I want to start this by saying that The Schmoedown and the community means everything to me because even though we live all round the world, we can instantly interact with each other. Ten years ago, I was a fan of AMC Movie Talk with John Campea, Jon Schnepp, Dennis Tzeng, and Amyrose Eisenbach. It was here I was introduced to Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis.

When they moved over to Collider, I followed them because like many others I enjoyed learning about the daily movie news and their opinions they had about it. I saw the thumbnail for the match between John Campea and Dan Murrell but was not interested in viewing it. It wasn’t until Clarke Wolfe had a match with Josh Macuga that I decided to give it a shot. After watching the match, I continued to watch her matches with Finstock and Dan Murrell all in one sitting and it was this moment I became a fan.

I became a fan of many competitors: Brianne Chandler, Jeannine the Machine, Mike Kalinowski, Rachel Cushing, Mara Knopic, Kevin Smets, John Rocha, William Bibbiani, etc. My favorite moment is when Clarke Wolfe and Rachel Cushing defended the belts at Spectacular 3. I remember clenching my arms tight enough to suffocate myself with anticipation of their win. When they finally where declared the winners, I screamed so loud the whole house shook as if there was an earthquake.

I’ve also worked on TriviaSD.com, writing articles for The Schmoedown, and was happy to do it. I was able to interview people, give out my theories on what might happen, and state different perspectives without insulting my fellow writers. It is here where I learned a community is important, even if it is online. And during this pandemic, the community has become necessary to get through the isolation we are enduring.

Eventually, I was part of a show that allowed me to meet people that I would never see otherwise even if the pandemic didn’t exist. It was a great opportunity for me being I could finally use my educational background for the community that I care about everyday. “Was” is the key word because as of this moment, I will no longer be a part of The Jcast Network due to the recent events on the community. Despite these events, I’m proud of the work I’ve done over the past year: forecasting each faction’s points, finding every possible score within the game, and many other topics I covered on the show. My only wish is the community evaluate me for my opinions (whether wrong or right) and the work I’ve done being a Schmoedown Analysist.

My goal is to continue my work analyzing The Schmoedown one way or another but it will not be done on The Jcast Network. Whether it’s having my own channel or being on another one, I have not planned that far ahead. But whatever I do from here on out, note that I share the same values of gender equality and race equality as the community does.