I'm no longer going to play in PL/LAN
TLDR: I have an auto immune disease that causes a lot of pain, and for some reason playing apex causes it to re-surface. I'm not going to play with the pain for the sake of others like I did for past teammates.
After BLGS, I took a long break and a lot of my symptoms related to my auto immune disease and pain started going away. I felt really good for the most part and was able to do normal things like brush my teeth without pain. During this time it was unclear that I would even still be playing with trev, and if that came to be, I was extremely excited to start coaching. I enjoy using my brain more than aiming in apex, so this was seemingly perfect. I was asked to play for CTE and declined as I didn't think we were a good fit, I knew my mechanics have taken a hit from the break, I was already trialing as a coach with OBVN/STAL and this allowed me to focus more on my health compared to playing. One day before roster lock I was asked once more. It seemed as though CTE really wanted to play with me and essentially sold me on the fact that this would be an amazing fit; there was also the whole presly drama and they seemed to be frantic about finding a new third. All of that made me feel like I had to buckle up and make it work for the sake of going to lan as well as trying to help them out. Meanwhile, I had an opportunity to coach someone(crook) I've played against, looked up to, and all the other good reasons above about the situation. I don't know why I made the decision to play. Everything should've steered me to continue coaching. Within 3 days of playing, a lot of my pain is starting to resurface. I don't know why this happens with apex specifically, or maybe its just a coincidence to have a flare up right when I start playing. Unfortunately, after putting all my past teammates before myself, I no longer am willing to hurt myself for the sake of others. I have to think about my health first given all the complications I've had the past 5 years. Hopefully, everything will work out in the end and they can somehow salvage their team situation and I can somehow still find a team to coach.