While I won't be signing up, I'd like to wish everyone the best of luck with this season of SYWTBAI! This season has been several years in the making -- for those unaware, several of us were having extensive discussions about how and when to hold the next iteration of SYWTBAI back in the winter of 2014. Knowing
@TheOriginalTiki and
@JokersWild as all of us do, this competition should be one of the best programs the forum has seen in years. I'm excited to see where they take the game, the work you all produce, and the end result of this multi-part competition. Again, good luck to all, and may the best Arm-Chair win.
P.S. - Be on the lookout for your's truly in the post-challenge recap podcasts! I may or may not make a few appearances throughout the year.
I wish we had Facebook's multiple reactions option because I would LOVE this post! Thanks, Giants. This is honestly exactly what I needed after a rough few days finding out that I had failed my Spring classes. I oftentimes get down on myself for not having achieved any level of success on a financial level (still have only done work crew programs in my late teens, never been hired for a real job which honestly scares the hell out of me...) but seeing posts like this remind me that I have achieved something perhaps better than finacial success.
I've always run SYWTBAI partly out of a feeling of obligation for young people who might be struggling socially in school but can come out of their shells, create some awesome content, meet some online friends, and have an AWESOME time doing it. I was certainly one of the weird kids in the back of my high school classes drawing cartoons in my notebook, so I know exactly how valuable a community like this can be.
While I'm still a fairly awkward 25 year old and I certainly am less financially independent then I'd like to be, I definitely pride myself on the half a life time I have spent as "Tiki" and the part I played in developing the ideas and concepts that led to this community becoming a big success.
Alright, inspirational speech over. I just got a bit gushy over LG's post.
Game starts THIS FRIDAY! Jokers and I will be doing a cast assessment and dividing you all up into teams with the first project posted Friday afternoon. There's still plenty of slots to fill before we reach our 20 person cap, so feel free to sign up if you haven't already!
Also, still waiting on Walt's Vault submissions. You have until THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME to get those into me. If I don't receive any submissions, the person with what Jokers and I consider the strongest application will be granted the first key to Walt's Vault.
As a reminder, the first Walt's Vault event WILL be a postive one that will definitely give whoever opens it an advantage in the game. Going forward the events will either be positive or negative, but for the first round you will definitely want what's inside.
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