Parting ways with Tempo Storm

I apologize for being a late with this statement. I have been incredibly busy these last few days, but more so I just needed some time to think about how and what I wanted to say.



My time with Tempo Storm lasted for nearly 5 months, and overall, I really enjoyed it. My LAN experience at Heroes Rising and Spring NA Regionals was fantastic and is something that I will always have fond memories of. It was really only after we came back from Regionals that we began to struggle. Seemingly overnight the team's morale and motivation disappeared. We stopped doing replays, communication dropped in-game to a nearly non-existent level, and the mood was sour when we'd finish scrims. This was around the time that So1dier left.



In addition to playing Tank, I also shotcalled for the team. It is very frustrating for me from a shotcaller's perspective when communication is nearly non-existent. Every rotation, every mercenary camp, every push, and 90% of ganks were individually microed by me. If I failed to call out these things then they were completed late or flat-out not done. Yes, it's my job to make these calls, but it's also each player's responsibility to feed information throughout the game. I was even calling basic things, such as who should soak, positioning, and how to rotate safely. I felt like I had to play 2-4 other Heroes in addition to my own, and my play suffered for it.



In the end, it just wasn't working. These past few days of scrimming with new teams have shown me how teams should function; communication shouldn't be tenuous and the atmosphere shouldn't be stressful. I'm also immensely enjoying being able to play a wider variety of Heroes. Although it sucks that I never received any salary from Tempo Storm for my time playing with them, I'm still glad I had the experience.



Moving forward, my focus right now is to qualify for the NA Summer Regionals, and although the qualifiers start in less than a week, I'm feeling optimistic. Thank you to all of the people that have been there to offer advice and kind words, I cannot express my appreciation to you.

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