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I'm Nevermore. I've been playing Starcraft on and off since I was seven, dropped off a bit for the WC3 age, and now I've picked up Starcraft 2. I've been playing for roughly a year now, on and off, but not until these last few months have I been looking at Starcraft 2 more seriously. I've started watching the Day[9] Daily, the streams of Destiny, CatZ, LzGamer, IdrA, etc. in an effort to come to grips with the game.
In the last couple of weeks it's occurred to me that if I were to become a progamer, it would have to be soon -- before I have too many obligations that everyone naturally gains over time. So I'm starting -- tomorrow, in fact -- with the NA BSG Daily: Thursdaily I'm listed here. and moving on to Saturday with another tournament, the Starcraft2Strategy.com Monthly #2 [Bronze-Silver] where I'm listed here as well.
I'm not amazing at the game, but I plan to get better. I honestly can't think of a better career to try and get into right now that I'd love doing. Even if it takes a year, or two, or three, I want to keep trying until I get there. Who knows? Maybe I'll make it. If not, it's not as if I'll be neglecting my education along the way, meaning, if worse comes to worse, I'm still going to get a nursing degree and live comfortably middle-class five years down the road.
Nothing to lose, everything to gain.
-Sincerely,
Nevermore
 
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Why is it that people can't play this game to enjoy it? You are silver legeau, just play the game for funz and shizzle. Atleast you have nothing on the line so I wish you the best of luck anyway 
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As many pros have pointed out, you do not really want to become a progamer. You want the prestige and e-fame, but I can assure you that you don't want the lifestyle. Look at yourself. You're in silver league, and you've been playing for a year. I got into silver league by doing 2 stargate void ray rushes. Why don't you spend less time watching streams and more time playing the actual game? Then, once you get into (high) masters, you can give it a (potential) shot. These "high silver going pro wish me luck" blogs are ridiculous.
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i have to say that without much game sense/knowledge etc. anyone can get near masters on just practice. so pick a simple build and do it, faster, more precise, over and over again, and when you get decent mechanics, you'll end up in masters without even wishing it. if you make it that far, let me know.
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before i start i just want to say im not trying to bash you or like stomp all over your life goals/dreams but i'm just trying to be honest....
if you played sc1 since you were seven and you are only in silver league now, you might just not be fast/smart enough to play (im not saying your dumb but pro gamers are usually incredibly smart).. or you've been playing the game completely wrong all these years... starcraft 1 players should already have the mechanics/multitasking down pretty well and just need to make the transition of understanding the new game dynamics... i was never any good in starcraft 1 (iccup rank d+) but i was able to get to masters in 3 months in sc2 becuz its just that easy... but there's no way, even if I practiced nonstop for 5 years, i could be a pro gamer because being masters and being top 10 gm are two completely different things. i'm truly just not fast/smart enough to compete at that level (11 years of sc, and 3 years of hardcore gaming and my apm is only 200)...and the fact that you're only in silver, to me, says a lot...
i mean do you really want to spend 10 hours a day EVERYDAY playing starcraft trying to get good enough? Sure its a fun game to play but it starts to become a job when you literally cannot do anything else but play...
and even if you get into something like MLG you literally have to be a top 10 player to make a decent living and even then you're never guaranteed any kind of stability. look at nada's story-he just retired and despite being one of the most legendary players of all time one (1 year making over $200,000) he listed financial problems as one of his reasons for leaving. think about it, even if you win an MLG championship (an incredibly challenging feat), you're still making less than the national average. You literally have to be a champion in multiple tournaments per year to make a living (unless you want to live with your parents), OR you have to be charismatic and likable enough to get the stream-views to make money through advertising...
being a progamer you're foregoing a career (unless like i said you're one of the really really smart ones who can go to college/play at the same time, the type of genius who can skip class and still get an A) to play a game for 5-10 years and then what are you gonna do after that? nobody's going to want to hire a 30 year old guy with no work experience who spent the last 10 years playing a video game. you have to have enough money saved up to go back to school or start from the bottom when you eventually retire from sc.. and then you'll probably have to deal with carpel tunnel or some other ailment related to straining your body so hard...
i love starcraft as much as any other TLer and a lot of times i think it'd be awesome to be a pro gamer but then i think about their living conditions, the financial instability, the stress, the lack of diversity in their lifestyle and it makes me pretty glad i'm not...
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Here's a schedule to help you along the way:
10am: wake up + shower + breakfast + stretching exercises
11am: ladder
1pm: lunch + stretching
2pm: ladder
5pm: exercise (pushups/situps/jog/etc)
6pm: dinner
7pm: ladder
1am: sleep
Do that for 1 month, then decide if you want to be a programer or not. A friend of mine is currently doing that schedule, and it's pretty grueling. glglgl
EDIT: Of course when there's tournaments, those take precedence over ladder. Don't forget to eat healthy, varied meals and drink lots of water.
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