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									I lost again (Cry) - Opinions and Polls				            </title>
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                        <title>RE: I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-144392</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not the winning, it&#039;s the taking part that counts....as long as you feel you played as well as you can, and sang as well as you are able, then you&#039;ve done your best and that&#039;s all that ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts....as long as you feel you played as well as you can, and sang as well as you are able, then you've done your best and that's all that anyone can ask, and you can feel proud of yourself for having the guts to enter...<br><br>Keep at it Rahul, there's always next year....just think, you'll have another 12 months experience under your belt by then...<br><br> :D  :D  :D <br><br>Vic]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Vic Lewis VL</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-144387</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[As long as you gave it your best shot &quot;you are a winner&quot;.  Participating is half the fun anyway and you gave it a go.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[As long as you gave it your best shot "you are a winner".  Participating is half the fun anyway and you gave it a go.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-144383</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[hey i live 2 hours from my girlfriend...we didn&#039;t meet at a gig such as that though...guitar is good for getting girls though, so i have discovered.  good job in the competition though, if y...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[hey i live 2 hours from my girlfriend...we didn't meet at a gig such as that though...<br><br>guitar is good for getting girls though, so i have discovered.  <br><br>good job in the competition though, if you did your best, then you should feel proud.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>U2Bono269</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-144382</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I think the important question here is did you get a date with either or both of the girls who complimented you?  :twisted:

not so lucky tele  :oops:  (and meanwhile i live around 1 hour aw...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think the important question here is did you get a date with either or both of the girls who complimented you?  :twisted:

not so lucky tele  :oops:  (and meanwhile i live around 1 hour away from their home so i guess no use realy )]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-144374</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I think the important question here is did you get a date with either or both of the girls who complimented you?  :twisted:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think the important question here is did you get a date with either or both of the girls who complimented you?  :twisted:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>teleplayer324</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-144372</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You&#039;re a winner because you did this, and did it well. If you had fun, you won. Of course, I&#039;m old and no not what I speak of. :)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You're a winner because you did this, and did it well. If you had fun, you won. Of course, I'm old and no not what I speak of. :)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>rparker</dc:creator>
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                        <title>I lost again (Cry)</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/i-lost-again-cry/#post-13711</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Oh well, Please bear my lamenting on my not winning yet again but this time the competition was seriously tough.Lots of players of guitar and keyboards (heck 10s of them .....) were roaming ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Oh well, <br><br>Please bear my lamenting on my not winning yet again but this time the competition was seriously tough.<br><br>Lots of players of guitar and keyboards (heck 10s of them .....) were roaming around and it felt as if everybody knew how to play guitars.Not to mention that most players and singers were girls and they did (atleast playing part) really well...<br><br>Well , now myself.I peformed 'Hey Jude' but......uh oh well , i did not win that is come in the first two positions. :oops: <br>There were around 15 participants in my solo category.<br><br>Though all was not lost.I got some compliments of "really nice" and "you sang very well" from 2 girls (i could have exaggerated this but i am saying the truth  :) ) which atleast gave me a bit of a consolation....<br><br>I gave in my best.I dont know how could i have done it better.And right now i am really musically stuffed.So many songs in a span of 3 hours.GOD , my ears sure hurt.... :? <br>Some performers were hell bad and i don't know , they were totally out of key and needed to be u kno kinda kicked offffff  :evil: <br><br>All in all , i tell you guys , i am pretty much tired , looking at the stage for couple of hours has given my neck some amount of pain  :oops: (and DAMN i missed my own college's classes for this whole day..)<br><br>Wow , looks like i am ranting  :roll:  .Ok enough said , now i only need to get better at guitar......................:D <br><br>Rahul]]></content:encoded>
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