After reading quite a few papers on stack based buffer overflow exploiting I hadnt managed to exploit a single stack based buffer overflow myself. I got quite frustrated and even decided to give up (on more than one occasion). In a weird kind of inspirational mood I was determined to figure it out, but didnt. I was lazy and wasnt sure why exactly I couldnt even replicate what the papers showed me. Ah well I guess we cant all be 1337.
