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Billd
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada210 Posts
December 10 2011 17:59 GMT
#101
Hi there

I'm from Toronto as well. In regards to streaming, the best option I have found (a high upload and large bandwidth limit) is Techsavvy's DSL option at 25 down and 7 up and 300 gigs a month. it's 67$ a month. as far as I know the next best is Bell and Rogers who each have a package that has 2gig upload. Found here: http://teksavvy.com/en/res-internet.asp


@BilldSC I tweet about all things Starcraft 2!
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
December 10 2011 18:05 GMT
#102
Oh the irony. Engineering Science at UofT is its best program. Once you graduate you are employable anywhere.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
EternaLEnVy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada513 Posts
December 10 2011 18:06 GMT
#103
On December 11 2011 03:05 Sufficiency wrote:
Oh the irony. Engineering Science at UofT is its best program. Once you graduate you are employable anywhere.


not really i cant be a pro gamer
Hell in my head
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
December 10 2011 18:13 GMT
#104
It's something you can fall back on, with a degree it's much easier to get a job then say someone who dropped out of university. Just something to consider.
Bronze player stuck in platinum
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 18:16:26
December 10 2011 18:14 GMT
#105
Why couldnt you be a progamer with that degree?
A lot of people seem to think that you would just be more stable financially if you started this after you finished school, i agree with them. But if you think you can make it work then chase the dream.
Good luck no matter what you do.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
EternaLEnVy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada513 Posts
December 10 2011 18:17 GMT
#106
On December 11 2011 03:13 Nos- wrote:
It's something you can fall back on, with a degree it's much easier to get a job then say someone who dropped out of university. Just something to consider.


drop out and on leave not the same thing
Hell in my head
EternaLEnVy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada513 Posts
December 10 2011 18:18 GMT
#107
On December 11 2011 03:14 PassiveAce wrote:
Why couldnt you be a progamer with that degree?
A lot of people seem to think that you would just be more stable financially if you started this after you finished school, i agree with them. But if you think you can make it work then chase the dream.
Good luck no matter what you do.


I can't because if I catching up once people start trying hard in DotA 2 is extremely difficult and also because it will cost me another 24k to get my degree.
Hell in my head
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
December 10 2011 18:22 GMT
#108
Well if you think you can support yourself financially for 1-2 years while going pro then go for it. I've given my piece, feel free to ignore it, but like other people said I feel that financially it's more stable if you just finished your degree. Good luck in any case if you're sure of it, wouldn't mind to see another eventual dota pro on this forum.
Bronze player stuck in platinum
arkedos
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany1426 Posts
December 10 2011 18:38 GMT
#109
Okay I read through this thread and I think some of the posts against you are a bit harsh, but they are right. Keep in mind that you need to sacrifice A SHITLOAD in order to become anything near a pro gamer.

You are right when you are saying that you can go back to school any time, but at a certain point it CAN be (it does not have to be the case) too late.

love esports - hate homophobia
SwitchAUS
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia106 Posts
December 10 2011 18:43 GMT
#110
"It's only two years of my life"

If that's your approach to life, I have serious doubts about how far you'll go. Good luck with it, but I don't plan on watching.
I'm awesome, and I f--k dolphins.
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
December 10 2011 18:45 GMT
#111
I remember you were a pretty baller ss/temp/defiler in HoN. ^^ So gl with whatever you decide.
觀過斯知仁矣.
EternaLEnVy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada513 Posts
December 10 2011 18:46 GMT
#112
On December 11 2011 03:43 SwitchAUS wrote:
"It's only two years of my life"

If that's your approach to life, I have serious doubts about how far you'll go. Good luck with it, but I don't plan on watching.


