Worst part being that the uninformed blamed spooky. Sad.
Henry Cen has a twitch page and streams whenever spooky isn’t around
own3d > twitch in every way possible, stream quality, drops, and chat. If you had trouble with chat, that’s your fault. Both of them use IRC, own3d’s was just a quakenet channel, which you can just click a button on the stream to go there anyway.
I kind of felt this was coming. He’s spread way too thin. I mean, didn’t he go from New York to Cali to do Cross Assault, then from Cali to Atlanta for Final Round in like a week? He just did Power Up, he’s doing Civil War right now, and Summer Slam next week. If anyone deserves a break, it’s Spooky.
Maybe without such a heavy load he will start doing more house streams. His house streams were always my favorite.
Saw this coming a MILE away. He was helping out with set-ups at Power Up on that Friday, while running the stream, and a tournament. He does waaaaaaaay to much to be running a high quality stream with high quality matches and content.
He needs to either take a huge break or he needs to quit. And I understand.
Also dat PSO2. Super Sperglord sp00ky
Really grateful that Spooky has been providing us quality streams these past few years. Saying that he simply “deserves” this retirement is an understatement. But does this mean he’ll have time to go back to his roots and play “poverty” games again?
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But No One Plans to Stay in the Community Forever.
Just to reiterate this point, because it can’t be said enough.
Sp00ky is more than just a streamer. He is essentially a mobile tournament organizer, AND a one man video production crew. Art Min, Josh, Kuma, anyone else that’s with him constantly in NYC, and even me since I’ve switched coasts have tried to help him actually run the whole thing, but it just doesn’t seem the same.
He shoulders a lot of responsibility when he presents events to you guys. He’s at the event at the same time as the actual TO and their staff shows up, and sometimes before. He’s there when those of us that are part of tourney staff are just getting up to get things started for the day’s events, and he’s there long after many of us are tired of whatever game is getting played at the moment. He’s also doing things after hours, although most of that is handled via Art and Min nowadays.
Between when those doors open and when we all get told by hotel staff to gtfo, he’s at his station. He’s on the mic. He’s on stage setting up the systems and games himself. He’s dealing with hotel staff to make sure the net and power are solid almost as much as the TOs are themselves. And then once the event is over? Hours of trimming the recorded footage and getting it up for those that didn’t see his stream. This is a nearly 24/7 deal since he’s in such high demand. And after what I saw when I came back to NYC in December, this announcement doesn’t surprise me in the least.
While it would be selfish to say I’d prefer him to have time to actually play at an event, I think it’s for the best that he does just say no to streaming fucking everything. lol How many of you remember that he actually used to play FGs? Or that he was one of NYC’s top Melty players? Let him rock, it’s not like there’s a shortage of streamers. it just means that niggas need to step it up now. The blueprint is drafted, the foundation is there, people just need to follow a successful model and make it better so we don’t have one man burning himself out for the entire community.
If us other “members” have anything to say about it, fuck yeah he will.
Sp00ky is the fucking man, this is a serious blow to the FGC no matter how you look at it.
I wish him the best though, guy is hands down one of the classiest acts around.
And PSO2 claims a victim already.
And now to everyone talking about how much of a blow this It’s a big one, find ways to step up and fill the void at tournaments in anyway you can and help out, do more than just show up and play find ways to actively help your TOs and streamers. Fuck even if it’s buying them a drink or two.
Yeah if you want me to stop being a player. S T R E A M I N G S U C K S
Uhh why is nobody talking about paying him? Throw the guy some money, sponsors. Everyone calls him the hardest working guy in the FGC, so why does he work for free? Its the least we can do if he’s gonna spend that much time running the events, at least then he can decide if its worth his time or not
No lie though, Spooky needs a break. Hopefully he comes back or turns down streaming some events. I wish that some other streamers could stream and GET AS MANY VIEWERS as a SPOOKY STREAM. That is the one thing that is holding people back. They don’t want to stream because they have no followers. They also won’t be making money when they start. It’s a huge loss of money when you start. I seriously wish that every TO has internet tested before they rent the hotel’s ballroom. That is the one thing that has me disappointed with events now a days. People put in the hard work of bringing equiptment so they will get viewers and the internet is trash. Here’s to hoping people are smart when they schedule an event.
I can play it off and just say, “It’s cool though, at least there is Local Battles streams and Jaxel” but that is not the same…
First Gootecks and now Spooky. It’s like we’re losing more valuable member of the FG community by the second.
Seriously, he’s my favorite commentator.
Sad to see him go.
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Nope!
Time to get your ass into streaming… NOW!!
Why is it that players that drop combos and win fuckall get sponsorships, while Spooky is still trudging along, paying his way to run a stream and half an event almost alone
If anyone deserves to go esports it’s Spooky
EDIT: When I say “almost alone” I in no way am minimizing what all the other members of TS do to help Spooky. Please don’t blow me up Arturo kthnx
Sp00ky has been offered e-sports I am pretty sure.