Post by Eddie Mac on Jul 21, 2014 11:43:45 GMT -5
CCL on Hiatus Announcement
As I write this, it's almost 3am eastern time on an early Thursday morning. By all accounts I should be sleeping as I have to be at work in a few hours. That, of course, if it weren't for the fact that there was a power surge in my room and it will be at least tomorrow before it's fixed. I should be writing this on Facebook or Twitter but unless a miracle happens, it'll be Friday afternoon at least before I have Internet again.
This comes one day after a metal spiral thing hit me right under my eye. And I mean it was real close. I could be one-eyed Eddie Mac right now.
But enough of that. I'm sure you're all (or at least some of you are) wondering where the hell is Adrenaline 70. Well, I guess it's confession time.
Even though it sits on my PC (which I may or may still have with the power surge--I guess we'll see) mostly unedited, I want to say l will have it done soon and it'll be on to Futureshock and such.
But I can't.
It's been an impossible task to get any momentum going this season. And it all began last year around Thanksgiving. While most of you sat and enjoyed your turkey dinner with the family, I sat in a hotel room on the other side of town because the power bill (which was my landlord's responsibility) didn't get paid on time. I was pretty much going to use that Thanksgiving holiday to prepare for the fifth season of CCL and finish up with season four.
But those lost six days were gone and there was no way I was going to get that extra time back. But what about Christmas, you ask? I was preparing for Black Friday an Holiday Havoc, both of which if I can remember, didn't come out until the new year.
Season 5 didn't begin until mid-February, March Madness didn't finish until the middle of April, and Crossroads didn't show up until just before Mothers Day. Oh, and Tribute to the Troops was also a month late. As for the coming episode, I recorded the last match for the show three weeks ago. I still haven't edited it yet. See where I'm getting at?
Basically, I've spent the entirety of the season fighting negative momentum. And it's caught up with me. Add to my personal life falling apart, and you have a recipe for someone who quite honestly doesn't have the motivation to do a CAW show right now. Or more accurately, I don't have the motivation to put on the best CAW show on that you deserve. Though I've been accused of such in the past, I do not put on a half ass effort when putting these shows together. You deserve the best out of me and everyone involved, me most of all. Right now, I don't feel I can give you that, and I feel like I would be cheating all of you if I did.
So it is with a heavy heart that I must inform all of you that effective immediately, the CAW Champions League is on an indefinite hiatus. I do not know how long it will be, so please do not ask. I do not know if I will keep doing this, so please do not ask. I don't know what I'll do upon my return if that happens so please don't ask. If you're asking if you could take over running the league, please don't because the answer is no.
As a matter of fact, at least for now, I will have absolutely no involvement with CAW whatsoever. So, sorry to the people running CAW All-Stars 6, I'm pulling CCL out. I wish I didn't have to but it's for the best. Joe, I know you want me to commentate SEA Climax with ya at some point, but I'm stepping away from commentary too. Sorry. In fact, I likely will not watch any CAW at all during my hiatus. I just don't have the passion for it I had even six months ago. Champ, Doc, Brian, I am truly sorry. But right now I have some self-evaluating to do. I'm sure we'll get the band back together sooner than later if it's meant to be.
So what will become of all the pages and videos? The official Facebook page will remain up with this very note pinned as well as updates as I see fit. The fan page run by Chris is his responsibility, and whether or not it remains will be his call. All the YouTube and Dailymotion pages will also remain up for now.
To everyone who has been a fan of my work, whether it be recently or since the beginning, thank you. You are truly the DNA of CCL and as I've always said, the best fans in CAW, period.
I don't want to say goodbye because goodbyes are forever. Goodbyes have a finality to it. This is not that... at least I don't think it is. But if it is, you all will be the first to know. If this is the end, it's been a fun ride. Thanks. If not, rest assured I will be back and we will be kicking ass. So for now, I will say thanks for reading and thanks for watching.
Later.
--
Then I wrote this Friday night just before I posted it on Facebook.
I've had a couple days to think about what I wrote. At this moment, I still don't have power in my room (probably will be Monday before I get it back), so this computer at this moment is running from an outlet a floor down. That makes me all kinds of nervous.
Anyways, I have decided that I will still be doing this. Just not for a little bit. I will be back, but probably not until the end of the summer. That means no Futureshock. Supernova will still happen though, just not sure when yet. I don't know if storylines will resume from pre-hiatus or if I just start over, or some combination of the two. But for now, I'm beyond burned out and need a break. I won't be doing anything CAW-related at least for the next few weeks, so no shows, no commentary, nada. I gotta find the love for it again, and maybe that means getting away from it.
I know this a lot of you don't like this decision, but I ask that you do respect it. I'm sure many of you will have questions, but for the most part, I probably won't be answering them. I'll only let a few in on what the status is of my league and when it comes back, but the rest of you will know when I know for sure.
With that, I'm gonna hang up my mic and WWE2K14 and my controllers, at least for now. But I'll be back. Thanks everyone. It's been a blast.
--
the tl;dr version: CCL's on hiatus for at least the rest of the summer. I won't be doing anything CAW related in the meantime. No commentary, no matches, probably not even watch CAW. When I'm refreshed, I'll come back...that is if I feel I can still do it. If I can't, it's been fun. Thanks everyone for five awesome years. If I can, get ready for something awesome. Pretty sure I'll get a few eyerolls from this, maybe even a few snickers, but I don't care.But I wanted ya'll to know where my head was at. So there ya go.
