This game came into my life when i lost my father ( and best friend) to cancer. He was one of the kindest people i have ever had the luck of meeting. Subsequently I have suffered from mental illness and suicidally. Last year I was admitted to a mental hospital or treatment center 22 times in total. I spent more time alienated from society and family than not. Many times, often following suicide attempts, I lost nearly all legal rights for self advocating my own treatment. Through my years of playing this game i find more often than not many people use Team fortress 2 as an escape from reality. Being a small community, you often will know just about everyone that plays this game in the comp sphere. While we don't all get along, have our community drama, I thank you all for being part of my life. I'd like to extend my thanks to hope. Hope this year will be your best year. I would also like to congratulate you all on making it another year. Nothing is guaranteed in life, so it does us best to guarantee to try.


Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live. After all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy. As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be all right.