Hey everyone!
I will be stepping back from streaming as a full-time job.
This has been an absolutely incredible ride over 13 years and I want to sincerely thank everyone who has supported me along the way. Being able to spend a large portion of my life playing video games as a full-time job has been a blessing I'm truly grateful for and quite obviously it wouldn't have been possible without all of you. You've all had such a huge impact on me as a person and I'm very proud of the community we've been able to create together. I'm happy to say that throughout all the years, this has been a genuine community that has shown great values: genuineness, respect, peace, camaraderie, wholesome.
When I started streaming/youtubing back in 2013ish, I never imagined that i'd be able to do this for so long. I simply just wanted to be able to grind StarCraft II and have something to supplement that. I mostly did it just to support my SC2 pro career but it very quickly became the main thing as I fell in love with it. It's been a wonderful journey. I've been streaming so long now that I've streamed while living in 3 different countries lmao.
I have countless memories from all the various games I've played over the years, and the things we've done as a community. From reaching high ranks in video games, to charity events, the absolutely wild subathons we've done and everything in between to all the little clippable moments that I'll remember fondly. Moments like templar deals, giving them the worm, lord of the lings, the silliness of arma/h1z1, kill the f*cking reaper, the tracer days, the 1v1s, the symm tp bombs -- there are just endless memories.
This wasn't an easy decision to make. If you've been paying close attention it's quite obvious I've been talking more about money and financial stress the past year or so. Without too much personal information, streaming wasn't really cutting it financially and then life threw me unexpected challenges at me just over a year and a half ago which made the financial pressures even heavier. To be honest, I've probably been holding on to streaming for far too long without it being a viable option just because I don't really want it to end... It's been my entire life. My goal was to work really hard to grow my stream this year and hopefully push it to a place where the income would be much more satisfactory for my situation but I haven't been able to get it to that point even with all my effort.
As for what's next: I'm honestly not entirely sure yet. I'll be lost for a bit and have to push myself out of my comfort zone but exploring new opportunities should be very interesting and exciting.
All my past content will remain online for now. The discord will remain. The biggest thing that will change is going to be the time and the effort I'll be putting into streaming. It's not going to be my main focus, instead it will just be a hobby on the side. I'll still be streaming! But nowhere near as many hours and I'm not sure exactly the times or when.
The friendships and connections you've all made here are real and valuable. I hope you'll continue to support one another and keep that spirit alive. I look forward to hanging out when I do stream next! Be good to each other π
Thank you for everything. Truly.