UK Sc2 House! - Page 4

On June 22 2011 08:39 Adeeler wrote:
I liked the Mall thingy in Plymouth. Town center was a lot larger then expected. I think there are a few ppl at Plymouth uni who play SC too. Best of luck.

Wish I was 10 years younger and i'd be up for this but in london

On June 22 2011 08:47 Stijx wrote:
Damn man, this sounds absolutely awesome. I'm a little too far away to join this, but i wish you the best of luck. Best example of "just get out there and do it". I'd love to see blogs and updates on how this goes too ^_^
Good luck!

On June 22 2011 06:42 Bourne wrote:


Cheers for the fast response.
Guess i bet to man up and skill up. Just wondering what type of sc2 players that your going to get, Demuslim ? Dbling? Dapollo ?. Also, wondering if UK people are going to be participating in the Shropshire, telford i43 tournament at the end of august. Its moved from newbury and there is a sc2 tournament there and 2.5k is the minimum prize pool.

On June 22 2011 09:01 DrN0 wrote:
You need to be very sure this is what you want. I know you wont listen because you are excited and when excited you tend to ignore rational or dismiss it as being overly negative etc etc, I am the worst culprit of this in the world. But this is a HUGE commitment, you will need to be practising >6 hours a day and not just with each other. Bear in mind that being a pro gamer is not as fun as you would expect, in terms of pay it is minuscule and the hours are dire. May I suggest that before you do this you try the life of a pro gamer for a month before and see if you can manage it and its still what you want you may find its not for you, and its better to discover this now.

Anyways good luck, hope you do succeed but remember there is a reason the UK sc scene is so bad.

On June 22 2011 09:17 Eleaven wrote:



Plans for preliminary test runs have already been drawn. Financially sound, sc2 isn't about the money for me. It's about the desire to improve and exceed as much as possible.

Excited is the opposite of the emotion, caution is the first feeling. This isn't the first, nor will it be the last undertaking of such scale that i'll be part of.
thanks for your concern, your voice of reason is echoing the one in my own head . Slow, steady progression is the aim here, nothing is rushed, no excited decisions. Commitment, passion and calm thoughts are the driving forces at work here.

On June 22 2011 09:29 DrN0 wrote:

Great to hear, right attitude, sounds like you know what you are doing. As long as you are ready to walk away if it all goes tits up, you are in the right frame of mind. Would love to be joining in on this because it sounds like a lot of fun, If you are short a man, and if I get shit exam results I could see myself coming. But Very small possibility, also I wouldnt be able to come if you didnt have a bowling lane locally, I am so addicted. Anyways, good luck and win some pride for the UK.

Oh and I forgot to say you need to be aware of the race of your players, you cannot only have one of a race, you would need at least 2 players of the race, so that when one starts losing the other can sit them down and deconstruct their loss so that the same bad beat doesnt occur again.

On June 22 2011 09:46 ELA wrote:
Good luck with this!

I have the utmost respect for your passion for the game, sir!

On June 22 2011 10:16 Ket wrote:
Best of luck.. I'll follow this with a ton of interest. I was just thinking to myself the other day that a few more gaming houses with high goals should be sprouting up outside of korea and around the globe as a natural progression of the exploding state of sc2 esports. I have 0 relevant experience to contribute so take everything i say with 2 pinches of salt, but I'd guess what might really help a lot is to find sponsors and start a team that's based and practices there. A sponsor could cover many essential costs like travel to tournaments and ideally relieve the pressure on the players to work to feed themselves, which takes away from practice time and gives up an edge to the korean pro houses who have the 'luxury' of dedicating all their time to practice. Also just out of curiosity would you open the doors of this house to talented players from mainland europe? imo talent and how 'personable' a player is and what they can bring to a house should be more important than whether or not they're english, but hopefully a bit of all 3 is doable.

Anyway I really hope to see something good come of this. I won't be in uk until september (gonna be in seoul actually over summer living the nerd dream or something like that) but if this house gets going you can count on me to at least pay a visit and treat all the players/any other staff for a nice meal out in Plymouth after then, to show my support

On June 22 2011 14:58 LiteralZero wrote:
If I was anywhere near masters level I would more than apply for this. This is a brilliant idea and I hope it gets somewhere big! <333 ^_^