this news is not really new, was waiting for this thread for a while
for tf2 losing someone as passionate about the game that is giving him barely any income in return is like losing an arm. a curly, chokey, not able to drink water properly but an arm so devoted to spreading the word and making the game big, trying its hardest to get more sponsorship and interest into it;
I honestly will miss almost daily streams, insanely horrible but irresistibly funny plays, lots of in-game insight, rants, discussions and just an open and kind person that is Sideshow, in a world of all serious black-suits-wearing money-obsessed afraid-to-make-fool-of-themselves grumps who make everything they touch into money machine a person like Sideshow is the best representation of tf2 as a whole - funny, somewhat clumsy, honest and yet dedicated to his job, endlessly smart and just someone who enjoys what he's doing not because of the amount of digits involved in process
I wish you besteriest of luck in whatever you will do (even if that means casting overwatch) and of course hope to see you later on i58 and whatever other tf2-involved project
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