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Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
March 22 2012 23:26 GMT
#121
A lot of people will disagree, but on the other hand, why are you going to college if you don't like what you're doing? You're not just not making money then, you're losing money. If you're going to college you better have a good idea of what kind of job you want, not just what type of degree you want. I'd say take time off, get a job, play sc2 in your spare time, but realize that sc2 is a competitive field and you're far behind everyone else who are constantly practicing 8 hours a day. This is no different from someone quitting their job and wanting to go play pro basketball, except yours is a bigger risk because there's no financial guarantee, and there's no telling where esports will be in several years.

Use the time to get a backup plan and find a career you want to be in. Lots of people have things they love that they don't make a living off of. You think people on TL don't love SC2? Sometimes you have to separate your career and hobbies so you can survive.
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2801 Posts
March 22 2012 23:32 GMT
#122
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=292765
Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
March 22 2012 23:50 GMT
#123
On March 22 2012 14:11 wongfeihung wrote:
According to your punctuation and capitalization...

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On March 21 2012 12:56 Sc2Corpse wrote:
So here is my story, I know a lot of you TL members are going to say "No don't do that, you will never make it, it is impossible." but I think I am going to take some time off of college to be more focused and dedicated into Starcraft, it is my DREAM to be a professional RTS/Sc2 player and make a living from something I love doing playing video games, and I am a firm believer that if you dedicate yourself to it you can reach your dreams no matter what, and here recently I just cant focus my attention to Sc2 and follow my dream like I want too because College swamps me with Homework day after day, so during the week days I hardly get to play any and It keeps me stressed out, I have only been playing the game for 2 and a half months and I am already in Gold league with no RTS background, playing about 3 hours a day and watching streams ALOT sometimes even during my classes!

That was one sentence.

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On March 21 2012 12:56 Sc2Corpse wrote:
I was never really good at school anyway, Games have always been there for me and I know that's what I want my future to be in, the gaming industry, so I think after this semester ends, one more month, I will take 1 or 2 semesters off too just play Starcraft 10+ hours a day just to see how far I get, if all else fails and I don't get even close to my dream I can just start going back to College, I just wanted to get everyones input on this idea, and please don't say "You will never make it." because I have learned not to listen to stuff like that, anyone can make a dream come true....

That was the second sentence.
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Doesn't matter, anyway. Good luck with Masters league.
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I have a good guess as to why school wasn't working out for you.


Oh wow. I didn't even notice that. I was adding in periods in my head. Jeez, now I want to punch this guy.

BearStorm
Profile Joined September 2010
United States795 Posts
March 23 2012 02:56 GMT
#124
On March 23 2012 08:26 Itsmedudeman wrote:
A lot of people will disagree, but on the other hand, why are you going to college if you don't like what you're doing? You're not just not making money then, you're losing money. If you're going to college you better have a good idea of what kind of job you want, not just what type of degree you want. I'd say take time off, get a job, play sc2 in your spare time, but realize that sc2 is a competitive field and you're far behind everyone else who are constantly practicing 8 hours a day. This is no different from someone quitting their job and wanting to go play pro basketball, except yours is a bigger risk because there's no financial guarantee, and there's no telling where esports will be in several years.

Use the time to get a backup plan and find a career you want to be in. Lots of people have things they love that they don't make a living off of. You think people on TL don't love SC2? Sometimes you have to separate your career and hobbies so you can survive.


You don't need to know what you want to do to go to college. Most people don't and do just fine. In fact college will give you an opportunity to realize what you want to do since it allows you to explore a lot of fields. People have to realize that all aspects of life are not going to be something that is enjoyable, especially work. If you don't go to college what can you do? Can you guaranty you can find something you like to do? If not why not earn a degree and expand the possibilities? Maybe you will end up doing something you don't like but at least you could earn more doing it. The only issue is if you sign up for a university and "decide" your calling is art/english/other garbage. Then chances are you won't be able to get a job.
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