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On February 04 2014 05:51 farvacola wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2014 05:45 crms wrote:
I think going back to school to schmuck it up with everyone else is a bad idea. I think you have enough name recognition and pull in gaming to start working on your career now. You have a starting point, entrepreneurial speaking, that most people dream about. You have unlimited connections to esports, gaming companies etc. that I'd be shocked if you couldn't find gainful employment in this industry. You should definitely quit the streaming personality gig though if it doesn't make you happy. School might be the path you need but I doubt you'll get what you want out of it in the end. You have all the tools you need to start your actual career now I would bet.
What sort of ego does it take to think that you know Idra better than Idra? What exactly do you think he's been doing these past months, twiddling his thumbs as his stream numbers drop? My bet is on him doing his best to make this career path work only for it to ultimately prove untenable. Besides, based on his previous school experience, I hardly think he's going into an area of study in which schmucking it up is the soup du jour.
Was I just white knighted by an IdrA fan? This post is so confusing.
Ego? What ego? People over estimate what an education will bring you, for the vast majority you get a degree to get a job. Most jobs are pretty terrible cube life where you work for someone else until you retire/die. IdrA is in a unique situation most will never have. You misinterpret my post, it's not about knowing IdrA better than himself, the point of my post was only to entertain other ideas than the landslide of 'good for you go back to school ya'. I believe IdrA has enough clout to get an actual job, no not a feast or famine casting gig, not a streamer, but an actual job, an 8-5 with a profitable esports or gaming based company in an industry he seems to enjoy. Tons of industry and sports figures go this route once their competitive or professional careers are done with.
Maybe he can't, maybe I'm wrong and his seemingly infinite connections in this industry are for nothing more than getting a beer once in awhile or a casting gig every few months. Who knows, I just don't think the default of going back to school is always the correct answer like so many seem to think. He is in a unique position and I would wager he could start a career now without having to spend a massive amount of money to get his degree to start working.
Again, I could be full of shit, IdrA may not even want to have anything to do with gaming and just wants to go back to Physics, Engineering or whatever suits his fancy. I wish him all the best. I personally would do everything I could to avoid needing to go back to school just to get some 'job'. I imagine someone who has been living on his own schedule for as long as IdrA has, might feel the same.
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GL idra. It makes a lot of sense. I really think all players and even casters should have a way out planned.
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On February 04 2014 03:35 Squat wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2014 03:32 TotalBiscuit wrote:On February 04 2014 03:28 MadJack wrote:On February 04 2014 03:14 IdrA wrote:
A couple thousand dollars for a weekend of talking about a game seems nice, but when it happens maybe once a month it is not a good way to live. Hey ill take those couple thousand for working as a caster 9 to 9, 6 days a week, for two monts worth of work, and im not even joking. Even if you could get that much work, which you can't, that is terrible pay compared to almost any other job in the US. Assuming 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and 9 weeks into 2 months, that's $3.08 an hour, disgustingly low. Can anyone make a living off of this game as a caster/personality without sponsorships and donations? It seems almost mathematically impossible. I think being a part time caster, doing school and then casting tournaments on weekends or during big happenings like DH and WCS could be a great way to stay in touch with the game and make some extra money on the side as a student, but full time appears pretty much hopeless.
Makes you wonder how much ProTech makes.
On topic: Thank you for your dedication Idra 
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Respect. You were my favorite villain.
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Always loved to watch you in GSL/MLG and listen to you whenever you were given a microphone. All the players with personality just seem to be disappearing 
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Your're the reason I got into sc2 and esports. Thanks for the memories. Good luck!
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Even thought I never appreciate your stream style I really like the way you understand the game as a Zerg player perspective. You should cast more. I really like to watch you cast. Good Luck and Have Fun at school Idra
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I never liked you, but you will be missed anyways since you were a big part of the community for so long. GLHF.
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Though this is a little upsetting, I honestly can't blame you for doing this.
Good luck Idra!
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despite everything you have been the staple of all NA SC for quite a while dude. you were a fucking awesome player and just as entertaining. best of luck in whatever you do dude, hope to see you back soon though.
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shouldnt this be in a blog or something
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going back to school - the smartest move possible. gl
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On February 04 2014 05:46 Kerence wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2014 05:43 Zenbrez wrote:On February 04 2014 05:37 Kerence wrote:
A couple of thousand dollars for a weekends work once a month sounds like pretty good pay to me, not that you can live by that alone, buy still You acknowledge it's not enough to love off of, and them justify that statement with "but still"? If it's not enough it's not enough.. Also longterm, going to school is infinitely a better choice. Really now? How many people can actually live of only casting SC2? It's a handful of people. All I'm saying is that it is in fact pretty good money, but you'd have to get another income as well. Show nested quote +On February 04 2014 05:51 Erosive wrote:
Even if you make a thousand or two on a weekend, it comes down to the general lifestyle of casting/streaming. Siting daily streaming 6-8 hours of a video game daily is not a healthy lifestyle, even though most progamers do it. You become weak, stressed, bored, and a sense of no accomplishments. I'm glad Greg decided to head back to school, it will be better for him. Hope he surrounds himself with active friendly people who will hopefully give him a better judgement of himself.
Sometimes it's hard to leave something you devoted so much time into, but in Gregs case, it's for the better good. I enjoyed your casting and gameplay commentary Greg, wish you the best bud! But now you're mixing players and casters. I don't see any of the casters streaming 6-8 hours a day. The only caster I even see streaming Starcraft "regularly" is Artosis, and even he seems to be doing Hearthstone most of the time right now. With Idra's knowledge, he could probably coast on that for quite some time with minimum investment into the game. I also never said going back to school was a bad idea, in fact, I think it's a good idea.
I think hearthstone is the way to go now for people involved in esports. But continuing education can't be a bad thing. The energy industry needs all the help it can get, and programmers are always in demand.
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Thanks for all the memorable matches IdrA!
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good night, sweet prince
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gonna miss you man, gl in the future!
always be one of my biggest rolemodels in more than a few ways~
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I guess we will just have to find some other mediocre pro who swear at people in game when losing and act bm towards the community in general. Life goes on.
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Good Luck Greg, I actually think this is a good choice, but hope you will come back one day to esports again.
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