First, to the people who kicked my ass:
Klizza - Why the fuck did I switch to Cervy? Didn't even work for me
Goofus - Why the fuck didn't I know that you'd switch to Amy? Definitely didn't work out for me
Jian - It never works out for me, ever
Kikaleek - HAVEN'T I BEEN TELLING YOU FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW THAT SHE IS GARBAGE-TIER?! You mostly got over your hurdles with me and look what it was doing for you
Anyway, with all that out of the way - this tournament taught me the valuable lesson that I needed to learn, and that's not to not give a shit anymore and enjoy myself at events. No more sulking and moping around after losses, no more being short with people because I'm under pressure. In fact, no more pressure, period. Life is way too short to waste my time agonizing over this game, and I'm tired of looking like a dipshit because of it.
At NEC, I'm having a few drinks with Rigel. I'm gonna loosen up and for the first time in two-and-a-half years of playing SC competitively, have fun. I'm gonna play in the tournament, and I'm gonna laugh it off when I inevitably lose. And if I win, I'm gonna laugh at my opponent because Mi-na is fucking terrible and no one should lose to her, ever.
Fuck it. I don't care anymore, and I refuse to base my well-being on trying earn and maintain a good rep in this game. It's all bullshit.
I still love this game though, and I am really happy that I made the decision to be apart of the community. I'm 31 years old, and doing this still keeps me young at heart. This event had some fantastic moments such as Chuck The Landslide making his return, Serge offending everyone with his nakedness, a dude who raged out at Ramon for "being unreasonable", and Sporko de-throning Jian of the No-Pants title.
P.S. - Delnar, I hope you know that I'm not trying to rub it in your face about the "grabbing" stuff. I just wanted to make another picture joke about the situation with no offense intended towards you or Jon. I wish you'd reconsider your decision to quit SCIV, but if that's really what you have your mind set on than I will respect it.