Going on "Leave" from University to play DotA 2 - Page 34

On November 25 2012 20:11 TheRealFluid wrote:
Summary of this thread:

On December 10th 2011, Jacky "EternalEnvy" Mao, a university student in an accelerated Engineering Science class at the Univeristy of Toronto asked fellow TL-ers if dropping out of college to indulge himself in professional DotA2 would be a good idea. He cited his successful past experiences in HoN and DotA, and he expressed his distaste for his studies.

Of course, there were the supporter-nice guys who are firm believers of "following one's dream" and "pursuing happiness".

Then there were the reasonable people who advised Jacky to contemplate his decisions and that college would likely be the more sound idea.

And then, of course, there were the naysayers who absolutely ridiculed his decision for choosing to throw away a good education in exchange for a minuscule chance of success.

And on the Internet, it is a truth universally acknowledged, that conflicting raging forces on the internet will inevitably collide, leading to lengthy arguments. Therefore, false facts and "yolo"-erisms were thrown at each other, but what stood out the most was an intense argument between old DotA pro LevenT and former DotA EG player Bulba. The argument for the most part was ugly and informal, with both sides clearly angry and infuriated at each other. It wasn't until DotA EG player Maelk had to intervene and remedy both sides, that the argument finally ended.

Afterward, the thread pretty much died off and remained dormant until a sudden revival in October of 2012. These posts questioned whether EternalEnvy became successful or not. Then, by coincidence, it was revealed that EternalEnvy formed a team called, "No Tidehunter". People became even more ecstatic when No Tidehunter acquired DotA legend Loda and went on to post extraordinary results in the ESWC qualifiers.

The story then began to take a turn towards the fulfillment of a "Dreams Do Come True" movie when No Tidehunter went on to win Dreamhack Winter against EG (which is kinda coincidental since EG Maelk defended Envy's choice).

What's next for EternalEnvy and No Tidehunter? Who knows? But one thing is for sure, they wouldn't be here if a Canadian college drop out was not supported by a community.