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Oh god this thread.
He was stuck in the same old na inhouses grind like everyone else for a while and just recently teamed up for nTh. Wore some other tags but didn't go far with that.
His plan you can see is still laughable. Streaming 10-13 hours a day, coaching, and winning money from tournaments to have money. Or continue at UofT. This was in December 2011 loooooool. Nowhere near the teammates until recently and skill is arguable.
I don't hate the guy or anything just wanted to say the OP post was ridiculous as it is now and its been a year.
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Hahaha I remember this.
I'd like to hear his perspective now. Anyone know if he actually went full-time dota?
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Sad that nth disbanded. Looked liked a good team  . Any future plans envy?
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The question i'm really wondering is. Is he happy now? If he is, then no problem. If pursuing DOTA was just a means of fleeing while not actually solving the issues that make him unhappy... I'm really curious about this, eventhough i doubt i'll even know.
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Answer damn it!!! This is like the end of Season 2 of LOST, where the hatch just opened, filled with light.
Now its season 3, and we want to know what the fuck happened.
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rofl, so he does play for NTH? thats pretty amazing.
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On December 10 2011 11:34 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
You're going to quit becoming an engineer just because someone dubbed you into the Hitler meme? My friend is an engineer and he makes 60K a year, and you're excited to make $8/ hour? McDonald's pays better.
My main problem is that you clearly don't have the passion for it. It looks like you just consider pro-gaming a regular job and nothing else. You're going to get bored and stop. You even said in your post that you played only 12 hours in one month. Now you're going to do that every day?
I don't see you prioritizing this right. Destiny is pretty much the only player who can make a living off streaming, and that's because of his personality. What makes you think you'd get more than 100 viewers? Being good =/= many viewers.
Sorry if this sounds harsh; I just want you to be realistic. You have a good thing going for you right now.
Destiny isn't the only player who can make a living by streaming. He is just most likely the only player who does, there are plenty of people who get tons more viewers than him like Stephano, IdrA(I'm zerg so I don't really watch other streams.) The point is Destiny makes a living through streaming because he streams like 12 hours a day or used to. If Stephano streamed as much as Destiny he would get twice as much money. Likewise if people with half the viewers of Destiny streamed twice as much as him they could make just as much money. It's all relative, but if you can't pull in at least 1000 viewers on average it's not very economical to stream for a living.
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On October 25 2012 13:18 DanLee wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2011 11:34 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
You're going to quit becoming an engineer just because someone dubbed you into the Hitler meme? My friend is an engineer and he makes 60K a year, and you're excited to make $8/ hour? McDonald's pays better.
My main problem is that you clearly don't have the passion for it. It looks like you just consider pro-gaming a regular job and nothing else. You're going to get bored and stop. You even said in your post that you played only 12 hours in one month. Now you're going to do that every day?
I don't see you prioritizing this right. Destiny is pretty much the only player who can make a living off streaming, and that's because of his personality. What makes you think you'd get more than 100 viewers? Being good =/= many viewers.
Sorry if this sounds harsh; I just want you to be realistic. You have a good thing going for you right now. Destiny isn't the only player who can make a living by streaming. He is just most likely the only player who does, there are plenty of people who get tons more viewers than him like Stephano, IdrA(I'm zerg so I don't really watch other streams.) The point is Destiny makes a living through streaming because he streams like 12 hours a day or used to. If Stephano streamed as much as Destiny he would get twice as much money. Likewise if people with half the viewers of Destiny streamed twice as much as him they could make just as much money. It's all relative, but if you can't pull in at least 1000 viewers on average it's not very economical to stream for a living.
This is all from a year ago, when maybe not as many people streamed. Think about it.
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You guys do know you can go back to school at any time, right?
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Easily one of the best players NA, go watch his stream if you want to improve
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On October 25 2012 13:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:
You guys do know you can go back to school at any time, right?
Ya, but not everyone wants to be the 40 yr old who still lives at home and working on his degree.
also starting a career at 40 is a lot less financially beneficial than starting it at 25.
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On October 25 2012 13:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:
You guys do know you can go back to school at any time, right?
College credits do not last forever.
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Have you considered getting a girlfriend?
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Don't worry guys 
He is going to get into a prestigious new team soon :>
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On October 25 2012 14:36 MaestroSC wrote:Show nested quote +On October 25 2012 13:29 Itsmedudeman wrote:
You guys do know you can go back to school at any time, right? Ya, but not everyone wants to be the 40 yr old who still lives at home and working on his degree. also starting a career at 40 is a lot less financially beneficial than starting it at 25.
Pretty sure you can leave school, go pro and then come back and graduate school before 30, unless you opt for a law or medical degree, in which case, age doesn't really matter.
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Good luck if you actually try that.
In a moment of Spike Traffic, when the streaming eats about 99% of your bandwith you will most likely lag.
Now lagging sucks.
cfosspeed is the program called with which you will prioritize the dota2.exe over the streaming program exe. The thing here is even if you stream at 99% upload, you will not encounter lag at all. This thing just is insane.
Same goes for a download or a torrent. Everything can be done without your ping going up by one.
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On October 27 2012 13:09 kellymilkies wrote:Don't worry guys He is going to get into a prestigious new team soon :>
Spill the beans! :D Zenith.int? :p
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I love all those guys who do understand that living your dream has nothing to do with big income. Give me the chance to play 5 years on proffesional level while my income will decrease by 10% afterwards... I will take it without even hesitating.
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EPT
