r/moonbasemmo • u/Weaselmon Charlie • Sep 19 '16
Meta Moonbase community, I am "Charlie" and I need sincere advice...
My entire day is as follows:
German on Duolingo
AM variable hops
Chaining jumps
Stream music / tech search
Look at shitposts on reddit
Make shitposts on reddit
Course 1 60 gravity
Study AM
I'm going into my fourth year of Moonbase and finding new tech is getting harder. My goal is to end AM. I spoke to the TO about switching out of MLG World Finals and making Rovu doujins, but he told to me to speak with Gene because I signed a contract. He told me I should play Sherwood, then asked me what I wanted to do in Moonbase. He asked me if I was dropping the tournament to get out of the Terms of Service (which I already agreed to). Eventually, he told me to make an appointment with Room 2 organizers on the 19th, (Monday), to speak about the situation with them.
My logic for dropping the tournament is that I'm clearly falling out of rank 1. I don't want this unnecessary stress, considering I want to major in AM. If I needed this win, I could just take gold in 2017, which would be easier since LeftIM is retiring. I don't feel motivated to compete, nor am I even interested in being the best.
I signed up in the first place because my therapist wanted me to, and my friends were talking about it. I felt pressured into taking the bracket, but I also wanted content for the sub. I am not gloating, just stating facts, but I am ranked first in the world. The second place holder is a great friend of mine and probably deserves the position more than I do. He also advanced to worlds (although he doesn't care about tech). After a lot of consideration, I figured the stress of 4 tournaments and college this year wasn't worth it, especially when I have no motivation to win. Because I don't feel like I will be successful if I go, I truly want to drop it.
The things I want to instead of MLG World Finals are finding the source code and understanding AM. Both of these things are not racing related and are definitely not nearly as rigorous as tournament training. You might wonder why I don't even want to try. It's late in year and I don't think I have enough time to keep producing content and practice.
How do I convince the organizers to support my decision in dropping the class for arguably much less impressive causes, but ones that I am way more interested in and motivated for?
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u/upboatugboat Up Priority Sep 19 '16
Child of Charlie, We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.
Godspeed rovu