One year ago, Jake "Stewie2k" Yip was signed to Cloud9's CS:GO team. To coincide with that anniversary, he opened up Sunday about how the early stages of his esports career had a negative effect on the relationship with his parents.

"When I played in the [10 mans] til it ended, I couldn't even wake up for school. I would skip school and say I'm sick. It became a consistent thing and of course my grades went down," Stewie2k said in a TwitLonger. "Eventually the dean told me that I need to start coming to school or else I'd have to transfer so instead I made my own choice to transfer.

"I'm sure you guys can imagine how my mom reacted. She was angry, took my computer away, but I would always somehow convince her to give it back."

Stewie2k's situation did not improve as he continued to skip classes at his new school and was eventually forced to transfer schools again.

"My dad never gets angry, but when he does it's just crazy rage. He scolded me telling me that I need to be successful or else my future would look really dull," Stewie2k said. "He lectured me about how I'm making terrible decisions in my life, but as much as I wanted to explain to him I knew he wouldn't understand. He never saw the streams, the free travels, or the competitions that I saw.

"We've had private conversations where he's forced me to promise him that I would put school as a priority, but I knew that I couldn't. I've eavesdropped in some of the conversations that my parents had about me during this time and it was just unbearable to just believe."

Stewie2k eventually got the break that he needed and was signed to Cloud9, but the damage done to the relationship with his parents still needed time to heal.

"The second I signed this contract, I moved down to the C9 house with nothing said to my parents. So I guess you can say when I left we ended on a bad note," Stewie2k said. "However over time when I was gone from home, they've seen the beauty of eSports. They've seen me on TBS, be successful on stage, and raising a trophy.

"So now of the course of time, they've grown to support me and know that it's been a dream for me."

Although Stewie2k is currently living the dream, his story is one that comes with some caveats, according to former Counter-Strike pro and analyst Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen.

Stewie2K's story is inspiring, but should come w/ a disclaimer: most trying the same would lack the talent & could suffer severely long-term — lurppis (@lurppis_) January 8, 2017

Understandably he had few choices, but I'd like to remind youngsters that it's possible to finish school while playing. See: dev1ce, Magisk. — lurppis (@lurppis_) January 8, 2017

Stewie2k also noted that the esports landscape has changed since he had his start, there are other paths that players can take to achieve their own esports dreams.

"For all the people who are an aspiring pro player, you don't have to take the route I took," Stewie2k said. "Back then there were no systems that gave exposures. I took the route where I dropped everything, dedicated myself to CS, and only wanted to climb the ladder as fast as possible. There are so many ways to get recognition nowadays.

"If you have the skill & the mentality, people will notice it. Rank S has become a thing where people will receive recognition."