One hour left till the end of this steemhop season and my heart just sank 馃ゲ. I was sitting there at 23:41 staring at the timer and the leaderboard, refreshing every few seconds hoping something would change. I gave it everything this season. All those runs, all those times I died on lane 3 to a car I didn鈥檛 see, all the nights I told myself "one more run". But I couldn鈥檛 make top 20. I鈥檓 stuck outside the Steem rewards and the clock is literally about to hit zero. The game shows "TOP 52" and I know that鈥檚 not enough. 20 was the cutoff and I just didn鈥檛 get there. It hurts because I was so close some days, I could see top 20 in my reach, but then I鈥檇 have a bad run and drop 10 spots. Now with one hour left there鈥檚 nothing I can do. No more grinding, no more pushing, this is just it.
I kept playing anyway in that last hour because what else was I supposed to do. I loaded up the game, saw the little chicken hopping over cars and trains, trying to get as far as I could. Score 77, score 20, die, restart. My thumb was already sore from the whole season but I couldn鈥檛 stop. Every time I died I鈥檇 think "this is the last time" but then I鈥檇 tap play again. The desert map, the purple cars, the red cars, the water lanes, it鈥檚 all burned into my head now. I was hoping for some miracle run where I鈥檇 get 200+ and shoot up the board but it never came. The people in top 20 were just too far ahead and I ran out of time. That鈥檚 the worst part. Not that I wasn鈥檛 good enough, but that time just ran out before I could prove it.
This was the journey for this season though and I鈥檓 not going to pretend it didn鈥檛 mean anything to me. From day one I was grinding http://steemhop.org every free minute I had. I watched my rank go up and down, I celebrated when I hit a new high score, I raged when I died stupidly. I met people in the community talking about scores and strategies. Even though I鈥檓 not in top 20 and I鈥檓 not getting the Steem this time, I learned the game. I learned how to be patient, how to time the hops, how to not panic. Those 24, 20, 23 scores in the last minutes don鈥檛 look like much but they were me fighting till the very end. So yeah it鈥檚 the end of the journey for this season and it stings, but I went down swinging.
We go again next season. That鈥檚 all I can say. One hour and it鈥檚 over, the season resets, and everyone starts from zero. I鈥檓 going to take this L, learn from it, and come back harder. I know what I did wrong. I know I need to practice those water levels more, I need to stop rushing, I need to get those 100+ runs consistently if I want top 20. Next season I鈥檓 not stopping at 52. I鈥檓 aiming straight for top 20 from week 1. This season is done, I couldn鈥檛 make it, but the next one is mine. See you on the leaderboard next time 鉂わ笍
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