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Brutaxilos
United States2624 Posts
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Koshi
Belgium38799 Posts
-----> Roll faces in 3 years. | ||
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v3chr0
United States856 Posts
For instance: WhiteRa, Nestea, and Boxer are all older players; All amazing tacticians and strategists. This is most likely NOT a coincidence, their more expansive knowledge base/experiences helps them make better decisions. On the opposite end, you have a youngster who most likely has a fresh perspective, untapped potential, and can from an early age start to shape and hone his skills and knowledge for SC2/a specific purpose. There is a reason why Masters train apprentices; If you can teach someone much younger than you, your knowledge, experience, and skills they can already be where you were much earlier, and from there; become much more than your Master was. Young people have a much larger advantage in a grand scope of things. My advice: Keep playing, because I wish I could start playing SC2 at Age 13.  | ||
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Raiquer
Sweden98 Posts
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jakek95
United Kingdom351 Posts
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10328 Posts
Also you could say genes are part of it. But you cannot say that 13 = silver, 14 = gold, 15 = platinum, etc. That's just dumb. Just put work and practice into it. If you get no where, maybe you are just not good at games/starcraft. If you're really good, maybe you got what it takes to become pro. I was playing SC1 when it first came out; i was 3 at the time, and I was playing WC2 when I was 2. Give someone who is not tech-savvy, and is 80 years old... I would probably be better than them. Even if there is a direct correlation with age with skill/league/MMR for a certain age range, it is limited to that range only. | ||
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Zushen
275 Posts
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PooLarX
United States38 Posts
You need to realize that almost all of the players who are professionals now are older, as e-sports grow as we draw in more mainstream sponsors as MLG and other leagues and organizations build and become more profitable and resilient the infastructure around gaming will grow. This is a prime example. http://www.twitch.tv/p/scholarship Aside from that, I would point to the EG house, complexity house.. these are things that back in 2004-2006 before CGS came and grabbed all of our legends and sucked our community dry were never possible. You as a young person have an amazing oppurtunity to actually make a living or go somewhere with e-sports that people from the older generation like myself did not have. The timing was just not right and we grew up and moved on. You are LITERALLY going to see e-sports explode if we continue on this trajectory and become a main staple of society and culture something you could really strive for and have it be a good chance of happening, This community and all games that fall within "e-sports" are totally DEPENDANT upon young players like yourself, for every 1,000 that burn out or find other hobbies and interest the few that stick with it will be pillars of the community in the future. I think it is entirely possible that children who are in your age bracket could grow up in a society where gaming is not only accepted as a mainstream sport and spectator friendly event but also something that people who aren't "professional" i.e semi-professional and amatuers could make a living at and I must say with lot's of envy that is a very exciting prospect. If I truly had a oppurtunity that you do with as e-sports I might have very well skipped on college and kept training to see how far I could have gone. I don't know how passionate you are about e-sports or if it is something you might envision yourself being apart of in the long term but I would suggest very highly to immerse yourself in the community as much as you can, listen to podcasts here are a few that I am sure the majority of the people here listen to and watch on at least a semi-regular basis and for the ones who do not well.. now you know. onemoregame.tv / Live on Three / Inside the Game State of the game which you can find easily enough on this website. Real talk with JP McDaniel just started I would REALLY suggest listening to not only eg.incontrol and eg.idra but 100 percent must listen to the 2GD interview, it was pretty much spectacular and amazing in everyway. Aside from that I would say do not get discouraged by people who might cite your youth as a disadvantage on the contrary it is a HUGE advantage and even if you have no aspirations of becoming a professional or sticking with this beyond a active hobby, will greatly benefit your skill in the long term certainly with age comes perspective and I truly do believe that a "prime" for a player would be in his later years 17-30. The oppurtunity you have to refine your mechanics steadily and incrementally up to the age of which you could travel and compete is astounding. Find a player whos stream you like who does commentary. Watch it. Search out replay packs of top players and sit down with a notebook and pen and write down builds and things you would like to try and check out day9 dailies on your specific race and learn more about the matchups. You can get out of silver in no time. I am rambling and cooking dinner while I get ready for state of the game longest post I think I have ever made on TL since I joined T.T So anyways yes, don't stop playing and ignore people who hate on you. (((Also I know complexity had a house for it's 1.6 team when it was in it's "prime" you might call it, but it was NOTHING compared to what Jason Lake has orchestrated currently with their new house))) | ||
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Fortis-Et-Fidus
United States119 Posts
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JazzJackrabbit
Canada1272 Posts
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YouthSC
United Kingdom355 Posts
 (I'm high master zerg)For the swarm, and also for the potential you have being 13! | ||
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
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Belha
Italy2850 Posts
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Hadley_
Germany157 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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DarkInfinity
121 Posts
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FlukyS
Ireland485 Posts
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AltOptimus
Netherlands115 Posts
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