Pro players respond after 15-year-old drops out of school to pursue pro Call of Duty After an aspiring Call of Duty player revealed he had dropped out of school at only 15 to pursue his dream, professional players stepped in to prevent him making a bad choice. 15 year old player \u2018Loyal\u2019 revealed to Twitter followers on January 10 that he had \u201cconvinced his parents\u201d to allow him to drop out, saying \u201cschool will never determine your success.\u201d Loyal, who plays for Decimate Youth, immediately had a number of responses, including from pro players, advising that he had likely made a mistake. No way I did it, I convinced my parents to let me drop out\u203c\ufe0f School will never determine your success \u2014 Loyal (@LoyalSZN) January 11, 2019 Call of Duty World League (CWL) rules stipulate that no player under 18 can compete in official CWL tournaments, meaning Loyal still has a few years at least of grinding at the amateur level. Team Envy player Justin \u2018SiLLY\u2019 Fargo advised that there are plenty of ways to still chase the dream of competing while also getting an education, as something to fall back on. Plenty of online HS courses that give you the same diploma as regular HS. Can\u2019t really do anything post gaming w\/o some schooling, just looking out \u2014 NV Justin Fargo uwu (@silly702) January 11, 2019 And it appears SiLLY was not the only pro to offer a word of advice to the young player, as Loyal also thanked Pittsburgh Knights player Casey \u2018Pandur\u2019 Romano and former Team Kaliber player Dylan \u2018Theory\u2019 McGee. Not only pro players were looking out for Loyal, as upcoming amateur players who are also looking to take the next step up to the professional scene advised against dropping out. Popular streamer and SnD star Nicholas \u2018Equuip\u2019 Viera explained that although he \u2018respected the dedication\u2019, it\u2019s still important to have a back up plan. I respect the dedication to your goal but you 100% should do online school atleast b\/c if this doesn\u2019t work out then you won\u2019t have even a high school diploma to fall back on. Hope the grind pays off though :call_me_hand::skin-tone-2: \u2014 Nicholas (@Equuip) January 11, 2019 Thanks to all the words of wisdoms from pro players and fellow aspiring pros, Loyal announced that he had reversed his decision to dropout. I have made my decision to just go back to school I wasn\u2019t thinking right thank you to everyone for helping me love yall:heart:\ufe0f \u2014 Loyal (@LoyalSZN) January 11, 2019 Even professional players playing at the top level have managed educational success alongside their career in Call of Duty, namely 100 Thieves SlasheR, who won the 2016 World Championship with Team Envy, while completing a degree in robotic engineering. More: 100 Thieves\u2019 SlasheR and other CoD pros want to see one major change in Black Ops 4 Multiplayer – Not only in Call of Duty either, as other FPS pros in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have similarly played professionally at the highest level while also completing tertiary education \u2013 Finn \u2018Karrigan\u2019 Andersen and Sean \u2018seang@res\u2019 gares to name only two. The CWL\u2019s ruling that players must be 18 to compete professional should help to curb the number of wishful players making the reckless decision to dropout of education solely to focus on competing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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