On January 03 2013 13:50 5-s wrote:On December 10 2012 14:04 INTENZ-_- wrote:
If you have a dream; you should pursue it, right? This argument about lost income and education is something I don't get unless you are very elitist and think only about your professional career as something die hard where there is no room for any failure at all. It is not like he is throwing away his entire professional life doing this albeit he might lose two-three years of his career.
I think the people who argue this is either gonna be envy's parents or some mad jelly nerds (like 5-s) or the entire NADotA forum.
Might be dangerous even replying to this, but I'm hardly jealous of Envy. I've played at a competitive level, have won some money before (no, not as much as EE, but there weren't many big tournaments when I played). Streaming probably could've made me more if I kept up with it. But at this point, I'm good friends with a good number of the pro players including players on Liquid and LGD.int, and I often give them general advice about random things. If one of my friends like bulba said he wanted to drop out to play fulltime, I'd give him the same exact advice: finish up your degree since Dota isn't forever. I don't know EE well, but I do know the dota scene and I was also in an engineering program, so I know that it's far more profitable to finish up your engineering degree in 99% of circumstances. That said, I want the scene to prosper more than anything, so hopefully NTH does find further success.
EPT
