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I feel the same. I just don't know what we should do: give it a send-off, try to revitalize with new techniques, or just keep on as we've been and hope for the best?

 
It’s gotten stale. Rules bloat is real, nobody wants to judge, and there’s little incentive to give feedback or vote honestly. Also, presenting a quality brew is a lot of work for not much payoff—judging feels like a punishment, and the feedback is rarely all that useful. The rounds also drag on, so if you don’t like a theme you’re boxed out for over a month. Throw in the occasional pettiness and sore losership, and it’s no wonder people lose interest.

Probably best to just let this go, and maybe start fresh sometime in the future with a more informal structure. I like the idea of rounds lasting a week with a single theme and no competition elements at all, but I really shouldn't have a say as I've not been active in a while.

 This idea is truly wonderful. maybe, instead of voting on a winner to pick a theme, we vote directly on a theme. or, for example, anybody can suggest a theme, and we select randomly. I feel like a less competitive version of this would be great.

 Maybe everyone who participates in the current theme gets the opportunity to also suggest the next theme, which is then voted on at the end. That way, it encourages people to engage with the latest theme if they want a chance of influencing the next entry

 Sounds perfect to me

Another time, then. For now...

It's been wonderful brewing with you all. I hope we can all meet again someday and write.

In the meantime, I recommend the streamer CinderBlocksally for a homebrew community on Discord. It's where I'll be for the rest of the year. 

Amen. May our paths may one day cross in the world of homebrew

Toodles, yall. see you next time, if there ever is one.