Saved alot of cash. Want to move to play full time - Page 8
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TheSwamp
United States1497 Posts
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ratty
New Zealand275 Posts
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Koshi
Belgium38797 Posts
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naux
Canada738 Posts
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Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:02 naux wrote: Why don't you make a team? If i was you, i certainly would. Make a team. Call it, "Team NaNiwa". DONE. If you insist on further recruiting, add SaSe. Then the three of you can be Protoss buddies. You can thank me later. | ||
NeutralDepot
80 Posts
Do you want to have a fun time playing the game you love and get in touch with some well-known foreign pros or do you want to become the best player you possibly can. If it's the latter don't bother moving to some crappy team house in poland and play with medicore foreigners. As read in threads before nothing there helps you to be a better gamer aside from sitting next to semi-good players. If you want to become excellent YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DRIVE and a comfortable practice environment. Check earlier threads about the MoV team house. Some player weren't able to sleep because of parties, do you really like sitting next to other peole hacking on their keyboards etc. etc. If you are serious about gaming and have 500 k do this: 1) Start learning korean so you can barely understand stuff and express yourself. 2) Get information about moving to korea as fast as possible. 3) Try to be there at least when HOTS comes out. 3) Rent a flat there and make it comfortable. You shouldn't really need much. Having your own flat has so many advantages over a sweaty team house where you sleep in a room with 2 to 3 other people. 4) Make a Barcode account on HOTS. 5) Practice 13 to 15 hours a day on a korean ladder. You should have the best possible ping there is. The fifth step is really all you need. It's as simple as that and by far the hardest of all at the same time. Doing this will show you the hard way whether you are motivated to become the best or not. You will have no excuse if you fail. Look at stuff like Desrow arguing about food at the MoW house or flying to MaximusBlack for a week to coach him. Somebody like him will never become remotely good. HOTS will open up attention for many new players and if you are that serious you have a chance to become known. You can participate in Code A qualifiers etc. You don't need coaching. You need top notch mechanics and these are achieved by grinding. Grinding beyond any other foreigner. Do you think top korean players got there by being coached? Coaching and MoW teamhouses are for players who do not actually have the drive to play on their own. Once you have extremely good mechanics, like top 5 foreigner mechanics, you can do whatever you want and live wherever you want but half-arsed coaching by progamers who do not have the drive to play even 10 hours a day on their own and dubious team houses in poland are not what you want. How come most foreigners are so much worse than koreans and most foreigners are not even able to beat people like Stephano/Nerchio/Scarlett who play 2 hours a day. Having your own flat in Korea is more than you need to become the best player possible environmentwise. The rest is up to you. | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:11 NeutralDepot wrote: The question really is what you actually want. Do you want to have a fun time playing the game you love and get in touch with some well-known foreign pros or do you want to become the best player you possibly can. I think this is the most important question! Together with, "what sort of results are you hoping for? will you still be happy with the experience even if you aren't able to make it as a successful/tournament-winning competitive SC2 player?" | ||
Jacmert
Canada1709 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:11 NeutralDepot wrote: How come most foreigners are so much worse than koreans and most foreigners are not even able to beat people like Stephano/Nerchio/Scarlett who play 2 hours a day. Except that quite a lot of top-tier Korean pros aren't able to beat Stephano/Nerchio (and depending on the player, Scarlett), either. Although, I'm sure they do play for more than 2 hours a day. | ||
Corsica
Ukraine1854 Posts
Overall i'd suggest go to Europe, i think for newborn progamer KR is too far off to grab, so you gotta start somewhere | ||
ilbh
Brazil1606 Posts
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THM
Bulgaria1131 Posts
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NeutralDepot
80 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:16 Jacmert wrote: Except that quite a lot of top-tier Korean pros aren't able to beat Stephano/Nerchio (and depending on the player, Scarlett), either. Although, I'm sure they do play for more than 2 hours a day. Nerchio and Stephano have fallen off skillwise for quite some time. Scarlett is a rather shaky player in performance. Nerchio has said to normally practice about 2 hours. 10 before tournaments. He also plays part time going to university at the same time. Stephano has said a million times that he doesn't pratice at all. So 2 hours is a rather generous statement. Scarlett has said that she practiced a lot for some time and a lot for her is 20 games a day. she said. This is nothing by korean standards. Take it as an example and let's not have huge discussion about something like that because this derails the thread. On December 20 2012 19:19 ilbh wrote: come on guys this is obviously a troll... Even if he might be a troll which sounds not that likely this thread is still interesting and provides tons of information for people with similar goals. So there is really no reason to stop talking here. | ||
BlackPanther
United States872 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:19 ilbh wrote: come on guys this is obviously a troll... Seems like it. He says he has a job that only 10k people are qualified for and that he makes 200k a year. Sounds fishy. Unless he is a petroleum engineer who works for a GENEROUS company, I can't imagine what he could possibly do to make that kind of money salaried. | ||
FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:19 ilbh wrote: come on guys this is obviously a troll... It's frustrating isn't it S: Next time I will say I won the lottery and tell everyone I want to host a giant tourney, bet it'll get me a lot of attention. Some credibility should be had before topics such as these as started. Especially after reading his responses to questions you can see how unlikely this all is. | ||
InFiNitY[pG]
Germany3464 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:24 BlackPanther wrote: Seems like it. He says he has a job that only 10k people are qualified for and that he makes 200k a year. Sounds fishy. Unless he is a petroleum engineer who works for a GENEROUS company, I can't imagine what he could possibly do to make that kind of money salaried. I met an australian guy a while back who told me the exact same thing. Works on high voltage power lines and since it's so dangerous you make A LOT of money. He was maybe 25 and already had a huge ass house with 3 big cars in the garage. If the OP did this since he was like 16 he can easily have bought property worth 1mil + and still lived quite comfortably. My advise would be to try and buy your way into a team house like EG's or just get your own place somewhere and hire someone or several people as personal trainers. With that much money available to you it shouldn't be a problem to get some of the best players to invest a couple hours a day into training you. | ||
Mesha
Bosnia-Herzegovina439 Posts
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exog
Norway279 Posts
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MagickMan
Australia498 Posts
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
I bet a few of those would accept your money imo! | ||
selaas
Norway40 Posts
On December 20 2012 19:24 BlackPanther wrote: Seems like it. He says he has a job that only 10k people are qualified for and that he makes 200k a year. Sounds fishy. Unless he is a petroleum engineer who works for a GENEROUS company, I can't imagine what he could possibly do to make that kind of money salaried. Just a side note to the sceptic: 200k translated USD might seem a lot in the US but some industries in some parts of the world pay more than that easily without being 1 of 10000 people. I know people who wash floors on oil rigs with no qualifications other than high school that literally make 100k USD! Outrageous yes, but that is besides the point. | ||
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