level :-) )
Felo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany392 Posts
October 20 2011 20:03 GMT
#29
Thanks to you two! I'm doing my best to get to that goal, I promise!

And apart from that I'm currently practicing to talk while playing to give you guys some insight into how I play - hopefully that makes my stream more attractive!

EU GML P | Check my Stream (with commentary!) -> www.twitch.tv/xFelo
Kfish
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Chile282 Posts
October 20 2011 20:09 GMT
#30
best of luck
ahmyyyyd
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Germany47 Posts
October 20 2011 20:27 GMT
#31
best of luck man i watch you streams since the beginning. You are my favourite ^^

inbox24
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia344 Posts
October 20 2011 21:27 GMT
#32
Hi Felo,

It's good to finally see someone of substance attempt this. Most people who blog about this are generally between bronze and diamond and honestly have no shot.

It's a big decision to make, what do your family think about this? Do you have any backup plans just in case this doesn't work?
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
October 20 2011 22:23 GMT
#33
On October 21 2011 06:27 inbox24 wrote:


It's a big decision to make, what do your family think about this? Do you have any backup plans just in case this doesn't work?


he has a job until march by contract.

GL! Felo fighting! As much as I hate "going pro" blogs, you're not misguided, you're making responsible choices (not quitting a job, etc), and you're GM already. Best of luck.
iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
John Madden
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
American Samoa894 Posts
October 20 2011 23:34 GMT
#34
It's good to see that you are already in GM so you probably wont quit as fast as other people. I want to see someone actually succeed so glgl
FOOTBALL
Felo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany392 Posts
October 21 2011 07:50 GMT
#35
Thanks for all the kind words!

@inbox24 - My Father is really supportive about this, he literally told me that I should do it, because if the chance has passed, getting back into normal life is quite easy, whereas its incredibly hard to get another chance for something that you really want. My Mother is really simple in the way that she says that I should go for it, when theres money to support myself ^^

My Backupplan is that I will keep my job when things don't work out, so I have a span of nearly 6 months to see if I can achieve what I'm hoping for .. or not.

@N.geNuity - Thank you very much! I know that there are a lot of those blogs out there, thats why I actually made an effort to explain everything that I think about it (...maybe to inspire other people to overthink their own choice? ^^)

@John Madden - Thank ou! I'm trying my best to be that guy for you (and myself, obviously).
EU GML P | Check my Stream (with commentary!) -> www.twitch.tv/xFelo
thundrshock
Profile Joined September 2011
Philippines2 Posts
October 22 2011 13:37 GMT
#36
This is a great read, going through all the "i wanna be pro" posts around and still seeing where I could be. I'm only 17 (18 next month) still in college and I don't believe I'll be able to make it pro anytime soon. I only rake in about 4-5 hours a WEEK. But StarCraft is something that excites me, just like when I was into football. I played for 5 years and I even tried out for Nationals (Philippine team). The main thing I wanna ask about is, would you think it viable to actually spend time in playing StarCraft to strengthen my play when I wanna actually invest time into the game, which is right after college in a year and a half? Like securing my spot for later on and all that.

I'm sort of known to show a great hunger and passion to learn when it comes to things that excite me (football and StarCraft), over time I get better but then the hard work area tops off. For football, it was probably because I wasn't playing with better people, just the same set of people every other day.

Might have more to say I guess? But I'm sorta writing a research paper about esports and I took a break reading all these stuff. Haha.
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smilie
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria5 Posts
October 22 2011 14:35 GMT
#37
you finish college with 18?
are you some kind of miracle-guy or do you mean somthing closer to highschoo?l :-)
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
October 22 2011 15:04 GMT
#38
At first I was like, "Oh, so these blogs are still floating around"; but, after skimming through everything you wrote there is some actual credibility for once. A welcome change.

Anyway, good luck because you are definitely going to need it.

HotS is right around the corner and judging from the new units. Blizzard did it again. Everything we once knew is obsolete.
Felo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany392 Posts
October 22 2011 20:31 GMT
#39
The main thing I wanna ask about is, would you think it viable to actually spend time in playing StarCraft to strengthen my play when I wanna actually invest time into the game, which is right after college in a year and a half? Like securing my spot for later on and all that.


Honestly I'm not really sure what you really want to ask - if you want to pick up SC2 more seriously, then yes, you should definitely invest more time into it ^^

A lot of people overestimate the time thats neccesary to practice SC2 or just duck away from the time that they could spend on SC2. If you sit at the computer 2-3 Hours a day, then you already have a lot of time at your hands, that you could use to get up into masters league or even GML, depending on how resilient you are with your practice schedule (In which league are you now?

At first I was like, "Oh, so these blogs are still floating around"; but, after skimming through everything you wrote there is some actual credibility for once. A welcome change.

Anyway, good luck because you are definitely going to need it.

HotS is right around the corner and judging from the new units. Blizzard did it again. Everything we once knew is obsolete.


I would say that a new environment should even make it easier to get into the competition, because theres a new set of rules that helps you not playing against strategies that have been done and practiced for weeks and weeks.
EU GML P | Check my Stream (with commentary!) -> www.twitch.tv/xFelo
thundrshock
Profile Joined September 2011
Philippines2 Posts
October 23 2011 07:39 GMT
#40
@similie: yeaah, i finish barely before 19. haha. grade school + high school = 10 years here. and then my computer science course is 3 years and 3 months. and i'm already second year college.

@Felo: well, i'm Computer Science, i spend around 6 hours a day. not just playing SC2 though. but most of my time is spent off-game, reading and watching. i just got into applying things, i'm a silver hoping to jump to plat (been winning against alot of them). and i'm getting a new account, so i really hope i'm plat worthy. something I need right now though is a razer BW (saving up for one) and i'm on a mac, so the best i can play without lag is on lowest. but i hope to hit plat anytime soon. haha.
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