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Phyanketto
Profile Joined September 2011
United States601 Posts
September 20 2025 10:48 GMT
#21
On September 19 2025 23:33 Shinokuki wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2025 16:43 ScoutWBF wrote:
On September 19 2025 02:45 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 18 2025 03:25 vTv.Marine wrote:
'' However, his audience doesn't allow that and has struggled a bit getting funding from viewers for Major ProLeague at times. ''

Dunno how I feel about that... I mean at this point, this is your job. The fact that he even involve his audience is weird because that's the same people that helped him make a living out of this game.

Maybe I'm lost in the translation so please correct me but I was raised under the saying ''don't bite the end that feed you''.

On the other hand (no pun intended), if he want to explore other ventures or games, go ahead. I would 100% understand if he feel burned out and want to try something new (Imaqtpie anyone?!?)

I just feel it's kinda low to blame your viewers for that but again if I'm getting it wrong let me know.

His job was originally to play on a team and win games. Streaming was barely a thing when he started. I can imagine it sucks to go from playing for sponsors in tournaments to having to constantly be on a stream in order to have an income. While I get your point, where he's at probably doesn't match his original vision of being a competitive gamer.


That and you need to stream long hours + every day to reach your maximum success as a streamer.
PLUS as Soulkey says, people are only there to watch him play Brood War. Either stream BW or make much less money.

And then it really becomes a chore, as you need to do something 7 days a week for 10-12 hours that's just no fun for you.


He doesn't stream 7 days a week, 10-12 hrs a week. Most stremears maybe do 6 hrs a day and do 5x a week. People thinkin they pull 70+ hrs a week when all soulkey does is play 4-5 games at most and play 25~30 hrs. You guys are delusional for saying you'd prefer 9-5 working job in korea. Soulkey makes upper bracket income while having big tech WLB.


I'm good at my job, I suck at starcraft. I get far more fulfillment from the real-world impact, too. It's really subjective.
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Shinokuki
Profile Joined July 2013
United States923 Posts
September 20 2025 15:55 GMT
#22
On September 20 2025 19:48 Phyanketto wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2025 23:33 Shinokuki wrote:
On September 19 2025 16:43 ScoutWBF wrote:
On September 19 2025 02:45 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 18 2025 03:25 vTv.Marine wrote:
'' However, his audience doesn't allow that and has struggled a bit getting funding from viewers for Major ProLeague at times. ''

Dunno how I feel about that... I mean at this point, this is your job. The fact that he even involve his audience is weird because that's the same people that helped him make a living out of this game.

Maybe I'm lost in the translation so please correct me but I was raised under the saying ''don't bite the end that feed you''.

On the other hand (no pun intended), if he want to explore other ventures or games, go ahead. I would 100% understand if he feel burned out and want to try something new (Imaqtpie anyone?!?)

I just feel it's kinda low to blame your viewers for that but again if I'm getting it wrong let me know.

His job was originally to play on a team and win games. Streaming was barely a thing when he started. I can imagine it sucks to go from playing for sponsors in tournaments to having to constantly be on a stream in order to have an income. While I get your point, where he's at probably doesn't match his original vision of being a competitive gamer.


That and you need to stream long hours + every day to reach your maximum success as a streamer.
PLUS as Soulkey says, people are only there to watch him play Brood War. Either stream BW or make much less money.

And then it really becomes a chore, as you need to do something 7 days a week for 10-12 hours that's just no fun for you.


He doesn't stream 7 days a week, 10-12 hrs a week. Most stremears maybe do 6 hrs a day and do 5x a week. People thinkin they pull 70+ hrs a week when all soulkey does is play 4-5 games at most and play 25~30 hrs. You guys are delusional for saying you'd prefer 9-5 working job in korea. Soulkey makes upper bracket income while having big tech WLB.


I'm good at my job, I suck at starcraft. I get far more fulfillment from the real-world impact, too. It's really subjective.


Sure you find fulfillment at your job while soulkey has no other real skills than starcraft and might have to work grueling 50-70 hrs a week in that strict korean culture as an alternative. Why do you think action came back immediately after quitting streaming? This is why he's getting lot of pushbacks from koreans. He's making 120k++ with world class WLB. Your own situation doesn't even compare to his "alternative."
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