Camp Ethnis - 2025 Recap
A Wild Month
July seems to be one of those months when we are both inundated with a million things to do. And of course, one thing that always sparks that feeling is Summercamp itself.
Both of us have been diamond lads for 8 years now, and this is the first year where neither managed to achieve Diamond. However, we aren't disappointed in ourselves.
Life is life, and when it comes down to what needs to be done, we all make those choices.
Barron
For me, the month started with Ademal announcing she'd be moving out, that, combined with work hitting some hard strokes, it all hit me real hard. I wound up going through some rough spots mentally.
It also hit me in the first two weeks. And for those first weeks, I aimed for Diamond. That meant I was coming home every day from work, straight into writing, then back to work at night before sleep.
I got exhausted, then I got burnt. I wanted to make something worthwhile. I felt like when I'm having to cut corners to hit 40 articles, Summercamp wasn't fun anymore.
I decided to only go for Silver and focus on making some of my articles shine.
Top lesson I learned: Six wonderful articles beats out forty half-done articles.
Barron's Top Articles
Derek is based on a real friend of mine. A real nerd who takes care of big cats by day and dominates Fortnite by night.
Throughout the process of making a character, I even asked Derek for feedback and ideas. Wiskonia was alllll him. He's a real character who does some very special and cool work and works with a bunch of just as sweet and amazing folks.
If you wanna learn more about Derek and the Rescue he works for:
Mah'hbum Cave came from the same part of the heart and mind that Mount Dau-Sajhrashi came from.
And by that I mean it came from jokes with Dimi and the World Anvil Community. I took it a bit further though, since I want to use it for my book.
I decided to take Mah'hbum seriously, and even went as far as to make a map for it from scratch! It was fun to look up caving videos for inspiration.
Qualic cooking I think was my second article this summercamp, and I had a fun with it because well I enjoy cooking! I ain't no world class chef, but thankfully you don't need to know that to worldbuild something good.
This piece became extra special because Hiive in the Discord was able to do a couple of really cool food pieces for it. Amazing how real art helps an article stick out.
I also took on this magical cooking topic because it's something I think my players in games will encounter very soon!
Making a smell substance, first thing that came to mind was soap. We had Slog for the Sazashi to use on their fur, but just as humanity has shampoo and conditioner, I felt they needed something more!
Then came along our sudden obsession with Jhoutaioan Slime, and that turned into whole 'nother set of articles that played in with the Holly Akifal!
It's always a blast to cross collab with Ademal, and it ends up being some of my best work!
Ademal
I like turtles
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