Motivation

I know what I'm about to talk about is probably a very petty thing, but it's something I wanted to get off my chest. As you can probably guess by the title of this pastebin, it's somewhat about motivation in speedrunning. Moreso, it's about what motivates me as a speedrunner, and that's other speedrunners doing what they do. Particular people I want to list out are 360Chrism, raysfire, RedFalconGames, Ouro, altabiscuit, DrTChops, and FireDragon. I listed those people for another reason as well. Those very same people I just listed, save for 360Chrism, have stopped speedrunning either mostly or entirely. Why do I even bring this up in the first place? Well,that is because these people continuing to speedrun was and is by far and away my biggest motivator for speedrunning, as I viewed and still view those people like a role model or mentor. With those people (mostly) out of the speedrunning scene, It's like a big hole is left in me. In fact,I've hit very low points where I felt there was absolutely no reason for me to continue speedrunning because none of the people I look up to do it anymore.

"What do each of the listed people do now?" you may wonder:

-360Chrism still does speedruns, but I've overall lost interest and moved over to other stream communities, especially because of my busy college life and my own speedrunning projects
-both raysfire and FireDragon have essentially sold their souls to Fortnite
-most of Ouro's streams are Pokemon Crystal Bingos or art streams
-RedFalconGames does exclusively casual stuff
-altabiscuit also does exclusively casual stuff,save for the occasional Puzzle Bobble speedrun
-DrTChops has left speedrunning as well as streaming entirely