Post by ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ on Jan 9, 2016 16:58:10 GMT 1
The 32nd edition will at least be finished because of the preparations that have been going on!
I don't really know how to start this post, but I'd hope you to read the whole thing to understand why I actually took my time to write everything down.
I do still remember how enthusiastic I was when I closed my very first contest and on July 23rd, 2013, the European Music Festival opened. Because of adding South Korea & the U.S., it later got to the International Music Festival. As many other contests, IMF does have it's own history which it's own "up and down's" and things I'd like not to have, but you can only learn from those things.
And that's exactly what I did - I learnt. Because of the forums, I discovered my talent for languages and how I actually love discovering new ones (e.g. Danish). I got to have amazing marks in English and French, where I have increased a lot in both writing and talking, which I am very very thankful for.
At this point, I'd also like to thank all those kind people on the Forums that always listened to me, and sometimes I was probably annoying others, but the main thing that counted was that we had fun - and so did I.
Hosting IMF to date was always something I did really enjoy.
But as we say, when you're new to something, you tend to be quite naive - and so was I.
I wasn't aware of what this could turn out to be at all.
I never imagined myself to host the 2nd biggest contest on the Forums. That required a lot of patience and responsability for me - and at least I think so - overall, I managed to keep the competition going. 31 editions, 31 winning songs, 31 different adventures.
I am very thankful to have had people next to me that made sure I was doing the right thing - mainly being the former council - Dimitris , ๐ด๐๐๐๐ฬ and Asi . You guys helped me a lot - and though it was probably my own fault that this council broke down - thanks to you, I learnt a lot of things.
Because of IMF, I got to have a lot of friendships on the Internet, people I can count on and trust. People I'd like to have in real life (obviously I do have my real-life friends) as well, because I enjoy talking to them.
However, this is where the "sad" part unfortunately has to kick off.
Hosting IMF did require a lot of time. I was in the 8th grade when I founded the contest - and until now, it was always - more or less - managable. For sure, I could've already done better at school if this contest would've never been founded, but I keep telling to myself, that I got so much because of the forums, and I'd wish that everyone else in here could say the same, so I am actually quite lucky to have had a great time on the forums.
All those fights, no matter if they have taken place on IMF or on the forum itself - have shown me how vulnerable this whole construction is and how well it reflects society. Even though they shouldnt have have come up, because of those fights, I started realizing what I should focus on.
I definitely lost track on some things I should rather set my priorities on, just giving an example: Having to finish a project for school, but interrupting it because of having to finish the charts of the week or doing a recap for IMF.
And that's the point I can not handle it for myself. I thought a lot about what to do, if just cancelling the charts would be fine, or removing smaller parts of the contest, but the main issue is not getting fixed by that at all.
I asked myself: Until when do I want to stay here? Imagining myself at the age of 25, would I still want to sit here? Definitely not.
Life goes on. This is a nice place to come to, but it should not take over your real life place and replace important things.
I only have this one chance of graduating - of course, especially the German system is always open - but for my goal, there is only this one chance.
To get the right to study, I need to finish school and succeed at the final exams in 2017. Otherwise, I will have to do something I may be happy with too, but not what I wanted to do - and then, it would be my fault because I decided to spend more time on the forums only to skip things I have to improve at (e.g. Maths) or doing other things for school.
I know that you will be disappointed that I take this decision, but it's the only thing I can do to have a real cut. Except for vacation, I was on the forums every day since May 19, 2013.
I can not imagine being away for a day, because of voting here and there, watching the results of contest XY or doing the sneak peek for IMF.
Don't get me wrong - I always enjoyed doing that. If not, I wouldn't ever have created all this and keep IMF ongoing for respectable 31 editions.
But I think it is time to close this chapter at the early beginning of 2016 and to face something new.
This obviously means that IMF will no longer be ongoing and therefor will be closed. Still, the 32nd edition will be finished if you want so, just let me know by commenting.
There are so many people to thank for and I for sure forgot some of the former participants, however I'll include who comes to my mind in the list below.
Thank you for everything - you gave me so much positivity, strength and joy. Especially in those hard political times, affecting many countries in different ways, the forums - for me - are the perfect "Gegenstรผck" (counterpart) as we say in German. Sadly, fights did also come up here lately (I won't have to name anything here since this is not my intention of the post).
I hope that you did also enjoy the contest, whenever you joined or left the competition, liked or disliked the results. At the end of the day, the only thing I can hope is that you had some fun while participating.
Thank you.
MENTIONABLE PEOPLE
Honestly the order is rather random, just what came on my mind at first
Dimitris / ๐ด๐๐๐๐ฬ / Asi : Thank you for being a great council and I am happy to have had you in the competition for some time as part of the council - who knows if IMF even would've come that far without you. We had long discussions on Facebook, and it was always great to be talking to you. Thank you for being on my way.
Dylan : For being someone I could always talk to in difficult times, even if we may not always agree - you helped me in a way to know what I should do next. I hope you enjoyed the contest as Luxembourg, as Iceland.
luck maith don todhchaรญ !
Julian : Even if the start with
was one of the things I'd like to fix now - you made the contest more what it is like today and I'd like to thank you for being a person I could always talk to about basically everything.@thesirenscalling : You may wonder why I added you that "high" in the list, but for me, you were an important person when it came to IMF - because you were always honest, you did your research and I always knew that you did care for the contest, even when you had personally hard times.
Other people that participated/helped the contest to become what it is: Thank you for everything!
Without your help, IMF would've never come that far:
Daniel kev MG Christian NO (inactive) Tobbz Vaios fabbi Eke Aleks ClassifiedCat Alexxx33 Sel Jan Jess Callum Apostolis Anton @escisrae Lแด๊ฐ @jack Anesoviฤ Coco (Inactive) Christian AT ฮฑndreas Bas Grace Rick @rickslovakia Luiri Vinx Wysteria adamantios Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] valennadal George Dmitry George J. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Logan
(inactive) ~Rethnas~ Aless myloxyloto @garameaning El Catracho manos Mateusz Niklas โจ๐ Maxim Matt Black Butterfly TheAri Kenajabam Llemian Domantas Franck @douzepointa Jozef lazarkoo Hyunzales ferrygraf Shovkovskyi/Peter Ser Pounce Tias myskin Jen โฆLucaโฆJakobsโฆ
Sorry if you couldn't find your name here, I couldn't remember everyone who took part in the contest.
I will still stay participating in some contests, maybe gonna get involved in smaller projects of other contests - and for sure, you can always message me here or on Facebook.
Thanks for that 
but anyway good luck in school,I hope you will sign in a good school and have a great job in a future 
] ), but thanks anyway! 
2nd places (I think I lost by one point on both of them ;__; 
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pls) 
