Happy 10th birthday Team Fortress 2.
Started playing TF2 in 2007 on Xbox 360 for 2 days and stopped. 4 years later I watch a TF2 video on Machinima Respawn and regained interest in TF2 again. From here I begin to transition into PC gaming overall with TF2. Spending the summer and fall of 2012 just learning how to play the game with mostly playing on a TF2 neon heights minecraft themed server, mainly focusing on learning the mechanics and aiming on keyboard and mouse. What got me into competitive TF2 was watching all of the ESEA S11 LAN matches for TF2. This would lead me into playing in esports in 2013 starting with a season of 6v6 UGC steel red division (maining medic), playing a couple of matches (going 1-1) before the team would fold After that I transitioned into playing ESEA in S14. Playing medic for my old team big hams. Winning the team would go 8-8 after the season. At one point my team was 4th place in ESEA open (8-2) before the team folded. I remember this completely even after all these years. Creating memories that will last a lifetime. From going into golden cap winning my first ESEA match on cp_process_rc3, to winning a very close game on cp_snakewater 5-4. To almost playing back to back gravelpit matches. (Winning the first game 2-1 with the second game being a FFW) to winning winning both metalworks matches late at night. Special shoutout to my friend Snowblind who played on my ESEA S14 Open team with 300 ping on scout. I have been playing TF2 for so long, and I still enjoy playing the game today. Shoutout to the following people who have helped me become a better TF2 player: Pyyyour, Hero (Chad), Misterslin. CHEERISS, cfoogle, Cube, Huhy, Byte, Numlocked, Kiwi, Shade, stabbystabby. snowblind, Yuki, b4nny, tagg, clockwork, my teammates I played with in UGC and ESEA. and lastly to YouTuber ObviouslyJesus for inspiring me to play TF2 again back in early 2011 with that machinima respawn TF2 video.
TF2 is the best game I have played in my life and I am grateful for the TF2 community that has kept me playing TF2 to this day.
Lastly thank you Valve for creating this fantastic game that is still going strong 10 years post launch.
Love,
Apolloftw