Greetings and warmest good-byes! My name is Freeze; I'm also known as Peter Capaldi's Sungalsses and I enjoyed playing on server #08. I also held various silly aliases.
So here we are. At the end of my road. I've certainly been holding in for quite some time. I've finally decided and I've finally gotten it out. This is it.
I'm retiring from video games and, more importantly, I'm retiring from Team Fortress 2 and SwapShop.
Ya, it's happening. I've finally pushed myself to steer away from such an amazing game and community. It takes a lot to say no to something I've been so passionate about. I honestly would never have even believed that I would take the initiative and the mindset to leave. How did this turn of events come to be?
Welp, it starts with just nine days. Ya, who would have thought?
Nine days. I recently attended a camp called GenCyber at South Dakota, Madison. This camp's focus is peaking interest in grades K-12 to pursue a career in programming, network administration, and cyber security. In a nutshell, computer sciencey stuff. Basically, it's super effective and after nine days I know that I've fond what I want to do for the rest of my life.
Sometimes you never really find out what you're good at unless you have an idea and then take a plunge into the ocean. Then you climb out and notice just how much fun it was and how much happier you would be if you just kept leaping. In short, my goal is to pursue this career and to try new things. This means I have to drop the things I found fun- essentially video games.
It's funny since I've always deemed professional TF2 to be a potential source of income; but the truth is the game's development is too slow for me to consider professional TF2 and, in addition, I know I'm not the best TF2 player in the galaxy let alone a candidate of any sort.
I honestly know I would be happier pursuing this rather than playing video games and potentially leaving myself unemployed for however many years it may take for me to grab a substantial Twitch, Youtube, or professional following. Truly, I've been unhappy with gaming every single waking hour and playing 'till I find some mysterious and spontaneous inner calling to what I want to do for my life and with my life.
Does this mean I'm going to completely stop playing video games? Most likely. Is it going to sting? Of course it will. There are too many games I have enjoyed and too many people I have met to just leave them without saying something. This leads me to 08C.
08C was a bit of a bust. I really wanted people to do things independently and I really wanted the team to kick off, however, many of the people weren't there and most who were decided to kind of break off from the group once competitive matchmaking kicked off. The Discord server and everything still means a lot to me. That's why I'm going to schedule events for 08C but not necessarily participate in them. I want those who are still technically within 08C to use it as a platform to communicate and compete
I may play some TF2 here and there but for the most part I will probably focus my attention to platforms like
Unitale and other programming outlets. Enough about me. Let's talk about us.
Let's talk about the legacy. It's not just my legacy, it's our legacy; it's our story- together; it's our cry out to the world; it's our "Hello World!" I leave my own legacy in my "Phoon tribute" ten month video project:
Too Much for Towers. But know that the video is more to me than just that. It's a reminder of the legacy that we forged from 08. From the laughs...
To the, "why in the world did you make that!?"
To the dream...
To the friends...
To the forums...
To the game...
I love SwapShop and the community! Have a "fantastic rest of your day, everybody!" [Seventeen] "Twas fun!" [PanMan and Sixteen] "Fuzzy Pickles!" [IKR] Welp. I think I've said enough. I'm gonna bounce; have a good one!
