I posted my thoughts in discord, and nothing's really changed, so here we go. This was written on the last day we were at meet:
"I sit here thinking about a lot of things from this meet. I think about my last minute sprints to the store, I think about 3 years ago proposing that we do a meet in Oregon with Haschel. I think about being asked to co-mod with Haschel after it became feasible to pull off after having previously ghosted him in a prior game as co-mod. I think about how much fun it has being putting faces and voices to names. I think about having chills and shedding a tear watching the finalists arm in arm standing over the final fire pit.
I think about how ecstatic I was to see an impressive jury award votes to three very deserving finalists. I think about Radja impressively placing himself in the center of everything. I think about Fenrir doing things he didn’t know he could do and pull of some immunity upsets. I think about Vash being so passionate and defending some very questionable but amazingly strong moves strategically and socially. I think about CaptainMeme literally voting himself out of the game. I think about xofelf for constant support throughout this entire process. I think about PrivateI playing an incredible merge game (at least from my limited merge view). I think about skelda getting pushed around and almost crashing in an ikea chair. I think about Ariel, Mina, and cephrir for being the best damn crew we could have asked for.
I think about the crazy planning days and discussions TanisNikana, Haschel, and I had to make decisions, plan challenges, schedule things (that didn’t always go according to plan), and pour blood sweat and tears into in order to make this happen.
I think about laughs and disagreements and board games and memory sharing. I think about how my journey from player to mod has finally come to fruition and how much better of a person I am for having been a part of this process.
But most of all I think about how wonderful this community is and how much you all mean to me and in my life and how this meet has made me feel a sense of belonging in a time where I’ve had a lot of hardships and I think about how blessed I am to have experienced this all alongside you.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone, players, co-mods, crew, and specs for making this an experience I will never forget."
I don't really have anything to add to this. This was...one of the highlights of my life. You all rock and it was an honor to meet you all