Before I get started on Garu/Chelsea interviews, my happiness that 73 people attended this event, the success of it all together, how much fun it was seeing everyone again, or anything else, I want to make an apology.
After my loss in singles to my opponent, Denthorn, I made a very rude, inappropriate, and frankly stupid display of myself by throwing my stick in the hallway shortly after the match. Larry had seen this, along with about two dozen players, and it not only looked bad on me, but our scene in general. There is no excuse for this, and I just wanted to genuinely apologize for what I did. I realized my stick was broken and didn't realize it until after the match, resulting in the angry mishap. I ignored comments people made on it from Winter Brawl and my own instinct regarding mis-inputs during the tournament. I was rightfully warned by the staff, which was kind enough to not completely expel me from the event all together (honestly, they should have).
The anger was primarily not even due to the stick, or my match, but moreso a series of events that happened the entire weekend, that I would rather forget. I had little sleep, both me and my friends who traveled to the event took heavy financial loss
, and I wasn't able to welcome our international players in the way I had planned out for months. Honestly, I want to thank the community for making this event so successful that this looked like a small blemish at worst. Also I want to thank everyone who made extra efforts to support me accomplish what needed to be done for the event where I became unable to due to what happened.
Especially Ehrik, Jimmy, Rei, and Brandino.The ignorance in on itself deserves a loss, and I want my opponent Denthorn to know I'm not upset with him or anyone else in anyway. In this sense Denthorn won by being such a prepared and honorable opponent. I'm really sorry for what I did, or any bad impression I might of given off due to my stress over this weekend.