How I Won TWO AJHQ Contest Items

So... Life is crazy. I'm doing college and I think I want to major in film. Man, life is just crazy.

BUT IGNORE ALL THAT. Today, we're talking about the craziest thing ever. There will be laughs, tears, and VICTORIES. This is how I won TWO AJ Contest items in one hour.

It all started after class. I was walking out of my creative writing class, and I saw some people on Discord talking about a possible Jambassador event on AJ. AJ tends to announce these really late (they announced it midday, during a weekday, lol), and so I assumed I had missed it.

BUT THEN I CHECKED. I had SEVEN MINUTES.

I rushed to a study lounge, plugged my laptop in, and got on AJ.

We're making this a long post. Sit back and relax. I want to share the whole story.

So if you read AJ's post, it says to verify that a user is actually attending. Most of the Jambassadors did not host anything, I believe it was just AJHQ, Cherryfizz44, Cinno, Pinkrhino24, and Wisteriamoon.

I came across Cinno's post.

"Dress in a fantasy themed outfit." Okay!

So I made this outfit, or better yet, I used an outfit I had made in a fashion show previously, and I waited for 6:30pm EST.

The question was, where should I go?

FLASHBACK #1!

Back on December 16th, 2022, I got home from college only to find myself in a similar scenario, only the Jambassador events had nearly ended already. I managed to BARELY get into Cherryfizz44's den, in time for the last Jambassador event thing that night. They were handing out contest branch antlers in a fashion show.

The theme was to the beach. Here was my outfit. I had joined late and didn't want to lose because of time, so I made it fairly quickly.

Not the best screenshot HAHA. But I liked the flip flops. My brother commented at the time that I was too basic, and I guess he was right, because I lost.

I felt disappointed, but even worse, Cherry went afk for like 30 MINUTES. I don't think she even told us. She might've had to do a Play Wild competition or something, but either way, it wasn't fun. I just sat there for ages.

So I decided to go with Cinno! I didn't know Cinno, but I didn't know who else was doing it at the time besides AJHQ, and AJHQ's den would probably fill up quickest. That's the first part of all this, getting into the person's den to have a shot.

So I refreshed Cinno's title card, and suddenly, about 30 seconds after 6:30... BOOM. I saw the button and got in.

I thought my outfit was pretty good, but everyone else had outfits and they all looked amazing. I didn't know how to stand out, but I quickly chose a spot in the corner to be visible. (lower left)

First, Cinno went afk for like 5-10 minutes. I didn't know what to do, so I stayed put, and tried to look my best.

Finally, Cinno came back, and announced that they would be giving prizes in a fashion show. Ah, here we go again.

Not only was there like 30 people there, but they all looked AMAZING. How do you stand out in a crowd of 30 people?

But then, EVERYTHING CHANGED.

Now, I've been doing a ton of fashion shows recently, and I am SO TIRED of basic themes. Food, cartoon, nature, season, holiday, halloween, singer, alien, royalty, etc.

But this. This was GOLDEN. This was the BEST OUTCOME.

FLASHBACK #2!

Two weeks ago, I thought it'd be funny to dress as Elsa and sing Let it Go in Brady's Lab. So I needed an outfit.

Here was my first attempt from a fashion show. Not bad.

But after getting multiple mysterious cloaks, dresses, and more, this is what I got. (and tons of help and recommendations from other people)

YEAH BABY! One of the problems I had with the outfit was whether or not to use a light blue mysterious cloak. After all, that's what Elsa actually dresses in.

But I think it looks better with white. That's the call I made anyway.

ANYWAY. So Cinno announces the theme as princess or prince, and first of all, princess is the way to go. Idk why, but prince outfits are wayyy harder.

But because of my Elsa outfit, and I spent probably 250 diamonds perfecting Elsa and buying all this random stuff, I was READY. Not only did I have an Elsa, but I had THE PERFECT ELSA.

I have tried every item I've seen, and asked others for help, and if I had to make an Elsa, this is it. I HAD THE PERFECT OUTFIT FOR THIS THEME. Did I have a shot?

So I immediately switched to my Elsa Arctic Wolf, but this was VERY RISKY.

Instantly switching to my Arctic Wolf would show that I made the outfit beforehand, which might just look bad. It just doesn't look creative.

I think it's better to create your own outfits each time if you can, but it's also on the host to have unique themes and to emphasize creativity (maybe it's hard for an all ages AJHQ competition). Anyway, for this competition, I am going with what works.

So I cleared my outfit IMMEDIATELY. Then remade it to look like I was making it LOL.

Cinno said to sit when done as well.

I started singing Let it Go to make it clear who I was. It looked good, I had a decent spot and everything, and Cinno was even right next to me.

A few minutes later...

Cinno had been AFK FOR A BIT. AHHHH. So my singing did nothing. Man, these competitions.

Cinno announced that it was prize time, and so I started singing again.

I started to get nervous. These competitions shouldn't matter that much, and a lot of it is luck and the personal preference of the host. But I WANTED to win. My Elsa outfit was my pride and joy and this was my best shot. I had been ready, and done everything I could've.

And let me be honest, losing these is kind of hard. I felt kind of bad the rest of the night after losing the one in December. It's just really difficult to get these contest items. And so you see a lot of begging and desperate people. I don't blame them, I guess.

Then, something bad and good happened.

The bad thing was that my friend waterbeess, who is AMAZING, happened to sit in front of me. Cinno's den wasn't super big and open. I don't know why they don't make it as open as possible, but we were all cluttered. But they went in front of me, blocking me.

And I started thinking, what if this hurts my chances? What if I'm harder to see or notice?

But right before I could type enter on "Turn away and slam the door!"

