The thought of retiring was never really an option, not until I read the post about Jinro's retirement and his own personal statement. I am by no means trying to leech of his retirement post by mentioning this, but what I read in the post had a big impact on me. The way I interprented it, Jinro struggled with motivation due to finally reaching his goal of becoming a pro-gamer in Korea, and before he had the shot to join Team Liquid as a SC2-progamer, he had already given up on the dream of being a SC/BW progamer(Anyone feel free to correct me if I've interprented this wrong). I myself feel that I can identify with this, on a much much smaller scale in terms of success of course, but nonetheless, it spoke to me.
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In a simplified context, it was a battle of Heart and Mind. My heart wanted to just let it all go and try it out, my mind told me not to, it was too risky, and very stupid given the situation I was in. Playing full time meant risking my "safety net" that I had in attending Uni, and it might also have meant giving up something that would assure me a safe future.
Read the entire blog post here.
