That is what you believed. Not everyone do it for passion. You think they would practicing so hard if the prize money is Rm10 for 1st place? Doubtful.

I don't get what you trying to say here...at all.

Just because they are pro-gamer, this doesn't mean that they should training for 12 hours per day like a Korean. In fact, even in a real job, average people only working about 6~8 hours per day, minus the break time and lunch. From what I heard, EG team does spend at least 6~8 hours per day on SC2, and you still think that they NEED to play more? Wow...

wow, u actually thought my post was directed at you? rofl...talk bout how ppl get so defensive when a random post appears, whatever that makes u happy boy *rolleyes*

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Added on October 2, 2011, 6:10 pmoh and yeah btw, regardless EG is not at their HIGHEST possible lvl of play, doesnt remove the fact that they are still at a higher tier of play to be able to "compete"

so unless ur somebody better than them, try not to sound way over your head lol

u wouldnt want your children, assuming, all of your children go pro gaming for life now wouldnt u? even if they really like it

well u can say, 'oh its all good about esports' but on the other hand u dont want any of your children to go pro gaming for life becuz u know they are gonna regret it for not become a boss like any other business man who have a comfortable and successful life, well im not saying they have 100% become successful businessmen, but the probability is way higher than pro gaming itself

u think lee chong wei is really all good? whats he gonna do when he is retired? ok, he can coach, but thats all. yea he got a lot of fame, but i would rather be rich than having fame, well at least money can get me what i really like in the future, ie, travel around the world

i know the way i reason things is very selfish cuz u all can say lee chong wei does it for his country and not for himself, well, IMO, lee chong wei does this purely becuz he has passion and likes badminton, and not anything more than that, for country is phony reason just to attract more attention which faggots needed the most

i dare to make a hypothesis, assuming lee chong wei lost his malaysian citizenship by some reason, i believe singapore or any other country would give him a citizenship on the condition that he will represent that country for playing badminton and he will accept that offer

he is one risk taker, would u risk it when u start playing badminton professionally knowing a lot have failed? in decades, many malaysian professional badminton players have failed, only now one talented and dedicated player has born, have u ever thought those who failed what life they having now even they dedicated their life in it? they get nothing near like what dato lck has now, becuz they lack talent, assuming their efforts are the same as what lck has put in. But talent is a thing that no one can determine it clearly until u prove it yourself after your dedication has put in, hence, lck took the risk to do it and success.

now, would u risk playing starcraft2 just to be like flash? look at idra in sc1, he was in korea for years, this shows his dedication, but he lacks talent in sc1. most people would just tell u to get a real job to be rich like flash, i believe dedication in work can get u to the finishing line, forget about the fame

how to put them together as u mentioned is the difficult part, most of them dont know, but in real jobs, most of them do know how to put their shit together cuz a lot of people are doing it with success, what i want to say is involving in esports to earn money has a very low success rate, im not saying it is impossible to earn a lot of money in esports, but most of them didnt think to be a pro gamer until they know they have talent in the game, most of them started sc2 just to have fun as everyone is playing, with this said, it proves that training hard in starcraft is not like opening a business, most of the people would still open a business even though they have no passion in the field of business, but the money is there for them to earn, whereas in starcraft, u cannot earn from it if u dont have passion in it, just like badminton, pro players wont play badminton just for money if they have no passion in it, lee chong wei is the example of earning money with passion, but still, the money is one partly factor to motivate him
earning money with pure passion is not always gonna work as young people nowadays think, probably becuz young people have a lot of false passions. people with more experience; especially the elders, they know what carreer is gonna work and make sure the youngster wont regret the path they are about to take, the elders might be wrong sometimes but most of the time, they are correct