[aitchie]

I think you'll have a tough time getting into a decent accountancy firm after a few years grinding. They wouldn't dig it at all cos they are pretty conservative at heart and don't generally have a problem recruiting. I also think you would probably struggle with the exams & work coming from a few years of relative laziness and playing on the internet.

I went travelling after i qualified as a CA and then have played 1.5 years online and just today gone back into a job. The gap on my cv obviously was an issue at interviews and just to warn you employers do seek to verify periods out of work thru credible referees and stuff like that. For me personally i also found that playing online for over a year has [censored] up my attention span and work ethic which i'm now hoping to get back!

I've no idea how good a player you are but if you can make that work for a while go for it but make sure you have some other potential career/investment plans going on.