As I write this, it's almost 3am eastern time on an early Thursday morning. By all accounts I should be sleeping as I have to be at work in a few hours. That, of course, if it weren't for the fact that there was a power surge in my room and it will be at least tomorrow before it's fixed. I should be writing this on Facebook or Twitter but unless a miracle happens, it'll be Friday afternoon at least before I have Internet again.
This comes one day after a metal spiral thing hit me right under my eye. And I mean it was real close. I could be one-eyed Eddie Mac right now.
But enough of that. I'm sure you're all (or at least some of you are) wondering where the hell is Adrenaline 70. Well, I guess it's confession time.
Even though it sits on my PC (which I may or may still have with the power surge--I guess we'll see) mostly unedited, I want to say l will have it done soon and it'll be on to Futureshock and such.
But I can't.
It's been an impossible task to get any momentum going this season. And it all began last year around Thanksgiving. While most of you sat and enjoyed your turkey dinner with the family, I sat in a hotel room on the other side of town because the power bill (which was my landlord's responsibility) didn't get paid on time. I was pretty much going to use that Thanksgiving holiday to prepare for the fifth season of CCL and finish up with season four.
But those lost six days were gone and there was no way I was going to get that extra time back. But what about Christmas, you ask? I was preparing for Black Friday an Holiday Havoc, both of which if I can remember, didn't come out until the new year.
Season 5 didn't begin until mid-February, March Madness didn't finish until the middle of April, and Crossroads didn't show up until just before Mothers Day. Oh, and Tribute to the Troops was also a month late. As for the coming episode, I recorded the last match for the show three weeks ago. I still haven't edited it yet. See where I'm getting at?
Basically, I've spent the entirety of the season fighting negative momentum. And it's caught up with me. Add to my personal life falling apart, and you have a recipe for someone who quite honestly doesn't have the motivation to do a CAW show right now. Or more accurately, I don't have the motivation to put on the best CAW show on that you deserve. Though I've been accused of such in the past, I do not put on a half ass effort when putting these shows together. You deserve the best out of me and everyone involved, me most of all. Right now, I don't feel I can give you that, and I feel like I would be cheating all of you if I did.
So it is with a heavy heart that I must inform all of you that effective immediately, the CAW Champions League is on an indefinite hiatus. I do not know how long it will be, so please do not ask. I do not know if I will keep doing this, so please do not ask. I don't know what I'll do upon my return if that happens so please don't ask. If you're asking if you could take over running the league, please don't because the answer is no.
As a matter of fact, at least for now, I will have absolutely no involvement with CAW whatsoever. So, sorry to the people running CAW All-Stars 6, I'm pulling CCL out. I wish I didn't have to but it's for the best. Joe, I know you want me to commentate SEA Climax with ya at some point, but I'm stepping away from commentary too. Sorry. In fact, I likely will not watch any CAW at all during my hiatus. I just don't have the passion for it I had even six months ago. Champ, Doc, Brian, I am truly sorry. But right now I have some self-evaluating to do. I'm sure we'll get the band back together sooner than later if it's meant to be.
So what will become of all the pages and videos? The official Facebook page will remain up with this very note pinned as well as updates as I see fit. The fan page run by Chris is his responsibility, and whether or not it remains will be his call. All the YouTube and Dailymotion pages will also remain up for now.
To everyone who has been a fan of my work, whether it be recently or since the beginning, thank you. You are truly the DNA of CCL and as I've always said, the best fans in CAW, period.
I don't want to say goodbye because goodbyes are forever. Goodbyes have a finality to it. This is not that... at least I don't think it is. But if it is, you all will be the first to know. If this is the end, it's been a fun ride. Thanks. If not, rest assured I will be back and we will be kicking ass. So for now, I will say thanks for reading and thanks for watching.
Later.
--
Then I wrote this Friday night just before I posted it on Facebook.
I've had a couple days to think about what I wrote. At this moment, I still don't have power in my room (probably will be Monday before I get it back), so this computer at this moment is running from an outlet a floor down. That makes me all kinds of nervous.
Anyways, I have decided that I will still be doing this. Just not for a little bit. I will be back, but probably not until the end of the summer. That means no Futureshock. Supernova will still happen though, just not sure when yet. I don't know if storylines will resume from pre-hiatus or if I just start over, or some combination of the two. But for now, I'm beyond burned out and need a break. I won't be doing anything CAW-related at least for the next few weeks, so no shows, no commentary, nada. I gotta find the love for it again, and maybe that means getting away from it.
I know this a lot of you don't like this decision, but I ask that you do respect it. I'm sure many of you will have questions, but for the most part, I probably won't be answering them. I'll only let a few in on what the status is of my league and when it comes back, but the rest of you will know when I know for sure.
With that, I'm gonna hang up my mic and WWE2K14 and my controllers, at least for now. But I'll be back. Thanks everyone. It's been a blast.
--
the tl;dr version: CCL's on hiatus for at least the rest of the summer. I won't be doing anything CAW related in the meantime. No commentary, no matches, probably not even watch CAW. When I'm refreshed, I'll come back...that is if I feel I can still do it. If I can't, it's been fun. Thanks everyone for five awesome years. If I can, get ready for something awesome. Pretty sure I'll get a few eyerolls from this, maybe even a few snickers, but I don't care.But I wanted ya'll to know where my head was at. So there ya go.
