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[elph8]

Walking into the Hotel Blue Balls on Wednesday night, shortly after our first bout, I ran into lowhumcrush, whose Bar 13 team had just taken a 1. When I explained how we did---we got a 3---and how we did it, she said, "Never change your strategy

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[phoenixsinking]

second guessing yourself now is a perfect waste of energy, you did good, you worked hard, at the end of the day people LOVED Austin and were gossiping in lobby's about how moving some of the pieces were, that's what counts. Besides, who would want to make it to the final stage and be remembered as one of the rudest slam teams, Austin won in people's hearts.

[elph8]

Yeah, thanks for the kind words. I'm glad to hear that people said good things about Austin, that the team wasn't lost in the shuffle. But I'm sad we didn't get to finals so I could throw up my X.

[lilsamkudu]

hanjobs like we was autistic, beyatch. but remember, you can't spell "autism" without "Austim," which is where you're from: Austim, Texmas.

about the strategy though, we drew an A first bout and got 4th, getting an unfairly low score first round which didn't help the semi-unfair second round score we got (it was experiemental theatre more than poetry). if it weren't for robots in the last round, we would have gotten fifth.

if we had gotten 3rd, beating one of those cliched punks, we probably would have made sems (for the first time ever), or at least been much closer-- all because i picked up the wrong piece of paper.

basically, you come with limited resources for your success, many rely on talent, but just as many rely on luck and chance. mike is an amazing talent, picking him over chris is just as arbitrary as going for one in five pieces of folded paper.

fuck it anyway, we got 32nd and 33rd: at least we beat Palatine.

[elph8]

Next year, I'm gonna pin my strategy to my shirt.

[tonyjackson]

Might I remind you that the team before you came in 34th. So, I think you need to focus on the improvement here. At this rate, we'll make the final stage again in only 28 years!

Hey, if you guys worked all summer and created some beautiful new work, then that is the win (said by the most literally constipated writer ever!) All we can do is write shit, whether it makes it to the final stage is in the hands of others. If you create it then you have done your job. And from the pieces that I have heard, you all have A LOT to be proud of.

"...constipated writer" ---> "All we can do is write shit..." = Regrettable pun

[ex_johnnylex316]

Know how you feel, about the failure of funny. ABQ was generally a giving audience, but they kind of had a stick up their asses, I think.

[elph8]

Kinda. But then, I don't know that FUNNY FUNNY has ever been SUPER well received, minus Mike M's indie win in Chicago.

[scottwoods]

Does it matter that Columbus ONLY has black poets?

[elph8]

Does it matter? Nope. Not at all. In fact, I thought yours and Ed Mabry's were among the top three indie performances of that bout. My point simply was, after Ed's and your third poet's poems (I'm sorry I don't remember her name), in combination with Javon, I thought the judges might dismiss Chris Lee's poem.

[scottwoods]

Sorry, allow me to rephrase that: Does it matter that Columbus ONLY has black poets?

I get the feeling you're reading it to mean: "Hey you white motherfucker, does it MATTER that Columbus only has black poets?" and thta's not my intention. Just talkin' strategy here.

[elph8]

Well, I didn't realize Columbus only had black poets, to be honest. And I didn't read it that way, I was just ... trying to give some credence to my strategy, which is a losing battle I think.