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League of Legends

When I was younger, I thought that I was a really mature person for my age. That all changed after I moved to America and started to learn a lot of important life lessons. In 2014, I started playing competitive League of Legends in the LCK with a team called Bigfile Miracle. I was living in a cramped, two-room apartment consisting of a living room and one communal bedroom; there were 13 people all living under one roof. All of the 10 players, including myself, slept in the house, sharing a single bathroom and shower. In Korea, it gets really hot [...]

Impossible Goals

When I first started playing Dota 2, I was like everyone else: a shitty player who got flamed all the time. Now, instead of getting turned away from this game like any sane person would, I tried to figure out a way to get people to stop flaming me so hard and just work together as a team. At its core, Dota 2 is a team game; you can’t win a game in Dota 2 without teamwork. So I would make up silly voices or I’d pretend to be my hero in-game and I’d only talk like them. It was [...]

On the Road to Victory

I always wanted to go pro, but I wasn’t always sure that I could do it. From the moment I saw players like Gotaga, who support themselves by competing professionally, I knew what I wanted to do. I have always been an avid gamer. To think that I could make money from doing the thing I loved absolutely drew me in. While I’ve been able to achieve success in Rocket League, in truth, this wasn’t my first attempt at going pro. Like many kids growing up, I played a lot of Call of Duty and by the time Call of [...]

League of Legends

When I was younger, I thought that I was a really mature person for my age. That all changed after I moved to America and started to learn a lot of important life lessons. In 2014, I started playing competitive League of Legends in the LCK with a team called Bigfile Miracle. I was living in a cramped, two-room apartment consisting of a living room and one communal bedroom; there were 13 people all living under one roof. All of the 10 players, including myself, slept in the house, sharing a single bathroom and shower. In Korea, it gets really hot [...]

Impossible Goals

When I first started playing Dota 2, I was like everyone else: a shitty player who got flamed all the time. Now, instead of getting turned away from this game like any sane person would, I tried to figure out a way to get people to stop flaming me so hard and just work together as a team. At its core, Dota 2 is a team game; you can’t win a game in Dota 2 without teamwork. So I would make up silly voices or I’d pretend to be my hero in-game and I’d only talk like them. It was [...]

On the Road to Victory

I always wanted to go pro, but I wasn’t always sure that I could do it. From the moment I saw players like Gotaga, who support themselves by competing professionally, I knew what I wanted to do. I have always been an avid gamer. To think that I could make money from doing the thing I loved absolutely drew me in. While I’ve been able to achieve success in Rocket League, in truth, this wasn’t my first attempt at going pro. Like many kids growing up, I played a lot of Call of Duty and by the time Call of [...]

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