Update on MLGB and Future Goals!

Hey guys, Metaphor here!!



Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who's been supporting me over the last year or so, I've gotten my streaming channel around where I wanted it to be and I know it can take off even more with the amazing support everyone has been showing me!



Regarding MLGB: Clown, Tails, Grae, Blade and I all joined MLGB in September, I was contacted by HeavenTime about making a Canadian team to try and get into the LCS under the MLGB name, and that they wanted a gaming house in Vancouver. The stuff they were promising us was honestly too good to be true, but it was! I honestly can't express my gratitude about how we were treated as a team from the CEO and staff of MLGB, it was a dream come true.



When creating the roster, we were originally going with Me, Blade, Dun, Tails, and Clown. However, Dun was too young to leave high school for the gaming house. I eagerly messaged Grae that same night and ended up getting one of my good online friends involved with the team. I was super happy because people I've known for year(s) were gonna be part of my first real team.



After bouncing around some places, we ended up getting a real nice house, totally over the top. We built our chairs and desks and began practicing immediately in scrims, although we couldn't really get good competition since LCS had just ended and worlds was starting. Nobody was really scrimming, but we built a ton of core team strength and found what we were best at despite most scrims just being stomps. We started off being 5 soloq players and ended up being a really strong team. Even though some people may think there were champion pool issues or toxicity issues, the team really came together and none of those problems really ever came up. Everyone practiced stuff they weren't comfortable with and although there were some arguments, nothing ever stuck around.



The goal of our team was to make LCS and compete in a tournament in Toronto for $10k. Obviously, we didnt end up making LCS (lots of huge orgs got in so I'm not surprised), but we did end up winning the Toronto tournament. It was a complete stomp: the Bo5 final ended in 3 20 minute wins for our team. The day after, everyone went home since we had signed up for the Tyler1 tournament and it was literally starting the day after the Toronto tournament. Some of us lived in Toronto, others had to fly home. Tails didn't have internet setup at his place, so we had to use a sub for the Bo1 round in the TCS. Sohnar popped off though and we ended up getting into the finals vs SDT.



The next week was the TCS finals and we ended up beating SDT 2-1 with some pretty fun games (fuck Vladimir). We were super happy about winning. We knew tons of people were watching and after seeing how it turned out last TCS, it just felt like an actual accomplishment and honestly felt more relieving than winning the Toronto tournament. So in the span of a week, we had won 2 $10k tournaments and honestly it just felt amazing and I wouldn't have wanted to have that 2.5 - 3 month experience with anyone else.





A couple days after the tournament, I received news that I was being dropped from MLGB. I just want to clear up with everyone that I am not on bad terms with any player on the team, nor was I dropped due to toxicity reasons, in game or in house. I've personally been trying hard to "reform". Anyone who's watched my stream over the last few months (even before MLGB) has probably noticed it, but I knew the second that I got removed from MLGB, everything was going to be thrown out the window because people would start assuming. I'm not going to lie, I used to be a pretty big asshole in soloq. When things went wrong, I would get mad at people because I really wanted to win and if people came at me, I'd just flame back without a care. However, for the past few months/year, I've tried to change the way I act in game (sometimes I can still get upset, but nothing like before) since I know that being toxic is without a doubt the worst trait you can have in terms of getting on a team. I think that personally, I've come a long way from being a toxic Fiddlesticks one trick to being a consistent challenger player with a big champion pool (still cant play Nid and Ivern to save my life tho).



My future



I wanted to get on an Academy team this split, but I ended up announcing free agency after a lot of teams had already finished tryouts / picked up players. I ended up not getting onto a team and heard some rumors that teams didn't want to pick me up because they think I was removed from MLGB for toxicity / they dont think I'll pass behavior check. I have no doubt in my mind that I am skilled enough to play on an academy team, but I also understand why I wasn't given a shot.



So for this split, I'm going to be moving into my own apartment on the 20th of December and stream "full time". I say that because I don't make enough from streaming to provide for myself, though I have a good amount of money saved from MLGB and from before then as well. I'm going to try and build my Twitch channel and grow as a player over the next few months and hopefully have a chance next split on getting on a team. I believe my communication/ shotcalling skills in game are top notch and I could easily be used on an academy team.





I want to give a huge thank you to @MLGBheaventime for giving me my first real chance in a competitive environment + putting the team together, and I also want to thank @i_am_zeu for teaching me how to communicate more effectively in game and honestly giving me a better outlook on the game / talking to people in general.



I have no doubt in my mind that every player on that team is either LCS or Academy level and will make it there if they're given the right opportunity. Putting 5 soloq players together and trying to make them work as a team was pretty risky, but I think MLGB made a very good choice with who they picked and like I said before, there's not a different 4 players I would have rather shared that experience with.



Thank you to everyone who read this. For anyone viewing this who has based their opinions directly off of Reddit or something besides your own experiences with me, I hope you understand that things aren't always the way people say they are. For the people I've fought with in the past in Soloq, I want you to know that I do not hold internet grudges and I've made up with almost everyone who I used to constantly get into disagreements with. If you want to reach out to me privately, my DMs are open and I want to say that I'm sorry for how I acted in the past. Thanks again, everyone.

Reply · Report Post