Welcome, o ye beautiful people of steemit. Welcome to my very own contest. The first of its kind. Two days ago I became officially two-months-old on steemit, and in retrospect, one of the things that has helped me survive and stick around on steemit, are contests. So consider this my way of sharing my story, encouraging fellow newbies, and, yes, giving back to the community.

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Proof of Good Relationship (Skills)

In this post, after I became a month old on steemit, I wrote about steemit not being proof-of-brain as advertised, but rather proof-of-good-relationship-skills.
While that post was not exactly polemical it tended to sound that way once in a while. At the end of the post I promised to write a panegyrics of proof-of-good-relationship if that post should beat a certain amount. It didn't. Yet here I am.

People People People: A Short History

Disclaimer: The following two, three paragraphs is a short history about how I got to join this wonderful platform. There's a tendency this gets boring, so I strongly advise you scroll down to the contest subheading. But if you'd like to go on this excruciating, rather sentimental journey with me, well, here goes:

THE year was 2017; the month was the last of the year; the situation was dreary at best. I, alongside my best pal, @golddeejay, had just quit our shitty jobs, where we earned about 5sbd per month (assuming the exchange rate at December, 2017). Now the plan then was to find something that could replace that job, and pay us, if not a bit more, then at least that same amount. Boy has our expectations been surpassed! Thanks to @lemmybe who introduced @golddeejay who introduced me the very next day he registered, the rest they say is..

More History: The Commenting Pod

After joining steemit my post payouts were, of course, nothing to write home about. I entered into a lot of contests, though, some of which I won a couple of times, (@sportsncoffee's Daily Pick 'em), and some, even though I didn't win, got me a generous upvote from the organizer (@v4vapid). But when there were no contests, boy, shit was terrible, that is until I saw an invite to join a commenting pod. DieHardSteemit. I decided to give it a try, and since I joined that server on discord, steemit has gotten way way better and way more fun.

Under @aschatria's guidance, all of us at the pod, @ninjadroidx @debbietiyan @firststeps, obtained not only a better knowledge of steemit, but also a platform where we could identify quality users on steemit with quality posts, with which we could engage and make friends. Through this I can proudly say that I've met some of the few Steemians higher than me in SP and reputation, all of whom has supported me one way or another, among which are @full-measure @beginningtoend @guyfawkes4-20 to mention a few.

Proof Of a No-Brainer

History, history, history. What exactly have you been trying to say? Alright here it is, simple and plain: Forget brain.

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Sure, writing good thoughtful contents are swell and everything, but not all of us possess that skill. I know a lot of people who have been discouraged about joining steemit because they can't write well enough. Well it's not all about writing. I guess all I'm trying to say in all those words is, three things help you more than anything else on steemit: people, people, people.

So Much Talk So Little $ $

Finally! Here we are. If you've followed me thus far, thank you! If you found yourself bored and had somehow teleported to this place, way to go! The bottom line is I am giving back to this beautiful community that has helped me more immensely than you can possibly fathom, and this is how it'll go.

In no more than 200 words tell me about your relationships on Steemit; the friends that brought you here; the friends you've made here; the friends you've brought here; the friends that helped you stay; the ones that has inspired/inspire and challenged/challenge you like @golddeejay did/does me. In short your whole genealogy on Steemit, I want to hear about. Make it lively. Make it witty. Make it weird. Make it funny. Make it how you want it.

Guidelines

• Entries are to be made under the comment section.
• Pictures are allowed but not compulsory.
• Upvote and Resteem are compulsory.
• Follow is not, but appreciated.
• All entries should be made not more than 6 days after this post goes live, i.e one day before payout.

So if haven't made any friends yet, what are you waiting for! You have 5 days-ish to do that.

Winners

Winners will be announced immediately this post pays out, that is seven days after posting.

There will be two winners, each going home with 4sbd each!

Entries are going to be judged by myself and the guys over at DieHard Steemit Commenting Pod, so if you have any questions, you should definitely join the DieHard Steemit Discord Server where all your questions are sure to be answered.

Alright then. Keep on making good relationships and keep on farucking steeming!