EPTI may take time off College for my dream. - Page 4
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babylon
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
I hit masters within my first 3 ladder games of sc2 , 5-7 months after the game was released. I am not going to quit university, because that is stupid If you're lazy and have no direction then okay it make a little sense. . . but then in a few semisters ur gonna lose all focus and never go back to uni then end up working a shitty 9-5 u hate, that pays u nothing. Also , your mental state will NEVER be good in sc2 if u only play all day. eventually u will tire and need another activity OR u will rage every time u lose because u see no tangible results. Raging = not being objective and its very important to be objective in sc2 at ALL times. Going to uni, having a future, working out , going out with your friends, improves your mental game. Be well rounded to suceed in life, And sc2. note this doesnt rly apply to the top sc2 players at all, just some advice for u before u do something incredibly stupid | ||
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NonFactor
Sweden698 Posts
When Platinum was the highest rank, I was top Platinum. Same with Diamond. I quit over a year ago, came back, played 1 placement match and made it Masters and then continued to steamroll Master players with my outdated skills. Should I go pro? No. Because generally the people who do go pro are even better then I am at the game. 2.5 months and your ONLY in Gold is what you should say. 2.5 months of gaming you should be atleast Masters. I know I would be. SC2 isn't that hard of a game. Either you got it, or don't. It's actually quite interesting when you see people in Silver, Gold, Platinum with hundreds of games, if not over a thousand. How do some people become better so slow? Enough bragging, personally I don't think you should do it. | ||
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
However, I do feel you kind of undermine the dedication and time others have put into the game. You say you've played two months... well you know I've played since beta and also played broodwar for over 10 years before that... | ||
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Steelo_Rivers
United States1968 Posts
But in this case, im not saying that it would be a waste of time but it would not be a wise way to use your time. Just continue you to play sc2 as a hobby for the moment until your atleast mid-high diamond and then YOU make YOUR decision on what you would like to do and what dreams you would like to pursue. | ||
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dongmydrum
United States139 Posts
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PeZuY
935 Posts
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BenBuford
Denmark307 Posts
On March 21 2012 12:56 Sc2Corpse wrote: Games have always been there for me and I know that's what I want my future to be in, the gaming industry. The gaming industry are not just hiring passionate gamers. They're hiring peoples with educations and degrees. Complete school. Don't stay in gold-league education-wise  . | ||
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rauk
United States2228 Posts
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BenBuford
Denmark307 Posts
On March 21 2012 16:16 rauk wrote: myself being masters having beaten some gms and pretty high masters before, always being in the highest non-gm league since the start of beta, i would never think of quitting college to try and do progaming. without even taking into account how lowskill you are to begin with, you should realize that progaming is even more work than college. if you can't handle being "swamped" with homework and you're trying to think of some scheme to escape it, there is no way you can handle self-motivating to play 16 hours a day, every day. school is easy, you just pay attention, do the homework and projects, and pass the test. you're competing with maybe 100 people in your class, and if you don't care about getting As or Bs then you can just be average with even less effort. you can't be a progamer without being better than the top pros, all of whom are working 16 hour days, all of who have decades more rts experience than you. Awesome post. This is very true. | ||
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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EternaLLegacy
United States410 Posts
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iamke55
United States2806 Posts
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KoveN-
Australia498 Posts
Forget about the cynics, don't let them tell you what you are and are not capable of. You're young, you got plenty of time to make mistakes and even if it doesn't work out at least you gave it a go! Never know if you don't try... Being gold level and not having previous RTS experience, it's not going to be a walk in the park but I'm sure you already knew that. | ||
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rauk
United States2228 Posts
On March 21 2012 16:31 KoveN- wrote: Go for it. Forget about the cynics, don't let them tell you what you are and are not capable of. You're young, you got plenty of time to make mistakes and even if it doesn't work out at least you gave it a go! Never know if you don't try... Being gold level and not having previous RTS experience, it's not going to be a walk in the park but I'm sure you already knew that. i've never heard of a single player who wasn't already pro-level in skill before they went fulltime. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On March 21 2012 16:31 KoveN- wrote: Go for it. Forget about the cynics, don't let them tell you what you are and are not capable of. You're young, you got plenty of time to make mistakes and even if it doesn't work out at least you gave it a go! Never know if you don't try... Being gold level and not having previous RTS experience, it's not going to be a walk in the park but I'm sure you already knew that. Terrible advice, going full time SC2 as a gold is the dumbest thing i've seen on this forum in a while. You should be able to hit GM whilst studying to make the jump to pro-level. | ||
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tests
United States160 Posts
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HaXeR
Czech Republic189 Posts
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PandaTank
South Africa255 Posts
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BearStorm
United States795 Posts
Also I don't know if you are like this, but if you start playing but then somehow convince yourself to watch a stream or something else Starcraft related then I am willing to bet money you will not even come close to making it. Because the thing about passion is that NOTHING will stop you from doing what you love. Even if you are "swamped with work" you will make time to play. You would sacrifice sleep or do something less responsible like play before completing your homework. However since you are not playing, I am going to guess you don't love playing, you love the idea of the glory of being a pro. If you disagree with me prove me wrong and unleash the passion and make time to play often THIS semester. Don't cop out and sacrifice school work. Sacrifice the comforts like Streams/TV/MLG/GSL/ffriends. | ||
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