EPTGoing on "Leave" from University to play DotA 2 - Page 26
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Czech Republic434 Posts
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
On November 24 2012 10:20 yeastiality wrote: To be honest, I mostly wrote my post to organize my own thoughts after reading the OP. I don't follow DOTA or this person, but it was interesting to me that someone who is obviously struggling with a very difficult academic program early in their life was pushed so strongly in the wrong direction by bad advice from video game people on a video game forum. Oh well. The ironic part about your post is that 1) Most of the people in this thread told him the exact same thing you did, so I'm not sure what bias you are talking about, most of us have real jobs and real careers and play video games on the side, and 2) He followed his dreams and is now on a successful DotA team. Could he be making more money as an engineer? Probably. But if this is what he wants to do, that's fine, and he's making it work. And for the record I am an engineer, and that was the right choice for me. I wouldn't presume to say that it was the right choice for someone else, knowing nothing about them. I suggest you do the same. | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34507 Posts
On November 24 2012 10:20 yeastiality wrote: To be honest, I mostly wrote my post to organize my own thoughts after reading the OP. I don't follow DOTA or this person, but it was interesting to me that someone who is obviously struggling with a very difficult academic program early in their life was pushed so strongly in the wrong direction by bad advice from video game people on a video game forum. Oh well. Where did you get the 'obviously struggling' part? | ||
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Redmark
Canada2129 Posts
life is fragile and changes quickly. things could happen and you might not be able to go back... I mean, are we afraid of this guy becoming a quadriplegic in a tragic teamfighting accident or what? | ||
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Spicy_Curry
United States10573 Posts
On November 24 2012 11:13 Redmark wrote: I still don't get how he's apparently never going to be able to go back to school now. Everything points to this guy being fairly smart. Yeah, he whines about university workload, but who doesn't? To succeed in academics all you need is either 1) be intelligent or 2) be diligent. Once you move past a high school mindset it's honestly not that hard, and from what I've seen the older students are some of the best performers since they've grown and learned to take shit seriously. Did I miss the part where Dota is like heroin and destroys your mind or something? I mean, are we afraid of this guy becoming a quadriplegic in a tragic teamfighting accident or what? Mr.Bitters got mugged in China. Esports is a dangerous lifestyle so we should all be thankful that we can live to play another day. | ||
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Nakama
Germany584 Posts
gl in ur future | ||
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
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Douillos
France3195 Posts
On November 24 2012 11:13 Redmark wrote: I mean, are we afraid of this guy becoming a quadriplegic in a tragic teamfighting accident or what? This made me laugh for a while :D | ||
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sharky246
1197 Posts
guy in university >>> ditches uni for progaming >>> shit talk from ultra-conservative TLers >>> 1 shot to make his dreams come true >>> ends up in the grand finals of a major tourney >>> shuts up all the nay-sayers This would make a great movie or mini drama series. | ||
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mordk
Chile8385 Posts
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Crytash
Germany251 Posts
On November 25 2012 00:30 sharky246 wrote: To sum up Envy's life the over the year: guy in university >>> ditches uni for progaming >>> shit talk from ultra-conservative TLers >>> 1 shot to make his dreams come true >>> ends up in the grand finals of a major tourney >>> shuts up all the nay-sayers This would make a great movie or mini drama series. Yes it would be. Honestly, this guy played realy nice. Even if he will be only 2nd with his team, they will get a sponsor and they will attend maybe even at TI3. | ||
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Bold
Mongolia2 Posts
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bluesky2
United States8 Posts
it's insulting to him to assume he wouldn't under any controllable circumstance continue on the path he was prior, which is the only feasible directly correlated negative outcome to simply taking a year off school. if your life experience/perspective leads you to realllly think it's a bad idea, simply state you wouldn't do that in his situation, or remain indifferent. reflecting oneself onto others is generally detrimental when discussing unmeasurable matters, such as what the future might bring for someone and how they may react to spending a year out of school. as the first party offering the advice "pressures" the second party to take a certain course of action or actions based on what the first party would do or, perhaps worse, what the first party thinks the second party should do. this could put doubt or unrest into the second party's thoughts, and allows the first party to be content with their actions because it was an attempt to "help". be supportive, there's no reason to dump on an idea or plan within rational reason simply because you disagree with it, pretty backwards/sheltered envy says "omg dudes im gunna try to be a progamer i think i can do it :d". rightTL says "pro gamers haha wat a dumb idea go back to school omg this one time at bandcamp" then i reach page 20~ and discover not only he has succeeded, but done so with flying colors. justice | ||
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imMUTAble787
United States680 Posts
Definitely a fan of whatever team he is on. | ||
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34507 Posts
edit: watching this now, kraken shell has a sound?!?!?! | ||
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Fwizzz
Philippines4420 Posts
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Severus_
759 Posts
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boon2537
United States905 Posts
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INTENZ-_-
Sweden137 Posts
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Grettin
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