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Yesterday evening I finished up all my prep for TI and after watching the round 3 snoozefest in client it was time to go to bed. As I closed the Dota 2 client I was greeted with message: "Are you sure you want to quit Dota 2?" and actually had to pause for a minute.
The end of TI7 does, for me, not only mark the end of the Dota 2 year. It also marks the end of my stint as Editor in Chief for LiquidDota. After close to 3 years of running the site its time for me to step down and let someone else take over. There isn't a single reason for me stepping down, but rather a lot of small ones. The two biggest of these small reasons are a lack of inspiration and that I feel like I've reached the age where I need to make a career choice. Being EiC of LiquidDota isn't going to become a full time gig anytime soon and even if it did I don't think I could make enough money to do what I want to do in life. It was in no way an easy descision. I think the site has been doing better and better under my care, and stepping away from something that you've invested this much time in is extremely hard.
During my years here we've changed a lot of things behind the scenes and I'd like to thank everyone that's been staff on the site. I won't name names because I don't want to forget anyone, but thank you all so much. No matter if you were with me for just a few months or if you've been with me for the entire journey. I've always had a staff that isn't afraid to challange my opinions and assumptions. And I treasure that, even if I don't always agree/follow your advice. I truely feel like I've grown as a person while working with you all. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get as close to everyone as I would've liked to. You guys rock and never cease to amaze me. Please keep on doing that with tehh4ck3r at the helm.
While I said I didn't want to name anyone I'm going to name one person: Plexa. He, and Nazgul, took a huge chance in me back when. In my first blog I described how I came to be EiC (last four paragraphs). I was a guy who had done some work for Liquipedia for a short period in time. That's it. I had never talked to Plexa before this and I don't know what came over him but I'll be forever greatful for the opportunity. It's been a hell of a ride and that you didn't fire me after 2 months is beyond me!
So here I am. About the click the "Yes"-button to close Dota 2. I won't stop playing the game and I won't leave the site. But in a way this feels like the end. Since I was in my early teens I've wanted to work in esports, but in esports today you need to be multi-talented. You need to be the complete package. And I'm not. So instead of chasing a dream that I will probably never fullfill I will set my sights on other goals and succeed there. I want to be clear: I don't see this as a failure, I gave it a shot and reached as high as I could.
So this is where I'm supposed to end the blog by saying something profound, right? Well I don't really have anything like that to share right now. Instead I'm gonna ask all my readers to be nice. One of the biggest reasons why I love esports is how accessible the players are. They stream on twitch, they interact with fans on twitter and other social media. That'd never happen in traditional sports. But instead of embracing this we, as a community, are driving the players away. Sure I might've called players terrible in a private chat but seeing the negativity in threads all around the internet really makes me understand why more and more players choose not to interact with the community as much as they used to. So be nice. You might not be the biggest problem, but think of what you say and realize that the players are human beings too.
So again: thank you to everyone who helped me get here in any way, shape, or form. I could never express my gratitude in words.
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I enjoyed working with you. Hopefully you learned some stuff from me at the start, because I definitely learned a few lessons from you as you started getting the hang of things. Seems you have came to the same conclusion regarding running this site that I did. It's hard to make the decision to step away, but you can't keep doing this for pennies forever. The opportunity to learn and friends I've made along the way was 100% worth it, so hopefully you feel the same way 
Good luck with whatever it is that you want to do next.
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Northern Ireland22213 Posts
enjoy ur retirement and best of luck with ur future endeavours!
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I haven't been posting as much here but I can barely imagine how much work it takes to keep this community running as smoothly as it does with all it's content. So thanks for all your hard work!
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Thanks Julmust, you've done an awesome job. Best of luck with your endeavours.
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Honestly, be happy you don't work in esports. Look at the countless hours these people put in, the massive amount of negative feedback you get when you make minor mistakes (or someone dislikes something about you for no reason), it's unreal. I honestly hope it at least earns them good money.
Would never ever want to pursuit that, there's good money in other industries that suck less..
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Good luck with everything. Well done!
Also, are you the Julmust in the swedish dray channel?
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Thanks for your services!
TeamLiquid.net has been my home for a very long time, and I moved over to LiquidDota since TI2 basically.
It's been my home on the internet.
I haven't given much back other than a small thanks here and there but I'm sure you're happy to receive one here
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But you'll still post in forums and lurk with us right?
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I know it's a bit late but  It's been amazing working with you and more importantly learning from you Jul
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Maybe it is just me but I feel the quality of this website is going downhill since you left. Recently I find streams are missing in the event bar all the time, changes among the Chinese teams are not even reported and in general news updates are slow. I am not even asking for anything creative, this is the basic stuff that is missing.
In general it is funny to me that team liquid as an organization was pretty much built around the teamliquid webpage, which was the hub of everything foreign starcraft for the longest of time.
You think with that legacy and the success this organization had this year in both DOTA and CSGO, they could afford to pay someone more than pocket money to run their pages. It is the face of the organization after all...
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On September 20 2017 22:15 4ZakeN87 wrote:
Maybe it is just me but I feel the quality of this website is going downhill since you left. Recently I find streams are missing in the event bar all the time, changes among the Chinese teams are not even reported and in general news updates are slow. I am not even asking for anything creative, this is the basic stuff that is missing.
In general it is funny to me that team liquid as an organization was pretty much built around the teamliquid webpage, which was the hub of everything foreign starcraft for the longest of time.
You think with that legacy and the success this organization had this year in both DOTA and CSGO, they could afford to pay someone more than pocket money to run their pages. It is the face of the organization after all...
I'm in severe agreeance here.
In fact, when I was playing SC2 heavily, I began to learn about Dota2 from LiquidDota. I've used anything liquid for Sc2 and Dota2 ever since I started playing SC AND Dota.
Really is a shame they don't put more money into this site. Dotabuff is great, but LD is just so much more unique in the sense its tied to Liquid, and those of us who are liquid fans can feel apart of through this website.
Anyhow, sad to see you go, but thanks for the time you've put into LD I am appreciative.
Wish you the best in your next journey in life.
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