2019 Steemfest ticket contest
Tell me about yourself, what you have done for Steem, and why you would like a free ticket. The two best answers will win. Comment votes don't determine the winner but may influence the judging. Once again, @acidyo will help with the judging and I will make the final decisions. My decisions are final and arbitrary.
Go.
100% of rewards on from this post (including SP, which I will cover with my own liquid STEEM) will be sent to @null.
I am a travelling fly fisherman who once sold the rights to his left shoe for a chance to marry the daughter of a wealthy family from Oregon. We divorced two weeks later and I had to walk away half barefoot with only the remaining clothes on my back; no pants. That was the day I met Leroy. Leroy taught me about the importance of using bullshit to get the things you need most out of life. Since then, that's all I've done.
As for what I've done for STEEM: Three days ago I found myself on a roof both drunk and tripping on acid. I told all of the zoo animals boarding a spaceship to explain why STEEM is incredible to their king, once they arrive back at home. Three agreed and two asked for my autograph. We can expect an entire planet from parts unknown to now be interested in our most wonderful currency of the crypto. You're welcome.
I'd like a free ticket because a free ticket is better than a ticket one must pay for.
Disclaimer: This comment is not serious and I do not expect to win a damn thing.
You win in my book 🙂 Do you have any room left in that spaceship? Maybe come get me so I can go to steemfest? Dont be a dick, just say yes. mmkay, thankssss...
oh and very nice initiative Smooth! ❤️
dances
Dang, you're good
#creativecoin
This guy is funny. Give him a fucking ticket. Or a cookie.
I can't accept a ticket this year. I just wanted to joke around.
Haha. Have fun on Steemfest. If i voted and had a say you would go 100%.
I'm not able to fly around the world this year. Just wanted to entertain you folks with some BS.
i dont need the ticket, but a ... smooth idea!
They call me Witty. For good reason. I'm fairly quick on my feet and can take up a full hour's ranting on a talk show. @shadowspub can attest to that. I'm a struggling father of 9 (yes 9, Brady Bunch over here) and do what I can. I see STEEM as a multi-generational castle for which I'm laying the foundation now for my future descendants. In all reality, I would need more than just a free ticket. With the price of STEEM, I have had to pick up an extra part time job just to pay for my witness and not have it cut in to our budget. That may disqualify me, but maybe more people would want me at SF4.
What I've done for STEEM? I am heavy on retention. I form personal relationships with people beyond just a voting circle. I created a family on here called @thealliance. I've helped to organize half a dozen small meetups myself across the United States, most recently - The Block Party.
I was one of the winners that got a full ride last year to SF3. As @roelandp's voice became hoarse, I stepped up and took over emceeing at the Bowling Alley and locked it down on stage for the Night of Steem. He said he'd have me back, but haven't heard from him yet. Kind of sad about that. But I got to meet some interesting people like @anomadsoul, @gtg, @justineh and hundreds of others I could add to take up a huge list.
I mainly just came over here to support @snook. I think she should win and everyone in the world should know her. She's amazing beyond what words can describe.
well darn it! You just made me cry!
Can we both win tickets and you can make sure I don't die? :D
You are my little brother so you would have to protect me!! It's what little brother do! HUGS
Well, there are two! Not meaning to make you tear up, just being honest! LOL you have to tell em if you win, you can't go without me for that very reason! He's obviously reading this though so, now he knows BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!
it would be perfect. we come from close to the same area, already know we travel well together....I would feel safer..and you could fix my phone and tablet again LOLLL Win! Win! plus I could do a live 'pants show' or an 'improv story' I have been known to be funny :D
I suppose you can say that I found my purpose with Steem when I came to the realization of what a flag is.
At this point, Steem was becoming overwhelmed with scamming sons of guns and I decided I would not stand idly by.
I noticed a thread that @timcliff started about making " downvoting great again" and suggested the notion of incentivized flags which he was in support of.
As a result @steemflagrewards was born and has been growing ever since. I never fancied myself as a developer but I was certainly an automation advocate in my field so I figured out how to make it work.
SFR became an open source project with global collaboration from users like @flugschwein and @crokkon and we developed together the innovation that we use today to tackle the problem of abuse on the Steem blockchain.
I would be lying to you if I told you that I know now what I know back then as surely I did not. SFR became the catalyst for my learning how to interface with the Steem blockchain programmatically.
My interest was serving the peculiar group of people I ran with. People that favored manual curation. People that despised manipulative self-voting, circlejerking and collusive voting arrangements made under the table (bid bots).
I defied these things but, in doing so, I became somewhat of an outsider. Still yet, I was not alone and here I am today. I represent a different train of thought here.
One that rejects the status quo (perhaps former) of voting as a commodity and accepts voting as an agent of appraising network value.
I have observed you for a while @smooth and I don't know if we are of one accord but I can say you have done a lot of things I respect.
I am a very sociable person but I am not sure I really care to meet half the people at Steemfest... But I reckon I would probably enjoy meeting you for what it's worth.
