My experience with echo fox (bootcamp)

I just want to formally say this was intended to be a bootcamp for experience and to help the players grow, not a tryout. With that being said I did learn a bunch of competitive jungle info from the staff at echo fox and from akaadian who would occasionally show up and play some games or just give me and orange some general information. The way the bootcamp worked was 2 inhouse sets and we'd get to eat amazing food twice a day aswell. they supplied us with keyboards headsets 144 hz (rip me and my 60 hz monitor) and nice computers. all I had to do was bring my mouse. They have an EXTREMELY nice office and both of their houses are beautiful.



Now that is out of the way here is my opinions on the players and staff that I encountered;

Staff/Pro:

Jim - Me and Jim are from the same town so it was pretty awkward at first (Oshawa). but he showed me a lot of respect and when i was watching games he would help give in depth analysis on what the players should be doing. Thank you a lot that information.



Nick - Nick was the person who invited me to come to LA and was also the person that I felt I was closest too in terms of staff. he was a really laid back guy but also provided extremely useful information. extremely nice very respectful. Everything about Nick that I encountered made me develop a drive to become pro every day without it sounding weird..



Peter - Peter is another coach for echo fox and he is also very smart, Peter's personality was really different from Nicks but that is necessary in a team environment. he provided me with useful information and how I should approach becoming a professional player by being realistic and making me feel as if becoming an LCS jungler is possible for me.



Jake - Even though me and Jake didn't talk very much he is still a pretty nice and relaxed guy he drove us to the Hike trail! (Which was a blast)

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I want to thank every staff member again, for treating us all as if we're echo fox players and giving us opportunities to learn and giving us exposure.

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Akaadian - I vs'd Akaadian one day and he outmacro'd me really hard, which was really nice to get to listen to his coms and see how smart of a jungler he actually is. On the last day Akaadian watched me for two games in which i didn't perform well at all, he gave me some general information in which I used for the next games and I ended up pulling off my "A" Game at the last few games (Akaadian had to leave though couldn't watch me popping off)



Damonte - I only got to play with Damonte briefly but my experience with him IRL was extremely pleasant, he was very nice to me and showed me respect as if I was a jungler for his team. he's a really good mid laner too and was pretty good at microing me around the map.



Brandini - Brandini had to sub for the whole 2 weeks because CJ couldn't show up, it was unfortunate but it's good that Tower of God got to learn a whole bunch of laning match ups because Brandini was willing to answer questions constantly.



Keith - Only briefly got to play with Keith but he came in and showed himself on why he was a talented Attack Damage Carry player. shoutouts to him and ALL the pro players for being so open with the bootcampers and coming in and helping us learn a bunch of stuff.



Other Bootcampers (CJ couldn't come so brandini had to play)-

Tower of God - Justin was a really nice guy and came in with a mindset to learn since he's on a college team, for the first 7 days or so he never won top, but in the last 7 days he eventually transitioned and made games a bit of a struggle for Brandini. Coming through with the solo kills xia knight. was also my ramen buddy and late night ihop buddy, miss u Justin best of luck in your last year!



Oddorange - Nathan is very tall irl. he's actually like 6'2 or some shit, very nice guy and me him and the boys ended up just kicking her off (Our friendship). Felt like we all bonded in those 2 weeks and being home now I already miss all the rascals. Oddorange is actually a REALLY solid competitive jungler and I ended up learning a whole bunch of competitive jungling while vsing this guy. Miss you bro, love you. I feel like we actually just were bro's irl.



MLST - Mist or Richard came in with a chill mindset (i was on the plane with him and i was nervous as fuck) and he ended up being really nice to me and showing me some tips for jungle and how I could step up my game, shoutouts to him he's a really nice guy irl and im glad I met him. and his ori and cassio are clean and corki



KTSmurf - Sujal was just fucking honestly a bro irl, i just already miss him and the boys, this guy is really good at mid also and managed to give mist a hard time for the majority of the inhouse. but overall we all went there to learn and I feel like we all learned a lot. kt smurf is actually nutty on corki and really impressed me. me and him just had talks about love and he knew the answer to everything. miss him already xia knight love u bro



Josh "Mabrey" Baby - Josh Josh Josh, what can I say besides you're a beast at adc and gave jurassiq the kog'maw dick. you're also really nice irl like the rest of the boys and we had our moments together while buying coffee and me just saying positive things. love you bro, miss you dont change. (except the diet from the office back home change that bro ur body too nice no homo xia knight)



Jurassiq - Jurassiq you're honestly such a nice guy irl and im glad i got to meet you, you and the boys just made me feel so happy and im glad you gave me talks while we were walking home just to cheer me up if i was having a bad day. miss you bro gonna keep my light on for you bro.



Konkwon - Kwonkwon, even though you're really reserved and didn't talk much i feel like every team needs that. i felt like we bonded as family while you were in the room and just were the last piece to the puzzle. you and sheep are really good at support and im glad the both of you stayed motivated to play because the lack of experience on the other roles.



Sheep - I gotta say you're one of the nicest guys i've ever met that is professional, you gave me information in and out of game and I got pretty sad when you left the day early but I understood why since there was no games left or w.e you actually are just such a nice guy and in INSANELY smart support player. I honestly can't decided who I think a better support is though because you both are better than eachother in different ways. but you made me feel as if I could make it, and i really looked up to you because of all your competitive experience.



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To all of the bootcampers I hope to see you guys LCS or Academy this year or next year, because I believe you guys can all make it. Im really happy i got to meet all of you and you guys all heavily impacted me in an extremely positive way. i love you guys you're all bros

Miss Tub Talk.

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