>Graduated from the most prestigious university in his homeland, majored in bio-material engineering
>Apparently won a nationwide award for his scientific research
>Bright future and a lot of successful opportunities lie ahead
>Yet chose pro gamer as his career path
>And not even in esports games that pay you loads of dosh like Dota, LoL, or CS:GO, but FIGHTING GAMES
Why in the world did he do this? WHO THE HELL WOULD DO THIS?
Is Tokido the sexiest top player?
Because he's too smart for plebby shit games.
>>331587786
Because being successful in that industry isn't really possible.
And working some alright job and enjoying something you love is far more thrilling day to day.
Autism
>>331587786
>>331587786
真の勝者は1でよい。弱者死すべし
Skill at video games is linked to intelligence.
So remember kids, every time someone beats you online, it means they're smarter then you.
because he does what he enjoys
you should too, anon.
>>331587786
a man unafraid to follow his dreams and get what he wants out of life. i know thats hard to understand for someone like you, who has become complacent with their life and finds nothing wrong with living a life that's foundations have been set by your friends and family. maybe one day youll understand what it means to have a passion and youll want to pursue it as earnestly as pic related.... of course youll have to leave your parents basement first.
>>331587932
Saw this happen live from the front seats. Probably the hypest vidya related thing I've seen in my life.
>>331587786
>Why in the world would someone pursue something the like instead of doing something that give more profits and renown.
Don't you realize how sad it sounds, how hollow life would be if you didn't follow your dreams and instead just went for what is "better"?
>>331588981
Please do explain that image.
>>331588147
Thrre is nothing wrong with having a stable career and legitimate work experience. Going pro gamer as your job with nothing else to fall back on is a huge risk in a lot if 1st world countries. Maybe not so much in Japan where they don't have enough young people
>>331588095
this is completely true, I live my life by this moto
Because not everything is about money. Only those that aren't successful think it is.
>>331588095
fuck
>>331587786
You know that whole "you should enjoy your work" thing?
>>331590315
Then why are those with money defined as successful?
They're successful specifically because they DON'T have to concern themselves with money. They make enough where it's a non-issue, and such that they can focus on the other aspects of life.
Not everything is about money, but it's damn hard to focus on the other parts of life when you have a money issue.
>>331589794
He finished someone off with a raging demon, got up and posed for it.
>>331587932
Am I the only one annoyed by how it doesn't line up on his back? I know it's autistic, but ugh.
>>331589794
He killed someone with a Raging Demon, and then stood in front of the projector so the symbol appeared on his back like it appears on Akuma's
>>331590278
Im very bad at videogames....
>>331590921
With the TEN projected on his back just like Akuma which was the whole point
>>331587786
its not his fucking career, he's just playing for fun
>>331587786
then he realized hes a manlet and said screw it even if i'am the top researcher of japan people look down on me
FGC players make bank.
I know someone like Armada won like 100k just from melee tournaments last year. Someone like mango easily makes over 200k a year. Tokido easily makes doctor salary playing video games.
>>331587786
plus that fool lost
what a mook
>>331591219
Only the top ones do.
>>331590278
motto
>>331588147
Tokido pls
>>331587786
I know right? Why is he doing what he enjoys, why would u do that?!?
srsly tho tokido is my hero
>>331587786
1. His degree and accolades won't expire. He can always go back.
2. He's doing what he wants to do.
>>331587786
if his prospects on science are as good as you say then he wouldn't have any trouble resuming his career at some point in the future, that shit doesn't goes away with youth of something, people just get better at it with time in fact
>>331588095
But I've beaten plenty of people online and I'm a fucking idiot.
>>331588981
Story?
>>331587786
Gee idk OP
Chose to be either
>a wage slave who gets up at 6am every day monday through friday (hell if Japan they work every day and get off only once a month) hating life and doing shit work for pay that he won't even have time to enjoy
>be a pro gamer where he makes a living playing fucking video games, all the free time he wants, travels around the whole world to compete in tournaments, spends tons of time with pro friends where they eat pizza all day and shoot the shit while training in fighting games
>>331587786
>>Graduated from the most prestigious university in his homeland, majored in bio-material engineering
>>Apparently won a nationwide award for his scientific research
>>Bright future and a lot of successful opportunities lie ahead
Marketable skills don't just go away, he can always go back to a science career after this.
College is really only a "fall back on" thing for most. So many people get degrees in shit they don't enjoy because they know it will make them a lot of money.
Once that's over with they pursue the thing they actually enjoy and if it doesn't work out they have their degree to fall back on.
