When one door closes …

                                           ……”hopefully” another opens, I would say.

I guess it's time to move on. I feel pretty sad for the players , the community, the people I probably wont see anymore. .
It was a great ride, and I probably won't find another group of people as great as my team, the San Francisco OPTX,  in my next adventure but they will all stay in my heart; those kind of memories will never be forgotten.

 
I was reading different webpages, and I found it funny how some people that have been working in gaming for years, don’t understand how important the CGS was for gaming. It also saddened me  that some people were full of joy in knowing that the CGS was no more.

 
I'm a gamer, I care about the players and the people involved. I read Frod's blog and he definitely got some points there.  I'm not saying CGS was perfect , because it wasn’t and I wasn't happy with some of their decisions myself, but I loved it like every gamer who was part of it.

The CGS was , in my opinion, one of the most successful leagues ever created and the only one at the moment who could have pushed gaming in the mainstream like no other leagues have ever done in years. Their concept and their games might not have pleased everyone, but which other league/organization has ever put up together what they did in less than 2 years?  If you think about it, when I joined the CGS there were just a couple of players around the world who could consider themselves real professionals, who could actually made a living by playing games and they gave this opportunity to hundreds of players worldwide. For the first time in my career I was playing on a sport channel in my own country, in Italy, with commentators and fans cheering for me.
Back in the days when people like me, fatal1ty, Redeye or DjWheat used to travel all over the world, we could have just dreamt of something like that.
…I wouldn’t of have left my main career (fps ) for be part of this if I didn’t believe in it.

It takes a lot of courage to actually disagree that it's definitely one of the saddest moments in gaming. At the end of the day,  this is not the first time I've seen a league die.  I was there when, one by one, the CPL, WSVG, now CGS, died and every time I found myself without something to look forward to. But something else came up and I was ready to jump on the ride and go.
Is it gonna happen again? We will see.. but It's not gonna be the same.

 
I personally wanna thank all the people who were behind the CGS and also all the players and the community who were part of this. I know a lot of them right now are looking for new jobs or taking important decision in their lives, so I wish all of you the best and I hope to see you all again really soon.

I know we will.

Sincerely ,

Alessandro “stermy” Avallone