Updated Situation

Earlier in the Summer, I posted an overview about my life and where my situation presently stood (here's the link if you want to read it or reference it: https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqtk8r). I won't go over the personal stuff again, but I had until the end of the Summer to play Melee, and try to make it somewhat sustainable.



Before anything else, I had a pretty big personal event that has actually helped me significantly: about a month ago, my dad reached out to me for the first time in about a decade, and while I will obviously exercise cautious optimism, it's been great to reconnect with him, and I plan on seeing him in the coming weeks.



I spent the majority of the Summer travelling and staying with my girlfriend while she was setting up her apartment (thank you Jackie, kept me from dropping out of like three different events because of the stress I had knowing I had to make Melee work), which allowed me to focus entirely on Melee. I've actually only been home for two days total since I left for The Mango, and in that time I went from having zero top ten wins, to five unique top ten wins. Because of my performances this summer, subsequent deals with my sponsor, and the success my stream has had in the limited time I've been streaming, I am going to continue playing Melee for at least the coming year, and if I continue to improve/grow my stream, maybe beyond that.



As for living plans, I'm going to be splitting time between NYC with my grandma, and SoCal with Jackie. I obviously don't know what's going to happen beyond that, but I'm fairly certain that I can make it work. I'm going to be home with no travelling in NYC for the next three weeks, and plan on streaming for all but about two days. I also launched a Patreon for lessons for additional income, but haven't made it publicly available yet because I wanted to see how I handled a few lessons first before committing to any more. I will probably be making that public now that I have a lot of free time.



I feel like I have too much left to accomplish in Melee, and thus I have no plans of quitting in the near future. I plan on getting my physical health completely under control (which plagued me badly at SSC and Shine), working on my tilting/mental game both in game and on stream, and hopefully taking one of the majors before the year closes. Regardless, I love this game, love the friends I've made, love the people who support me, and have no plans of quitting as of now. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this possible, and I'm going to do my best to make it worthwhile.

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