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I am Adam "Elessar" Saleh! I am Aussie and part Egyptian
Currently highonas 15 y/o playing random, come watch me play!
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/sftaelessar
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I am Adam "Elessar" Saleh! I am Aussie and part Egyptian
Currently highonas 15 y/o playing random, come watch me play!
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/sftaelessar
I think the problem here is that your giving yourself too much attention and expecting support just because you made a blog about 'going pro'. There are plenty of people who become professional, well respected and don't have to resort to telling people about their awesomeness every five minutes.
If your really serious about this, then first of all: do not expect anything in return. To expect something great from the community such as this also means being open to harsh criticism along the way, both good and bad. This is what separates the pros among others, as they focus on getting results instead of saying nonsense and making themselves feel better than they already are.
Unless you actually played with THE very best, you have no idea about the toughness of becoming pro. You say that you've played or beaten top SEA players before? Cool story. But have you even touched the surface of even the lowest b-teamers of Korean teams and even got close to taking games off them? Or even against foreign teams for that matter? The sad truth is, unless you have seen their 8-14 hour/day practice regime first hand, you have no idea what your getting into.
And sadly like many have already said, professional gaming is a gamble. The risks are not worth the reward and I have had similar ambitions such as yours to want to play full time at a young age. But the more I grew up, the more I realize how empty these ambitions are as I realize the importance of education and getting a sustainable job. I repeat, progaming should never be fully compromised for education.
However, this doesn't mean you can't play professionally anymore. Most of the top players in SEA, whilst going to uni, play competitively, make money, get sponsored and become famous as well. There is still hopes of finding an opportunity to play internationally once you become acknowledged as being one of the best and get picked up by a major organisation, such as Team Nv sending players to MLG.
In other words, these players get to where they are based on results and not baseless superstition, which is what I see when reading these blogs. What teams are looking for are 'results', and unless you actually produce these 'results', no one will acknowledge or respect you in the way that you wanted. The only way to reach the leagues of becoming a progamer is through practice, results and hard work. So keep going to school, play harder but without cutting into your studies, and eventually you will find an opportunity to become a perhaps successful progamer.
tl;dr stop bitching, dont quit school and play better
edit: jesus christ writing practise english papers made me ramble on about simple points >.<
U know Poker, i agree with what u say, BUT i am not !@#$ing i am simply asking for feedback and I am LOVING what i am getting good or bad
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I am Adam "Elessar" Saleh! I am Aussie and part Egyptian
Currently highonas 15 y/o playing random, come watch me play!
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/sftaelessar
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"The hardest part about playing Protoss is not choking on your dad's d--k" - Kreamy 2013
This is kinda poor dude, I understand you have ambitions to become pro and so does half the SC2 community but you cant just go on SC2SEA and write sorry. First of all if your going to aplogise than make it more substantial, dont just say im sorry than move on I mean everyone at one point or another has been pissed at a build,race or even just that you lost. But you cant use that as an excuse to go be a dick to people.
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