Hi, allot of people are saying a large amount of things and large amount of it is not true.
This is damaging to members of the community and those looking to join it so I wanted to clear up some things.
Firstly people have said that I have said Soul isnt a nice person/bm etc but this is not the case. I have met and talked to soul both on skype and at lan when i vs'd him and chatting to him was very pleasant.
Now the reason I am leaving is not just one thing. It is a compliment of multiple issues both RL and community wise.
Currently I am allot older than most gamers in the sc2sea scene. I am 26. As a result of this my time commitments arent as easily thrown around to do the things I want as say someone at uni or high school would have. I am working 2 jobs and saving a ton to get a house. I work a 7:30am - 5pm job as a Motor Mechanic and it is a hard laboursome job that also takes a large amount of verbal abuse from both customers and co workers. I am also doing leaflet deliveries during the week for money on various days. It is known that the motor industry is not one for the kind hearted and is very stressful. I work with many shady people (hinting at bikies and drug dealers) and as a result there is a large amount of harassment and abuse of many kinds at my work.
After work with the 2-3 hrs I get spare after cleaning the house and organizing dinner and looking after my grandmother who has had repeated heart attacks recently. I like to try and spend playing or watching sc2 but when the time comes to play tournaments and your opponents/community/chat is full of bm players, rude players, or players that dont care how they speak to you it becomes very tiresome and turns the game into a chore. It is something I get at work and every other moment so to spend my free time to play something that I enjoy and get the same issue becomes very much overwhelming and have gotten to a point where I am sick of being put into this position. Life becomes a chore full time.
This issue is not good for the scene. It prevents players from joining the scene and the scene growing.
I just hope people realize this before the scene is gone for good.
I have not left sc2 I have just left the sc2sea scene.
---- Why I left SYF ----
Because of the above that has been going on I have chosen not to participate in the sc2sea scene/tournaments. I therefore have chosen to remove myself from the SYF team. Insano gave me the choice to stay or leave but in the end I have chosen to leave. I would like to also take this opportunity to thank the SYF GAMING staff and members. All of which have been very welcoming and supportive of my progression in this game. I am sorry to depart!
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