On May 14 2013 11:31 fezvez wrote:
There is no med school

He said on stream that he was interested in physics / chemistry, and he thought he would go down the engineering road but he still hasn't set his mind yet.

No med school ?
I guess stephano is gonna keep winning sh*t, because if he doesn't do med school he will still have some time for training

lynx.oblige

Sierra Leone2268 Posts

May 14 2013 02:39 GMT

#564

I hope this doesn't actually happen

Th1rdEye

United States1074 Posts

May 14 2013 02:40 GMT

#565

Wow. So odd to see him just walk away given his success. But honestly, props to him.

He's the guy at the casino that won money and actually walked away before losing everything....

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

May 14 2013 02:49 GMT

#566

On May 14 2013 10:03 DDie wrote:
I'm the only one annoyed that as soon as the easy money is gone he cashes out?

You're annoyed at the one guy who said from the start he was in it for the money?

That's strange.

I'd cash out too if my prospects dried up. He's got the rest of his life that he has to live.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES51103 Posts

May 14 2013 02:53 GMT

#567

how unfortunate for the foreign fans, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.

M.theory

United States23 Posts

May 14 2013 02:59 GMT

#568

On May 14 2013 11:07 var username wrote:

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What does the "pro" in "progamer" stand for?

That's right, "professional".

Double standards simply because he's a foreigner is not helping the scene.

I'm just saying the dude is young, and is living life the way he wants to live it. He's said multiple times he was in this for the money only. Obviously, he knows that there's more chance at being successful by going back to school than continuing to be a pro-gamer. I don't see how someone can hate on a dude for that.

I didn't say anything about him being one of the best foreigners in SC2. I said he was one of the best players in SC2. You can agree or disagree; we all have our opinions, but he stood toe-to-toe with the best Korean players many times - even in defeat. I honestly think it's next to impossible to say that Stephano was bad for the SC2 scene - regardless of his professionalism, or lack thereof.

wangll

Armenia3 Posts

May 14 2013 03:02 GMT

#569

--- Nuked ---

hootsushi

Germany3468 Posts

May 14 2013 03:03 GMT

#570

Stephano always said he was merely delaying his studies to earn some cash, so this day was inevitable. Still sad to see him retire though. I remember him playing go4sc2 cups as a relative "no-name" and I was wondering why someone would name himself Stephano, haha.

IPXZergHOTS

United States9 Posts

May 14 2013 03:10 GMT

#571

Sad too see him go, but he's been saying this for quite awhile.

LtCalley

United States244 Posts

May 14 2013 03:17 GMT

#572

good luck stephano....i really hope that a foreigner can match your success in the future

sluggaslamoo

Australia4494 Posts

May 14 2013 03:21 GMT

#573

On May 14 2013 11:20 jyuj wrote:

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On May 14 2013 11:14 boxturtle wrote:

On May 14 2013 10:33 rysecake wrote:

On May 14 2013 10:14 ppshchik wrote:

On May 14 2013 10:03 DDie wrote:
I'm the only one annoyed that as soon as the easy money is gone he cashes out?

E-sports is a flop for players to waste their youth on on the wallets of sponsors. No way e-sports in the west is going to reach the scale of those of Korea (which its scene is also struggling as well),

Commentators like Artosis and Tasteless can sit there and tell everybody to support e-sports and SC2 because they can simply find other jobs in the broadcasting field once SC2 is gone, But what about the players? You'll always need a Plan B and Stephano is smart enough to have an exit strategy.

esports in korea is not suffering, sc2 is.

I'm pretty sure having their live audiences shrunken by 90% and their TV viewers dwindling counts as suffering. E-sports is making less and paying out less in Korea.

There's a reason why MBC shut down, there's a reason why Ace shut down, there's a reason why countless high-funding teams got shut down. There's absolutely no reason to open a new well funded team in Korea. Who's going to watch someone go out there and play stupid video games? There's just so much to be doing in Korea nowadays that only "losers" will go play video games.

To illustrate how badly e-sports is doing in Korea, they seated 5,000 people for the biggest event last year, the LoL finals. That's 1/4th the amount of people at MLG Anaheim. That's not even a drop in the bucket compared to the old OSLs.

Koreans are also much more social than Americans in general to begin with. PCbaangs have also changed. The majority of them are horrible and shitty, with extremely old computers. They used to be very nice for most of thing you wanted to do back in the day (some still are, but these are high end). PCbaangs aren't a place to socialize at anymore, it's a place where part-time culture or unemployed bums sleep while playing video games and ordering cheap noodles.

It's stupid as hell to assume that e-sports is a viable career path for a young un unless they actually make what flash did. Heck even nada and boxer are broke. Even the best at any given e-sport will only be looking at a 6 figure salary for a couple years then retirement with little to no vocational skills and little education.

Compare a run of the mill doctor or an engineer to the best progamer. Making even $350,000 for 3 years then making $15,000 a year is a lot worse than making $70-100k a year to begin with, then steadily rising even higher than $350,000 a year if you're actually good enough. Staying in e-sports for the long haul is a bad idea unless you're a businessman.

How do you know that Nada and Boxer are broke?

While some parts I agree somewhat this is horribly misinformed.

Nada and Boxer definitely have enough money to live the rest of their lives without work. Nada was earning more than $400,000 a year even when he was retired, and Boxer still earns money from sponsorship when he doesn't play because he is an iconic figure.

Most of the retirees in BW still earned a lot of money after they retired, I guess its part of the retirement package due to short term careers, compared to the average wage earner in korea a successful progamer earns a lot more.

League of Legends is hugely popular in korea, I don't know where you got the 5,000 from, I saw the Azubu vs Najin finals myself. Sometimes you saw crowds as big as the OSL and this is coming from someone who doesn't even follow LoL.

Poiple

Australia13 Posts

May 14 2013 03:21 GMT

#574

I think he'll be back, there's no way he's going to enjoy studying over gaming especially when he's had a taste of the good life.
Good Luck regardless

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17692 Posts

May 14 2013 03:24 GMT

#575

On May 14 2013 11:35 BigFan wrote:

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he said math or engineering on stream. Guess wait and see what he decides? lol

math is THE thing to study for talented lazy people
especially algebra...the more abstract the better.

do nothing... pay attention during lectures... get 90% ... sleep a lot.

kubiks

France1328 Posts

May 14 2013 03:34 GMT

#576

On May 14 2013 12:24 JimmyJRaynor wrote:

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math is THE thing to study for talented lazy people
especially algebra...the more abstract the better.

do nothing... pay attention during lectures... get 90% ... sleep a lot.

This is compeltely innacurate...we do'nt use % to grade in france, it's mark over 20.
So do nothing, get 18, sleep a lot