Well i would pretty much say enter as many tourneys as possible and just got notoriety from that. I would also recommend streaming here on TL.net since you can start to get an audience which gives you more notoriety. After you have a decent following and win some tourneys you can apply to some top clans hopefully you get in then you have some better practice partners which you use to your advantage from here on its basically Practice Practice Practice.

KahunaNui

Spain257 Posts

January 14 2011 18:48 GMT

#303

I don't think there's any difference between SC2, guitar, chess or soccer. You have to sacrifice a lot, dedicate a lot, make it your life. If you don't you won't be good enuogh compared to those who make such sacrifices and commitments. The tournament that Day9 has won was one for which he practiced like 14 hours a day. If you ask any Korean how long they practice, they'll say very high numbers of hours...And of course, they play SC2 and do a couple more things, but it's the centre of their lives. The idea or plan is very simple,but it's a tough challenge, obviously.

EliteReplay

Dominican Republic913 Posts

January 14 2011 18:52 GMT

#304

On January 15 2011 02:01 Pokebunny wrote:
yep, this guy has no clue what he's doing, but I'll give you the "safe" road for those who want to be progamers.

- drop most of your hobbies other than starcraft. keep one form of exercise and then maybe one other serious interest other than starcraft.
- stay in school and continue to do well. the worst thing you can do is count on your improvement. you do NOT want to commit to starcraft until you know you will be successful.
- practice with all your other time. enter every open tournament with a prize. you will eventually get noticed by smaller sponsored teams if you do well. players on these teams are always encouraged to play these tournaments, and they will notice you.
- now you are around top 200 level, joined the b-team or non contracted roster of a sponsored team. continue living how you were.
- once you are contracted and have to constantly attend team practices and play in tournaments, consider dropping everything but school/work and sc if you're really committed. do NOT drop school or work.
- go to mlgs, play in other lan tournaments/TSL if you begin to place highly (top 8-16), THEN you decide if you want to drop school or work, if it is convenient for you. don't drop school if you know you won't start again. if you have the finances, consider going to korea.

prety much this is a really good advice

IPA

United States3206 Posts

January 14 2011 19:10 GMT

#305

It seems certain people have a very unhealthy obsession with "becoming pro" at SC2. It reminds me a lot of club basketball players I used to play with. I was very, very good at basketball. Good enough to go to college for it; however, I knew in my heart I was no where near good enough to go to the NBA. Not even close. There were other club members I played with who were absolutely certain they would make it (they didn't, of course). It's ok to have a healthy sense of reality when confronting questions about how far you can make it. This isn't to say "don't believe in yourself" but rather "don't delude yourself".

If you're talented enough, and work hard enough, you'll become pro. But that first part is the kicker. There are very, very few with an inherent, natural talent superior enough to propel them into those pro ranks.

I'd rather focus on becoming the best I can possibly be, without delusions of personal grandeur.

My .02...
IPA

FlowerBunny

Sweden187 Posts

January 14 2011 20:03 GMT

#306

I read a bunch of the posts and i got really intrested! I too want to become a great Starcraft 2 player. (15 soon 16 years old) and my goal now is to get into the top 200 Europe. I live in sweden and i right now have 2500 points in Master league. After reading the posts i calculated how much time i can spend playing starcraft.

29.5 hours a week I can spend playing ladder, custom, tournaments, watching replays, day9 tournaments and so on. (Beyond these 29.5 hours, i can go to school, do homework, get exercise and so on)

And with motivation and really playing these 30 hours one can get far, or am i wrong? I have gotten 2nd in a swedish tournament and it has "whetted my appetite" so to speak. I think you can get great if you want to and set up goals for yourself. Go with what you love, and do it to 100%!

KevinIX

United States2472 Posts

January 14 2011 20:07 GMT

#307

On January 15 2011 05:03 sGDaevil wrote:
I read a bunch of the posts and i got really intrested! I too want to become a great Starcraft 2 player. (15 soon 16 years old) and my goal now is to get into the top 200 Europe. I live in sweden and i right now have 2500 points in Master league. After reading the posts i calculated how much time i can spend playing starcraft.

29.5 hours a week I can spend playing ladder, custom, tournaments, watching replays, day9 tournaments and so on. (Beyond these 29.5 hours, i can go to school, do homework, get exercise and so on)

And with motivation and really playing these 30 hours one can get far, or am i wrong? I have gotten 2nd in a swedish tournament and it has "whetted my appetite" so to speak. I think you can get great if you want to and set up goals for yourself. Go with what you love, and do it to 100%!

Go for it! If you enjoy Starcraft enough to dedicate 30 hours a week to getting better, you will make it far.