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RE: The Curation and Engagement Leagues - More than 25 STEEM in prizes this week!

in #engagement6 years ago

Well...

Hey, Asher. How's it going?

I don't know where I expected to end up this week, but it wasn't number one. So, that's all good.

That said, once again, another close finish between the two top spots. Still a good thing to have parity in this league as much as it is possible.

It's good to even have the curation and engagement leagues, so thank you, as always @abh12345 for making all of this happen.

Which means a thank you also goes out to both @paulag and @carlgnash for your ongoing and unwavering sponsorships of these leagues.

What can I say, @lynncoyle1? If the crown fits, wear it! Congratulations on the win. Your weekly efforts all over Steemit are awe inspiring to all, and therefore your successes well deserved and earned.

To the rest of the Top 10—@gillianpearce (we've got our backs, right? :) , @eaglespirit (yaaaaaay!), @malloryblythe (I don't think we've met but well done for your league placement and congratulations on the curie (and then giving it away!), @maverickinvictus (hanging tough, staying true :), @leeart (nice! we'll just keep appreciating all comments and replies, right? :), @fullcoverbetting (wait—you?! weren't you busy or something? Nice job. :), @melvadg (it's good to have you as a friend, congratulations! :), and @mountainjewel (welcometosteemit winner and back in the Top 10).

To everyone else, well done and keep it up. Our efforts are not going unnoticed.

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Thanks Glen, congratulations to you as well!

My pleasure Glen

You just missed out again, a fine battle between you and @lynncoyle1 this time. Mr consistency :)

Our efforts are not going unnoticed.

Well I'd like to think so. The prize pool this week was a bonus (I used half the months sponsorship oops!), but the post hasn't attracted any extra 'whale' support thus far. Still, a host of new entrants and we shall see what happens next time.

Cheers!

Okay, so it sounds like we need to go do some fundraising maybe? Bake sales? Car washes? Candy bars? I don't know. I think we keep making waves. More people joining means more people being retained longer, as well as more engagement and curation, so if there's any desire to keep this platform afloat, that trifecta has to get noticed. I mean, you draw attention on your other posts, so it's not like people don't know you're around, or what you're doing. So, is it a pot sweetening deal? And how do we go about that if "for the sake of the community and platform" isn't enough, without violating the intent and purpose of the leagues. I'm not a "you need to abandon the purpose of the leagues to save the leagues" kind of guy.

As it is, if we need to back off the rewards, I'm game. I enjoy receiving the incentive, but let's face it, I'm not in it just for the STEEM every week. There's much more to doing this than that. It's a mindset, a worldview, and I've bought into it. So, what do we need to do to blow the doors off this place?

Well although I'd like to keep boosting the rewards, I think what's distributed is reasonable. The price of STEEM/SBD will always have a say, and the odd decent up-vote also.

I'm just not sure that engagement is seen as a key element right now. As you say, I think enough larger accounts have seen the weekly post at least once, but I'm just not sure they see the value. Steemit inc are focused, and this is no bad thing, on the blockchain, smt, communities, and perhaps when the 3rd is released there will be something built in to monitor engagement within.

Anyway, the League will keep going - we just past 400 entrants. Feels good to be in the top 10 week on week? :D

Well, I've been in the Top Three now except for the first week since I started, so I guess my expectation is to be in one of those three spots each week, with the focus being on No. 1. It does feel good, but I also know I have more time than most, so there's a disadvantage just in the number of hours I can spend. At some point that probably comes to an end, but for now, I'm trying to dedicate as much time as can.

Okay, well, if we need to go fly sign on a street corner somewhere to keep the leagues going, let me know. I'll keep trying to spread the word (while trying not to overdo it, too, since that's never helpful), and I guess we'll keep on keepin' on, won't we?

Yep. We've got our backs @glenalbrethsen and very grateful for it I am too! 😍

Congratulations on your well deserved second place!

Well, thank you again. I'm feeling fortunate to finish second after last week, so I'll take it, deserved, earned or not. The cool thing about keeping track of what I'm doing is that I can try to make adjustments, spend more time on something and less on another. But the downside is, when nothing works and time runs out, the feeling bummed about it starts earlier. :) Except, then it's not a surprise when the league results come out because I pretty much know where I stand. So, I guess it's still a good thing for me.

I don't know how you find the time to keep track @glenalbrethsen. 😊

Comparing my performance to historical data would be a real downer for me. Either I'd be feeling down that I wasn't doing as well or I'd be pushing myself to keep up or something else.

After the day I've had today I'm really glad that I've no idea what a "normal" day looks like for me. 😊

I've been finding out that it's not for everyone, and that's okay. I was getting down because I didn't know what I was doing and I needed to find out. Many are like you where it's better not to know because it's not fun trying to track numbers or keep up with yourself (let alone others) all the time. So you do what you do and enjoy it all as much as you can.

Yeah, no need to rub salt into the wound, so to speak. Better to just let it fade away. :)

Not sure I can just let it fade away @glenalbrethsen. It will take quite a bit of work to get straight again 😢

I do need to reply to all entries for the world cup that they have been registered and approved. This helps of course!
While I do enjoying to organize it, I will be glad when the registration is closed and I can focus back on trying to hunt you all :)

Hunt, eh? Hmmmm. As in find, where we've gone and follow, or as in, hunt us down so you can, figuratively speaking, take us down one by one? :)

Well, whenever you get freed up from the registration, you're free to come looking for me. I have no idea where I'll be at the time, so if you do come across me, it will be an accomplishment in and of itself!

It was indeed figuratively speaking :) You are all to nice :)
But yes, there will be a week, probably when I am sick that I will have a chance to get into the top 5. Which would be quite an achievement.

I am a competition beast, so I do dare to aim for the top and ... understand a few minutes later, that the aim was just too high for me.
It is like high jumping: if you put the bar too low, you can just step over it, but when you do put it too high, you will never have a chance to jump over it!

Depending when I do start the hunt, you could be in bed :) Or not!
It is strange the Steemit Ocean is so big, but still I keep on crossing the top of the engagement league!
@abh12345 what have you done with us !!!!!

I've been a competition beast as well as a perfectionist. Finally had to give up both because it was too much stress. I got some satisfaction out of winning, but at the expense of worrying about losing. And while I was okay at the things I competed in, I was never going to always be the best. So, then I transferred it to teams I would follow, which would inevitably lose, and there I didn't gain anything or have any control over.

So, now, the only competition I regularly have is against myself, and that's primarily with the leagues. If I can improve somehow each week, than I consider it a victory. And if I have a down week like last week, I come back at it and try to push through harder.

Just like you I was never the best in anything but have always be the team player and mostly the captian of the team.
I always have been genuine and knowing and accepted my qualities. And for sure my weak spots!
I rather prefer to play and loose the final than not getting there. I don’t have any problems with loosing if I see that the competition is just better then me! (Was doubting between then and than, hope I took the right one)
Maybe golf is something for you. There you always the first one to beat is yourself!

But for me golden opportunities come by with the world cup approaching fast. I could be all over the blockchain commenting on all the world cup related posts 😂

Sounds like as a good a chance as any to get all over the blockchain, I guess.

I've tried golf. I'm not good at it. Would probably need to take lessons. I prefer bowling. That I'm decent at. Just need to go more. It's been quite a while since the last time, but that's what typically happens. A flurry of bowling activity followed by nothing.

Since you're wondering if you got the right one, then or than, any kind of comparison, like between the competition and you, the word is 'than.' :)