As some of the people in the Smogon Discord may know, I've been working on completing my M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at my alma mater while working on the side. It's been a super-stressful 2.5 years of class and academic research, and along with my IRL friends I couldn't have made it through without the support from longtime folks on Smogon. Some shoutouts:
The Smogon Fantasy Sports squad (
WaterBomb,
Rabia,
Shiba,
Aawin, and all of the others): thank you for providing me with endless hours of entertainment, bad football takes, and overall a fun community to take my mind off of school. Special shoutout to those who indulge in my college football takes
The Smogon Knicks fans (
explodingdaisies,
TONE,
biggie): thank you for indulging me in quality Knicks banter and discussion of the Knicks, in classic NYK fashion (e.g. constantly disagreeing with each other's takes)
Ununhexium, for making college basketball season fun in the Smogon Discord.
Archas,
UT,
Ratio,
Surgo,
GatoDelFuego, and other people in the Smogon Discord that isn't #sports: thank you for the fun convos in the Discord. Even when I go into lurk mode and don't message for months on end, I read and enjoy the convos
Thank you all <3