PiLiPiLi · @PiLiPiLi96
29th Sep 2015 from TwitLonger
Announcement: My future as a StarCraft2 player/streamer!
I want to announce that October will be my last month as a consistent StarCraft 2 streamer. I know this is quite unexpected considering how much time I've invested into streaming and that lotv is coming out soon meaning that viewer numbers will only be growing (hopefully). However I have been playing StarCraft for 2.5 years already and been streaming it for 1.5 years. I am simply burnt out at this point.
I remember streaming 8 hours a day for 5 viewers for months. I was happy with it. I had a lot of fun and was exited about every new follower. Nowadays, I have a hard time starting the stream. It feels like work for me. With the amount of stress I have in my life atm with school, parents, moving, financial situation etc. I don't feel like putting extra pressure on myself by streaming. I've had the least amount of fun streaming in the past 2 months or so.
Some of you may have noticed that I've been a lot more bitter. I have been a bit rude to the chat, ignoring some people, etc. The only thing that kept me streaming was money. But as you know when you do something just for money with no passion you won't be happy or successful with it. That doesn't mean that I will never stream again. I might be doing some random streams when I feel like it or there are no tournaments to prepare for Also by no means am I quitting StarCraft2. In fact, once I have more time to get good practice, I will start putting more and more effort into becoming a better SC2 player. Streaming is great because it forces you to play a lot of games daily which brought my mechanics to a really good level, but I dont feel like I am improving at all while playing on stream anymore. That is another reason I want to stop streaming. It is really hard to improve while streaming every game and I really want to start having good results in tournaments.
Once I stop streaming I will try my best to do really well in 2016 as a progamer. I can go back to streaming consistently anytime I want, but I feel like the start of lotv is my best chance to prove myself as a progamer. If I start practicing later it might just be too late. With lotv coming out there will also be a lot of streamers coming back so I am sure it won't be too hard to find another protoss streamer! I feel sorry for all my constant viewers/supporters/subs, but I had to make this decision. Thanks for reading and understanding! I'll do my best in 2016!