I quit my full-time job to do this for league and it changed my life…
First of all: I’m not stupid. I know for myself this was a right decision. But read on :D
I was working as a web developer at a good web agency. I had to maintain and enhance fashion online shops. I don’t want to qq, but I had to work hard and long every single week. I had to do things, although I knew they are wrong (coding stuff), but faster accomplished. I found myself sitting in front of my office pc at eastern..
Our target audience were 54 year old women. One day I had to check this. Wow great life, having to check such things and to work day in day out on the fucking same project.
It was time-consuming and just exhausting. I joined them as a fresh and new web development student, and I knew I have to learn a lot, although I had studied this topic.
They told me many things, but they didn’t keep their promises. I had nobody breaking me in.. in a (for me at that time) complex system.
Someday my back started hurting. I couldn’t sit anymore. When i was sitting on my chair it was just hurting. 55 - 60 or even more hours a week, mainly sitting. Skipping lunch… Maybe for some of you this is normal, but I wasn’t accustomed!
I gained more weight, because I didn’t have time anymore to go to the gym.
My girlfriend and I more and more alienated, although we are together since 12 years by now. (And thx god still, I'll marry this women or no other)
At work everybody was like: Work is the only important thing, all other things don’t have priority.
Luckily (I think) I noticed something isn’t going the right way. I realised how my enthusiasm was gone what ended up in hating my work. I began going to toilet for half an hour playing angry birds on my smartphone, just to escape a task I couldn’t fulfill, too frightened to admit it’s too much for me. Have to pay my rent, I don’t want to fail.. By now I think this is a weakness of me: Admitting to myself I failed.
Then this huge new functionality was announced and I had to do it. It was just too much for me. By now I was working there for a year.
My girlfriend wanted to break off with me. But my head was occupied with other things.
But one day I realised one important thing:
Screw this. I don't want this.
What a fuckin first world problem, there are always people who have to struggle much more and have to endure things I can't imagine. Stand your ground.
Such thoughts went through my head...
I don’t have to do this. I don’t have to code garbage code, only because it’s faster accomplished. I don’t have to skip sports, because I had a long day and no energy. I don’t have to lose my girlfriend for a fuckin’ job. I don't have to play angry birds (or bunny shot!) on toilet to kill time. I’m not a slave.
And the first time I began to understand what it means to be under high psychological pressure (burnout). (I seriously wonder at this point if you guys think I’m just a big pussy, I swear I’m not^^ I’m ambitious. It’s only finished, if it’s finished...which was part of the problem as you might noticed)
Call this stupid or not, but league of legends was always something for me, in this time too, where I could escape all this. It was easier to start one game at the end of the day or even before work (flextime^^) than to go to the gym… and stuff like that.
So I decided to quit my job. From one day to the next (it was possible for me to end the contract with my employer in this way).
I still loved my gf and a long story short she forgave me. I know her since we are 13years old and I know she just wanted someone paying attention. Wanted to hear I find her pretty and attractive. Just wanted to spend time with me.
Now I’m self-employed. Running my own business. I’m also a lecturer. Did a couple of jobs I WANTED, because I liked them and decided to create LoLCure.net (www.lolcure.net for League of Legends (and its community!)
Just wanted to share my story with you. I hope this wasn’t boring for you. I know I put a lot of time in LoLCure and it won’t pay out financial, but I don’t care.
See this as my “thank you” to this game. It’s sad that so many summoners are verbally offending others or stir up hatred in this awesome game. Maybe you like it and maybe not. I wanted to do this and I know it can work. And I also knew I won’t get paid for it.
And although there are some people trying to badmouth me as a scammer (phishing/ scamming site) although they didn't even look at my site (else they would know hiw precious I am treating their data) or just telling me that this is shit or yelling at me to fuck off with my advertising here and there... this is for all of you I just want you to know. Nobody forces you to use, love or having sex with it. This website means something to me. It's my baby and it isn't perfect, but hey there's still time. I fell in love with my work again and we are all working so much nowadays, you should love what you do or consider to stop it if possible.
Of course I want people to know LoLCure. I would be just happy if many people use it and help to improve our league of legends community experience.
This is also for all of you. And maybe one day people will learn, that sometimes your opponent is just better^^ And maybe this game or real life will teach you when it is time to admit: You failed!
Cheers to all of you reading this text, it really is kind of emotional for me, thx.
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