Longtime CoD pro Tommey explains why he\u2019s stepping away from competing Team ReciprocityLongtime professional Call of Duty player Thomas \u2018Tommey\u2019 Trewren has announced that he will be stepping away from competing, for the time being. Having started competing all the way back in 2009, Tommey has been one of the longest active competitive CoD players in the pro scene, earning a reputation of being a consummate professional. Unfortunately, the veteran player announced on May 17 that he will be \u201ctaking a break\u201d from competing, citing mental struggles as the main reason why. \u201cSome of you may have noticed it more recently, but I\u2019ve been struggling mentally for a while,\u201d he stated. \u201cI won\u2019t go on for too long, but I just wanted to let you all know I\u2019m going to be taking a break from competing, to give myself some time.\u201d Tommey, of course, currently plays for Team Reciprocity in the CWL Pro League, and his spot will be taken by substitute Denholm \u2018Denz\u2019 Taylor. TEAM RECIPROCITY\u2019S NEW PRO LEAGUE ROSTER Bradley \u2018wuskin\u2019 Marshall – Zach \u2018Zed\u2019 Denyer – Sean \u2018Seany\u2019 O\u2019Connor – Dylan \u2018Dylan\u2019 Henderson – Denholm \u2018Denz\u2019 Taylor – Thomas \u2018Tommey\u2019 Trewren (substitute) – In his post, Tommey revealed that he\u2019s always had struggles mentally, but things got to the point where could not continue competing in that state, regardless of the game. \u201cI always have in general but in more recent weeks it\u2019s the worst it\u2019s been,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI can\u2019t put it into words exactly how it feels or what it is, but it\u2019s horrible. It\u2019s nothing to do with the game, it\u2019s life overall and how I see myself, I guess?\u201d He did make it clear that his decision to step away from the game was not a permanent one, but also admitted that it could end up marking the end of his professional career. \u201cI fully understand that this may end up being the end for me playing,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope it\u2019s not and I hope to be back sometime soon but it\u2019s just not fair on my team to just push it aside and continue any longer.\u201d The entirety of Tommey\u2019s May 17 post is available below: I don\u2019t know how to say this but\u2026 This is going to be extremely hard to write. Some of you may have noticed it more recently but I\u2019ve been struggling mentally for a while, I always have in general but in more recent weeks it\u2019s the worst it\u2019s been. I can\u2019t put it into words exactly how it feels or what it is, but it\u2019s horrible. It\u2019s nothing to do with the game, it\u2019s life overall and how I see myself I guess? I won\u2019t go on for too long but I just wanted to let you all know I\u2019m going to be taking a break from competing to give myself some time. I fully understand that this may end up being the end for me playing, I hope it\u2019s not and I hope to be back sometime soon but it\u2019s just not fair on my team to just push it aside and continue any longer. I\u2019ve been doing this every day pretty much since 2009 and I\u2019ve loved every minute of it, I\u2019ve had some of the best times of my life doing it and I know it just doesn\u2019t make sense that I\u2019m still not there mentally even though I would have chosen this path every single time. I\u2019m sorry to my team and all those that have supported us, I\u2019ll try my best to make it back. As of today, Denz will take my spot in the starting line-up and finish out next weeks games. I\u2019m going to try and stay off of social media for a while, so if any of you would like to get in touch just reach out for my number. What happens next? Tommey\u2019s decision to step down comes during a very busy time for Team Reciprocity, who currently sit sixth in Division A of the CWL Pro League, with a record of 5-9. Unless the promotion of Denz helps improve their form, Rec may end up making some roster moves in the upcoming roster change window, which will be the last one before the end of the Pro League. As for Tommey, Rec could end up dropping him from the team completely during the window, which would then raise serious questions on whether he will compete again this season, should he decide to come back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Longtime CoD pro Tommey explains why he\u2019s stepping away from competing Team ReciprocityLongtime professional Call of Duty player Thomas \u2018Tommey\u2019 Trewren has announced that he will be stepping away from competing, for the time being. Having started competing all the way back in 2009, Tommey has been one of the longest active competitive CoD players […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}