Author: Sidney Icarus

Y’aaaaaaall! It’s been so long! But I’m in an airport and I’m really excited about things to come. So we’re gonna do stars and wishes! It’s really easy and really fun and you get to tell each other things that you’re really proud of!

Star: what did you do that was exciting? New? Adventurous? A learning experience?

Wish: WHAT’S NEXT? What are you going to try to achieve in the next two weeks? How are you going to change your little corner of the world?

Fuck the haters. Tell me how you’re kickin’ it.

Stars and Wishes

Hi y’all, here’s a chance for us to thinking about what we’ve achieved!

A little change to the format: If you can remember, let us know how you did on last week’s wish as well! Then, tell us what’s coming up, what have you done? How awesome are you? (Here’s a hint: LOTS!)

It’s time for this week’s STARS AND WIIIIISHES!

What did you do this week that excites you? What do you want to do in the next seven days?

I’m really exited to hear all the achievements you’ve made and will make.

Guess who forgot what day it was yesterday?! THIS GUY!

But that’s okay! Because this isn’t a discussion of regrets, but a celebration of success! It’s time for SELF- STARS AND WISHES (and boi, we really need to come up a with a better name for this).

What did you achieve in the last week? What wins did you have? What are you proud of?

And what are you going to do? What are your goals? What matters to you in the coming few days?

Hey fellow nerds! It’s Monday (for most of you), and Tuesday for me, and you know what that means? WEEKLY SELF-STARS!

What did you do this week that excites you? What do you want to do in the next seven days?

I’m really exited to hear all the achievements you’ve made and will make.

I realised the other day that the Gauntlet community is really supportive, but there’s someone we tend to leave out: Ourselves. We support each other, we say how great our playmates were, we complement each other’s designs, but we often are so…quiet about our own achievements. Your game design is brilliant and evocative, mine is just a dumb little hack. You are an awesome player that weaves amazing stories, I’m just fumbling through. That kind of thing.

So I’m making a space for that. Right here and right now. I’m making a space for us to be proud of the work we’ve done and not be ashamed. I’m making a space, right here, for you to tell this community the GREAT stuff you’ve done, and the AWESOME stuff you want to do. I’m letting you set a goal, and revel in its achievement. Next week we’ll do this again, and we’ll have new achievements, and new goals.

Format is Wishes and Stars. A Star is something that you liked, a Wish is something that you want to see. It elegantly lets us both look back and look forward at the games we play (or games we will play, or will design, or something totally different!).

I’m so excited to hear about all the things you’ve done and will do.