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This will be my last edition in Forum Song Contest.
Thank you for the music, it's been an interesting nine years - albeit with some breaks - ride! It was the first contest I joined back in 2012 when I started participating in online contests. Back then, the Romanian jury was composed of so many people and Selectia Nationala was almost as big of an event as the edition itself. Things have changed a lot in the upcoming years.
I don't feel enjoyment in taking part in this contest and I don't feel a connection with the FSC community anymore. Despite the level of strictness and inflexibility, I used to enjoy this contest as an outlet to discover the Romanian music industry, but just as my enjoyment in the contest, our music industry has really dried up and I'm struggling to find entries every single edition. So, at this point, what's the point in spending so much time and energy on something that's not fun anymore.
Not letting people host their own editions is such a big downer honestly, it takes half the enjoyment in winning. I know, I know, it's all about the "FSC Legacy" and format, but some things should change. The rules regarding eligibility are also at such an annoying level of strictness that are hard to ignore anymore, despite my best efforts to ignore the feeling for many years. The 12 months (who was even more tough initially) rule is not doing this contest any favours.
The moderators talk about how the contest recovered in terms of number of participants. Sure, it did, but the writing on the wall remains: many former participants who left are really not going to ever come back due to the contest being how it is. The FSC experience left a bitter taste in the mouth to far too many forum members. Not only that, but there are people who I tried to make join but would never take part in FSC thanks to its antiquated format.
The recent Canada incident really reminded me of all the problems I have with this contest so before any more resentment and negative feels accumulate, I better leave.
So, this is it. Good-bye.
Shocked I hope that we will see you again as Romanian jury sometimes..