Status Update: Fun-Ambassador Trivia Challenge and Random Fun Events

in #fun-ambassador7 years ago (edited)

Over 400 Steem has been Randomly Given Away!

What is This? You've just been Giving out Steem?!?!?!



A couple weeks before Christmas, I started asking random trivia questions in steemit.chat. The whole idea behind this was to give some random fun to people who hung out in the #general channel in there. I know how serious we can all get with posting, reading, commenting, voting, life, etc that I wanted to take about 15 minutes to just let everyone have a good time and for some winning some nice chunks of Steem. Each trivia prize was awarded 5 Steem, which for a while was worth between $20-$30 US...and people could win up to two of these! Not bad for a couple correct trivia answers!!

Wanting to have these 'fun and games' giveaway cover as many people as possible, I've since:

  • Started rotating the trivia challenges between Steemit.Chat #general and the Trivia Discord Channel due to many people having issues getting into the chat room.
  • Donated Steem to @topkpops "All Play Friday" radio show (8-10pm EST) to be prizes for runs trivia and any games she thinks of
    • NOTE: This is the ONLY set time of a giveaway.
  • Donated Steem to @steemsausage to run trivia for those in opposite time zones from me (Yes...I have to sleep, lol.)
  • Started running impromptu 1 Steem giveaways to people watching in steemit.chat, #Whaleshares discord, #minnowSupportProject / PAL discord and #TeamGirlPowa discord. (First 3 people to type a specified number in chat.)

The Goal of all this...

...was to cause some random fun and excitement for people, outside of their Steemit posts! The responses have been overwhelmingly positive, having tons of people participating and coming back for more. However, since I don't do this at set times...people have to catch these events by either:

  • seeing my announcement post 60 minutes prior to starting
  • catch an announcement in chat/discords (I drop messages that we'll be starting)
  • or just hang out in the chat's a lot.

This is purposely setup as a slot machine, having random occurrence with random outcome. It's the most motivating method of keeping people engaged and excited.

NOTE: Everyone has been and is free to participate. No upvoting, resteeming, comments...NOTHING...is required outside of showing up. I truly try to keep this all as fair and transparent as possible for all parties involved.

Where has the Money Gone?

At the beginning all Steem prizes were fully out of my pocket, usually giving out 10-20 Steem a week. However right around Christmas time a couple of Steemians graciously donated some larger chunks of Steem towards the Trivia Challenge prize pool. I wanted to give a HUGE THANK YOU to :

@riverhead - 500 Steem donation
@pharesim - 100 Steem donation

Click Here to View Full Spreadsheet of Awarded Prizes!

This was when I started keeping track of how much was given out as prizes and to whom. As usually I want to be as transparent as possible, especially for those who graciously donated, so it's easy to see that the Steem is being put towards it's intended purpose. All these people below were awarded 5 Steem for answering each trivia question. (There was one time I split the prize.)

NameAmountNameAmountNameAmountNameAmountNameAmount
riverhead2.5snrm5thehoneys5jamesgetsit5
ertwro2.5carn5aunt-deb5molovelly5qpdx5
mel1ss5carn5steemitglass5molovelly5svemirac5
lemony-cricket5snrm5aunt-deb5ahmedelakehal5qpdx5
lemony-cricket5mykos5stelmar5pennsif5emilclaudell5
geekpoweredthehoneys5geekpowered5ahmedelakehal5i3utm5
molovelly5pfunk5lemony-cricket5randomwanderings5daddyk3145
pharesim5walden5lemony-cricket5snrm5suesa5
mariacaffrey5walden5gptins5lemony-cricket5gatataka5
areurdayle5snrm5mohit5reedracer5gatataka5
areurdayle5snrm5mohit5snrm5brianphobos5
lemony-cricket5limabeing5kryptik5fungusmonk5thehoneys5
mariacaffrey5thehoneys5jamesgetsit5spbesner5randomwanderings5
geekpowered5geekpowered5fungusmonk5greer184

These are the winners of the random "Type this Number" game, winning 1 Steem:

NameAmountNameAmount
bmacfoz1sanju18461
vishire1nikkismom1
bosun1thehoneys1
matytan1matytan1
abiramimahadevan1soulturtle1
emmaculate1cygon1
krazykrista1rumdancer1
andruuu1limabeing1
crystalpacheco301eaglespirit1
julienbh1bushkill1
thekittygirl1yandot1
orrslaw1lost1081

How Much Longer can this Run?

As it sits, I estimate I can keep the current frequency of 3-4 events per week, for about another 1.5 - 2 weeks. I will continue this even after the donations have been used, however I will have to reduce the frequency and total prizes paid out to a level that my personal budget can afford (I'm no whale.)

Any donations are terribly appreciated and will allow the random fun to continue at it's current level of about 100 Steem given out per week.


I was blown away by the generosity of @riverhead and @pharesim ...which just solidified why they've had my witness vote for so long.

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i never get a chance to win but trivia is always a fun ...you are very generous person...steemit need more person like you...

Amazing Fun-Ambassador Trivia Challenge, You are doing great job. How I can I participate?? @sykochica

Thank you!
All you'll have to do is drop into either steemit.chat #general channel or the trivia discord by clicking HERE. However, I do these at somewhat random times, though usually between 6-11pm CST.

But there is also @topkpops show on Friday nights 8-10pm EST where she'll give out prizes (I donate Steem towards this) or keep an eye out for @steemsausage who also runs some of the events for those in time zones opposite mine.

Thank you so much :) @sykochica

One of these days I hope I get to catch you in the chat.
You shouldn't be in the different time zone, it is just not fair! lol
Thanks for sharing and turning someones days into wonderful days :-)

Hey, don't kill me, I was trying to catch you on a chat, this is for new member (one week here )and a friend, he is working two jobs and still finding time to posts some excellent posts with his own pictures. Would you please mind and check his last post "Playing with Fire" @postar13

I really hope you don't take this as a spam, I'm just trying to help someone who deserves help ;-)
Anyone else wants to be a good sport, that would be nice also

Hehe..I understand.
That's exactly why I've been providing steem to @steemsausage to run them for those that can't make my events.

Yeah, I was just joking of course, but thanks for the info will check out :-)

Btw, I edited my post, you probably didn't see my addition, not a spam, just asking for helping new member (and my friend) that deserves a look if you want to give him one time look, I would appreciate. And you may see something you haven't see before. I haven't, it was 'wau' for me.

With such a help from a friend, I believe that I will be able to work with people who do something wonderful on their own. Thank you

Wow amazing.. posting. 👍

riverhead and pharesim are so awesome to donate you that steem so you could do these random fun events! We all need to have some fun from time to time, right? Haha, keep it going:)

@sykochica thank you! :D see you soon! You will bring this community to greatness and glory! :)

@sykochica You're a blessing to this platform! Thank you!

Awww, thank you! :D
It's been a good win/win seeing everyone have so much fun AND I enjoy doing these. Make use of some of the random useless trivia in my head. lol

You one of a kind

Hey, if I get the time I will come and hang out in the chat, not for the money, but just 'cos it's been on my steemit list for a while now.... it's just work, and life, the dishes, and the local residents' association war against the evil property management company, these things all take time, you know!

thanks for organizing all these contest, you are really adding value to steemit and also lets us have some fun while trying to win some money

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