I think it's about time to wrap up Heart of the Swarm and change to Legacy of the Void, the final chapter of our Starcraft trilogy. I will try to write my thoughts on the past years with HotS and what I remember from each year the most.



2013. I remember how excited I was to be travelling for IEM World Championship. It was one of the first HotS tournaments back then and I placed Top8 getting smashed by MVP 3-0 in the quarterfinals. Looking back at that year it was probably the worst year of my Starcraft Career. Close to no achievements, the time passed from event to event and I couldn't do anything about it. I started wondering if I should keep going, if I still have the spark in my heart to become one of the best.



2014. I departed from mousesports after 5 years of cooperation. It was a tough time for me again. At the beginning of the year I slowly started to climb to my skill level, but that wasn't even nearly enough what I desired. Then at february I got picked up by Team Liquid and everything started to look colourful again. I've got great teammates and amazing management. Team Liquid still saw some potential in me back when I wasn't performing anywhere near as well as I used to. I am very thankful for that and I am trying my best not to disappoint them.



2015. Not too much changed from 2014. However, I can surely say that this year was best out of the 3 in Heart of the Swam. In the middle of the year I watch stream of WCS Season 2 finals, a place where I thought I would be but I failed to qualify. I watch the stream, and I can't believe my eyes. WCS Season 3 finals are going to be held in my home country, Poland. I wasn't shocked like this in a really long time, but it was purely positive. At that moment my heart started to beat really fast, I was ecstatic. At that time I promised myself that I will do everything I possibly can, to make it to the offline finals. To play in front of a crowd, that I used to amaze with my play and results. Since then I played like never. Whenever I had moments of doubt, I kept thinking about getting to the playoffs. "It's soon, keep going, you can't stop now, when you havve got the chance you were always asking for". I did keep going, I trained really hard. The day of WCS Challenger league happened, I was matched with Happy. It was the day that would put me one step closer to dreams coming true. After 2nd game I couldn't believe it. I was losing 0-2. One more mistake, one more game and I am out of the tournament and all the effort I put into the practice would go to waste. I wouldn't fullfill my dream. I lied down on my desk, trying to catch a breath, a moment that I desperately needed to come back into the series. I put myself together and came back to win 3-2.



There's too much to write about the next part of the story of WCS Season 3 Finals, but there's something I must say. I missed it. I missed playing in front of a huge crowd. I haven't been performing very well, yet I could place 2nd in the most meaningful tournament of my life. I made my dreams come true. I didn't finish first, and the games that I played in the finals will always come back to me and it will hurt. I wanted to say thank you, to the entire Starcraft community. Thank you for making my life something I wanted it to look like. Thank you for always supporting starcraft, no matter how "ded gaem" it would be. Without you, fans, there would be nothing. I could win the final of the biggest tournament, come out of the booth and go in front of an empty hall. Nobody would cheer. Nobody would be happy with me. Thank you for being there for players.



As Heart of the Swarm ends. Legacy of the Void comes out and new journey will start. Will it be similiar to the previous years? Will I rise above others or will simply stay in the shadow of the winners. I don't know. What I know is that I will give my best, because I chose the life of being a progamer and progamer always gives his best, to make people who believe in him proud.

Fighting~!



TL;DR Hots finished. LotV incoming. 2015 was great. Trying hard to become one of the best in LotV.



Thank you for your time reading this.

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