The contest this year is a lot harder and some would say less fun, but if this is just a staff ploy to boost activity then good on 'em. Anyone that gets seriously disheartened by not progressing in this contest shouldn't be in it.

You just show up, have some fun and if by some stroke of luck you become a CK, then well I'm not sure what happens then but you just do it. At the end of the day, it's all about having fun. If everyone failed in the first round, we'd still get CKs out of it so it doesn't really matter.