I contemplated quite a while about doing this post. I initially intended to go away without saying anything but at the same time that's not a very me thing to do, so in the end I decided it'd be natural if I did so on the place where I think I've grown most as a player.
Ever since late 2018 I've had a growning disinterest in the game, pretty much only playing tournaments and occasionally laddering for like 1 hour before getting bored and giving up.
I mostly just pushed on with the thought that I'm too stubborn to quit something I had spent 5 years (now 7) working on, so I just played very unwillingly for the entirity of 2019, doing some fairly decent results for myself.
However as of early 2020 my lack of passion torwards the game had become unbearable, to the point where even playing my favorite metas feels like a fucking chore, that mixed with my not-so-well received stance in the community made me realize that it's just time for me to quit the competitive pokémon scene, as I have little to no reason to continue playing a game where I'm unable to enjoy playing and where I have very few people that I enjoy chatting with.
It's been one long ass journey to get here, and as much as I make it seem like I hated everything about it, I don't necessarily regret it (even if I do wish I could still enjoy playing casually), it had it's fun moments, I just think it's time for me to move on with my other hobbies in life, things I enjoy more.
I also want to give some shoutouts to the people that have mattered the most to me in recent years, would have probably quit earlier than I did if it wasn't for them: The Idiot Ninja, Troller, kjdaas, Sceptross, Zokuru, HML am, Oibaf, Sadlysius, hellpowna, H.M.N.I.P, Ramweavs
CALLOUS Lutra please remove my gmt and moderator status, and thank you for giving me the chance to operate on the site. (even if I admitedly did very little as of late)
This is where it ends for me, I do very much hold hope that the pokemon community will flourish (given the toxicity of the community I doubt it very heavily), and I wouldn't completly put it for myself to return to the game in a couple of years, but that's also very unlikely. The one thing that I'm very much happy about is that I can say I'm going away without holding any particular grudge and with better prospects in mind.
As such, goodbye everyone.
Ever since late 2018 I've had a growning disinterest in the game, pretty much only playing tournaments and occasionally laddering for like 1 hour before getting bored and giving up.
I mostly just pushed on with the thought that I'm too stubborn to quit something I had spent 5 years (now 7) working on, so I just played very unwillingly for the entirity of 2019, doing some fairly decent results for myself.
However as of early 2020 my lack of passion torwards the game had become unbearable, to the point where even playing my favorite metas feels like a fucking chore, that mixed with my not-so-well received stance in the community made me realize that it's just time for me to quit the competitive pokémon scene, as I have little to no reason to continue playing a game where I'm unable to enjoy playing and where I have very few people that I enjoy chatting with.
It's been one long ass journey to get here, and as much as I make it seem like I hated everything about it, I don't necessarily regret it (even if I do wish I could still enjoy playing casually), it had it's fun moments, I just think it's time for me to move on with my other hobbies in life, things I enjoy more.
I also want to give some shoutouts to the people that have mattered the most to me in recent years, would have probably quit earlier than I did if it wasn't for them: The Idiot Ninja, Troller, kjdaas, Sceptross, Zokuru, HML am, Oibaf, Sadlysius, hellpowna, H.M.N.I.P, Ramweavs
CALLOUS Lutra please remove my gmt and moderator status, and thank you for giving me the chance to operate on the site. (even if I admitedly did very little as of late)
This is where it ends for me, I do very much hold hope that the pokemon community will flourish (given the toxicity of the community I doubt it very heavily), and I wouldn't completly put it for myself to return to the game in a couple of years, but that's also very unlikely. The one thing that I'm very much happy about is that I can say I'm going away without holding any particular grudge and with better prospects in mind.
As such, goodbye everyone.
-Your (possibly) favorite rock slide user
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