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Hey TL. I know there are a LOT of blogs about players wanting to drop everything to become a professional Starcraft II player. I'm doing the same thing, but with a chance at actually making it (I hope). The reason why I say I am different is because in March I'm moving to Warsaw , Poland to live in the newly formed pro house (not team house, players practising together). The TL thread about the house can be found here - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=296441
While living there I'll be practising Starcraft II, and related things 11 hours a day. When I say "related things" I mean watching and going over reps, talking with other players in the house, mental exercises, physical exercise, etc. So 11 hours a day anything Starcraft II related. I'll be streaming all my ladder games, and some practise games, I'll be writing daily blogs or vlogs, and hoping to get myself more into coaching.
The reason I'm writing this blog is to introduce myself, where people can follow me, what I'm doing, and hope for some support. While living there I have to pay monthly for rent and living expenses that I'm paying with through savings, so I'm hoping to get into coaching, stream revenue, and possible small tournament winnings (may have a donation section) but I can't do any of this being a no-body. If anyone would like to support me you can find me at
Twitter- @LgNkarmy
Stream- Twitch.tv/LgNkarmy
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/groups/LgNkarmy/
Team website- lgn.the-legion.net
I would also like to give a shoutout to my sponsors-
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Team Legion
I'm currently streaming roughly 6 hours a day, I commentate and play a lot of different types of music. Mostly dubstep but a little mix of everything. I'm currently high masters protoss on NA and am going to start playing on EU tomorrow. If you'd like coaching I'm going to be setting up a payment page and start setting up a schedule to do so. Thanks for reading through my post. I'm going to be writing (hopefully) daily blogs about improvement, rants, tips, general talk, and just whatever I feel to write about.
Thanks everyone.
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Good luck in Warsaw. Do you speak Polish? Seems like a really, really big step. Why are you going there if most of what you can do can be done cheaper at home? No offense, and I say this out of good will, even though you are on team Legion, the fact that you are only high Masters in NA means that that the chance of you winning a major tournament is slim to none.
I do not know you nor am I familiar with your play, so I do not know if you have a ton of hidden potential, but why take such a huge risk by moving to Warsaw? I would try to gain some success first before moving, so the move is not just a coin flip. Either way, I wish you the very best of luck
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I'm not expecting to win a major tournament, In my post I ment maybe small online tournaments that no one is and I get lucky =P. Mostly because I have the money to do it in my saving, I could spend it on a trip to Europe and travel, or go and live and possibly chase a dream.
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On February 16 2012 13:59 HKarmY wrote:
I'm not expecting to win a major tournament, In my post I ment maybe small online tournaments that no one is and I get lucky =P. Mostly because I have the money to do it in my saving, I could spend it on a trip to Europe and travel, or go and live and possibly chase a dream.
That's beautiful, and I am glad that you are chasing your dreams. Best of luck, the foreigner scene needs new talent.
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Thanks homie =] I appreciate it.
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I keep thinking your name stands for Hong Kong army. 
GL GL
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hahaha I get that a lot on ladder =[. I'm LgNkarmy now so It doesn't get confusing
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Shoot me a message if you have any questions about Warsaw, I was born & living here.
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Good luck! Represent Canadian gamers!!
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It's going to be difficult but if you have your mind set on it then I can only hope you hold it down for Canada. Best of Luck!
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Sounds like a fun thing to do and you seem very motivated. 11 hours a day should help your play a ton.
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Thanks for all the support guys! I hope to represent canada well =]
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HK army from...what was it...paintball? Hostile Kids from waaay back?
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Sure is, old time fanboy.
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Pros to you for chasing your dream and gl!
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Of all the "going pro" blogs I've seen, it sounds like you've got the best shot. Good luck!
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Can you give a little background on you as a player? Race, tournament results and stuff like that. I am just a little curious. Also, what was the selection process like to get you in the house and what are their expectations of you as a players as you stay there.
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On February 16 2012 23:33 ClysmiC wrote:
Of all the "going pro" blogs I've seen, it sounds like you've got the best shot. Good luck!
Yeah I was coming in to this thread facepalming, but now I'm just a little inspired 
gl
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you seem to have this well thought out. I don't think you mentioned the race you're playing though.
Care to give us a little bit of background info?
I wish I was in your shoes, unfortunately I have bills to pay T-T
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On February 16 2012 23:55 drgoats wrote:
Can you give a little background on you as a player? Race, tournament results and stuff like that. I am just a little curious. Also, what was the selection process like to get you in the house and what are their expectations of you as a players as you stay there.
I'm nothing special, My only accomplishment I'm proud of at the moment is being top 8 master constistantly and improving on that. I play in NA playhem every day but usually hit pretty hard players early on. I don't know how the selection process went on their end but I messaged the manager of the project with interest and we started talking. I guess I was in the right place at the right time because he thought I would be a good addition to the house, and hopefully it could help kick start my career. As for staying there we're paying on a monthly basis and signing 3 month minimum contracts, I don't know how often players will get cycled out, but I don't think there is going to be a rush to do so. At least I hope.
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On February 17 2012 00:56 NoctemSC wrote:
you seem to have this well thought out. I don't think you mentioned the race you're playing though.
