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Advice on a career in the SC2 pro scene
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Mr_Advantage
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Blazinghand
United States25557 Posts
You'd probably be better off coming at things from the "other end", getting into a management or consultancy position from the direction of the money, rather than the team-- such as working for IGN or the marketing segment of razer. More than that I can't say. | ||
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FaZe
Canada472 Posts
djWheat, Husky, Tasteless, They all just did it. I would find other things with transferable experience and start doing those. A piece of paper from a school is great, but you need real world knowledge. Volunteer to manage a local sports team, handle a budget, do some work for a local news station. Set your eyes on your goal, and don't let a day go by without getting closer to that goal. | ||
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Mr_Advantage
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@FaZe Casting is a little different from the business side of a team. Its much better for my chances of being considered as an intern (or an employee) if I have a degree. Obviously the things you mentioned would help me, and would be a great thing to have on a resume, but the college part of it is just as important if not more so for the business and management end. Hopefully the internship, which will probably be the most difficult thing for me to find, is what will get me the real world experience. I would hope that an e-sports team wouldn't hire someone who came and said, "Hey, I don't have a college degree, but I've been a little league coach. Can I be your GM?" I know for lesser known teams that might fly because the just need someone to fill the spot but for a team like EG I doubt they would accept someone just because they had some kind of semi-applicable knowledge. | ||
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Kfish
Chile282 Posts
Find a team that is not managed and has players that practice and want to take a risk with you. Manage them! Give them a schedule to follow, find tournaments for them and make them sign up. Find a coach for them. Win something -> attract sponsors -> start "business" Sounds easy, must be terribly hard but rewarding. Good luck sir. | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
If I was you, I'd play safe and go for an already well-established career/job. Yes, we all love SC2, but this is an important decision regarding your life and it needs to be considered well and long enough. | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
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Fruscainte
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Mr_Advantage
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1. The players and the rest of the structure isn't as serious and devoted as I am. Thus, I have ended up leaving do to unprofessional behavior or immaturity such as: Stupid squabbles between players, players being inactive, lack of skill and commitment to become better, lack of work ethic. 2. Players are much older and are more professional, but because I'm so young they doubt my ability, or I am given a lesser position that has much less power or pull and I end up not being able to accomplish anything. | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On November 30 2011 12:10 Fruscainte wrote: Depends on what you want to do. If you want to manage shit, if you want to run the sound and set up all the events, all of it DEPENDS on what you're interested in doing. If you think you'll be the next Sundance, well, I hate to the baron of bad news but you probably won't. Not everyone can be an Astronaut, unfortunately. However, it's very possible, if you put your mind to it, to do some cool shit behind the curtains of SC2. Just don't expect to get a lot of glory and whatnot from it. Yep, a lot of people consider only outcomes of being someone (a.k.a glory/rewards), but not everyone thinks of how hard it is (responsibilities) and sometimes risky. | ||
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Kfish
Chile282 Posts
Ask yourself this, what would the much older and professional players need from you to trust you besides your age? Answer that question and start working on those skills. If you can't find a team, make one. It will probably suck at first but since you will be in charge you can weed out the players that you find are unprofessional and immature or whatever. Use this team as practice. And most important just keep at it, if its your dream follow it. But do so with a plan, study something relevant to your dream. | ||
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Mr_Advantage
28 Posts
@darkness I understand your concern, I have thought about doing this since I was 12 years of age, and I have decided that I will pursue this with all of my being, but having a degree in management and being able to speak a foreign language are all skills that are needed by a plethora of other businesses. @Fruscainte I'm not looking to be a CEO, I just want to manage a team. I agree that not everyone can be an e-sports manager, but not many are attempting to do so at the moment. | ||
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Fruscainte
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Mr_Advantage
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 @darkness I'm not in it for the glory, I'm in it to help players. I don't want to become a GM and expect to be the next super star on SotG and Live on Three. I am fully aware that most likely my name will never be heard by the community, and that I won't walk into a room and all the pro players and big names in e-sports will want to have a conversation with me. I just want to be a small cog in the giant machine of e-sports. | ||
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Mr_Advantage
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Kfish
Chile282 Posts
Dont be in a rush man, Esports will be waiting for you ^_^ | ||
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Myles
United States5162 Posts
On November 30 2011 12:24 Mr_Advantage wrote: @ Myles What I meant from that post was that I didn't want to work for the Marketing Division of Razer because I wanted to be working more with the individual team instead of working from the sponsoring end. As the General Manager though I would be interacting with potential sponsors, work on creating PR events, make sure all players are content with current conditions and meet their needs as best as possible, work with the rest of the white collar division of the team on the current needs, Establish the budget of the team, make sure all players are attending tournaments or streaming/coaching. Look for other staple positions for the team like the coach and fill them. Manage players at LAN tournaments and do things such as making sure players have everything they have to compete and make sure all planned appearances run smoothly and all matches are attended. That is just a taste of some of the things a general manager would be doing. Sorry, I missed the context of the reply. But that's good, you really understood what goes into this. I'm not exactly sure what goes into a management degree, but being good on the financial side only helps. | ||
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