The Top Member house is no stranger to repeat contestants. This contestant in particular just can't seem to get away from the Top Member house. He's ratchet, black, out there, and a top member in his own right already, let's all welcome Funkii!
Oh Funky, Funky. We got to stop meeting like this boo. So here you are once again eliminated from Top Member for the what third time? Tell me whats on your mind?
First of all, this is only my second time applying and competing
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I want to say thank you to all the judges for giving me a second chance at proving myself, though it didn't end well, I'm still thankful
I want to put the thanks here before I go in on Drip, especially with the last question
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And what's on my mind exactly? Well, I have no idea what happened. I feel as though towards the beginning of the competition the thread was full of life and then something happened. It become really quiet and I felt as though a majority of the energy left. That's one of the reasons why I wasn't that upset when I was eliminated, you know? Also, that time in August when the challenged happen is a busy transition time for me. As everybody knows, I went to Disney World around that time so my mind wasn't on submitting the best entry I could possibly make. When I came back the entries were due the next day and I was not in the right state of mind what-so-ever. Also that's the time where I get ready to move back to NY for school. I wasn't in the mood to do a post searching challenge, so I just gathered up what I thought were "receipts." Now, when I looked over them I thought they were receipts because I used the receipts I submitted as clocking someone and bringing attention to some things said during Big Brother 10. But, you saw how that worked out. Also when Matty mentioned how if I reached out for him and we could have worked something out, I kinda didn't want to and wanted to suck it up and try my best. I guess you can say it's a pride thing...well, more like a personality flaw because I don't like asking for help. I don't want to seem more weak that (I think) I currently am.
Oh and let me address the comeback round. If you caught me at a different time then I would have done the comeback round in a heartbeat. But like I mentioned above, around that time everything was happening. I was taking 18 credits and was still figuring out how to manage my time/transitioning back into college life; no way at that time I would agree to take on more than I could handle. And if anyone is asking why did I decided to do Les ATRLers All Stars: I agreed/promised to DOMINO that I would do All Stars back in June/July. I literally remembered that I agreed to do it when he made the thread. If he asked me while I was all over the place, I would have said "hell nah." And I promised I would do it, and I don't like going back on promises/ not keeping my word
Sidenote: A lesson my momma taught me is a man keeps his word.
Do you feel in your round that there was someone else more deserving to go home instead of you?
No not really because I knew I could have done better, but like I said I
really did not have the patience at that time to look through my posts. And according to the judge's comments my entry was really bad, so I guess I deserved to go home. Also I feel as though my heart wasn't really in it anymore (as explained above).
Did you agree with the decision of the judges that, Buddy had more top member potential then you did?
He kind of does since he's already some-what of a top member. People recognize his Ralph avi (when people see Ralph they think of Buddy), he's actually known throughout the forum. Shoot, he was even nominated (and awarded in some cases) for categories in multiple member awards (Most Influential Members of 2014 and 2015 ATRL Members Awards being on the top of my head). I feel as though you can see his potential more than mine. I still feel like I'm still growing on the forum and expanding. There might be some that see my top potential, but if you compare it to Buddy it's not really as big.
tl;dr: yes.
You’re kind of a top member already in my eyes, do you feel that you really needed this competition?
1- Thank you DumpsterJerDrip
2 - I feel like I did because I'm not
really a top member, you know? Sometimes I feel like I'm getting there and then reality hits and then I realize I'm not really one, only locally (i.e Games section and Random Thoughts). But yeah, I feel like I did so I can see if my top member skills developed since the 2 years I last competed. Though, like I mention later, I don't think I would try out for another cycle...it depends.
If you could, would you attempt to try out for the FOURTH time?
*THIRD time
And honestly I don't know. I originally wasn't planning on trying out for this cycle since I was holding out for All-Stars. I felt something with this cycle, like it would be different and my time to shine, especially since Citrus won the cycle before. Will I attempt to try out for a THIRD time? - I was holding out for All Stars as started about, but DOMIHOE dropped a bomb that only those who placed 2nd-3rd could do All-Stars, so probably not
And I'm honestly tired of playing games and not winning. I want to actually feel involved with a game and I feel like I'm continuously coming up short whenever I'm in a game. With that being said, I really want to judge and/or host a game. Step my ***** up and get it poppin (not step my ***** up in
your sense, JerDrip).
What’s next for Funky? You clean boo? You keeping it washed down there?
Well if you must know Dumpster*****, like I mentioned I really want to host and/or judge something. Doing the games are fun but I want to experience being behind the scenes. Right now I'm competing in Les ATRLers and Family Feud. After those are over if Big Brother comes back I might sign up for that since that doesn't require that much work. I thought to myself if Prismatic doesn't want to host the next season of Family Feud then I would take over for her
If you want to get into real life ****, I'm currently not getting any like you thought I might have been. (I'm currently developing a crush on this really cute guy. Argggg help) Last week I registered for my final spring semester (which reminds me I have to finalize my schedule before the Juniors register Sunday(tonight) and mess everything up). However, this isn't my last semester of school (I'm graduating December 2016). I'm starting to look for summer internships and everything. Right now I'm enjoying my major classes (my I.T classes) and look forward to finishing my minor in Info Systems and Business Analytics. I'm interested how my life on ATRL will change once I graduate and get a real job. And a small little update that related to my Musicality challenge: I had an episode a few days ago and this time it was really different because it was the first time it's happened in front of people. I told 2 of my friends and that's a big milestone for me because trust is something that I have a problem with and telling people your problems is a big step.
And Drip if your stank-Latino-dumpster ass doesn't stop coming for me. I ought to be asking if you keep it clean down there after the shenanigans involving dumpsters you've been it. I know I'm not the most classy buy DAYUM I would never do **** like that. I hope you're using the right amount of Fleet enema bottles, which in your case is 5+ at a time with the condition of your boochie (just like Kitt)
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