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The Journey So far

My career didn’t start in the best circumstances, but it greatly helped me down the line. Back when I wasn’t playing in the top divisions of national leagues, I thought I was good enough to get there. But it isn’t about being good enough. You can say that an eighth place or fifth place team in those leagues is ‘good enough’ to play there, but that isn’t enough when you think about it carefully. I learned very early to be humble as a player, and to realize that I had to get better, until I was the best player I [...]

On Top From Down Under

I grew up in a little place called Gisbourne, east coast of the North Island. It is on the side of the world where you get to see the sun every day so that’s pretty cool. The population is like 35 thousand so it is really small. There are beaches everywhere and it’s a chill place to grow up. A lot of people call it a trap because New Zealand is so nice that you never really want to ever leave. I never really planned out where I wanted to live, and I didn’t really ever see myself leaving. That’s [...]

League of Legends

I am in a good place. In the spring split, I joined a new team across the board: Splyce rebuilt their roster around Kobbe. Fast forward to September, and we made Worlds. It hasn’t fully sunk in yet. We had a successful journey, one that showed how important it is to build synergy between players and teammates. Team performance comes down to how people gel together. In a way, I remember my time in Unicorns of Love fondly because of that, although we failed to make Worlds three times. We played together for a year before we joined the EU [...]

League of Legends

The Journey So far

My career didn’t start in the best circumstances, but it greatly helped me down the line. Back when I wasn’t playing in the top divisions of national leagues, I thought I was good enough to get there. But it isn’t about being good enough. You can say that an eighth place or fifth place team in those leagues is ‘good enough’ to play there, but that isn’t enough when you think about it carefully. I learned very early to be humble as a player, and to realize that I had to get better, until I was the best player I [...]

On Top From Down Under

I grew up in a little place called Gisbourne, east coast of the North Island. It is on the side of the world where you get to see the sun every day so that’s pretty cool. The population is like 35 thousand so it is really small. There are beaches everywhere and it’s a chill place to grow up. A lot of people call it a trap because New Zealand is so nice that you never really want to ever leave. I never really planned out where I wanted to live, and I didn’t really ever see myself leaving. That’s [...]

League of Legends

I am in a good place. In the spring split, I joined a new team across the board: Splyce rebuilt their roster around Kobbe. Fast forward to September, and we made Worlds. It hasn’t fully sunk in yet. We had a successful journey, one that showed how important it is to build synergy between players and teammates. Team performance comes down to how people gel together. In a way, I remember my time in Unicorns of Love fondly because of that, although we failed to make Worlds three times. We played together for a year before we joined the EU [...]

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