{"author_link":"\/users\/ronanrory","author_name":"RonanRory","author_uid":"ronanrory","comments":[],"epoch":1632533578,"event":"LD49","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":261336,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"158544","p_author":"RonanRory","p_authorkey":"1060826","p_urlkey":"379326","p_title":"Voting began and none my themes ain't there","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD49","p_time":"1632533578","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1060826","us_name":"RonanRorry","us_username":"ronanrorry","event_start":"1633046400","event_key":"119","event_name":"Ludum Dare 49"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":258323,"_trust":3,"author":60826,"body":"![trendything1.png](\/\/\/raw\/a9d\/e\/z\/42e0b.png)\n\n...But I don't really care about that; I just don't seem very enthused with this first round, and that worries me a little. There's not really any one theme that I like, and I know that isn't news to anyone.\n\nAnyways, my (and I'd imagine other similarly less experienced entrant's) greatest fear entering this competition is **not being able to make something you're proud of.** I can imagine many ways to prevent this, like keeping a small scope for your entry and not being too experimental, among other things that I can't think of at the moment.\n\nBut if the worst happens, I don't exactly understand why one would submit an entry they clearly aren't proud of, apart from feedback and for having submitted *something.* Though I COULD understand that it would be better to submit something bad than not to submit anything at all. So my non-offense question is:\n\n**For those of you who HAVE submitted something you weren't proud of, is there anything in particular that you learned from the experience?**\n\nI'd be glad to see some answers; and that's not just me 'trying' to sound like I'm interested. I tend to check this site to see if I got any notifications, and it's (probably) wonderful when there are. Obviously you don't have to respond, I just wanted to say that I am genuine; right now, I don't get many notifications, and I'm aware that that's *WAY* better than having *WAY* too many!\n\nEither way, have a great day everyone; and hopefully the least worst theme wins! Whichever that one is.","comments":10,"comments-timestamp":"2021-09-25T20:38:26Z","created":"2021-09-25T00:33:05Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":261336,"love":1,"love-timestamp":"2021-09-25T03:40:22Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-09-25T20:38:26Z","name":"Voting began and none my themes ain't there","node-timestamp":"2021-09-25T01:34:09Z","parent":258478,"parents":[1,5,9,258323,258478],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/the-landscape-hates-you\/voting-began-and-none-my-themes-aint-there","published":"2021-09-25T01:32:58Z","scope":"public","slug":"voting-began-and-none-my-themes-aint-there","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":799036},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"261336","n_urlkey":"379326","n_parent":"258478","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/the-landscape-hates-you\/voting-began-and-none-my-themes-aint-there","n_slug":"voting-began-and-none-my-themes-","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"60826","n_created":"1632529985","n_modified":"1632602306","n_version":"799036","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/the-landscape-hates-you\/voting-began-and-none-my-themes-aint-there","text":"![trendything1.png](\/\/\/raw\/a9d\/e\/z\/42e0b.png)\n\n...But I don't really care about that; I just don't seem very enthused with this first round, and that worries me a little. There's not really any one theme that I like, and I know that isn't news to anyone.\n\nAnyways, my (and I'd imagine other similarly less experienced entrant's) greatest fear entering this competition is **not being able to make something you're proud of.** I can imagine many ways to prevent this, like keeping a small scope for your entry and not being too experimental, among other things that I can't think of at the moment.\n\nBut if the worst happens, I don't exactly understand why one would submit an entry they clearly aren't proud of, apart from feedback and for having submitted *something.* Though I COULD understand that it would be better to submit something bad than not to submit anything at all. So my non-offense question is:\n\n**For those of you who HAVE submitted something you weren't proud of, is there anything in particular that you learned from the experience?**\n\nI'd be glad to see some answers; and that's not just me 'trying' to sound like I'm interested. I tend to check this site to see if I got any notifications, and it's (probably) wonderful when there are. Obviously you don't have to respond, I just wanted to say that I am genuine; right now, I don't get many notifications, and I'm aware that that's *WAY* better than having *WAY* too many!\n\nEither way, have a great day everyone; and hopefully the least worst theme wins! Whichever that one is.","title":"Voting began and none my themes ain't there","wayback_source":[]}