>>331591864
no bro they will see a couple year gap and discredit it all!!! who cares if he mentions how he traveled world as minor celebrity
>>331591686
They were dumber than you.
>>331592028
yeah even if his credentials suddenly didnt matter he could even fall back on a career in esports, it should be a booming industry by the time hes too old for fighting games
>>331591081
>天
>Ten in Japanese
>Tiān in Chinese
One day I will try and learn Japanese, and that day all my Chinese is going to fuck me up.That's pretty hype tho ngl
>>331592028
>no bro they will see a couple year gap and discredit it all!!!
So they'll deny a scientist who won a nationwide award because he did esports for a couple of years?
What kind of business model is built on dismissing capable people?
>>331592264
Actually I would think chinese would help you a lot since most people have difficulties with kanji so you have a giant leg up
Ten sounds the same in both languages anyway since it is basically just borrowed Chinese
>>331592420
I think the anon you quoted was being sarcastic.
Notice the "!!!".
>>331592128
I don't think you understand how dumb I am.
I didn't know Red Dead Redemption had Dead Eye until I got down to Mexico. It took me about an hour to shoot that bottle the guy threw into the air.
>>331593602
how was the Dead Eye mechanic communicated to the player within the game?
and how did you miss it? did the npc say "PRESS X TO DEADEYE" and you refused to?
>>331587786
I thought he didnt finish his degree at tokyo university?
>>331593871
There's a button for it, R2 I think, which I jsut never pressed, ever. I think I only looked at it really quickly and mashed through, assuming it was just telling you to hit L2 to zoom in with your revolver. Then it told me to use Dead Eye explicitly down in a mission with Landon Ricketts in Mexico and that it was apparently level 3.
>>331587786
Because academia and real life are two separate things, and you learn this when you get a job, NEET.
Tokido was smart enough to realize it and do what he thought would make him more dosh. He was probably correct.
>>331587786
fucking based
>>331594427
>do what he thought would make him more money
Oh fuck off. He chose this because he enjoys it and can make a living doing it. You can be passionate about things other than money faggot.
>>331587786
i thought that was johnny yung bosch for a second
>>331594680
They depend on hopeless romantics like you for sales. Keep it up so we can get an even more esports centric SF6 : ^)
>>331587786
>fighting games where a e-sport before e-sport was a thing
>dota, lol, cs and sc faggots are calling themselves a real e-sport because fighting games are to hard for casuals
I want to end myself.
>>331595053
What? I'm not trying to be some pro fighting games player because I know I'm neither passionate enough about the ones with big communities, nor do I live near any hotspots for it. This man was both.
>>331595081
>fighting games where a e-sport before e-sport was a thing
You are arguably incorrect and either melanin enriched person or some form of Chinese
>>331595454
can you back up this claim or are you just spouting nonsense
>>331595454
i didn't see Star Craft having tournaments like Street Fighter 2
>>331587932
>fighting games
>requiring any skill
If lardass neckbeards with scabs all over their body can top the charts by just mashing one button, it doesn't require any skill.
>>331596415
I'm not sure which game you're meant to be referring to here.
>>331588095
same
>>331596552
Bait game
>>331596552
Literally any fighting game
The only people who play fighting games are braindead fat fucks or overcompensating nignogs
>>331587786
He has a degree, he can get a job with the tip of a hat. He doesnt need the esports money and just want to have fun with fighting games.
Underprivileged dumb and poor faggots like you wouldnt understand
>>331596790
>>331587786
Don't a lot of the pro jap players still have their careers aside from gaming? This is his hobby that pays well because he's good.
Only dumb amerifats have pro gaming careers and then flip burgers afterward.
>>331596790
rofl shut up nerd
>>331587786
Should have mentioned how he's also the best well rounded top player.
Capable of competing at a top level in pretty much every fighting game. A few years ago he was getting top 8 in like, SF4, KoF13, BB and whatever else was being played there. He was also good at MvC3 (hardly has a jp scene) Tekken, used to play 3s, CvS2, etc.
>>331592524
Good to know. They look like they're pronounced differently, but Chinese isn't pronounced like how it looks to people without experience, so I bet it's the same for Japanese.Also, this thread is particularly interesting to me cause I'm majoring in biomedical engineering.
Not gonna abandon it for vidya because I love it, but I'll instead use it to fund vidya habits.
One day, that House of the Dead arcade cabinet will be MINE.
>>331597694
Yeah. After he's too old to play fighting games I imagine he could easily just switch over to coaching people.
