I am a showman at heart. I love to create and present things for everyone to marvel at. The attention thrills me. So when the ASM Contest was announced, it felt like the most amazing thing.
In the end, I had to drop out of the contest for personal reasons. But in the beginning, things were different. "This is my time to shine", I thought. You see, for some reason, no one considers me an ASMer, even though that is probably my strongest skill, the skill I've been honing and practicing all these years. Everyone considers me an artist, even though my art skills have stagnated since high school. Or they just consider me one of the many site jokesters/shitposters/whatever. It upsets me. The one thing I've worked hard on, I'm not acknowledged for. I saw the ASM contest as a way to prove to the community that I can do ASM. Of course, it would be nice to win. But recognition of my abilities is what I really wanted.
