tournament Let's Spoon 14 // WINNER: minho

[shelven]

I've thanked each of you individually after your eliminations, but now that Team Shelven has ended its run in this season, I wanted to publicly give my thanks and praise to the INCREDIBLE competitors who made up this team. I know I'm biased, but I truly think we had the most well-rounded team in the game, both in terms of personalities and gameplay styles! We had:

 

- @99sandthe2000s, the unsung hero of the team, who put in a fantastic effort in the Comeback Round even after it was clear Sempiternal was going to win, just because she wanted to make sure our team got as many points as possible for the charity leaderboard;

- @wehavetostan, whose kindness and support for the team showed itself not just while he was in the game, but even after his elimination, where he continued to be a consistent presence in our team chat all the way until today, despite getting eliminated over two weeks ago;

- @Opulent, whose positivity throughout the entire season in the team chat and during the rounds was contagious, and who slayed his very first season by finishing as the highest ranking newcomer of the season;

- @Aurora, who not only excelled in challenges on behalf of the team (even giving minho a run for his money in number of challenge wins for a while before minho went on his late run), but was arguably the most dedicated player this season in terms of having to play through many difficult round times due to his unique time zone; and

- @EriKills, the underdog of the team and arguably the season as a whole, going from one of the "bonus draft picks" who came close to not even signing up, all the way to finishing in the Top 4, and providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

 

The five of you were SO fun to coach, and even though our team didn't win the season or the team charity leaderboard, you were one of the most consistently strong teams in the game and managed the incredible achievement of making up half of the Top 6! I wish I could take more credit for the team's performance, but honestly, the five of you were so locked-in and excited about the game that it felt like I was on autopilot coaching you all. As someone with a fair share of experience making deep runs in this game, I know how much of a commitment it is, and your dedication did not go unnoticed.

 

With all that in mind, and to build on @Sebas's great initiative from a few rounds ago, I wanted to express my appreciation to the five of you by donating $65 CAD (roughly the equivalent of $50 USD) to our team charity, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation (information about the charity can be found here). Thank you to 99sandthe2000s for suggesting this charity at the start of the season - after all, we're all ultimately here on ATRL because of our shared love for music, so I think this charity is the perfect way to link that to the game! Proof of donation is in the spoiler box:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you all for a great experience this season. Once a Shelvenizer, always a Shelvenizer  

[EriKills]

18 minutes ago, shelven said:

I've thanked each of you individually after your eliminations, but now that Team Shelven has ended its run in this season, I wanted to publicly give my thanks and praise to the INCREDIBLE competitors who made up this team. I know I'm biased, but I truly think we had the most well-rounded team in the game, both in terms of personalities and gameplay styles! We had:

 

- @99sandthe2000s, the unsung hero of the team, who put in a fantastic effort in the Comeback Round even after it was clear Sempiternal was going to win, just because she wanted to make sure our team got as many points as possible for the charity leaderboard;

- @wehavetostan, whose kindness and support for the team showed itself not just while he was in the game, but even after his elimination, where he continued to be a consistent presence in our team chat all the way until today, despite getting eliminated over two weeks ago;

- @Opulent, whose positivity throughout the entire season in the team chat and during the rounds was contagious, and who slayed his very first season by finishing as the highest ranking newcomer of the season;

- @Aurora, who not only excelled in challenges on behalf of the team (even giving minho a run for his money in number of challenge wins for a while before minho went on his late run), but was arguably the most dedicated player this season in terms of having to play through many difficult round times due to his unique time zone; and

- @EriKills, the underdog of the team and arguably the season as a whole, going from one of the "bonus draft picks" who came close to not even signing up, all the way to finishing in the Top 4, and providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

 

The five of you were SO fun to coach, and even though our team didn't win the season or the team charity leaderboard, you were one of the most consistently strong teams in the game and managed the incredible achievement of making up half of the Top 6! I wish I could take more credit for the team's performance, but honestly, the five of you were so locked-in and excited about the game that it felt like I was on autopilot coaching you all. As someone with a fair share of experience making deep runs in this game, I know how much of a commitment it is, and your dedication did not go unnoticed.

