Saved alot of cash. Want to move to play full time - Page 6
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lifeangelus
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
On December 20 2012 16:52 lifeangelus wrote: Well even if I did it for 5 years and didnt sell any of my possesions just relying on cash I would have close to 100k a year. Which isnt including the rental income I get from property either. Also no im no terran. en taro adun! So you are a 28 year old who has around $500,000 in cash lying around in addition to two properties.... Ummm... ok. | ||
lifeangelus
51 Posts
Edit: to the post above I have mates in the same field who have accomplished much more then I do. People just need to get themselves out there and look for real work. | ||
lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22271 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:17 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: That sounds great, working and playing, and perhaps doing that again, not the same old working for the rest of your life. What is PA btw? 200k pa? (what currency) Sounds like a lot for your young age ;O also curious if killing off your sperm was a direct requirement to your job, but i guess that might be too personal (can't think of any jobs that would need that ;O) Good luck though! Per annum or per year I wholeheartedly agree with the buying NSHs suggestion | ||
Xulatis
Germany34 Posts
As you are only laddering mostly on SEA, i would advise you to search for a flat in Europe (preferably in a country where no language barrier exists), train some time, get accustomed with everything and then try to reach out to various teamhouses for 1 week or 2 week stays. As you have the money, it is no problem that you travel occasionally to different team houses. After some time, you can decide, which one was the best and if it is worth pursuing to stay with them. Also making a 1 or 2 month stay in South Korea (after some time) might be worth it. But i would not recommend to start with it. It is like flying to Mars instead of flying to the moon first. Another thing is, which most players don't think of, is what learning type they are. Are they learning more by just playing 1000's of games (improving mechanics) or can it be more helpful to have other people to talk to, who can share and (more important are willing to share) their valuable experience/knowledge. Travelling to important tournament events inside Europe (Dreamhack, IEM) might be possible too then. Well nonetheless, i wish you good luck for your future! | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:17 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: That sounds great, working and playing, and perhaps doing that again, not the same old working for the rest of your life. What is PA btw? 200k pa? (what currency) Sounds like a lot for your young age ;O also curious if killing off your sperm was a direct requirement to your job, but i guess that might be too personal (can't think of any jobs that would need that ;O) Good luck though! Eunuch to the emperor/king comes to mind. You can't (be trusted to) serve in the royal court if your male sex drive is intact. Or so I hear, about the ancient times. | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:21 lifeangelus wrote: 200k per year australian dollars. I worked on high voltage electricity and the EMF( electro magnetic field) is said to kill sperm. Hey if it can light an unplugged fluro tube with someone standing on the ground who knows what its doing. Either way I wasnt entirly serious. I have not been checked its just a common thing in my line of work. Are you serious?! Can't some biomedical engineer design like a Faraday cage jock to protect people's testes in that line of work? | ||
kskusanagi
Korea (South)133 Posts
GL! | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:19 jdseemoreglass wrote: So you are a 28 year old who has around $500,000 in cash lying around in addition to two properties.... Ummm... ok. I was about to say that the Australian dollar is substantially lower than the USD but apparently it's almost on par now. WOW :O | ||
iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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Mstring
Australia510 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:26 Jacmert wrote: I was about to say that the Australian dollar is substantially lower than the USD but apparently it's almost on par now. WOW :O You have it inverted my friend, we've been over par for a while now People love to pay for our dirty rocks. | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22271 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:26 iNcontroL wrote: How much you willing to pay? I'll pay you $25 to put a cream cheese bagel in Greg's favorite pair of shoes >.> | ||
zefreak
United States2731 Posts
I would go to Korea though, because I like the culture and can somewhat speak the language. | ||
Osyrul
257 Posts
Just move to korea and practice your ass off, and qualify for code A? Very unlikely though, but who know? There's a reason why some foreigners are there, despite there being more tournaments outside of korea. You would probably feel very lonely though, being around a totally foreign environment and not able to speak their language. Whatever float your boat. Tastosis or hwanni should be able to help you out with those thing. | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:29 Mstring wrote: You have it inverted my friend, we've been over par for a while now People love to pay for our dirty rocks. Dirty rocks?... Hmm? And sorry, yah, didn't mean to give the impression that the AUD was below the USD. Turns out the AUD and CAD are in a similar boat - just slightly above the USD, at the moment. | ||
Gojira621
United States374 Posts
1. What you're doing sounds like a similar situation to what I would love to do, minus the fact that you have megabank sitting around and i definitely do not (working a low-end job, gotta love post-grad life). If you have hundreds of k sitting around, you can absolutely go out and just play sc2 full-time for a year, two years, hell as long as you want. Do NOT let anyone in this thread tell you otherwise. 2. If this is what makes you happy, then go for it. Like you said, let's say this whole thing falls flat on its face and you don't accomplish any goals, you can still fall back and have a BACK UP PLAN, something a lot of people aren't considering here, and sadly don't even think about when going after these kinds of lives. 3. I probably would not recommend moving to korea. With the closing of the GOM house, there are very few places for non-koreans to stay and train at, not to mention the language barrier will make it very difficult. You'll be surrounded by some of the best starcraft players on earth, but unable to really talk to many of them or likely play a lot vs them. If and when you get to the point where you are a top level player, then by all means find a korean house to stay at, but for now I would recommend finding a place in NA or EU (Razer Academy, col Academy is doing some recruiting but if you pay them to stay there they might look into that? idk, MoW). I don't know about many other open houses 4. If you can't find a team place to stay at, rent out a place in america or europe, hook up some nice internet, and just play a lot. Try to compete in a lot of online tournies. If you can start posting some results, you could very likely end up at one of the forementioned training houses 5. GL!!!! would love to try and do what you're doing if I ever get the opportunity | ||
iamho
United States3345 Posts
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Mstring
Australia510 Posts
On December 20 2012 17:34 iamho wrote: Why do you need to move to become a progamer? Just sit in a dark room for 12 hours a day and grind endlessly on ladder, just like the pros. Besides if you're a wealthy 28 year old, I'd doubt you'd want to live with a bunch of nerdy teenagers in a small house. Ever wondered why there are so few pro-gamers from Australia? It's not because of the low population... | ||
IMoperator
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