The funny thing is that it's kinda contradictory. Once I start playing, every single second starts to count, I get mad at myself if I stop for any amount of time to "take a break."
Hell in my head
bubblegumbo
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Taiwan1296 Posts
December 10 2011 18:48 GMT
#113
You know, you could've just ask for help on setting up streaming and playing DOTA2 professionally without sharing with the internet your own controversial life decisions. You have to be really dumb to mention all this personal junk and then expect a forum filled with immature/bored young males all around your own age to not flame you.
"I honestly think that whoever invented toilet paper is a genius. For man to survive, they need toilet paper!"- Nal_rA
Mikey
Profile Joined January 2011
United States277 Posts
December 10 2011 18:51 GMT
#114
LOLL are you the eternalenvy that played with hunter and those guys back in the day in dota1?
Please watch my DotA2 Stream: www.twitch.tv/Mikey -- Member of Team Quantic's DotA2 division :) !
EternaLEnVy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada513 Posts
December 10 2011 19:03 GMT
#115
ya I played with that failure, waste of my skill >_>. Should of swapped teams when I was offered but decided to stay loyal.
Hell in my head
EternaLEnVy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada513 Posts
December 10 2011 19:03 GMT
#116
On December 11 2011 03:48 bubblegumbo wrote:
You know, you could've just ask for help on setting up streaming and playing DOTA2 professionally without sharing with the internet your own controversial life decisions. You have to be really dumb to mention all this personal junk and then expect a forum filled with immature/bored young males all around your own age to not flame you.


oh well, it worked out anyway.
Hell in my head
Cel.erity
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4890 Posts
December 10 2011 19:11 GMT
#117
On December 11 2011 00:48 reneg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 16:44 Cel.erity wrote:
If you're quitting school because you want to pursue pro DotA, that's fine.

If you're quitting school because you think you can make money streaming, don't waste your time. Until you become known, you'll be lucky to get 100 viewers on a good day, and even once you do become known I don't think there's a good way to play commercials due to the game length as you stated. If you play commercials 3 times during your games, people aren't going to want to watch your stream. Also, your math is off. It's $8/1k viewers who DO NOT have adblock. Guess what though? 75% of viewers have adblock, so you actually need 4k viewers to make that kind of money. It's just not feasible to make a living this way.


Where do you get numbers like, "75% of people have adblock"?

I certainly don't, and i know a number of people who don't. More than who do. While i'm not saying that you can't be right with this, i just wanted to know if you had an actual reason to believe 75% don't, or if you're just picking that number b/c you believe that the vast majority of people use it, simply because you do.


These are the stats from jtv partners that I've asked, since I was looking into becoming a partner. But they said it's not worth it because well over half of users have adblock. Sure, maybe they disable it for their favorite streams, but if you're running commercials constantly DURING your DotA games, do you really think there are a lot of people who will put up with that?
We found Dove in a soapless place.
Eschaton
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1245 Posts
December 10 2011 19:14 GMT
#118
There is a whole world of possibilities under the umbrella of Math and Science. I started out in Radiation Health Physics / Nuclear Engineering and switched to Biochemistry & Biophysics in my 2nd year because I found something that did the opposite of crush my soul, even though it took a lot of work. I think you'd be keeping a lot more doors open by staying in school than by trying for a DOTA career. My 2c.
LastDance
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
New Zealand510 Posts
December 10 2011 19:40 GMT
#119
i think most of the people commenting in this thread have nothing against you or your ability. it's just your approach seems very impulsive.

why don't you continue studying but slowly make the transition into full time pro gaming as your presence within the scene grows? it just seems silly to jump ship like that, especially for an underdeveloped esport.

you don't wonder why so many dota pros leave the scene with excuses such as "i'm going to focus on school" "i'm going to focus on a real job" "i'm going to focus on real life"? every month there's a dota pro spitting such excuses.
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 20:44:02
December 10 2011 19:41 GMT
#120
lol

anyways, people overrate how well individual players make up teams. you can have 5 decent players and do either really well or poorly. its all about teamwork. look at Navi when they first had their new roster of 5 all star players. they actually lost to PGG and his PUG squad at ASUS. (top dota lan in russia). why? because they had no sense of teamwork/roles/ what to do at the time.
trace the team to how they are now and even in their games vs MYM when they either played poorly or well.
if you want to be successful in dota, u have to be successful with a team
you can be the best player in the planet and still be a random player if you dont have a team of 4 good players that know what to do. so get rid of your attitude now because you act like you are entitled to some godlike level from reading some of your posts.
and to the topic at hand, stick to engineering. Dota is a game that doesnt need as much constant mechanical practice as say sc2. if you have the mechanics, all you need to work on is teamwork and decisions. there is a skillcap in dota. look at china, all the top players are reasonably near each other in skill. but the (players) that do well compared to the players that dont do well are the ones with better teams and synergy. look at Xiaolou(eg's standin), i would put him at the level of top carries like zhou. but he lacks experience. same with sylar. anyways im just rattling on now.


if you can't manage both , that just says something about you and your willpower.
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