 

With all that in mind, and to build on @Sebas's great initiative from a few rounds ago, I wanted to express my appreciation to the five of you by donating $65 CAD (roughly the equivalent of $50 USD) to our team charity, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation (information about the charity can be found here). Thank you to 99sandthe2000s for suggesting this charity at the start of the season - after all, we're all ultimately here on ATRL because of our shared love for music, so I think this charity is the perfect way to link that to the game! Proof of donation is in the spoiler box:

 

 

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Thank you all for a great experience this season. Once a Shelvenizer, always a Shelvenizer  

 you made several points about our iconic team members, I loved our team sm and very grateful for being BULLIED into joining so i can share the experience with the shelvenizers. and you were an amazing coach  

 

 

love my shelvesties 

 

 

[Legend E]

32 minutes ago, shelven said:

I've thanked each of you individually after your eliminations, but now that Team Shelven has ended its run in this season, I wanted to publicly give my thanks and praise to the INCREDIBLE competitors who made up this team. I know I'm biased, but I truly think we had the most well-rounded team in the game, both in terms of personalities and gameplay styles! We had:

 

- @99sandthe2000s, the unsung hero of the team, who put in a fantastic effort in the Comeback Round even after it was clear Sempiternal was going to win, just because she wanted to make sure our team got as many points as possible for the charity leaderboard;

- @wehavetostan, whose kindness and support for the team showed itself not just while he was in the game, but even after his elimination, where he continued to be a consistent presence in our team chat all the way until today, despite getting eliminated over two weeks ago;

- @Opulent, whose positivity throughout the entire season in the team chat and during the rounds was contagious, and who slayed his very first season by finishing as the highest ranking newcomer of the season;

- @Aurora, who not only excelled in challenges on behalf of the team (even giving minho a run for his money in number of challenge wins for a while before minho went on his late run), but was arguably the most dedicated player this season in terms of having to play through many difficult round times due to his unique time zone; and

- @EriKills, the underdog of the team and arguably the season as a whole, going from one of the "bonus draft picks" who came close to not even signing up, all the way to finishing in the Top 4, and providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

 

The five of you were SO fun to coach, and even though our team didn't win the season or the team charity leaderboard, you were one of the most consistently strong teams in the game and managed the incredible achievement of making up half of the Top 6! I wish I could take more credit for the team's performance, but honestly, the five of you were so locked-in and excited about the game that it felt like I was on autopilot coaching you all. As someone with a fair share of experience making deep runs in this game, I know how much of a commitment it is, and your dedication did not go unnoticed.

 

With all that in mind, and to build on @Sebas's great initiative from a few rounds ago, I wanted to express my appreciation to the five of you by donating $65 CAD (roughly the equivalent of $50 USD) to our team charity, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation (information about the charity can be found here). Thank you to 99sandthe2000s for suggesting this charity at the start of the season - after all, we're all ultimately here on ATRL because of our shared love for music, so I think this charity is the perfect way to link that to the game! Proof of donation is in the spoiler box:

 

 

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Thank you all for a great experience this season. Once a Shelvenizer, always a Shelvenizer  

 

[Opulent]

47 minutes ago, shelven said:

I've thanked each of you individually after your eliminations, but now that Team Shelven has ended its run in this season, I wanted to publicly give my thanks and praise to the INCREDIBLE competitors who made up this team. I know I'm biased, but I truly think we had the most well-rounded team in the game, both in terms of personalities and gameplay styles! We had:

 

- @99sandthe2000s, the unsung hero of the team, who put in a fantastic effort in the Comeback Round even after it was clear Sempiternal was going to win, just because she wanted to make sure our team got as many points as possible for the charity leaderboard;

- @wehavetostan, whose kindness and support for the team showed itself not just while he was in the game, but even after his elimination, where he continued to be a consistent presence in our team chat all the way until today, despite getting eliminated over two weeks ago;

- @Opulent, whose positivity throughout the entire season in the team chat and during the rounds was contagious, and who slayed his very first season by finishing as the highest ranking newcomer of the season;

- @Aurora, who not only excelled in challenges on behalf of the team (even giving minho a run for his money in number of challenge wins for a while before minho went on his late run), but was arguably the most dedicated player this season in terms of having to play through many difficult round times due to his unique time zone; and

- @EriKills, the underdog of the team and arguably the season as a whole, going from one of the "bonus draft picks" who came close to not even signing up, all the way to finishing in the Top 4, and providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

 

The five of you were SO fun to coach, and even though our team didn't win the season or the team charity leaderboard, you were one of the most consistently strong teams in the game and managed the incredible achievement of making up half of the Top 6! I wish I could take more credit for the team's performance, but honestly, the five of you were so locked-in and excited about the game that it felt like I was on autopilot coaching you all. As someone with a fair share of experience making deep runs in this game, I know how much of a commitment it is, and your dedication did not go unnoticed.

