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
Hahah.. Hilarious.😁 😁
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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
I talked to Kevin before and he certainly put on pushing through EIP. He probably cares Steem more than anyone I know from the platform. I’m so touched by how he wants Steem to be a better place.
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’ve met Aaron a couple of times and he is so nice and kind. He organises a lot of meetups, all the Steemians that went to KL meetups can agree with me that it was fun.
Looks like I missed this comment 😅, more places to explore 🙌🏻 on next round.
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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,.
Edit
Are you going to be there?
Yes, and I'm taking Leo there with me. We'll be spending ten days in Bangkok.
Leo, he must be very excited ..Wow @gamer00, I find it very fascinating, I'm glad for
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’d love to meet ATS as well, I voted for him I hope he won’t eat my grandchildren.
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!
I grab the chance to meet couple of chance to meet steemians when they were in Singapore but missed a couple of others:I'm planning to go BKK but whether I make it to #steemfest is a question mark? The tickets are cheap even for someone not consider a minnow. Been out of a job that pays fiat currency for more than a year until last month certainly makes it not easy as I cannot be leaving my lady at home though I could say steemit was probably one of the thing that was keeping me sane during that period. I'm just a guy go by my logic of... I See👀. I Shoot📷. I Steemit♨️.
- Show 3D contest - which happens every week and closes on Wed night. You just need to guess 3 digits to win the liquid payout from the post. Even I participate. :-)
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#BeautifulSunday challenge - where people get to share about something on #BeautifulSunday. It's a lot of work to got through all the post and consolidate the list of posts with statistics. LOL. I choose 3 posts with low payout and power up the owner accounts a bit.
Seriously, of course getting a tickets means to meet a lot more interesting users of the platform and not just to as them.Ace is one of the most active and supportive curators on Steem community. When I first joined Steem, I remember he's the only one that comments on my posts. He's made 49472 posts in the past years and he's not a bot ^^
Are you telling me to change the profile pic? 😎
My name is Wes, and I am just a guy with a camera taking pictures. I am part of the #creativecoin and the #photostreem teams here on the blockchain. I already have my Steemfest tickets and will be attending this year with my wife @faitherz33, but I just wanted to give my support to @snook. She has been an inspiration to me over my time here on Steemit and was the one person that got me writing and opening up here on the platform. She has done a lot for so many people here and has always given support to people and encouraged them to stick with it. She really deserves to experience the awesomeness of Steemfest.
That is all I needed to hear/read. I am so happy you found the real you after you got here!!! Thank you for your very kind words. They really mean the world to me!! and you know I am always here if you ever need me!! Never forget that!! HUGE HUGS
Hi @Smooth!
I'm a photographer. I once posted 365 fresh consecutive photos daily under the tags #onephotoeveryday and #threesixtyfive on Steem. Not sure if that counts as a service to Steem, but I would like to think that the people reading my posts liked what I did.
I also got my two boys into Steem Monsters. 🤣 They've also streamed a few times on Vimm.tv and its predecessor.
Anyhow, me and my elder son Leo (@daabi2006) are coming to the SteemFest, and while I've already stumbled into roadblocks trying to buy tickets and flights and hotel rooms by using crypto only, I think I will succeed eventually. (Bitpay, the payment processor for SteemFEST, doesn't work with Trezor, so a workaround is in order... but I am not sure why the Bitcoin flight booking sites have an age limit for children to be below 12, when the airline in question sells children's tickets for those under 15. 🤔)
I also haven't made up my mind if I should book the hotel for a whole 10 days, or book a cheaper one for the rest of our holiday.
Anyhow... come hell or high water, we'll be coming. ✈️
We (@kobold-djawa and I) already have bought our tickets, but I really appreciate your initiative, @smooth! I hope some smaller users may win. :)
Thank you for choosing me last year, best of luck to those putting their name forward.
@smooth,
Actions speak louder than words.
https://steemit.com/powerhousecreatives/@quillfire/the-dictator-s-dash-a-fundraiser-for-a-friend
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I'm looking forward to @jerrybanfield's next video
@trafalgar,
... Touché. :-)
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I haven’t done more than anyone in this community but I was there during 2 years and interacted with a lot of cool Steemians and communities.
