Gambit Weekly #17 : 만약 니들이 프로를 안했다면?

Alex Ich : 만약 내가 프로를 안했다면, 난 계속해서 UBS 은행에서 일하고 있었을거야. 내가 게임을 위해 사직서를 냈을때, 그들은 날 승진시키려고 했었지. 그러므로 그들의 눈에는 바보같아 보이겠지만, 난 게임이 더 재미있기 때문에 프로그래머로써의 일을 접었어.

[ubs 은행 : 구글]

Edward : 난 내가 고등학생때 리그오브레전드 프로게이머를 시작했어! 고등학교를 성공적으로 졸업하고, 우린 우리가 참가하는 모든 대회마다 이기기 시작했지. 만약 내가 프로가 안됬다면, 아마 난 대학생이었을 거야.

Genja : 우리가 본격적으로 토너먼트를 위해 여행을 다니기 전에, 난 여행쪽에서 일했었지만, 난 그게 매우 좋지 않았어. 추측하건대, 다른 사람들처럼, 직업은 그저 직업일 뿐이고, 거기서 즐길 면을 찾기에는 쉽지 않아. 만약 내가 프로가 되지 않았더라면, 난 여행쪽의 일을 접고 프로그래머로써 일을 시작하려 생각했어. 프로그래머 쪽에 대해선 거의 아무것도 모르지만. -뒷문장은 내가 병신이라 번역불가

Darien : 라이엇 고마워! 니들은 세계를 구했어!

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Diamond : 난 미리 이런류의 질문에 대해서 ama에서 답변한 적이 있어.

이건 그냥 원문올려야징

Essentially, I'd follow in my father's footsteps and would finish my education at SPbNRU ITMO* and would work in the information security industry, even though I was tempted to make a living by doing sports (at that time I primarily considered chess, since I had been playing chess for 8 years, but I had to give up on chess due to my education, which I had to later on abandon in favour of eSports). 

There is a chance that if League of Legends didn't exist I would have lots of spare time that I would use to eventually reach GML in SC2 (I managed to reach Master League, while I was occasionally coming across guys from GML, when I used to relax playing StarCraft II for 1,5 - 2 hours per day in my time off from League of Legends) and make a career out of it. Or else later on I'd play Hearthstone, where without a huge effort and simultaneously dedicating lots of time to League of Legends, I managed to reach the top of the ladder for three months in a row and even managed to win a couple of tournaments.

In any case, should I even become ten times more successful in any other game by now, if I am to look back, I would definitely choose League of Legends. Not only do I feel like I belong to this game, I met a lot of great people, whom I am still friends with, but, most importantly, this game allowed me to meet my special someone.

*Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics

http://en.ifmo.ru/