I Hope I Win

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"I Hope I Win" is a declaration of one's own desire to achieve victory. The phrase has taken on a memetic meaning throughout the Make a Good Level contests, and the Make a Good Mega Man Level contests are no exception.

Origin

"I Hope I Win" first occurred in a level for SuperMarioWorldCentral's Choco Level Contest. The level was called "Chocolate Island" and was made by the user mariocool1999. It appears twice in the level, first on the introductory text, and later it's spelled out with coins at the end of the level. This level achieved 31st place out of 33 entrants, meaning that these hopes were not met.

This was deemed hilarious, causing it to be repeated in many other Make a Good Level contests. Notably, the winning level of MaGLX2 had an "I Hope I Win" joke in their level, making it the only level in any MaGL contest so far to declare its hopes of winning and go on to actually win.

Instances In The MaGMML Series

Make a Good Mega Man Level

• After defeating Birdo in Mega Man World, a text block appears saying "I hope I win".

Make a Good Mega Man Level 2

• The text box in Snow Man says "I hope I win but if not win its better than nothing."
• Poorly Named Level contains a hidden room with a Noble Nickel, several signs containing developer commentary on the level itself, and text saying "I HOPE I WIN™".
• If one goes left immediately upon entering Just an Ice Level, they will encounter Cirno saying "i hope i win". There is also a Noble Nickel in this room.
• The final room after the battle with Captain Viridian in Sector Upsilon 6 is called "I Hope I Win".

Make a Good Mega Man Level 3

• The rejected level "A Mess of a Stage" by Super Maks 64 had a text box at the end that spoofs the line by saying "I HOPE I Get a placement in this contest that will be somewhat satisfactionary for me."
• After a series of signs in You Don't Know the Drill with dialogue between Crash Man and Guts Man, the last sign before the boss says "One last thing: We hope we win."
• The title of the 146th place level contains the inverse of the phrase: I Hope I Lose: A Grand Tale.
• In Tower of Dimentions, the room containing the fourth Trickster Token has a sign with "I Hope I win" on the back wall.
  • This sign later appears at the end of the Shrine of Nebula sub-level "Charmingly Haphazard Assortment Of Trials In Chambers".
• Two empowered signs in the Shrine of Nebula sub-level "Cliff of Power" will fire the letters of "I hope I win" as projectiles.
• One of the memetic phrases that appears during the second cutscene with Dr. Regal is "I HOPE I WIN".

Make a Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level

• The stage IHOPEIWIN takes the line to its logical conclusion by using the phrase as its name. It achieved 99th place, meaning that it did not, in fact, win.
• In Space Pipes, a sign at the end declares the inverse of the phrase, "I HOPE I LOSE!", after explaining the level was submitted late on purpose. Unlike the above stages, it would indeed score last place via low quality and massive late penalties.