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breadfan · Tue, 18th-Dec-2012, 8:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Paroxysm

I think that would probably be the best option for the moment, however the 'pros' often charge less than that, whilst giving better advice. I think I will also start streaming daily, and try to build up a decent viewerbase to the point where ads pay, but that would be a lot of viewers, would it not?

@OSFractal, thanks mate, that would help out so much.

@Richard, I would rather not get a credit card, as I can get a job in a few months, and I don't want to have an incredible debt piled up. Plus, without a job I don't think I would be eligible for a credit card. Also, my wisdom teeth are at the stage where they have to come out because my teeth are beginning to crowd.

I just wanted to add a little note here about the coaching. Sure there are some great coaching deals out there, but think about what you could do to make your coaching service worthwhile. In my experience, if you pay $15/hour, you get an hour of coaching. If you pay someone a bunch more, you get the hour of coaching, and usually access to them as a library of knowledge between sessions. So give out your email address for students, offer to review replays and offer feedback, and think of ways that you can create better value.

One idea might be to stagger a lesson over some timeframe - a few hours, a couple of days. A lesson might consist of first, checking through a replay to see what the player's biggest obstacles are, and give them something to work on. This is largely hands off to this point (you might hold their hand through viewing of a replay, guiding them to identify benchmarks etc). Then, your lesson can focus on helping the pace of their improvement, rather than feeding them some knowledge and leaving them to do what they will with it.

Otherwise, there have been some good suggestions for work outside of the internet, and they are probably more viable sources of income.

As for ads, I'm pretty sure you don't want to chase that pathway in your current situation. I don't think the amount of viewers needed to make it worthwhile income (worthwhile being in place of doing a job for minimum wage - of course if you are playing the game in that time anyway it's all bonus) is ridiculous. I heard some figure that I can't precisely recall, but I think the likes of Day[9] and any major pro who streams to 3k+ viewers may get about a day's income as long as they are partnered with Twitch. If you aren't partnered with Twitch, you don't see any. If you are interested in ad revenue income though, consider YouTube (easier to set up monetisation) and search through blogs for those by ZiggyD, who is doing that and has awesome advice.

Otherwise, $20 for a ZJ.

SFTAElessar · Wed, 19th-Dec-2012, 5:36 PM

i am really sorry to hear this mate...

eye surgery is a pain in the ass, and super expensive

i really hope everything works out for you

will pray for you

x5_Doombie · Thu, 20th-Dec-2012, 11:51 AM

i think you are asking for something that doesn't exist. its everyone's dream to work from home. If it was easy we would all do it.