Care to give us a little bit of background info?
I wish I was in your shoes, unfortunately I have bills to pay T-T
My main race is Protoss, My off races are terrible lol. Background as a player there isn't much to tell, I'm still an average player just trying to improve. I recently have been picked up by team Legion (lgn.the-legion.net) to represent them in the future. Being on LgN opens a lot of doors for me with better practise partners and the right staff to hopefully make my baby steps of becoming a pro a little easier to follow. I participate in as many online tournaments that I can and have been streaming as much as I can handle. My goal right now is to get my name around as much as possible through streaming, blogs/vlogs, coaching, tournaments, and other events through living in the Poland house.
Besides being a Starcraft II player I was very actively trying to become a professional Paintball player, I had the chance to play western CXBL last season (It's pretty much canadian pro, but canada bro isn't anything like USA pro), But due to the western conference shutting down and my exsisting knee injury I quit playing all together. I live in Calgary, Alberta and have my entire life. There isn't much else exciting to tell, Thanks for reading through my wall of text and I appreciate all the support I have gotten thus far, it makes me feel like I have a slim chance of making something out of it all. =]
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Oh wow I totally opened this expecting to see the same old bull shit, but moving into a gaming house is a legit step, how are you paying for this? Also when can we see pictures from inside the house? How did you come by all this? MORE DETAILS!!!
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On February 17 2012 09:46 Balgrog wrote:
Oh wow I totally opened this expecting to see the same old bull shit, but moving into a gaming house is a legit step, how are you paying for this? Also when can we see pictures from inside the house? How did you come by all this? MORE DETAILS!!!
=] I was hoping people would see this as a bit more legit than other posts. I'm paying for this from saving to begin with, I have budgeted out 6 months without any coaching, add revenue from streams, or other forms of small incomes. I'm hoping within 6 months, practising 11 hours a day, and participating in as many online tournaments as I can to get my name out and take the next step in my career and possibly get a financial sponsorship. I'm going to be focusing on improving and representing team Legion to the best of my ability and continue my future with them. From what I understand, The manager of the project has been visiting/living in the house over the past few weeks and will be updating with pictures soon(I hope). I seen the post on TL and was interested, I messaged the manager of the house and we hit it off. From there everything fell into place.
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Hey man, just saw the link to here from reddit.
Really awesome seeing more people get serious about pro-gaming and I wish you the best of luck. Judging from the OP it seems like you have the right mindset and I hope you don't ever lose the passion you have now. Just remember what makes the greats different from the average people is playing when you feel like it, playing when you don't feel like it, and playing when you hate it.
Being in your position without the means to move away from my current life to anywhere of the sort like Warsaw I found this very inspiring to improve on my own play.
Never give up. I'll add your stream to my favorites to support my fellow Canadian and drop in from time to time.
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On February 17 2012 09:58 ScareCrow` wrote:
Hey man, just saw the link to here from reddit.
Really awesome seeing more people get serious about pro-gaming and I wish you the best of luck. Judging from the OP it seems like you have the right mindset and I hope you don't ever lose the passion you have now. Just remember what makes the greats different from the average people is playing when you feel like it, playing when you don't feel like it, and playing when you hate it.
Being in your position without the means to move away from my current life to anywhere of the sort like Warsaw I found this very inspiring to improve on my own play.
Never give up. I'll add your stream to my favorites to support my fellow Canadian and drop in from time to time.
Thanks a lot for the support! Everyone on here has had nothing but nice things to say and it makes me feel good about trying to accomplish it. Once again thank you everyone. I really appreciate the kind words everyone is giving. It's a great feeling =]!
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Chase your dream, bro. I'll support you.
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good luck man I hope you do well ^^ Refreshing from the normal "I wanna go pro" blogs.
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You're different and will make it just because you live in a pro house? I don't really see how that puts you in such an advantageous position. Unless it's full of korean pros or something, having a team and messaging capabilities of the internet already allow for strong accessibility of players from the convenience of your own home.
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On February 17 2012 14:20 phiinix wrote:
You're different and will make it just because you live in a pro house? I don't really see how that puts you in such an advantageous position. Unless it's full of korean pros or something, having a team and messaging capabilities of the internet already allow for strong accessibility of players from the convenience of your own home.
Never said I'm going to make it, but it's a step in the right direction. I guess you haven't looked into the benefits of living in a house with other players, especially ones of a higher skill level than my own.
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Just for my own sake can you define what Pro means to you. In my book your already half way you just need to start placing highly in more tournaments. If you wondering where I'm coming from. :D
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Pro to me , at least while talking about Starcraft 2 is a player that makes a living from the game, can take games of any player, and is recognized by the community. In some situations my definition of pro makes me think twice, There are a lot of unknown players that go about winning, or placing very well in tournaments. They have been that good for a long time before their breakout performance, but to me being able to show the results is "breaking into the scene".
Actually I'm going to restate that a bit. To be there are pros, and recognized pros. I want to be a recognized pro, like I said above.
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Good Luck man! I wish you a fun adventure and alot of mental strength :D
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On February 17 2012 18:55 leecH wrote:
Good Luck man! I wish you a fun adventure and alot of mental strength :D
Thank you! =]
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