Would you become a progamer?
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13 Oct 2008, 10:54
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I'm pretty bored and I was thinking.. Korean starcraft progamers practically practice, eat and sleep. They live in a team house together with their teammates, playing starcraft for 8 hours a day. Basically, it's like a 9-5 job, but you're playing a game.. many of you say you would like to be a progamer, be paid for playing a game all day.. but would you give up education, most of your social life etc if you were given the chance to play the game you like and make a living with it?
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if i was in a team with tossgirl i'd think about it :D
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if i was in a team with tossgirl i'd think about it :D
If I was asked 6 years ago, I would have said yes, when I was playing CS.
I'm not really sure, but I think it's also like they are professionals, so they make money... But they won't end up being millionairs, will they? Doesn't really sound to me like it was worth it.
edit: especially if you only sit home and have 0 time to spend any of it xD
Hi from the office, first day at new job today :)
why would you give up your social life for a job ? You can do both
I'm always busy!!
its just like any other job just you might have abit mroe fun while doing it.
now from my experience of progaming ..
The social aspect is negligible since most gamers socialise with other gamers and playing is part of that routine. Once you're past a certain point in education the "mature student" is actually quite normal and accepted. At college we'd a few in our class (16-year-old and above) and at university there's even more.
Anyone saying they wouldn't give up their education is quite short sighted and adhering to stigmas and expectations.
Personally, I wouldn't. Though, if you were merely trying to escape reality and you'd no real prospects or goal in mind then I'm sure it might be a great, albeit short, career.
i like the girl, the hat is ugly :s
and only if it's a game i love
well one only lasts so long in the pro gaming scene, like cmon, how many 40 year olds do you see playing professional games? But I guess at that age you could still be picking up big bucks by being a coach/manager or something... so yes if it was a game worth playing (like CS :D)
i think it depends on what you wanna do in/ with your life, and what sense you see behind an activity/ work / game / etc..
if its satisfying, its alright! if you can live from it, its even better!! :D
other ppl sit in front of the pc every day like pro gamers, but they don`t play games, they just work with bills and stuff like that (rampage of bills! unstoppable bill! billoc master! omg xD)
only problem would be, that one is dependent on events where you can get money and show your g4m1n6 sk1llz.. :)