 

With all that in mind, and to build on @Sebas's great initiative from a few rounds ago, I wanted to express my appreciation to the five of you by donating $65 CAD (roughly the equivalent of $50 USD) to our team charity, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation (information about the charity can be found here). Thank you to 99sandthe2000s for suggesting this charity at the start of the season - after all, we're all ultimately here on ATRL because of our shared love for music, so I think this charity is the perfect way to link that to the game! Proof of donation is in the spoiler box:

 

 

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Thank you all for a great experience this season. Once a Shelvenizer, always a Shelvenizer  

Aww, king!! You were an AMAZING coach, and I genuinely couldn't have asked for a better team. I'm super happy I got to play with you guys, y'all made the experience even more fun and exciting, love all of my fellow Shelvenizers!!! #TeamShelvenFOREVER 

[smholiv]

So sweet! I agree you were a great team filled with amazing and positive players!! You all did really well throughout the whole season and it was a joy to have each of you (and shelven!!) playing 

 

and ofc special shout-out to Erik!!

[PinkBox]

53 minutes ago, shelven said:

providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

Tea, thank you for playing and letting us laugh at you!!!

But EXACTLY at the donation

[dussymob]

Thank you Team Shelven for being great competitors and keeping the game interesting till the end. 

[wehavetostan]

1 hour ago, shelven said:

I've thanked each of you individually after your eliminations, but now that Team Shelven has ended its run in this season, I wanted to publicly give my thanks and praise to the INCREDIBLE competitors who made up this team. I know I'm biased, but I truly think we had the most well-rounded team in the game, both in terms of personalities and gameplay styles! We had:

 

- @99sandthe2000s, the unsung hero of the team, who put in a fantastic effort in the Comeback Round even after it was clear Sempiternal was going to win, just because she wanted to make sure our team got as many points as possible for the charity leaderboard;

- @wehavetostan, whose kindness and support for the team showed itself not just while he was in the game, but even after his elimination, where he continued to be a consistent presence in our team chat all the way until today, despite getting eliminated over two weeks ago;

- @Opulent, whose positivity throughout the entire season in the team chat and during the rounds was contagious, and who slayed his very first season by finishing as the highest ranking newcomer of the season;

- @Aurora, who not only excelled in challenges on behalf of the team (even giving minho a run for his money in number of challenge wins for a while before minho went on his late run), but was arguably the most dedicated player this season in terms of having to play through many difficult round times due to his unique time zone; and

- @EriKills, the underdog of the team and arguably the season as a whole, going from one of the "bonus draft picks" who came close to not even signing up, all the way to finishing in the Top 4, and providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

 

The five of you were SO fun to coach, and even though our team didn't win the season or the team charity leaderboard, you were one of the most consistently strong teams in the game and managed the incredible achievement of making up half of the Top 6! I wish I could take more credit for the team's performance, but honestly, the five of you were so locked-in and excited about the game that it felt like I was on autopilot coaching you all. As someone with a fair share of experience making deep runs in this game, I know how much of a commitment it is, and your dedication did not go unnoticed.

 

With all that in mind, and to build on @Sebas's great initiative from a few rounds ago, I wanted to express my appreciation to the five of you by donating $65 CAD (roughly the equivalent of $50 USD) to our team charity, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation (information about the charity can be found here). Thank you to 99sandthe2000s for suggesting this charity at the start of the season - after all, we're all ultimately here on ATRL because of our shared love for music, so I think this charity is the perfect way to link that to the game! Proof of donation is in the spoiler box:

 

 

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Thank you all for a great experience this season. Once a Shelvenizer, always a Shelvenizer  

King!!! Thank you so much for your kind words. Our team was truly the best and I’m so glad I could be apart of it. #TeamShelvenForever ❤️❤️❤️

[wehavetostan]

[Remmy]

Erik  Really great effort, this challenge definitely isn't easy and getting to 11 spoons is still a solid amount. Congrats on making it this far  RIP #TeamShelven

 

edit: Ooh I missed the donation part somehow, lovely

[Sebas]

2 hours ago, shelven said:

I've thanked each of you individually after your eliminations, but now that Team Shelven has ended its run in this season, I wanted to publicly give my thanks and praise to the INCREDIBLE competitors who made up this team. I know I'm biased, but I truly think we had the most well-rounded team in the game, both in terms of personalities and gameplay styles! We had:

 

- @99sandthe2000s, the unsung hero of the team, who put in a fantastic effort in the Comeback Round even after it was clear Sempiternal was going to win, just because she wanted to make sure our team got as many points as possible for the charity leaderboard;

- @wehavetostan, whose kindness and support for the team showed itself not just while he was in the game, but even after his elimination, where he continued to be a consistent presence in our team chat all the way until today, despite getting eliminated over two weeks ago;

- @Opulent, whose positivity throughout the entire season in the team chat and during the rounds was contagious, and who slayed his very first season by finishing as the highest ranking newcomer of the season;

- @Aurora, who not only excelled in challenges on behalf of the team (even giving minho a run for his money in number of challenge wins for a while before minho went on his late run), but was arguably the most dedicated player this season in terms of having to play through many difficult round times due to his unique time zone; and

- @EriKills, the underdog of the team and arguably the season as a whole, going from one of the "bonus draft picks" who came close to not even signing up, all the way to finishing in the Top 4, and providing us with tons of laughs and fun along the way.

