Stefen Delgado 🔜 ???

Marketing Manager @ Pro-Play Games and Events

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Not invited = Don‘t go
Not told = Don‘t ask
Late invites = Decline

You were never part of the plan.

Treat yourself with the respect you deserve.

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

Ted Lasso has been my comfort watch for years because it gets the hidden cost of leading. Being the person your team goes from doubting to needing, while fighting your own battles quietly.

Be a goldfish. Forget the losses fast. Show up tomorrow.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

The Full grown adults who can’t vacation, take a gap year, have hobbies, play an instrument, speak multiple languages, swim, cycle, skate, or backpack. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to escape survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics nobody really talks about.

[blue @bluewmist]

The most underrated act of kindness is letting people be. Let them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don't understand. Everyone got something that lights them up. Let them shine, even if it's not your thing

[Nes 🎨 @feydemon]

Haven’t really been keeping up with the World Cup when do the Zanarkand Abes play

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

Now, it’s time to rest, relax, and prepare for the next one 😎 We’ll see you in Orlando!

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

This weekend in Dallas was an absolute blur. My team and I ran broadcast production and media coverage at the @_proplaygames Summit, covering the FIRST ever Showdown Series for Riftbound, a CCQ for Disney Lorcana, and CookieRun: Braverse’s Champion Cup simultaneously. 3 games, 3 lanes, infinite amounts of surprises and gotchas, but we did it. Now, a few shoutouts in no particular order:

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

Lastly, I wanted to thank my wife and my kids. What was meant to be a weekly hobby and play locals has turned into an opportunity that challenges the traditional dynamics of raising a family. My wife continues to support my goals and ambitions in broadcast and competitive play and honestly, she’s the real MVP for that. Major shout out to the TCG significant other putting up with our obsession with shiny cardboard and sometimes even share that passion with us as well.

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

My goal for every show is to get better and better, and I can’t wait for you all to see what’s in store this weekend.

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

Not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited for the Dallas Summit this weekend. My enjoyment continuing to cover broadcast productions for Lorcana, Riftbound, and CookieRun: Braverse is at an all-time high.

[Stefen Delgado 🔜 ??? @ActuallyStefen]

I have some amazing broadcast operator support from @willobeez and @colorislaw1 to help support a fantastic caster team for each game.

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

"it takes hard work to achieve anything great" is a dangerous lie. great output comes from finding an activity that feels as natural as breathing or walking and great work becomes the very substance of your existence. if it feels like a grind you've found the wrong expression

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

You’re not behind on anyone else’s journey, you’re early on your own.

[Sam Parr @thesamparr]

I’m reading a book that’s so depressing that it has made me happy.

Its called 4000 Weeks. 4000 weeks is roughly the average human life.

The premise of the book is:
1. We’ll all die any minute now.
2. Time efficiency hacks just make you more busy.
3. Accept you can do very few things in life and commit to only a few things.

The last thing on commitment, I think is the most important:

“And not only should you settle: ideally, you should settle in a way that makes it harder to back out, such as moving in together, or getting married, or having a child.

The great irony of all our efforts to avoid facing finitude - to carry on believing that it might be possible not to have to choose between mutually exclusive options - is that when people finally do choose, in a relatively irreversible way, they're usually much happier as a result.

We'll do almost anything to avoid burning our bridges, to keep alive the fantasy of a future unconstrained by limitation, yet having burned them, we're generally pleased that we did so.”