Why don't you just continue with college and do your hard-core practice over the summer? See how far you get with that before doing something like this?

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

March 21 2012 06:21 GMT

#62

I am grandmaster, on a sponsered team. I used to play everyday 16 hours a day in scBW back in HS for 5 years.
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

NonFactor

Sweden698 Posts

March 21 2012 06:49 GMT

#63

Man, when I started playing SC2 I was instantly at the top. I was top 100 in EU during the beta and beat people like TLO when they still sucked.

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ago, came back, played 1 placement match and made it Masters and then continued to steamroll Master players with my outdated skills.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.

Th1rdEye

United States1074 Posts

March 21 2012 06:52 GMT

#64

You can do what you want, but just dont forget how hard it is to be consistent. You will have slumps, you will lose tournaments you almost would have won.. someone always loses.

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...

Steelo_Rivers

United States1968 Posts

March 21 2012 06:58 GMT

#65

If you were in say diamond league on your way to masters, I would side with you and say go for it...

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.

dongmydrum

United States139 Posts

March 21 2012 07:03 GMT

#66

actually dropping out completely and focusing on starcraft could be the best thing he could do now. I mean, its going to be only a year or two anyway until he realizes whether's he's going to make it or not and that's better than getting low grades doing school work in a half assed way. In the end, a year or two of completely devoting yourself will do you good in the long run.

PeZuY

935 Posts

March 21 2012 07:16 GMT

#67

How long will one period take in the States? Meaning is it possible you take one off and play as much as possible in that time to see if you have potential or not. I just dont see why one would drop whole cemester because of this if you will not improve as much you would want to? But if you do this I wish you the best and GL. Just try for a shorter period to see is it possible to you to improve how fast and if it's even wise to drop because of being professional gamer.

BenBuford

Denmark307 Posts

March 21 2012 07:16 GMT

#68

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

rauk

United States2228 Posts

March 21 2012 07:16 GMT

#69

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.

BenBuford

Denmark307 Posts

March 21 2012 07:18 GMT

#70

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.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

March 21 2012 07:19 GMT

#71

i do not understand how you will work and play sc2. working enough to support yourself is 30-40 hours a week while school is a 15 or less hour per week commitment. i've done both and i hardly was able to play sc2 while working full time.

EternaLLegacy

United States410 Posts

March 21 2012 07:26 GMT

#72

ROFL EXCELLENT TROLL POST!

iamke55

United States2806 Posts

March 21 2012 07:29 GMT

#73

Why don't you try to get into the NBA instead? It literally pays thousands of times better.

KoveN-

Australia503 Posts

March 21 2012 07:31 GMT

#74

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.

rauk

United States2228 Posts

March 21 2012 07:34 GMT

#75

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.

Scarecrow

Korea (South)9172 Posts

March 21 2012 07:39 GMT

#76

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.

tests

United States160 Posts

March 21 2012 07:53 GMT

#77

I say go for it. Humans learn best from first-hand experience and your success, whether it be a pro SC2 career, or back into university, will depend on this event. IMO, it is better to learn young.

HaXeR

Czech Republic189 Posts

March 21 2012 07:59 GMT

#78

A lot of people got to GM and also studied at university. Its not imposible. If you cant do it, dont even think about being progamer. GL!

PandaTank

South Africa255 Posts

March 21 2012 08:00 GMT

#79

Honestly, no offence or disrespect intended, but 2 and a half months to get into gold is not a note worthy achievement at all. [Without sounding like a douche] I placed directly into platinum and was into masters within a couple of weeks. Also having no previous RTS experience. I would agree with the other posters. Carry on juggling both studying and playing until you get to atleast a high-masters level. I do not believe playing 10+ hours at a gold level with yield any sort of [b]efficient [/b ]improvement. You first need to obtain that understanding for the game and how to improve your own mindset and skills before mass-gaming will actually do anything for you.

BearStorm

United States795 Posts

March 21 2012 08:25 GMT

#80

Taking a semester or two off school to go pro in professional Starcraft while being in gold league is a HORRIBLE idea. A better way to approach this is to play more and see how fast you are improving then deciding what to do from there. You say that you watch "A LOT" of streams. Stop doing this and start playing. Make time to play while you are at school and develop good study habits. Unless you are a junior or senior in a serious program then that should give you plenty of time to play. Truly devoting yourself to something is not easy. At least test how you feel after practicing 3-5hr a day because I'm going to guess you are going to hate how it feels.

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.