Foreign Progamer 
Rekrul has decided to leave Hexatron and the life of a progamer behind him
Rekrul writes a very long news post about his life in Korea and what StarCraft and the progaming scene truly is over there. It is very amazing how different the StarCraft Korean scene sounds from what many of us non-koreans have heard of it. Here is some of what he had to say...
"there is no money in pro-gaming. The top 20-30 or so pro-gamers on the top teams get paid well and the top 10 get paid very well. But when I look around the Hexatron team I only see extremely negative effects of pro-gaming. All of these korean guys are atleast 21 years old, some going on 26 even. They are not making money. They are not becoming "famous" pro-gamers. They are not gaining any work experience. They are not being educated. The only thing they are good at is waking up really late, being lazy as hell, and practicing some SC here and there. I just sit there and wonder...so what happens after starcraft? These are smart kids but what the hell are they going to do when they are like 25-29 years old, haven't lived on their own, have no work experience, and no money? They going to get a job at the 7-11 and work a cash register the rest of their lives? This is the sad reality that is pro-gaming for the most part. The majority of the players on the majority of teams are like this. These days its just too hard to break through into the leagues if you're at
the bottom. Starcraft has become much more simple than it was on the past. Everyone follows the same kind of strategical standards for the most part, the game is almost perfected in a strategical sense. There of course is still tons of room for innovation, that is the beauty of starcraft, but it's almost impossible to make yourself stand out as a gamer these days and rake in big cash because of it."
He gives nothing but the truth in this interesting article, which I think everyone should read. The link to the entire article at TeamLiquid.net is below, enjoy.
Links
TeamLiquid.net - The Entire Article Here.
