[Jaywalk]

I think a lot of people have missed the point of what the OP was saying and what i was trying to express.

I dont care "how good i get" or if i become "successful" in sc2. I just want to play more. If it was practical I would play 12 hours a day, i absolutely love laddering and practicing. I know personally for me, I work full time and train (sport) every day for 2 hours, so that's obviously my primary passion, but id love to be able to find a way to get some more sc2 in as well.

I think playing in the morning might be a good suggestion, but it doesn't seem like "balance" to stop doing other things in your life to "become a GM" in star craft.

I think its a bit unfair we have uni students saying "you dont want it bad enough" and this "you only live once" sort of thing. When I was in school/uni i didnt have a problem, its just hard to find time now, and its saddening

I feel a bit insulted hearing that I "don't love the game enough" and that I should become a "casual viewer of streams" when playing sc2 is one of the most treasured things in my life, i love it so much, but i need to pay rent/eat/live also.

Im going to start trying to get up earlier to play, but i usually feel so tired by then i don't think its going to work too well haha

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aLtMrFool:

Im sorry you felt that way ^_^ You read it wrongly if you did, it was actually to become a "casual player" and watch streams, not casual viewer of streams

[aLtMrFool]

Originally Posted by ToREcho[5]

I think a lot of people have missed the point of what the OP was saying and what i was trying to express.

I dont care "how good i get" or if i become "successful" in sc2. I just want to play more. If it was practical I would play 12 hours a day, i absolutely love laddering and practicing. I know personally for me, I work full time and train (sport) every day for 2 hours, so that's obviously my primary passion, but id love to be able to find a way to get some more sc2 in as well.

I think playing in the morning might be a good suggestion, but it doesn't seem like "balance" to stop doing other things in your life to "become a GM" in star craft.

I think its a bit unfair we have uni students saying "you dont want it bad enough" and this "you only live once" sort of thing. When I was in school/uni i didnt have a problem, its just hard to find time now, and its saddening

I feel a bit insulted hearing that I "don't love the game enough" and that I should become a "casual viewer of streams" when playing sc2 is one of the most treasured things in my life, i love it so much, but i need to pay rent/eat/live also.

Im going to start trying to get up earlier to play, but i usually feel so tired by then i don't think its going to work too well haha

I'm sorry you felt that way, you probably read it wrongly ^_^ , it was meant as become a "casual player and watch streams" and not "casually watch streams and not play" , it's very different you know! Just saying that if you're trying to push yourself too hard to play and aim to become really good, you wont be be happy trying, so why not just play it casually, play whenever you can, watch streams when you like. If you get casual with this game and eventually reach the point when you can "care less" about losing and not go all crazy and ragey over a loss, you'll be able to play at any time of the day and not tell yourself something like "meh, this is not the time of my tip-top condition, i'd rather not play".

I have real-life brothers who are in uni / doing work, they play this game only from time to time really casually and watch more streams than they play. They're still players, just that they've gotten so casual they just play (they care about trying to win), but it doesnt affect them as much if they lose. They do love playing starcraft 2 but have since found out / told themself that they're not cut out to play the game at a competitive level. They did try for a little while, but it pushed them into being really ragey and not-that-happy. Now that they only watch top-level play and play whenever they feel like it, whenever they want to and whenever they feel happy playing, they are much much happier than when they tried to advance in leagues, trying to be 80% w/l and all that.

[Meatex]

Well I have only glanced over the thread and surprised nobody has mentioned this but I can tell you from experience
You seem like you have time to play but are too worn out after work and school
Ironically, perhaps, to be able to play more you have to dedicate some time in your schedule for another non sc2 activity.
That being exercise.
You might think you are fit and healthy but like sc2 there is always room for improvement. When I was doing 2.5 hours at the gym 5 days a week - in the mornings no less - then working for 8 hours. I still had lots of energy.
After about 2 months you will be coming home from work, school and gym and still with enough energy to play sc2. PiG will also likely attest to the benefits of serious exercise

[Jaywalk]

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Originally Posted by aLtMrFool

I'm sorry you felt that way, you probably read it wrongly ^_^ , it was meant as become a "casual player and watch streams" and not "casually watch streams and not play" , it's very different you know! Just saying that if you're trying to push yourself too hard to play and aim to become really good, you wont be be happy trying, so why not just play it casually, play whenever you can, watch streams when you like. If you get casual with this game and eventually reach the point when you can "care less" about losing and not go all crazy and ragey over a loss, you'll be able to play at any time of the day and not tell yourself something like "meh, this is not the time of my tip-top condition, i'd rather not play".

I have real-life brothers who are in uni / doing work, they play this game only from time to time really casually and watch more streams than they play. They're still players, just that they've gotten so casual they just play (they care about trying to win), but it doesnt affect them as much if they lose. They do love playing starcraft 2 but have since found out / told themself that they're not cut out to play the game at a competitive level. They did try for a little while, but it pushed them into being really ragey and not-that-happy. Now that they only watch top-level play and play whenever they feel like it, whenever they want to and whenever they feel happy playing, they are much much happier than when they tried to advance in leagues, trying to be 80% w/l and all that.

I think you may have just inspired me to shuffle my schedule around so that i can play for two hours in the mornings haha. I think ill start a blog and let people know how hard it is/if its a reasonable idea. i refuse to go casual yet!

[Mayo]

@kezz, I work at an office which is around 10-15 minutes away from my house