Hey all, this is something I've been thinking about for a long time and it feels good to finally get it off my chest, but I will be stepping down as a competitive player and moving into casting/management for SLCN.
Unfortunately I got quite sick this year after AVcon and found out I was unable to attend ACL sydney, this put a huge blow to my motivation as I need something to strive for. I tried to focus on online tournaments instead, but TPG really screwed me over in a lot of tournaments, getting ~500 ping to NA at times is unbearable.
I tried toughing it out and just laddering/playing customs with no motivation for a while but I really don't have fun playing this game unless i'm winning in a competitive environment, so laddering is really frustrating and at times depressing for me.
In the past few weeks I decided I'd give it one last crack after talking to Rezyn. I improved steadily with the help of coaching from PiG (who is an AMAZING coach - seriously if your zerg and need help, go to him), but unfortunately I just can't rekindle the passion that I once had for this game.
I'd do a thankyou to anyone who supported me as a player but there's just too many of you, so thanks to everyone. I will give a special thanks to Rezyn and Synthetic for running SLCN and creating such an amazing crew. I won't be leaving this community, and I'll be staying on as a caster and management for SLCN.
will be missed mate. I thought that you would be one of the players to look out for in the coming months. But respect to you mate, I can only imagine how hard it is to dedicate yourself to this game to be competitive.
Best of luck mate, look forward to seeing you around the scene tho
Sounds like you got hit by a bunch of tough blows and that can make focusing on the game incredibly difficult. It was great seeing you improve so quickly and be a consistent top ranking player in tournaments. I hope you come back when a fresh passion at some point down the line, maybe with LotV!
Don't hesitate to play and have more fun and relaxing games with us lads man, I hope that we'll still see you entering tournaments and participating in friendly clan wars for fun man (#1 Markuuu fan!)
It's an eye opening and pretty melancholic feeling when you look back on your passion and are unable to explain why it waned so much, but most things happen for a reason and I respect the choice you've made.
You seemed to have had some tough times since AVCon and you did seem to have some great potential, so it's sad to see you step down. Best of luck!
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