Hey guys, murdercore here and I just wanted to share my story with you. Even tho I am kinda inactive in here nowdays because of the amounts of work i have I feel very connected to this place so I wanted to make this post. Prepare for a wall of text
So some of you might know, other might not but I am just a regular 24 years old boy from the beautiful country of Bulgaria. This is a country in eastern Europe that has really low level salaries and tons of people that are below the poor level. In this place ~9 months ago I decided to quit my job and follow my dream to pursue a career in the esports industry. I knew that It is going to be hard, almost impossible even but I knew that I had this dream since I was a little boy and I had to try out if I can make it or not. So around the time that I decided to quit my job and go full time gaming I asked my best friend if he wanted to join me in this quest. That day the DOTA 2 casting duo OgreCast was born and we have been casting every Bulgarian DOTA 2 tournament since that day. Some for free some for amount of money that Is so low I am ashamed to share with you but we did not give up and pushed ourselves to the limit. We even had days that we wake up 4am to cast 18+ hours of tournaments. Our record was two day with 21+ hours of casting EACH day. It was crazy
. We had to make a lot of sacrifices for our dreams, like living with parents that are always angry at you for not working a regular job like the rest of the people, finding little to none time to spend with your friends and even worse. The cost that I had to pay was also my GF leaving me after almost 5 years together in the hardest moments of my life. It is crushing to see your efforts going to waste and then instead of having the support of the person you want to spend your life with to see her go. But life goes on and so do we.
Slowly but surely me and my friend started creating a name for our duo and the long waited day became a reality. On the 7th on march we were the DOTA 2 casters at one of the biggest LAN events in our country. I can express how that felt to be infront of thousand people that are screaming with you when the fights break out. This is the moment we live for. Here is a picture of us on that day: (i am the one with the beard btw
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The sad part is that we are still not making even remotely enough money with this to be able to live out of it and the time we have given ourselves as a test period is running out so in the end we might be forced to quit chasing wind (a.k.a. our dreams) and become just like the rest members of our society – working on minimum wage slaves tired of living. But it is not over yet we might succeed (I hope we do) and start making some money that we can live with (we actually need really a low amount each month considering that the life here is not that expensive but still). Until that day we will continue making sacrifices and doing our best to expand the community.
Thank you for your time <3
