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Well, I made the cull. I've voted over 500 times. My monster is (mostly) done. Nothing to do now but wait and hope.
Let me tell you, I was a whole lot more confident when I first entered my submission this year. I thought that, after the previous three years' foibles, I finally had it all figured out and knew how to make a truly superstar submission. How wrong I was. After being glued to the voting page and the threads these last several days, I now see all the things I did wrong this time around. I know exactly what I'd do now if I could re-enter my item today, but sadly I can not.
Like most of us, I am probably not going to make it to the top 32. I'm not going to say "everybody who entered is a winner!" because obviously that's not true. But if you don't win, you'll still hopefully have done the next best thing: you'll have learned. And that's the only way to get there.
I have been deeply humbled by the creativity and insight I have seen on the voting page and in the threads these last couple of weeks. I want to thank the judges for giving me this opportunity to lose and learn, and maybe even to win. I want to thank you for your patience, time and attention. I also want to wish all of my fellow contestants the very best of luck.
My submission is not good enough for the top 32. I sure hope it sneaks in anyway ;)
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
-Michael Jordan
"Take risks, and you’ll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It’s that simple.”
- Bobby Flay
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I applaud most of your sentiments here, but did want to say there is still much more to do now than wait and hope.
If your monster's done, do a second one. Maybe you'll find you like it better than the first one you did.
Work on your encounter and even module. Maybe you won't ever get a chance to submit them, but at least it's good practice. Or perhaps you end up submitting it somewhere else. The module I would have pitched the year I made it in ended up getting chosen in AdventureaWeek's Pathmaster contest last year and was published earlier this year.
Keep working, because if you do get it in it's a non-stop whirlwind.
I applaud most of your sentiments here, but did want to say there is still much more to do now than wait and hope.
If your monster's done, do a second one. Maybe you'll find you like it better than the first one you did.
Work on your encounter and even module...
True! I'm heading heading out now for a 600 mile drive, so I'll have plenty of time to brainstorm about all that. :)
Well said Erick.
One of the fictional characters from the stories I write says:
"It is not failure that is the opposite of success but complacency."
Great post, Erick! That's the spirit. :)
I think you did well to capture the essential feelings that everyone goes through. Good job. :)
Bravo! Exactly what most of us should be thinking right now. Well done!
:)
Nice :)
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Like a good Canadian boy, I prefer Gretaky's quote:
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.
Nice sentiment Erick. Best of luck.
Voted a lot. Never saw might item. Think it was good enough to make it through the cull, but sure it's Top 32 worthy.
Still, I feel good this year. I think I really stepped up my game from last year's submissions. I don't think my first few attempts were bad per se, just not worthy of Superstar.