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Going on “Leave” from University to play DotA 2

Due to parents, I’ve decided to delay this till mid April. Thanks a lot everyone, but now I’ll have more time to do more indepth research. However, I would like to have more input. The neat thing about this thread is that I’m getting a lot of suggestions that an computer noob like me has yet to consider.

Hello, I am a shut in kid from Canada who doesn’t know anything but Math, Science, random shit, anime, and video games. I made this thread in order to get some help but first let me explain the situation:

My IGN is EternaLEnVy in HoN and DotA and my SC2 name is YanagiNagi. I have not played SC2 since July, and HoN since August of 2010. I played DotA for a few weeks in August of this year but haven’t really played seriously since probably mid 2008. I played mid solo for DWi (Deal With It) and was rank 2 on the ladder for a few months in HoN. I won one major tournament under this team and placed fairly high in every other. I believe this team is called Complexity now. I was rank 2 in DotA Cash Tier 2 (under Aisaka_Taiga) while I was messing around for a few weeks in august but I doubt that actually matters.

OK SO ENOUGH OF THAT HERE IS THE SITUATION:

I’m a 2nd year Engineering Science Student at the University of Toronto. It’s basically this extremely fucking retarded course that destroys your soul:

Although I’m doing decently in this program (low 80 average ish), I’ve decided that before starting the 2nd half of 2nd year, to go on “leave” and start playing DotA seriously. Basically I can come back to school if I fail miserably. To make money I plan on streaming (10-13 hours a day every day), coaching (not sure how this works), and winning tournaments. If I end up failing miserably in gaming I can go back to school.

HERE ARE MY CONCERNS:
1. Streaming.
Where do I stream? I was originally thinking of Justin. TV but then I heard of a site called Own3d from my friend that apparently pays better. I would appreciate it if anyone could compare these two sites for me.

My second concern in streaming is in money. On Justin. TV you get $0.002 for every ad you show a viewer, so basically $2 for every ad given 1000 viewers. Some people have further extrapolated this to 4 games/hour in SC2 and thus $8 every hour. This worries me because DotA games last much longer, probably would take 45minutes on average to find a game, pick, and play. I’m also not too sure about the math being used here, do people really only show one ad after every game? Say I show an ad after I finish a game and another b4 my 2nd game starts, would this be frowned upon? I don’t watch DotA 2 streams so if anyone could tell me how it works that would be great.

2. Canada Sucks
Streaming in Canada fucking sucks. Our internet is overpriced and we don’t get enough bandwidth or options. But honestly I know nothing about any of this stuff so I’m here to get input. I’m willing to pay more for better internet service but I’m stuck with Rogers for another 2 years I believe due to a contract. What internet speed do I need to play while streaming and not lag. How much bandwidth would I need to stream 12 hours per day every day for a month. And if possible, help me choose a plan that would be able to solve this issue. I also hear that you could call up rogers and make a deal with them, if anyone knows anything about this please comment.

Those two are my main concerns other than personal ones. If anyone knows anything else I should look into, please comment on that as well. I could probably do some more research of my own but its exam period and I need to make this choice before the end of the semester, so I apologize if it feels like I’m leeching too much.

Thanks for your help.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS NOT TO CONVINCE ME OF STAYING IN SCHOOL. You have no right to judge me because you know nothing about what I’ve considered. It is unfair to criticize someone’s judgement that they took many hours considering on whim. Please don’t derail the thread.

If you intend to continue anyway, please understand that I CAN GO BACK TO SCHOOL if I fail. It’s only a year or two of my life. My financial issues aren’t so bad that these two years would cost my life.