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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 9777874" data-attributes="member: 57112">Honestly, I'd forgotten I'd already used it before. I try to remove used ingredients from my list from year to year, but I honestly must have just skipped over it when going through older tournaments.No, if we had ever done anything intentional with that ingredient in particular it would have been in last tournament's final match between Whizbang and Snarf. And we try not to tailor ingredients to the contestants (in matches that matter, anyway, I do remember Rune putting in some references in a 3rd place exhibition match between some old-school judges once).Not to fully de-mystify our process, but it was really just down to luck.To respond to the rest, I think that it was plainly clear that this one was rushed in the end, but at least for me, that was mostly clear in the lack of strong structure or editing. I do still think the adventure itself was incredible, and that you did do a great job with all of the ingredients. Including Harsh Reality. I've gone on record as not being a huge fan of labeling ingredients (and if I'm being honest, not labeling an ingredient probably helped me win my first title) so it's not a thing I'd really ever stress about unless you're absolutely sure the ingredient isn't speaking for itself. And really, it should be. And in this case, at least I think it did.Edit: Having now caught up in the thread, I absolutely know that I've given this advice in the past, and that I likely received that same advice in the past from Rune.</blockquote>

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