Thanks for running this contest and giving others an opportunity to be a part of Steem Fest.
Update: Feel like a jerk. Totally forgot to mention collaboration with @reazuliqbal without whom we would not have the SFR voting bot or flag trail..Thanks a lot, good buddy!
Hiya @smooth, my steem.chat user is the same. I shoot you DM. Thanks for this opportunity!
Curated @trafalgar and his EIP and kept spamming about it until it got through. Would like a free ticket for all the headache I got out of it.
Jokes aside, he poured his blood, sweat and tears into this blockchain, fought a lot harder for the EIP than me because I'm a lazy cunt and got his name dragged through the mud all the same even though he didn't self vote half as much.
All his fucking friends completely alienated him, nowadays he's too depressed to even post and all he has to show for it is me giving him shit and poking fun of him in chat now and then.
I know it's meant to be for smaller steemians, but if seriously no one else wants the other ticket, you should consider him. He actually would go. Or at least give this man some love lol. He doesn't deserve all the bullshit like I probably do. The man's a much kinder soul and didn't cope with the drama as well.
#truth
Not all! Or wait, maybe I wasn't considered a friend :'( nvm then move on
#teammalaysia always will love Kevin. He is family to us although we don't get to hang out often. 🙂
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Send this man to SteemFest. No one currently active on Steem has the best interests of the platform in mind with no ulterior motive as much as Kevin, and few have done as much for the social and curation aspects of the platform. It'll be a shame to not have him at SteemFest.
Also, thank you @smooth for the initiative.
I'm Aaron from #teammalaysia, been in the steem community well over 2 years now, primarily doing some simple design works for @qurator, setting up new local meetups scenes (>20 of them) here in Malaysia, helping out events organize (bringing new people to Steemit) by any TeamMalaysia Steemians as much as possible, welcoming any international Steemians who were in Malaysia or planned to visit in Malaysia (@nomadicsoul, @macchiata, @waybeyondpadthai, @scrooger, @teamsteem, @joythewanderer, @travelwithus, @goodwithtravels, @fitinfun @livinguktaiwan, @jrvacation, @yasminep, @fararizky, @akbarrafs, @firepower, @shenoy, @varunpinto, @sjennon and the list really goes on 😱) . Giving them a recommendation on places to visit, local food tours to try upon.
I would like a free ticket because I really wanted to know more a lot more new peoples that I haven't yet meet, meet back some friendly faces previously on SF3 and contribute back to the community with ideas or collaboration 😊.
Financially is slight tight this year hence might not make it to SF4 unless there's a chance to win a free ticket which would be more than enough! Thanks for reading 🙏🏻😊 Have a nice weekend ahead!
I really hope you get this and make it to Steemfest.. It was really nice meeting you and your family in Malaysia as well as in Europe last time around..
Hey @varunpinto, hope to see you too in SF... let’s see how @acidyo decide upon that haha..
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Hi @smooth
I am a simple man who has been in steemit for 2 years. I have done many things for steemit especially giving him a lot of publicity in the university where I am a professor. Many of these students thank me today for what steemit is for them, it has changed their lives, I spend it helping others but I don't make it public,
I think that what we do with the right hand, the left hand should not be found. So I don't publish my social works.
Of course I would like to go to that great event but there is a lot of economic need that a trip of that magnitude represents for my family.
I congratulate you for this great opportunity that you are contributing.
I send you a strong and very fraternal hug from Venezuela a country that fights for its freedom.
If you get there, I'd be delighted to meet you! :)
Hi Dear @gamer00
My great friend, Jaro, I think it would be a great honor to be able to meet him .. and shake his hand ..
I wish i could go,.
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Are you going to be there?
Yes, and I'm taking Leo there with me. We'll be spending ten days in Bangkok.
Wow @gamer00, I find it very fascinating, I'm glad for Leo, he must be very excited ..
I have a great desire to go, however I think that is very difficult. especially as I commented on the economic side, which I do not have ..
It will be in a next Steemfest, that we cannot know, it is difficult for me to win, HAhaha
I will be very aware of your posts after that event.
I know he will take his camera and publish many photos ..
Another question, our friend @markkujantunen will attend that event.
No.
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I'd like to nominate @ats-david. He recently survived a hurricane while dealing with mira or survived mira while dealing with a hurricane. He is a great guy and lent me 80 SBD for burning purposes. He also has this unwavering dedication to Steem which borders on derangement despite every possible discouraging obstacle in his way. Should @ats-david decline, my second choice would be @schattenjaeger. He's excellent at Mega Man and has better hair than Ned ever had.
I HEARTILY agree on ALL points!!
Never knew ats david was not an anonymous account
I also think he cares about Steem a lot and was among the first to strongly oppose the flaws of the old economic system
I'd second ATS. I've always liked his brutal honesty, and he has always done much for the platform, even if people are too late to listen.
d00m!