I don’t want to participate but to thank you 🙏 for this opportunity you will give one Steemians.
Best, @vlemon
Bringing in new members since 2018. But its really really difficult to convince them to stay. Here in Africa, many join steemit for the money, and when they get downvoted instead, they flee. Even my colleagues who are good writers and Msc students powered down and left😟 cus STEEM price keeps dropping.
I don't wanna win the ticket, I'm having exams then, even if i win, I won't go to the event. Nice initiative✌💙 @smooth. Looking forward to see who wins
Pero es realmente muy difícil convencerlos de que se queden. Aquí en África, muchos se unen a Steemit por el dinero, y cuando se les rechaza, huyen. Incluso mis colegas que son buenos escritores y estudiantes de maestría se desconectaron y dejaron que el precio STEEM siga bajando.
No quiero ganar el boleto, entonces tengo exámenes, incluso si gano, no iré al evento. Buena iniciativa ✌💙 [@smooth] (https://steemit.com/@smooth). Estoy ansioso por ver quién gana
自2018年以来引入新成员。但真的很难说服他们留下来。 在非洲，许多人加入了steemit以获取资金，当他们获得投票时，他们会逃离。 即使我的同事们都是优秀的作家和Msc学生也已经停电并且离开了STEEM的价格不断下降。
我不想赢这张票，那时我正在考试，即使我赢了，我也不会去参加比赛。 好主意✌💙[@smooth]（https://steemit.com/@smooth）。 期待看谁赢
Seit 2018 neue Mitglieder gewinnen. Aber es ist wirklich sehr schwierig, sie davon zu überzeugen, zu bleiben. Hier in Afrika machen viele mit, um Geld zu verdienen, und wenn sie stattdessen abgewertet werden, fliehen sie. Sogar meine Kollegen, die gute Schriftsteller und Msc-Studenten sind, sind abgeschaltet und haben den STEEM-Preis immer weiter gesunken.
Ich will das Ticket nicht gewinnen, dann mache ich Prüfungen, auch wenn ich gewinne, gehe ich nicht zum Event. Nice initiative✌💙 [@smooth] (https://steemit.com/@smooth). Ich freue mich darauf zu sehen, wer gewinnt
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~Smartsteem Curation Team
I hope to go to SteemFest one day, but with 3 young kids it is hard to make happen right now :(
Good luck to you guys though, and I look forward to seeing what everyone says!
I won't be able to go to the event, but would be great if you can consider sir Terry @surpassinggoogle for this contest. I really hope he could go to Steemfest.
He has contributed a lot to Steemit and has helped a lot of communities especially us Filipinos.. :)
He's trying to join roadtosteemfest contest, but I hope he can have more chances.. hihi~
Have a great day!
https://steemit.com/roadtosteemfest/@surpassinggoogle/roadtosteemfest-why-do-i-want-to-go-to-steemfest-help-me-fund-my-trip
I think he is already going.. He is one of the speakers eh
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In his post, https://steemit.com/roadtosteemfest/@surpassinggoogle/roadtosteemfest-why-do-i-want-to-go-to-steemfest-help-me-fund-my-trip, he mentioned:
He's not sure about going to SteemFest yet because of financial reasons despite being a speaker, so I'm really hoping he could go. ^^
He got invited to speak, @bitrocker2020, not funded for the trip. He gets 1000 votes and $2-5 on each post now.
Thanks for doing this and sponsoring SF again, @smooth! Hope you find two deserving ones!
My dream is to go live in the Philippines
i am a youtuber on malaysia numismatic . hoping to share here all about malaysia numismatic history.
Best communication service / tool #NewSTEEM!
Hoping for my 6 raffle tickets from @actifit @blocktrades #contest to participate honestly, although I'm not sure wanna win a ticket to #SteemFest, because I'm not clear if I'm ready to hitchhike outside of Europe ~ never been out there...2017 joined #STEEM because of the #gridcoin #community ~ #altcoins became interesting.
I'm just going to fly to BKK and drink Chang outside of the official steem events and throw flags at people that I feel like throwing flags at.. I'll also be passing out stickers that say "I followed you" it won't be creepy at all because I'll be wearing a mask and I'm going to hire some helpers so that nobody will know who the real skramatters is..
