Failures - I know you quit a long time ago, but you do still sometimes log onto Discord just so you can flex playing Fortnite. For a long time, you were my best friend. Even though you're an 18 year old girl, and I somehow found that out maybe a few months ago (?), I still very much appreciate the friendship we have. Whether it was trolling the OU room back in early 2017, making fun of Andrew for being bad at kunc early in GC back in 2018, or even that one time we played Fortnite together, you have been a massive influence on my growth as a person. I don't know if you'll ever see this post, but if you do, thanks for always being there for me, even when I would act a little crazy.
GW - You're the second Failures. Just kidding, you've also been one of my best friends playing Pokemon. I know we haven't talked too much in a while, but it is still nice to see you log on to the NU room and win a couple of tournament games now and again. You haven't quit, but you have been very busy irl playing tennis (???) and just with tournaments overall, so I applaud you for keeping up with the clan I create every other month. I think if you really tried this year, you could definitely make smogtours playoffs, so try again this year! You were so close, you're definitely one of the most underrated players out there right now. Once smogtours becomes 8/7/6, I know you could even bring home a trophy. Keep grinding dude, and have fun playing tennis in the summer instead of winning Grand Slam with me!
banks - It feels weird to have known you well over a year now. It seems like just yesterday that I was a newbie to NU and building mega standard teams and then replacing a mon with Cacturne. When you took me up as a tutuee, it was a very great experience. You've taught me that I do have inner potential as a player, and that I have all the skill and talent there, I just need to stop and take a breather sometimes, and slow down and think. Of course I am stubborn and have never used that advice since, but once I get older and learn how to focus better I am certain that will come into play. You have been one of my best friends on this website, and while we do get into occasional arguments, it is always nice to play test games with you and steal your teams. You're one of the best contributors on this site, so congratulations to your nominations as well! I know you sometimes feel like you aren't the most appreciated user (even though you don't externally admit that), so I hope this does change your mind.
Funbot28 - What a ride the past 3 months have been. Even though we were kind of close before we started LGPE, I think that that tier really brought us together. Even though we didn't end up getting everything we wanted (yet), it has still been an awesome experience breaking away from OMs, getting our own subforum, and having a 650 user community. I know sometimes it is hard to be patient, but sooner or later all of our hard work will pay off, and we will find ourselves much happier with how the tier and community has progressed. You've been a great friend so far, and remember, patience is key (this sounds like a letter to myself reading it back tbh).