EPTIt isn't just a number or a score, that's a thousand people who's interest you need to get and maintain for 8 hours a day if you want to make a living off of this. Assuming you play 4 ads in between each game.
I think you are delusional.
Going on "Leave" from University to play DotA 2 - Page 19
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droit
United States67 Posts
It isn't just a number or a score, that's a thousand people who's interest you need to get and maintain for 8 hours a day if you want to make a living off of this. Assuming you play 4 ads in between each game. I think you are delusional. | ||
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Japan112 Posts
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kittensrcute
United States617 Posts
On December 16 2011 02:11 droit wrote: Where do you plan on getting 1000 viewers? It isn't just a number or a score, that's a thousand people who's interest you need to get and maintain for 8 hours a day if you want to make a living off of this. Assuming you play 4 ads in between each game. I think you are delusional. How can you say he's delusional? He's said that he's trying it out to see what happens and if worst comes to worst, then he'll go back to school. His HoN/DotA background could easily net him 1000 viewers, though he'd obviously have to work his way up to that mark with an entertaining stream (music/commentary and whatnot) and constant and consistent stream hours. It's definitely unlikely that he'd be able to make enough money initially to "make a living" but who knows, if he gets an opportunity to play on a competitive DotA 2 team then it's certainly not out of the question. Hope to see you online, I'll probably be playing under the name "aif" but who knows. | ||
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iSiN
United States1075 Posts
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Heff87
United States106 Posts
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aintz
Canada5624 Posts
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Kinshuk
India116 Posts
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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
Anyways, that's my elderly advice. So let's go to talking about some of your concerns themselves. 2 commercials between games isn't a big deal. Hell 3 isn't either. Especially considering the fact that by April there will probably be some in-house leagues that'll take 5 minutes or more to set up a game anyways. You should also be aware that you will need thousands of viewers to get any remotely reasonable income from streaming. You have to realize there are many people that use adblock, not everyone gets an ad everytime you hit that commercial button and the rates in general aren't great. Streaming to 1000 viewers with only 4-5 commercials an hour isn't exactly huge money. You're looking at probably $5 an hour in that system. You'd want to break at least 1k viewers consistently to have enough money to sort of live off of (but ideally 2k). Suggestion would be to include as much commentary as possible when you're playing. Explain why you're buying certain items, what you're afraid of from the enemy, why you chose a hero... absolutely anything and everything you can to boost the marketability of your stream. But just think about how hard this is going to be. Many popular DotA pros streaming on TL can barely break 1k (while featured). You won't be featured. It'll be hard to advertise your stream. You better provide something they don't. About coaching, not going to happen yet. This game isn't that widespread yet. Maybe when the game releases, you'll be able to find people that want coaching. But it won't be easy. It is much harder to coach someone in DotA than it is SC2. More importantly, anyone that's serious about DotA probably knows some people that are better than them that can help them improve. Anyways, streaming 10-13 hours a day and being entertaining while you do it... I think it's possible to make enough money to get by (albeit unlikely). But I'd plan on living with your parents and save money wherever possible. I'd also start streaming ASAP and maybe only doing a few hours a week for the rest of the school year. Hopefully you can build a bit of a following in that time frame. Good luck. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
I get that engineering science is hard (I went to UofT and have about a dozen friends that were in engsci)... but you really should just finish your degree first. It gets exponentially harder to get back into school every year you're out of it. Your grades will suffer dramatically if you even take a single year off. As an engsci graduate (especially if you do PEY), you'll start off making $50k+. And with grades in the 80s, you're a bit more than decent. This + if you're playing semi-competitive at the moment with free time why not keep going with that and build up your name + hype. Would be a lot more prudent and you have the option of playing over the summer hardcore and deciding then. | ||
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DoomsVille
Canada4885 Posts
Take a look at someone like qxc. He's not going SC2 full-time until he's done his degree. There's no reason you should stop halfway through something that is a pretty big investment. | ||
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Abenson
Canada4122 Posts
Also, it's not uncommon for people in LoL to show 3 ads while inbetween games. | ||
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scorch-
United States816 Posts
Taking time off school isn't dropping out. Plenty of universities will suspend your enrollment for a year (sometimes more) while you do other things. Not everyone is a kid coming out of high school with nothing better to do than go to college. Sometimes people can't afford school, sometimes they have more pressing concerns, etc. Take a shot. If you were that good at HoN and you know a good group of people to play DotA 2 with, you'll never regret traveling around the world playing video games and putting off college for a year or two. | ||
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Soet
Sweden66 Posts
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m3rciless
United States1476 Posts
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
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gosublade
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Skullflower
United States3779 Posts
On October 24 2012 11:40 m3rciless wrote: Just wanted to do some quick thread necro. Does anyone know what this guy did? Does he play Dota 2 now? Qualified for ESWC with his team, No Tidehunter. Although apparently nobody but Black^ can go so ex-Mouz is replacing them or something like that. NTH Roster off the top of my head: EternaLEnVy Admiral Bulldog S4 Kizzles Black^ QuiX- (?) | ||
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Nightsz
Canada398 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On October 24 2012 11:40 m3rciless wrote: Just wanted to do some quick thread necro. Does anyone know what this guy did? Does he play Dota 2 now? he is/was on notidehunter, dunno what happened to that team as i heard GD B replaced them in ESWC? | ||
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aintz
Canada5624 Posts
now im back in 2nd year university and it is not nearly as fun as the first time. you'd think sleeping with hot 19 year olds will make you feel better but it doesnt. and my best friend who now earns 200k per year and drives a bmw had to make me feel weird by reminding me of the fact that when i was 18 those girls were 14 to conclude: unless you are stupidly good and join a professional team and win big tournys (which 99.99% of gamers are not capable of) dropping out of school will also be the dumbest decision you will make in your life. | ||
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