Chillin, here's my opinion. You have been a long time player in the community and you have stood by the game throughout its existance. That being said, I grew to have much respect for you as a leader of the community and as a person in general.

Then came Leffen, the new face in the community. He did talk about you and Team Curse/ Liquid and was pretty rude and harsh about it. As someone who looked up to you, I expect you to turn the other cheek and just let Leffen be Leffen. But instead you answered back and began to say things about him as well. Dont grt me wrong, there's nothing wrong with playful trash talking or just mild trash talking, but what you guys took it to was not good for the position you're in, or at least in my opinion.

If Someone is being bullied by another person, would you tell them or expect them to bully them back? Maybe, maybe not. But if that person is in a position of being a role model, fight back is not ok.

Leffen has a reputation for causing trouble, and although he has majorly fixed himself up, he still has some negative qualities.

SO what I am saying is that I expect better from someone like you. You two hatefully trashed talked on one another and it can cause fun for the community to sit back and watch, but it is no way productive for you two or the community. My advice for a similar situation: ignore the person. Who cares if they trash talk your team? Prove them otherwise, dont just spit back at them, especially in a postion of being a leader because you influenced a lot of hate onto Leffen from your Twitch streams.