First off I wanna thank all the hosts and helpers for all the work they put into this PL. I look forward to it each year and it's a blast every time regardless of the outcome and I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge everyone for their participation, whether you were an admin, player, helper, etc.
I'll admit it wasn't a great tour for my team but I'm proud of them for bouncing back after we went winless for the first few weeks. This was my first PL as a starter (I'm not counting NDFL sorry) and I don't think it registered to me soon enough the level of responsibility that would be accompanied by that. Whether it was NDPL or NDWC I've been pretty accustomed to coming off the bench and having tons of support. And I'm in no way shading my team when I mention having greater support in other tours—what I mean to say is that I think they had faith in me to anchor and be the support in the SS slots. And that was a scary feeling once it hit me. There are a lot of great players here that I'm sure could relate to that feeling as well as they were on their rise and tasked with that responsibility.
It didn't really hit me until week 3 that I wasn't doing what my team needed from me and giving it my all. That's not to excuse my personal performance in the first two weeks but rather my team support as whole. Of course I could point to my busy irl as a reason to not invest as much time into this PL but that would be hypocritical of me seeing as I was wholly invested in my own play throughout (even though I eventually subbed and missed the matchup of the decade against my bro kDCA). I didn't really bother to support my mate TPP in the other SS slot until I shot him a message before the start of week 3 and we got on the same page. And this goes back to what I mentioned earlier that, as a player that was so accustomed to receiving a ton of support in the past, I failed to realize earlier in the PL that it was my turn to be that support for my teammates. Because aside from test gaming in previous tours I was never really tasked with getting the scouts, guiding the builds, calling out pros/cons, etc. I'd mention what I'd like to load and get everything handed to me on a silver platter.
And on that note, I also was not accustomed to the level of talent in this SS pool and having to face them week after week. Personally it was very mentally taxing just thinking of who TPP had to play week after week let alone prepping myself for whoever I was up against. And while we fell behind early TPP ended off on a high note with a couple of great wins and I was able to do the same and for that I'm proud of what we were able to accomplish with our best effort.
Tenebricite Isza Luthier kDCA Clementine Kate ChrisPBacon devin Stareal Fc Lameflame hi.naming is hard Batzi it was a pleasure playing/prepping for you this PL. You all are an extremely talented pool of players and I hope to see you again in future iterations of this tour. Including the games themselves, all of the prep that went into each of them helped me become what I feel was a better player and I have each of you to thank for that. And a special shout out to
yonmd for posting an impressive record! I don't think any of us expected that out of you going into this PL but you're a great player and deserve to be acknowledged as such amongst this deep pool.
To
TPP: thanks for putting your faith in me after I dropped the ball for the first few weeks. You faced a killer's row and you did it graciously. I'm glad you finished off strong and I'm sure had we started off the same way that you could have amassed a great record. I look forward to teaming with you again, possibly sooner than most would expect...
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To
Redgoop115: I know how busy you are irl but I could see how much metagame knowledge you have and the effort you put forth into building. The ideas we came up with and shared with one another was extremely valuable and for that I express a ton of appreciation for you. Your faith in my builds gave me the confidence I needed to anchor this SS slot.
To
Mrbanana45 Ineros Darkness 789 Dead by Daylight: I appreciate all the tests and general support that each of you provided even if these weren't the slots that you were meant to support. Your general availability and willingness to assist was a tremendously valuable asset and whatever little we were able to accomplish couldn't have happened without you. Special shout out to my US South brother
Ineros as we also prepped for SS money tour on the side. You're a strong and enthusiastic player on the come up and I was especially impressed with your SS play in money tour and in test games. I know you're fully invested in SV but I know for a fact you'd do well in SS.
To my managers
Runo and
a fairy: from hurricanes to interventions we had a turbulent PL experience but it was a blast nevertheless. That being said, thank you for the opportunity to start for the team. Going into this tour I thought I'd be playing 6th man for any team's SS slot so this was a massive learning experience for me. I know it wasn't the result we had hoped for but I know for a fact each and every one of us learned something from this tour and I was glad to do it with both of you at the helm. I know given the opportunity we'll all bounce back much stronger next time around. I look forward to seeing y'all around and if you ever wanna team up again you know where to find me.
And to the rest of my team, the Unrelenting Unmons: it was a gruelling couple of weeks and it didn't pan out but I'm real proud of everyone for bouncing back towards the end. Each of you are great players and my only parting words are to not let this experience discourage you. There is a great amount of skill in this squad and I'm sure you'll continue to demonstrate it going forward. I was an asshole at one point during the tour and I'm sorry for any distress I caused. I hope you understand my frustrations came from the best place possible and hopefully we can put aside any differences after this experience. And shoutout
R1C3M4N for going X-0 off a 3k buy (.underpay).
Yap session over but if you made it this far thanks for reading! I plan on dropping a team dump at the conclusion of the tour so be on the lookout for that. Thanks again folks and I look forward to doing it again next year
