Please don’t take our home. I remember downloading EchoVR for the first time all those years ago, I remember my first ever match, I even remember the teams, my teammates were TravWest and ZambaaJuice, we went against SilvaGalaxy, ASLFPower and Biggy. I remember my first ever team, with Golden17, Jaykon, CT, Yeetice and O2BRich. I remember my first LAN event, the first people I met were Obs1dian, Oliy and Torquemada at the train station. Then my second LAN, taking a long road trip with Xyzzy, Octavius, Army and Chimi. I have so many funny memories, like meeting VictoriaAshton in the elevator with Octavius and having her fully convinced I was Octavius’s brother Xyzzy, or going out to lunch with Hasko7 in Atlanta, walking through the drive though of a St Louis Taco Bell at 1:00AM with Palidore, De Focus, Snek, PrincessPopcorn and a few others, meeting the players from Jokr while a ferret tried to steal my beer, meeting Giligin and introducing myself as if I was Giligin, memories I’ll never forget. So many years, so many memories. My life is forever changed from what Echo Arena has done for me, the people it’s brought into my life, the experiences it’s given me, and the things it’s taught me. Echo Arena has taught me self control, confidence, patience, accountability, and self improvement, it’s made me a better person. I’ve spent thousands of hours trying to be the best at this zero gravity handball meets boxing, trained with so many teams, flown out to cities I’ve never been to before, played in a ton of tournaments, I even became champion of a couple, EchoVR to me and many others has become more than just a game, it’s an escape from the stresses of reality, we’ve made communities and families, we’ve made this a home, please don’t take our home away from us. Think about the community you’re destroying.
