Reality (Ret/Progaming) - Page 20

On December 29 2009 04:01 ret wrote:
I definately still believe it can be done in Korea.

I don't want to make excuses or anything, but there are guys who won their courage group this past weekend that I have played a lot with online and I had huge winning records on them. (T/P users). And I know other foreigners would do well vs them also.

But for me personally, age is a huge factor like some people here pointed out. If I was younger, I wouldn't even think twice about what to do and just keep trying my best and eventually win courage and just keep trying. But yes I am quite old, so wasting time would be bad, and with SC2 coming out I don't know how feasible it is to stay. I think someone like Kolll (very young, already very good) would succeed here quite easily. I absolutely hate the fact that I 'failed' however, and it just hurts more to see players worse than you do well. Maybe I should try one more time D:

On December 29 2009 04:01 ret wrote:
I definately still believe it can be done in Korea.

I don't want to make excuses or anything, but there are guys who won their courage group this past weekend that I have played a lot with online and I had huge winning records on them. (T/P users). And I know other foreigners would do well vs them also.

But for me personally, age is a huge factor like some people here pointed out. If I was younger, I wouldn't even think twice about what to do and just keep trying my best and eventually win courage and just keep trying. But yes I am quite old, so wasting time would be bad, and with SC2 coming out I don't know how feasible it is to stay. I think someone like Kolll (very young, already very good, and not yet ruined by all the freedom you get after high school :p) would succeed here quite easily. I absolutely hate the fact that I 'failed' however, and it just hurts more to see players worse than you do well. Maybe I should try one more time D:

On December 29 2009 04:01 ret wrote:
I definately still believe it can be done in Korea.

I don't want to make excuses or anything, but there are guys who won their courage group this past weekend that I have played a lot with online and I had huge winning records on them. (T/P users). And I know other foreigners would do well vs them also.

But for me personally, age is a huge factor like some people here pointed out. If I was younger, I wouldn't even think twice about what to do and just keep trying my best and eventually win courage and just keep trying. But yes I am quite old, so wasting time would be bad, and with SC2 coming out I don't know how feasible it is to stay. I think someone like Kolll (very young, already very good, and not yet ruined by all the freedom you get after high school :p) would succeed here quite easily. I absolutely hate the fact that I 'failed' however, and it just hurts more to see players worse than you do well. Maybe I should try one more time D:

On December 29 2009 04:01 ret wrote:
I definately still believe it can be done in Korea.

I don't want to make excuses or anything, but there are guys who won their courage group this past weekend that I have played a lot with online and I had huge winning records on them. (T/P users). And I know other foreigners would do well vs them also.

But for me personally, age is a huge factor like some people here pointed out. If I was younger, I wouldn't even think twice about what to do and just keep trying my best and eventually win courage and just keep trying. But yes I am quite old, so wasting time would be bad, and with SC2 coming out I don't know how feasible it is to stay. I think someone like Kolll (very young, already very good, and not yet ruined by all the freedom you get after high school :p) would succeed here quite easily. I absolutely hate the fact that I 'failed' however, and it just hurts more to see players worse than you do well. Maybe I should try one more time D:

On December 29 2009 04:01 ret wrote:
I definately still believe it can be done in Korea.

I don't want to make excuses or anything, but there are guys who won their courage group this past weekend that I have played a lot with online and I had huge winning records on them. (T/P users). And I know other foreigners would do well vs them also.

But for me personally, age is a huge factor like some people here pointed out. If I was younger, I wouldn't even think twice about what to do and just keep trying my best and eventually win courage and just keep trying. But yes I am quite old, so wasting time would be bad, and with SC2 coming out I don't know how feasible it is to stay. I think someone like Kolll (very young, already very good, and not yet ruined by all the freedom you get after high school :p) would succeed here quite easily. I absolutely hate the fact that I 'failed' however, and it just hurts more to see players worse than you do well. Maybe I should try one more time D:

On December 29 2009 04:23 InsideTheBox wrote:
I want to preface what I post with this; I love progaming and it has been/ is still very enjoyable as a spectator. That being said, I don't understand why anyone does it, especially foreigners going to Korea for SC. Yes you can do what you enjoy as a profession, but there are so many negative aspects to it. You won't be a progamer when you're 35, let alone those that fizzle out at 23, and then you're in Korea having spent the majority of your time on what "normal" people spend to pursue their careers/ education. Another huge factor is that it's an incredibly difficult job to get and once you get it you're sitting at a computer playing a VIDEO GAMMMMME for 16 hrs a day learning nothing else even remotely relevant to life. In my opinion, the opportunity cost alone should be enough to deter any foreigner from even attempting to go to Korea, and rightfully so. Now I sure as hell don't want Idra/Ret/whoever else to listen to me if all they want to do in life is play professional SC, but I just don't see the rationale. Someone enlighten me if possible.