(this is from waterbeess, they can see I'm being traded with)

I won. I was the first person they chose out of EVERYONE.

I CANNOT SAY HOW HAPPY I WAS IN THAT MOMENT. THAT WAS CRAZY.

I SPAMMED MY KEYBOARD. I WAS SHAKING. I WON. AHHHH. THIS THING GOES FOR 12 SOLIDS (now it goes for way less since they handed out a bunch haha).

I got asked to show what I got and everything.

Cinno gave out a few more, and then locked their den to let more people in.

BUT I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH.

I WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO MAKE AN ELSA OUTFIT FOR NO REASON TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT PAID OFF SUPER WELL. THAT WAS INSANE.

I NOW HAVE A BRIGHT SPIKE. So cool.

So I didn't know what to do from that point. I had won. And so I decided to back off and let other people win, I didn't need more.

Until someone mentioned that Wisteriamoon had locked her den, which meant that she was refreshing the people too.

And I managed to get in.

So I was like, haha, I'm in, I'll give my spot to someone else. Waterbeess actually ended up getting in, but then disconnected, so I said I would give my spot to them.

Okay, so here's where I want to say that I've never met Wisteriamoon. I've heard of them a ton and they're clearly a celebrity, but this was my first impression.

They were LOUD. They looked very organized.

I couldn't get a good screenshot, but they're basically like, I have prizes, some are good and some are eh, but they're all free.

It was SO HARD TO SEE HER. She was swarmed. I went up to show my fairy costume off and get a good, visible spot.

At this point, I was listening, and I was like, eh, why not do another fashion show.

This one goes WAY differently though.

The theme ends up being Three Little Pigs. I guess they're doing fairytale themes.

And I was thinking, how do I stand out? Everyone is going to do pigs. And wolves. Like, there's nothing else to do.

Unless... I pulled something absolutely crazy.

Maybe I could be a straw house. There's a straw, wood, and brick house in the Three Little Pigs, right? But how would I do that? Was there even a straw item I could use?

FLASHBACK #3!

I was in a fashion show, and the host was demanding creativity, and I LOVED IT. So because they had to go, we were doing a winner-takes-all out of 3. The theme was to create your own mythical creature.

So because they had to go, I quickly came up with the COOKING FAIRY, who helps people cook LOL. I happened to win hehehe, gotta share.

But anyway, I made that outfit, right?

I was looking at this outfit in my inventory as I was thinking of what to do. And it clicked. THIS KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A BRICK HOUSE.

So after changing colors, and switching my username color, I had THIS. LOL. A BRICK HOUSE. The thing was, what animal should I use? A panda, maybe?

I ended up keeping it. I didn't want to take long, and it looked... Alright.

EVERYONE ELSE HAD PIGS AND WOLVES. What did I tell you? But what else are you supposed to do with this theme?

But it was time to stand out.

This was the big problem. In Cinno's competition, I was clearly Elsa, but in this one, you have NO IDEA what I am unless you know I'm trying to be a brick house. So I had to start saying it.

To make matters worse, I didn't want to just spam the same message and look annoying, but at the same time, I had to look like a brick house.

It seemed like no one noticed me.

But I was the ONLY brick house.

Then Wisteriamoon started picking winners. They were choosing pretty quickly, which made me nervous.

Apparently Three Blind Mice was also part of the theme, oop.

So multiple people start winning, and I realize that I've pretty much lost this one. Wisteriamoon has gone around, I'm pretty visible, and... Yeah. Even though I had already won, I did feel a bit disappointed, especially because I liked my outfit.

They gave a prize to a nonmember.

A pig won.

And then everything died down. People started saying thank you, and it looked like Wisteriamoon was done. I had been spamming for multiple minutes, and Wisteriamoon would've pointed me out by now. No one pointed me out.

I even made a sad message in Discord. :( I had accepted defeat.

I kept spamming. I was a brick house, and I was going to keep going until the end, just to give myself every chance I had.

But with 30 people, all clustered in a den, and everyone saying random messages, I kind of just sat there, thinking of how to cope with this. At least I had the bright spike.

AND THEN IT HAPPENED. I think I must've scrambled to get the screenshot or something, because sticky keys came up.

MY HEART RACED. Was that actually Wisteriamoon saying that, or someone else?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WAIT, DOES THAT MEAN ME?!? WJALJALKJDLSJLASDJ.

I got a jag.

NO WAY.

THERE'S ACTUALLY NO WAY.

I WON. I ACTUALLY WON. MY BRICK HOUSE COSPLAY WORKED.

Almost immediately after, Wisteriamoon said, "IT'S BEEN REAL FOLKS."

AND THEY LOCKED THEIR DEN.

I GOT THE FINAL PRIZE AT THE LAST SECOND.

BECAUSE WISTERIAMOON JUST HAPPENED TO CHOOSE ME HAHSALKFKLSAJLFAS. "wait darling the brick house is creative" AYYYYYYYYYY.

THAT WAS INSANE. I didn't do any more competitions for the night, but I know a lot of people didn't win. There's not a lot of prizes, sadly, but I don't feel bad about winning twice lol. I had to work for them.

SO YEAH. These are now mine.

Here are there prices from before tonight. Jambassadors gave out many rings and spikes, so it'll go down. I think people are trading like 7 solids for the bright spike at the moment.

I think I'm keeping these both though, they're too good of memories.

And THAT is how I BIG BRAINED and lucked my way into TWO CONTEST PRIZES.

Thanks for reading. :) What a time. I feel so lucky and happy and cool. GG. Thank you to Cinno and Wisteriamoon, of course.

Well, happy 2023 all. XD

Have an amazing, amazing, amazing day and jam on!