EPTA Glimpse into SC2 Progaming - Page 11
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
Future_sc
United States783 Posts
| ||
|
DND_Enkil
Sweden598 Posts
On October 20 2010 22:10 Champ24 wrote: I was expecting to get criticized. I'm basically in the hornets nest of pro gaming asking why. Anyways, I rescinded my day9 analogy a few posts later once I learned of his masters program at USC. I'll own that mistake. He isn't a good example. If you want to do what you love, go for it. I'm certainly not the one to stop you. However, I revert to my NFL analogy; it may seem great, but it leads down a path that may be difficult to get out of. To another curious member, Tatum Bell was the Bronco player selling phones. A chilling related stat, 78% of all NFL player are bankrupt, divorced, or unemployed following their NFL stint. I get the feeling pro gaming falls into the same boat. You learn skills that are not valuable in life when your gaming career ends. But perhaps I'm wrong...it wont be the first time. I just don't get warm fuzzies when I see teens posting on here about wanting to pack their bags and move to Korea so they can get paid to play video games. If you truly want to, by all means, do it. You only live once. But there are always consequences for your actions, and some are more difficult to see than others. Id hate to see someones life ruined 10 years from now because they had delusions of grandeur about sc2 gaming. The OP exemplifies a bunch of buddies sitting around, drinking beer, playing video games into the wee hours of the night, and blowing tournament cash at restaurants following a victory. Can it happen? Certainly. But it's jut one angle of the big picture. I'm merely attempting to highlight a different side. But I must say I am slightly biased. I work as an engineer for a living, so not taking unnecessary risks has been pounded into my brain for years. I agree with you and with the replies to you  Is Pro-Gaming a good career-choice? Probably not, but neither is musician,dancer or artist. There is usually a point in must young kids life before they go into "higher education" (like a university, in sweden this is around the same time you turn 18 or 19) where they can afford to basicly screw around for a while. Many people around here take a year off to do some crazy shit like hitch-hike around the world or try to make is as a pro in golf/dance/skateboard/whaterver. I myself spent one year "studying" something completely useless, and being honest about it, and pretty much partied and slept the whole time. After that year i got serious and apllied to a real education. My point is, i dont think it is wrong to pursue ANY dream career as long as A) you dont get yourself into huge debts and B) if things dont work out you change before A occurs. When I started my serious education (construction engineer) at the Uni the average age in our class of 120 person where around 25 years old. I dont think any of the guys participating in GSL or other big foreign tournaments are to old to change to a serious career after thier gaming career ends/fails. And when that time comes they will be older, hopefully wiser and more mature and should be able to complete thier education easier. And I imagine "Was a Starcraft 2 professional gamer in Korea 2010-2012" is a pretty awesome thing to have on your resume. | ||
|
foeffa
Belgium2115 Posts
| ||
|
Omitson
58 Posts
On October 18 2010 07:07 Nuri wrote: nice read This. Can be improved. But still a nice read overall. | ||
|
Butigroove
Seychelles2061 Posts
| ||
|
risk.nuke
Sweden2825 Posts
| ||
|
Titusmaster6
United States5936 Posts
I wish Artosis would do an interview with you, would be very interesting. | ||
|
HavoK.
United States172 Posts
 | ||
|
cyberspace
Canada955 Posts
| ||
|
NeCroPoTeNce
United States513 Posts
On October 18 2010 07:01 Rekrul wrote: The best meal of your life, the best sex of your life, making alot of $.... What would a Rekrul post be without this?  I love reading ur stories man. <3 | ||
|
Narrator
United States868 Posts
| ||
|
MassAirUnits
United States66 Posts
I'll be sorry to admit that I'm not very familiar with rekrul, so I took to google to search for "rekrul starcraft". The third item down I saw is a very old post made by rekrul from around 2005, and I thought it provided a rather interesting contrast with the opening post. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=22425 | ||
MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On October 20 2010 12:30 travis wrote: I don't like complimenting you because you get so much of it but that really was a super cool read. keke that was honest, ^^ @Avius I told Rek we'd just buy a team from Spunky (money solves most things keke); This is my conversation with Rek that night: 'Dan!' 'Dave going to watch the team finals, OGS is gonna rape em, you want to go see em, we are going to celebrate after we win' 'Ah, damn, I love to, but I gotta stay in and work, but just call me later and I'll try to make it' 'Ok' 'Ok gogo' 5 hours later..... 'Dan!' 'Dave, omg, OGS almost got killed, the last guy had to win 3 straight, so sick' 'LOL, what happened to the raped?, but that is sick 3 straight' 'Yeah, we gonna get fucked up now' 'Ok, gotta work, but give my love to the boys gogo!' **** After reading Rek's post, I wish I had gone and passed the night away in a soju stupor keke. Hope you're having fun in sober land now Rek, love ya! | ||
|
Firereaver
India1701 Posts
On October 18 2010 07:16 Elegy wrote: brilliant read LOL that cracked me up for ages. OMG Rekrul is the BEST narrator ever! Rivetting read as-per-us... | ||
| ||
