Ready John? Engage.
Paxia, speed me up!
Tim: This is gonna be hell!
You ready?
Tim: Who got First Blood? Paxia got First Blood.
Throughout my entire life, my family moved through many different states,
and so I've met friends and I've left friends that I've never seen again.
Maintaining a long distance relationship with a group of people is really difficult.
I'm basically close to my friends on the computer, but I'm a thousand miles away from them.
So close yet so far away...
So I maintain these connections primarily by playing League of Legends.
I went to high school in Arizona, and there I made a big group of friends.
John: We met Tim back in 7th grade, and we became pretty much best friends instantly and been best friends ever since.
Rachel: Tim was at my high school. I didn't really know that he existed until about junior year.
Tim: We're both really shy people, so it's kinda hard for two shy people to meet.
Rachel: And we started dating senior year.
Tim's Mom: One of the biggest challenges that we ever had to face was several years ago. My husband became critically ill.
He ended up being in a coma and spending six months in the hospital.
Tim: My father had suffered a brain injury and became disabled, and that has a weight upon the family.
Tim's Mom: Tim was wonderful. He was the man that took over the role of the head of the household.
Tim: Family always comes first. You have to help support your family.
Tim's Mom: Once Tim graduated from high school, it was time for us to move back home to Nebraska.
Tim: So I decided, for the good for the good of the family, I would move with them.
Andrew: He left all his friends and his girlfriend behind.
John: And he also left potential scholarships behind, too.
Tim: I've made so many deep connections with the people in Arizona. I want them to be there for the rest of my life.
John: League of Legends is incredibly important to Tim right now. It definitely unites all of us every night.
Two or three hours, just on average.
Tim: You can't just Skype. There's only so many things to say without actually being there and experiencing life with them.
And that's what League of Legends helps to do.
One of you could go bottom and get that turret.
Brian: Tim is definitely the leader. He likes to call the plays and when things are happening.
Tim: Let's go, let's leave, let's leave.
Brian: He likes to jump in the fray, make sure everyone's doing their job.
Tim: You're a little demonic girl.
Rachel: You're welcome!
Tim: I want to share my gaming with especially my girlfriend, because I want her to be a part of my life and everything that I am.
Rachel: It's kind of like a date night that we don't get to go on, so it's nice.
Brian: If rolling your eyes made a sound, you would hear it constantly from the rest of us.
Andrew: And they refuse to abandon each other in a fight. If you do something stupid, I'm gonna leave you to die.
John: Yeah, and you should.
John: The giant surprise is we're actually flying out to Nebraska and around our usual time at night, we're going to all get on again and play.
He's going to think we're still in Arizona, though, but we'll be like nearby, playing like in a van or something.
But right after the game we're going to go knock on his door and surprise him.
Andrew: Hopefully he doesn't pass out.
John: Sorry for botching that last team fight, Tim.
Tim: What?!
Dude! What're you doing here?!
The speechlessness speaks for itself, so...
Thank you so much, this is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me.
Tim's Mom: I think through playing League of Legends, Tim has found a way to help him deal with the sacrifices that he's made,
and have saved some of his youthful experiences that he gave up. That makes me feel a lot better as a parent.
Tim: So close yet so far away...
yet so close now. How cool is that?
We like to try to end on a win every night, but after signing off, it's not really sorrowful,
because we know we'll play again and talk again the next night.