 

The five of you were SO fun to coach, and even though our team didn't win the season or the team charity leaderboard, you were one of the most consistently strong teams in the game and managed the incredible achievement of making up half of the Top 6! I wish I could take more credit for the team's performance, but honestly, the five of you were so locked-in and excited about the game that it felt like I was on autopilot coaching you all. As someone with a fair share of experience making deep runs in this game, I know how much of a commitment it is, and your dedication did not go unnoticed.

 

With all that in mind, and to build on @Sebas's great initiative from a few rounds ago, I wanted to express my appreciation to the five of you by donating $65 CAD (roughly the equivalent of $50 USD) to our team charity, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation (information about the charity can be found here). Thank you to 99sandthe2000s for suggesting this charity at the start of the season - after all, we're all ultimately here on ATRL because of our shared love for music, so I think this charity is the perfect way to link that to the game! Proof of donation is in the spoiler box:

 

 

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Thank you all for a great experience this season. Once a Shelvenizer, always a Shelvenizer  

Oh wow this is amazing  your team did great, congrats everyone! 

[Gateau]

@EriKills,

 

You are without a doubt one of the best people I've met in this section of the site. Although I definitely do not vibe with the atmosphere of the games girls, I have never had anything less than an exceedingly positive experience with you. You're such a bright ball of fun and sunshine in a way I could never even come close to touching. I truly looked forward to reading your posts every round and watching you advance so far in this game. 

 

I'm not even a little bit proud of surviving through the latest challenge against you. Not even a tad. I'm sure others have had more original opinions on the 24 hour round so I'll keep this brief, but that was the first time I thought "oh. I'm not having fun." And that sinking feeling continued and lingered for the rest of the day. And yet, I couldn't stop because "well then the previous hours will have been for nothing". There was a period toward the end of the challenge where my selfish self-preservation instincts kicked in, as they tend to do in these games. I was actually excited to make it through, and that the challenge was finally coming to an end, even if it meant you'd leave, because I just wanted to get it over with and prove I could make it to F3. And then once it finally happened I moreso felt regret that I wasn't happy at all and I was still in and you were out, and I hated that you spent all that time fighting so hard and it didn't result in a survival for you.

 

I am so so happy this is the first Let's Spoon we both said "You know what? I'm here to PLAY" and made this skyrocketing PEAK together because even though we weren't on the same team, I was rooting for you more than I was rooting for them most of the time tbh. Keep being your lovely self and having a positive effect on this place and the world (: it has been an honor playing alongside you again. I seriously love love love you to death, can't put it in better words  

[Legend E]

awww

[CBC]

HENRY TOP 3  

#TeamPsycho 

[EriKills]

1 hour ago, Remmy said:

Erik  Really great effort, this challenge definitely isn't easy and getting to 11 spoons is still a solid amount. Congrats on making it this far  RIP #TeamShelven

 

edit: Ooh I missed the donation part somehow, lovely

Omg tysm legend  your trolling was honestly one of the highlights of this challenge ahsksks tysm for the dedication to your craft!!! Now let me practice my twerking for next season signups 

[EriKills]

46 minutes ago, Gateau said:

@EriKills,

 

You are without a doubt one of the best people I've met in this section of the site. Although I definitely do not vibe with the atmosphere of the games girls, I have never had anything less than an exceedingly positive experience with you. You're such a bright ball of fun and sunshine in a way I could never even come close to touching. I truly looked forward to reading your posts every round and watching you advance so far in this game. 

 

I'm not even a little bit proud of surviving through the latest challenge against you. Not even a tad. I'm sure others have had more original opinions on the 24 hour round so I'll keep this brief, but that was the first time I thought "oh. I'm not having fun." And that sinking feeling continued and lingered for the rest of the day. And yet, I couldn't stop because "well then the previous hours will have been for nothing". There was a period toward the end of the challenge where my selfish self-preservation instincts kicked in, as they tend to do in these games. I was actually excited to make it through, and that the challenge was finally coming to an end, even if it meant you'd leave, because I just wanted to get it over with and prove I could make it to F3. And then once it finally happened I moreso felt regret that I wasn't happy at all and I was still in and you were out, and I hated that you spent all that time fighting so hard and it didn't result in a survival for you.

