to be honest, things were pretty bittersweet when it came to tournaments. im disappointed that certain individuals have gotten too far when it came to their positions of power, and it sucks that they will continue to abuse their status because the community has constantly allowed them to get away with it. while necessary actions have already been taken towards some of these individuals, such as tournament/staffing bans, some cases are undermined entirely or are still unknown to the community. all i can really hope for is that the rest of these individuals will have their actions brought to light soon. the good people i met this year, on the other hand, have made that experience incredibly worthwhile, whether it be through empaths, tournament teams, or staffing in tournaments such as batballs gimmick emporium 2 and osu world cup 2024. on the topic of the world cup, id like to mention that im very grateful to get the opportunity to playtest, and even more grateful that enon and i were able to map the qualifiers nm2, and i will not take that for granted. being given that opportunity was surreal to me, and i couldnt have done it without azer and chiv, so thank you guys. when it came to performances, i also had some crazy popoffs such as beating maliszewski in corsace closed and fcing hikari in hippo cup 7. hosting my own tournament was also something i wanted to do this year, and i was able to do that through enris shreddington showdown annihilation alongside david, resoa, and vana. this was also a big personal highlight tournament-wise, and im very glad so many people enjoyed watching it as much as we did working on it.
solo was pretty amazing considering the fact that i didnt invest too much time into it. i got my endgame goal of 20k pp in early march and ended up pushing further to 21k pp just two days before 2025 (WTF lol?). i also ended up peaking #12 which is pretty decent, but when it comes to farming alone i dont have much to say since those are based off of arbitrary numbers that fluctuate constantly.
as for 2025, ill still try my best for corsace, perennial, and owc, but i dont know if im going to take tournaments as seriously as i did this year im definitely still going to push for top 10 but tournaments have just been time consuming and straining, especially with how critical some people can be i have greater things to focus on irl (part of why i didnt play owc 2024) and that has always been my priority, but i think ive found a good balance
imagine if im saying all this only to pop off even harder in 2025 (manifesting?) also i seriously want to get top 10 more than anything right now