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constantly perform extremely well in order to live up to the expectations of fans. This combined with his mental health issues, worsened the blow when he noticed that the only game that NYXL lost in Stage 2 was when he played. He was able to overcome these disorders with help from the people around him, especially Andrew Kim, the player manager for NYXL, who would come up to him and encourage him to open up about his issues. This led to Kim to decide to take time off before returning to the
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would get into trouble if he asked for a match. This was also due to his acknowledgement of being an inconsistent player. Pine stated that his confidence was being shaken, because although he wanted to play, he always remained on the bench, even when he asked to be put in. After Season 2 of
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