 

I am so so happy this is the first Let's Spoon we both said "You know what? I'm here to PLAY" and made this skyrocketing PEAK together because even though we weren't on the same team, I was rooting for you more than I was rooting for them most of the time tbh. Keep being your lovely self and having a positive effect on this place and the world (: it has been an honor playing alongside you again. I seriously love love love you to death, can't put it in better words  

 Stopppp, ilysm king 

[EriKills]

Ok im tbh let me post my closing thoughts now while I still have them and then I can get to bed!!!

 

First off congrats to the top 3 for surviving this HELL of a round, honestly the round was a lot more fun that I thought?? I genuinely couldn’t have asked for better company, I almost feel sad the round is over ajskskks like???  

 

@Henry lichrally a ninja  very selfish!!! I feel like you took it easy on us at times between us bullying you into going to bed and to stop snatching all the spoons and you still stomped ajskks and I mean your top 5’s every round speaks for itself   Team Psycho stays stomping, your impact legend!! 

 

@hofork challenge beast ty for always completing and attempting all the challenges so challenge flops like me don’t have to :eee2:  and now that I’m elim I’ll have more time to bully Pinkbox so you can focus on the rest of the game!!!  

 

My baby @Gateau 

I love your passion for every game you participate in, I don’t care if you get in fights, you’re forever my fave, my bestie, and I truly always love to see you excel!!! And tysm for your words of encouragement throughout the season, (and well not just this season but every game we play in). I tend to get defeated very easily ajsksk I genuinely don’t think I can play these f’cked up games without such supportive ppl like you!! ilysm king

 

@shelven the best coach we could ask for, always appreciated all your tips, reminders, tags etc, you have no idea how much it really did help and made this spoon journey not so turrible!!! Degenerous legendary coach!!! Tysm for having me on your team  

 

My fellow shelvenizers, Shelven really did a great job of summarizing just how special every single member of our team was so rt what he said!!! 

 

 @Element for all the hard work to host this fcked up game!!! Tysm for always keeping me in consideration and sending me an invite to play, this game truly seems like one of the most time consuming games to host and despite all the challenges that pop up you always do such an amazing job, everything about this season has snapped, from the theme to the team twists the new website. Again ty for including me!!! (And sorry I tried to quit before this round started!!!) 

 

and ofc to all the super fun coaches and fellow spooners who have made the season so enjoyable, can’t wait to see how this season ends  

[Henry]

4 minutes ago, EriKills said:

Ok im tbh let me post my closing thoughts now while I still have them and then I can get to bed!!!

 

First off congrats to the top 3 for surviving this HELL of a round, honestly the round was a lot more fun that I thought?? I genuinely couldn’t have asked for better company, I almost feel sad the round is over ajskskks like???  

Now sir it was fun but we were VERY happy that it was over !!!

 

But yes king you are so funny and it was so much fun interacting with you this season. Lit rally always cracking up because of the **** you say jfhfj  Top 4 slay

[Remmy]

29 minutes ago, EriKills said:

Omg tysm legend  your trolling was honestly one of the highlights of this challenge ahsksks tysm for the dedication to your craft!!! Now let me practice my twerking for next season signups 

 I try!

and no for real we're gonna need some dedicated twerkers in LS15!! unlike a certain colored box...

[fountain]

57 minutes ago, EriKills said:

Omg tysm legend  your trolling was honestly one of the highlights of this challenge ahsksks tysm for the dedication to your craft!!! Now let me practice my twerking for next season signups 

Omg yes please join the twerk team we would be so lucky to have you 

[shelven]

Spreadsheet updated! Evilsheet WISHES it had this longevity instead of being a one-round FAD

[EriKills]

23 minutes ago, fountain said:

Omg yes please join the twerk team we would be so lucky to have you 

Yasss, I can bend my hips and knees which is already more than certain flop hag boxes on the team!!! 

[smholiv]

Not wish it wasn’t over, MODS escort him out please!!

 

but NOOO I was honestly so sad at your elimination, I think it hit me the hardest. The last 24 hours were hilarious with all of our commentary and jokes, and throughout this whole game you’ve been so entertaining and done such an AMAZING job. Spoon 14 icon I say

[EriKills]

Extension of round for just a cpl more hours/a few more spoon bombs is all!!!

[Aurora]

Y'all really said "**** Team Shelven" huh?

 

Congrats to the top three.  Y'all are insane and deserve it.