🎃SpookEon👻 · @TheEonX
2nd May 2016 from TwitLonger
Ok, so to better explain, I started in RU during BW2 around August 2012. Yeah, the good old days of Molk recently becoming tier leader, DittoCrow, complete_legitimacy, and SilentVerse being among the most active RU players. Those days. Very fun. Anyway, I was tutored by Omicron for Battling 101, and toward the end of that round, he asked me to battle an experienced RU player to get first-hand experience against a high level player. Obviously, I was nervous as hell. I mean, I had just learned the tier and I"m supposed to try and battle one of the best RU players? Who wouldn't be nervous? So basically, my goal heading into it was to just put up a decent fight, not make a fool of myself, and maybe lose like 0-2 or 0-3. 0-4 would have been acceptable, but I certainly didn't want something near a clean sweep. I ended up losing that battle 0-2, but the way I lost it is what gave me the confidence I needed to believe that I belonged. So, how did I lose and who was it against? Well, I had removed my opponent's best response to Moltres, and I was all set to finish off the last Pokemon he had that could take a hit from it. That is, until I missed a Fire Blast and got KOed for my trouble. It was unfortunate, but hey, that's competitive Pokemon for you. Can't get mad about that. This week, I'm playing BW2 for my team in RUPL against someone I have a ton of respect for. Someone I know is one of the best BW2 RU players that Smogon has. Someone who I've had the pleasure of facing and nearly beating before... The very same soneone that I battled way back when I first started. The one I was asked by Omicron to battle to get first-hand experience against a high level player. SilentVerse. Now my expectations are much higher than they were back then. Now I know I can win. I know he's just as good as he was back then, if not better, but I'm a lot better than I was back then. I'm not a rookie anymore. I'm ready to pay off all that confidence that I gained from that very first battle with a win this week. Even so, I know there's a very real chance I could lose. I mean, SV is one of the best BW2 players after all. It won't be easy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll never give up. I'll keep fighting because I have the confidence in myself that I gained from that battle almost 4 years ago. I know I can do this. As much as things have changed, there's still one thing I'll always have; and that's the utmost respect for SV as a player. Time to have some good old fun!