EPTIt's hard to replace that 'grown up job' income. But I get why you thought it was worth a shot at it.I did something similar in 2013 when I was between jobs anyway and took a shot on joining a shitty start-up that went under in a few months. Was fun to try and then i just moved on afterwards and went back to esports being a hobby i put money into instead of trying to make money from.
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EnderSword
Canada669 Posts
It's hard to replace that 'grown up job' income. But I get why you thought it was worth a shot at it.I did something similar in 2013 when I was between jobs anyway and took a shot on joining a shitty start-up that went under in a few months. Was fun to try and then i just moved on afterwards and went back to esports being a hobby i put money into instead of trying to make money from. | ||
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GreasedUpDeafGuy
United States398 Posts
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Aesto
44 Posts
Life-wise, you're probably making the right choice anyway. SC2 won't be able to sustain any but its most prominent players and casters for much longer anyway. Plus, everyone gets older. Somehow I'm having a hard time imagining the current set of casters still doing this in their 40s. Everyone will have to move on with their lives at some point. | ||
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AlgeriaT
Sweden2197 Posts
On June 04 2019 04:07 Tend wrote: ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/mfkMLmm.png) Just posting the full comment of Rifkin, He stated that he felt like WCS & Crew seemed like they are just showing up to work, and not much effort being put in on the whole. Wasn't singling out Feardragon, only that a recent example of it, including Incontrol basically telling Feardragon to shutup, made him fully articulate it. and ask what other people thought about it. Not just shamelessly "backstabbing" a friend.Looks precisely like shameless backstabbing to me. That he'd speak that way about a fellow caster is simply astonishing. @feardragon you're alright man. Shit talk from people like that should be taken as a compliment and nothing else. Just shake it off and focus on soldiering through these challenges life's serving up for you. Just hang in there man, you'll come out stronger on the other side and awesome things will start happening again. | ||
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sweffymo
United States62 Posts
You took a risk and in my opinion you knocked it out of the park and I'm sorry that you don't feel that way. I'm glad you have other fulfilling work to go to, even though I'm disappointed in this community for continuously being toxic and chasing people away, while simultaneously wondering why it's not growing the way they want it to. Whenever you stream, as long as I'm not at work I will make sure to tune in, and I'll be happy as long as you're happy. | ||
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Powerfoe
Canada167 Posts
Honestly, just bringing positive energy is way more important to casting than nailing every technical detail about players' builds and strategies. You'll never be able to impress people like Ptitdrogo with your in-game insight, and that's fine. Most viewers are like, Diamond and below, and they won't care for the super in-depth analysis that Twitch chat GMs are yearning for. Just look at this GSL game. PartinG cuts Probes to go for 13 Gate fast Adept rush in game 1, and the commentators completely missed it. A Twitch chat GM like myself would probably yell at them for days for this mistake, but somehow I don't think they or the rest of the Twitch chat cares too much. They're drawn in by the atmosphere created by the casters, just casually watching and not dissecting every word they say. Everybody makes mistakes, and when I look at your casting as an entire package, it's well above average for me. | ||
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UntitledQ
Germany99 Posts
For what it's worth, you were my favorite member of the WCS challenger cast. Even if you could not make the full-time SC2 dream happen, I hope we'll still get to see you at many future events! How anyone can keep a Starcraft ladder stream fresh 6 days a week is beyond me, but I liked your gusto and your antics and I enjoyed dropping by your stream every now and then. | ||
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OhrlRock
United States18 Posts
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Captain Peabody
United States3135 Posts
Good luck with your efforts in the future, & I hope to still see you around the scene. Who knows, you might find you enjoy it more now that there's less immediate pressure riding on it. | ||
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SoupedUpHellion
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BronzeKnee
United States5224 Posts
He is a classless individual. | ||
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Anc13nt
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RevTiberius
Canada353 Posts
For what it's worth, I never wss the biggest fan of feardragon either (personal preference, not because I think he's not a good caster) but I totally respect him pursuing his dream and calling it quits when he felt he had to. | ||
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Anc13nt
1557 Posts
On June 04 2019 09:33 BronzeKnee wrote: Rifkin... there is a reason I don't watch BasetradeTV. Comments like that, the joke he made about ZombieGrub's breasts in his statement about her leaving, ect... He is a classless individual. Whatever his intentions were, I think he crossed the line of constructive criticism and devolved into roasting feardragon when he said "adds nothing of value" and "cheap labour?" Hopefully he apologizes | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20338 Posts
On June 04 2019 09:49 Anc13nt wrote: Whatever his intentions were, I think he crossed the line of constructive criticism and devolved into roasting feardragon when he said "adds nothing of value" and "cheap labour?" Hopefully he apologizes He rarely does. This is one more incident on a huge chain that goes back years. -- Best of luck Feardragon~ | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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Pentarp
227 Posts
Rifkin even complains about complainers on stream WHILE a game is being played out. Unprofessional. You can be edgy, you can be fun, but you can't rain on all your viewers experience for the acts of a vocal minority that don't like you. He talks a lot of crap but I don't see his stream doing things any differently than any of the other online tourneys. In fact, it's worse because of the negative personal dramas. | ||
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Thaniri
1264 Posts
It's great that you have a career to fall back on. I'm happy that you gave yourself that safety net. | ||
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37095 Posts
EDIT: NVM. We’ve decided that it belongs in CN. | ||
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Cinskywind00
3 Posts
I’ll be honest and say that good casting is what got me into Starcraft 2 eSports. The days of Nath and Rotti together were some of the best times. The games are sometimes amazing, but anyone can watch a reply or match but it’s the commentary that really adds a presence and drama to an event, so don’t under sell the impact you’ve had. We’ve unfortunately lost more good casters than we’ve gained, so when you, Maynarde and Zombiegrub started appearing more it was nice to see the caster lists were growing. I liked your approach to things in the casts but it’s only fun if you’re enjoying it too. You compare things in life to SC2, so in terms of confidence, I’ll just say this; Strive, but don’t compare yourself to the Serrals, don’t compare yourself to the GM’s, don’t even compare yourself to your opponents. Compare yourself to you. If you’re better now, than you were 3 leagues ago, then even if you’re only winning 3 out 100 battles, you’re still winning some amazing games far beyond the reach of other people. I thank you for all you’ve done, hope things improve on all fronts and hope you take all the time necessary to gain what you need. Happy Starcraft'ing too. GG wp. | ||
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