EPTHow many SC2 hours/day is the most efficient? - Page 2
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freshiie22
Canada132 Posts
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
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balistix
Croatia63 Posts
On July 25 2010 15:23 Vessel wrote: he stated in his interview with esports france that he has time for about 50 ladder games a week or so. he also said something along the lines of he would like to compete and be a top player but time doenst allow for that at the moment As i said, it was back in 2007 when he didn't even do dailies yet and wasn't involved in sc community so much so that's why he had all that free time, and he won the tournament that year so it did pay off | ||
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dogabutila
United States1438 Posts
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foxmeep
Australia2337 Posts
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NerO
United States2071 Posts
I didnt start playing SC2 til wed. before beta closed monday and in 6days never playing the game before I finished #2 in my Diamond division with about 460pts but my friend who let me play on his computer had been playing the beta for a solid 3-4 months had was still in gold division. My advantage was I played SC1 at a high level so I understand the concepts behind how the game works, and know how to analyze and improve and learn from my mistakes and marginal decisions. I also know how to realitively quickly recognize where my mistakes we're even without watching replays which allows me to improve quickly, where he didnt though he was very good at other strategy games he still is learning general SC knowledge. Work on improve those skills and you will improve faster than anything. | ||
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Ichabod
United States1659 Posts
I play 3-4 hours a day when I can (have to work on tuesday, will not be able to concentrate at all, eek). Edit: Oh, addressing the most efficient amount of play time, just do SC2 and SC2 related activities in your free time, playing, working on mouse control, thinking about builds...be sure to micro enough time for college too, you always want to have a backup plan in case going pro in SC2 doesn't pan out  | ||
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Coil
Argentina119 Posts
On July 25 2010 15:25 theRiverX wrote: Personally I can only handle 2-3 hours a day maximum. I can't handle the mental and physical stress. eek.. Same, haven't played SC in many years and SC2 is forcing me to take a break after 1-2hs, when i can play an FPS or RPG for like 10hs... Probably will be able to do longer periods after some time. | ||
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0neder
United States3733 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
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kzn
United States1218 Posts
On July 25 2010 15:30 Baarn wrote: If you try to match idra's practice schedule you can pretty much kiss that degree goodbye. Just play when you have free time unless you are seriously considering taking up pro gaming or it's not worth it. Even then haha. I'm not entirely sure what 12 credit hours translates to for my university but I could easily manage 12hr/day averages while juggling a "full" load of schoolwork (meaning what I was expected to do) per week, including during the year I spent writing an undergrad thesis. | ||
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Ploppytheman
United States248 Posts
For starcraft I never really played RTS multi until I got a beta key and played about 1 month of beta. In that one month I played about 200games or so, got 300 ELO Diamond (but rating kept resetting so I spent a lot of time grinding back up). Basically thats the top 1000 US players I think. My best friend will be playing so we will be competitive and practice a lot (I hope). I think I can def manage school, gym, SC, a girl and a part time job (done it before). But if I had to drop one of those things it would be SC first. You just have to have good time management skills. | ||
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Luvz
Norway356 Posts
Example: When hes most likeley to take a expo with this build, how he usually plays this MU and so on. My Theory on how to become a progamer is, u have one Starting build order. that CAN transition into Evrything in the later stages depending on how u scout and so on. what iv done is Write down my first initial build against each MU, and then iv written on the side where and when its best to transition to something that can easly counter what uv allready scouted on ur opponent. and written that order down aswell, Now ofc the later the game goes on u have to pick out some things like DT rush or whatever, but at some point u can transition into evrything aswell. This is what i did in beta, And i Easly hit top 10 within the first week of beta in norway and going top 200 in EU on Ladder rankings. obviously i havent stuck to it completely and just not given a shit about it yet, but iv prepared myself for release and i really think ill be able to hit the top with this. ((((((((I dont play Terran. xD just had to be said.)))))))))))) Sry for extreamly bad written english. | ||
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buKe
Canada168 Posts
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Sluggy
United States128 Posts
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MuTT
United States398 Posts
Let's assess the gains and risk +'s -small chance of earning 6 figure / famous among nerds -enjoy what you play (best case) -'s - zero social life -most likely will be making less than minimum wage -not a good future for after sc2 - Most likely will postpone getting laid by years -Stressful/ not a steady income - Good chance of not liking the game you play - Cannot go on extended breaks - Competing with other people who are fanatical to get that small sum of money -list goes on and one but i don't wanna stretch this out TL;DR: Being a pro gamer is one of the worst 'careers' imaginable | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
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kzn
United States1218 Posts
oh, wait | ||
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