It's a shame to read that this competition has tarnished your enthusiasm for Character Building and I hope something comes along to inspire you again soon. It'd be a shame to have come so far and delivered such a good entry to let this experience leave you with a sour taste in your mouth.
For the record I thought your enthusiasm and staged cockiness brought an element of excitement to what I feared would be a boring robes and dagger fest during the build up period. Indeed, I think you made others work extra hard to beat you, something that can't be considered a bad thing by any standard. Whether that is true or not I can't tell, but the end result is a fine line up of quality builds by the other contestants.
As for the BS you come up with in all your builds that make them so entertaining to read, I think the fact that your are consistent with your praise for others belies the seeming arrogance of your words; it's only a shame harmless self promotion wasn't mentioned as a rule you could have been marked down for. The fact that all the judges seem to agree on this point makes me wonder what they expected from a No snakes build.
My main gripe is the judges collective comment that "Gameplay in general wasn’t particularly exciting or unique". This is a tall order to achieve on a game that is already a year and a half old with hundreds of builds dedicated to offering something different each time. In this case, it may pay to count exactly how many builds use the Champion's Cudgel and Flaming Familiars. I'm no expert like the judges are but I don't recall seeing that many.
It's a shame to read that this competition has tarnished your enthusiasm for Character Building and I hope something comes along to inspire you again soon. It'd be a shame to have come so far and delivered such a good entry to let this experience leave you with a sour taste in your mouth.
For the record I thought your enthusiasm and staged cockiness brought an element of excitement to what I feared would be a boring robes and dagger fest during the build up period. Indeed, I think you made others work extra hard to beat you, something that can't be considered a bad thing by any standard. Whether that is true or not I can't tell, but the end result is a fine line up of quality builds by the other contestants.
As for the BS you come up with in all your builds that make them so entertaining to read, I think the fact that your are consistent with your praise for others belies the seeming arrogance of your words; it's only a shame harmless self promotion wasn't mentioned as a rule you could have been marked down for. The fact that all the judges seem to agree on this point makes me wonder what they expected from a No snakes build.
My main gripe is the judges collective comment that "Gameplay in general wasn’t particularly exciting or unique". This is a tall order to achieve on a game that is already a year and a half old with hundreds of builds dedicated to offering something different each time. In this case, it may pay to count exactly how many builds use the Champion's Cudgel and Flaming Familiars. I'm no expert like the judges are but I don't recall seeing that many.