Thanks for my team for carrying me through. I really am not in a position to give much shoutouts, so I’ll keep it short and keep the soppy personalized messages to the PMs.
Thanks to the OU, old gen core. The established tournament goons. The power core. The whole lot. I didn't have the opportunity to make too much personal interactions for the some of you from euro timezone, which was really unfortunate. Still, you inspired me with your approach, being so highly acclaimed yet prepping out of their mind and making all the right calls, and playing their heart out sometimes even from untenable matchups or frustrating rng.
Shoutouts to the players who were mere unprovens going into the tournament, proving themselves by putting the team on the back when it mattered and proving the doubters wrong. I'm really happy you guys got to show off your skills and I have no doubts you'll take it even further in the coming years no matter what put your mind to.
Shoutouts to all the active chat presence, including all the outside helpers. It was a lot of fun interacting with you all, really, and what really kept me emotionally invested in the tail end of the tournament. I know that many of you were the heart and soul of the team.
Thanks
The Idiot Ninja ,
shiloh ,
Paraplegic , and
sam-testings for all your help in the channel I desperately needed, and thanks to everyone who playtested with me outside of the channel, including auray, kylecole, sam, frania, mizu, demantoid, lilly, edu, and many more.
Finally, big thanks to
TonyFlygon and
ABR for sharing this tournament experience the last two tournaments, and + anti having the faith in me to draft me here. I’m sorry I weighed the team down, but it feels good to know I didn’t stand in the way of y’all finally earning the trophy you really deserved. Thank you for the experience. It was really fun.
Cheers.