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Greetings,

I've made this Twitlonger about the next season and what my plans will be for next year, some people have asked in my stream and I'm sure many more are curious about whats going to happen, I just want everyone to know I've had a really long think about everything and this decision is my final decision. For anyone that's interested I'm just going to run through some reasons about why I'm making this decision and what I'll hopefully be doing in the future.



Thanks in advance for your time.



So I'll be looking to step down from SPL, as everyone knows there's been big changes at HiRez and how next years SPL has been planned out, everyone will have different levels of details on how that's going to work, but I'm just here to talk about the reasons why I'm choosing to not go forward with those plans.



Firstly I'd like to start by saying that it doesn't really suit what I want to do in life, I'd never had an interest in moving to America previous to these new changes being announced and wouldn't see myself changing on that in the future, nothing against anyone who already lives there or anyone who wishes to move there it just doesn't work for me personally. I feel some of the decisions about moving everyone was very rushed, there was very little information given about how this would work, how we would get support and when it was all exactly happening. Some information since then has been confirmed but I just don't feel there was enough time to plan properly for such a big move (Especially for myself after recently already moving countries). For me personally I can't see any huge benefits this move will bring to the league; yes it will be nice to have everyone in the same area and everyone together playing on the same client/in the same building however at the end of the day although it's a LAN it wont feel like one as all the games will be played away from any crowds or fans to cheer for teams and that's what has always made big LAN events so special.

On a more personal note about money and salary, yes it will be nice to be given a better salary (depending on contract) however I think with any moving costs (depending on contract), potential living costs (depending on contract), healthcare/insurances (depending on contract), travel within the USA and potentially visiting home (depending on contract), furniture from anything to your essentials, electrical's to more luxury items (depending on contract) and higher taxes than I already have where I'm currently living, I'm not sure how much of the salary will actually be going into my savings - as this is what I want for the future is to be able to save and make a better life.

At the moment although I live with my girlfriend in the UK, I also have my close family back in Romania, if I need to see my family in Romania its currently very easy to do so, with a short trip to the airport and a small flight across Europe. Moving to the USA would mean less time to be able travel to both the UK and Romania cutting down any family time by a lot. My family has and always be most important to me.



Moving forward I will be looking for an SML team for next year, I believe there will still be plenty of healthy competition, I've taken into consideration about the salary drop and what this will mean but weighed it out against all the reasons which I had mentioned above. There's an opportunity for me to carry on playing Smite (Which is a game I've loved and passionately played for nearly 6 years now) and if that means some sacrifices need to be made then I'm willing to take a small hit to be able to keep playing competitive Smite and keep my family close.

Through my Smite journey I've dabbled with streaming on Twitch and found a second passion for streaming. At times I've found it difficult to split my time between SPL and streaming as well as having a life off the screen too, I'd like to use any of my free time to improve my stream and make it better for everyone, I've found a lot of true friends, fans and supporters through the streaming I've done so far and I really want to keep building on that.



Lastly I need to thank many people for supporting, helping and pushing me to be a better player and person in the SPL. Of course foremost is my team mates who have been there through all the highs and the lows of this journey, there'll always be great memories to takeaway from this team, then this leads into Team Rival both the staff and owners of the Org being incredibly supportive believing in us to make it to the big stage. Without Team Rival's support we may not of even made it as far as what we did. Then also within Skillshot there's many staff that have been very helpful and supportive towards myself, the team and SPL without them it wouldn't have been possible. Special mentions to Cooper, Vinny and Hinduman for tolerating my shit. There's many individual's who haven't been named personally, but if you've been a part of my journey then my thanks is to you also.



TL;DR: No to SPL. Hi to SML + Streaming. Thanks all. #NewYearNewMe





- Wlfy

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