😅😂 That'll be something
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I am a dialysis patient trying to uplift my life and others around me by using steem as my tool for such a purpose. I participate in STEEM power-up day because I believe that everyone should power-up steem more to support its price. @smooth
@smooth, please don't treat this one as an entry. Just want to ask you a question in regards to sending rewards to @null. Sorry if I only found this as being the right place to do it.Wouldn't:> 100% of rewards on from this post (including SP, which I will cover with my own liquid STEEM) will be sent to @null.be the same as...to set the post beneficiaries to 100% on @null?For consideration, the reason I am asking is not that I don't believe you will do it or not, its because I really like the feature, and I am trying to understand if this is what it means in terms of what is being done in the code.ThanksIgnore, I found the answer. Forgot SP can't be transferred.
Thanks for the post.
@smooth, Hi!
Wow, just learned about this AMAZING giveaway and while it was 8 days ago, I hope it's not too late to toss my hat into the ring. :D
Who am I?
I am a simple guy who enjoys long walks on the beach and circus! I started and ran a Circus company in Atlanta GA for the last 12 years. For the last 2, a Circus School where I was the director. I sorta sold it a month back... I say sorta, as the person who bought it does not have any money and could not pay me, so I took what was left of my "life" savings and put it into steem. Powered it all up!
My current plan is to travel the world for a year or more working at locations in exchange for food and shelterl prehaps some money here and there until I hope, one day, funds from the sale come in or steem moons to $10 a coin. As I travel, I will be taking photos, blogging, and I hope to get more people onto the steem blockchain, people in places that may not know about Steem and who could benefit from it. (* It surprises me more people don't use steem as a way to build wealth).
I am leaving from JFK to Vietnam on the 17th of this month, so in about 3 days. The bank account is hovering at about $175 so it will be a groovy adventure of seeing just how far I can go.
Why do I want a ticket?
Opportunity. I believe in Steem and have invested sorta all I got into it! I welcome the chance to meet the developers, hear about the future of Steem, meet others who help make this place epic and add my voice to the community. Also as of today, unless I power down, I just don't have the funds for this ticket, I will be in Vietnam and that is a short(ish) treck to Bangkok, so if the opportunity comes up, I will go! There are also a bunch of hostels I can exchange work for stay at as well, so just need to find a way to cover the ticket.
Speaking of covering the ticket cost...
Happy to Barter
Not just asking for a handout, but lets exchange!
If you are interested in barter, I can be your personal photographer for a day at the fest, or at an event or your booth (if you have one), perhaps follow you around and capture your day. Or, teach you how to 3 ball juggle and do a handstand, or give you and your friends a class on simple self-defense techniques (I use to teach martial arts in Atlanta as well) want to learn how to break someone's arm? I can help!
Summary
I do know that there are people on steem that have a lot less then I do. People and communities struggling to make it by and in a lot of ways, I have it good. If you give this ticket to someone else, sweet! I am happy to hear that :D If you feel I may be a good person to connect with and you pick me, epic! Let's get a Bintang in Bangkok and dream big about actions we can take to promote, grow, and flourish under #NewSteem
Proof of burn
2 days ago 0.000 SBD, 209.377 STEEM and 209.401 STEEM POWER for smooth/2019-steemfest-ticket-contest
https://steemd.com/tx/e1c73e0fd896e6348d53a0e44d94a8189a1aa367
I am still HERE! 🌱
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Discovered and tirelessly supported two outstanding content creators @traf and @raindrop over the past year and a half
Going to Steemfest would be a dream come true for me as I would be able to meet all the other Steemians attending, and both of them seem really nice! Alas, I won't be able to go because I have a cat, no friends without allergies and my neighbors hate me.
woah how did you find them? better yet, how did all other curators not after a year!!
Wanna join @ocd as a curator? You've got what it takes!
I don't think @ocd meets my impeccable curation standards unfortunately
Ha ha....
lol
Congratulations @smooth! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
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LOL, I will give him one too.
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.
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Like, OMG! We have so much in common!