During my break home in Norway I got a few different offers from a couple of serious teams, some of the teams were willing to pay for my stay in the polish team house ( http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=335167.) I also had a bad ass offer from rox.kis when we were out tearing up the strip clubs to live with them in Russia ( me being drunk off my mind considered taking the train back with them to Russia )
I declined all the offers cause I already had a paid ticket to Australia and I did not want to pause/quit my studies to go pro.
Since I got back to Australia Ive barely been practicing, most of my games have been ******* around on SEA, off racing and 6 pooling with terrible ping (3g net and now dodo adsl) and I still manage to win matches in NASL and get 2nd place at acl pretty ez. I am still motivated as hell to play as much as I can but uni/social life/ shit net and no good practice partners in sea and na forces me to play few serious games a week.
Anyways, for the past couple of days Ive been seriously considering moving to Poland to go pro and Ive already talked with the admins of the house, but I am not sure if this is a good decision for me to pause the studies, leave Australia and try to live off progaming, with mindfreak salary + money I am gonna get for making tutorial vids I can pay the rent.
so lets make a list of pros and cons..
pros:
fun
might be able to make some money from winning tournaments, streaming
cheap to travel to tournaments
cons:
leave Australia
pause studies
probably not sustainable for a long time
got a contract with mindfreak and dont know if they would keep supporting me if i moved
There are some other things to consider as well, I probably have to pay for 1-2 months of rent in Poland without being there ( they wouldnt let me reserve a spot) cause I probably cant move before late july/august due to exams and family coming to Australia in june.
So I ask you fine gentlemen of SEA, give me pros and cons of doing something as stupid as stopping my studies and potentially not making any money
-TargA
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aspiring grandmaster, hope to one day become as good as my hero Revenant.
[url]http://twitter.com/#!/TargA01[/url]
Don't all-in when it comes to your future; make sure you can safely transition.
I agree with Mayo though; talk to Mindfreak and see if they would continue to support you. The more information you know about consequences of option A and option B the better.
You already know that they aren't full "yet"; and from what I understand, the place priority for players living there is based on skill/performance. Basically, if you're a better player and are performing at a higher level than some of the players there; it's possible that they'll give a place to you over another, "lesser" player.
But yes, don't all-in; make sure you can resume studies at a later time if you'd like. But I think that the opportunity is too good to miss; so go for it
Im already signed by a team that supports me, thats not the problem! my dilemma is go to poland and do what i really want to do or stay in australia and finish the studies and continue living with friends and not being able to play sc2
I think what you just said answers your question mate
Well with the potential everyone sees in you, I think it won't hurt to try Progaming for a year or two and see how it goes? I mean studies are important, but then again, I live by "NO REGRETS" - you can always come back to studying in the future if you wish to do so, but e-Sports and gaming is not always the same.
Then again, I also agree with what Mayo said, one of the most important things is having MIndfreak have a little bit of space to talk about this since they will be the ones supporting you throughout EU. I don't know if I may be right, but sometimes I think going back to your home-country can build a bit of patriotism and pride!
Anyways, best of luck with your endeavors mate, if you stay in AU, that's great, if you go all the way to Poland, then go rape some!
thanks for all the feedback guys, the reason i made this thread was to get feedback and see if people could think of other reasons to stay or move than i did!
Whether or not mindfreak would continue supporting me is not a big issue, i have money saved up and i could probably get in a decent eu team, but id rather have them support me ofcourse !
at the moment im 90% sure im moving.
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aspiring grandmaster, hope to one day become as good as my hero Revenant.
[url]http://twitter.com/#!/TargA01[/url]
I guess it depends on how well you cope with stress.
I don't know how much money that you will make out of this venture. But in almost all cases you will make more money finishing your studies and joining the workforce.
I'd say at least do the responsible thing and at least finish your studies first. At least if things don't pan out in SC2 you always have that "finished degree" you can fall back on. Not play SC2 trying to make ends meet + added stress of performing that "can" ultimately leave you poor because you now need to go back to "studying."
If I were good enough to go Pro, being in the situation I am... I wouldn't think twice. I'd go for it because I have my qualifications and I know I'd get back into the industry with ease.
EDIT: I guess as long as you willing to make such a sacrifice, go for it! But I think it's too risky. What if something unexpected goes wrong? SC2 will always be there, teams will always be there. For arguments sake, lets say you decided to stay in Australia and study.... on the positive side of things, at least you have connections with these pro teams for future endeavors.
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