Another midnight oil post here, Steemians! I still haven’t fallen back in to my typical Minnesotan routine since returning from my shoots and trip to the east coast. I’m a creature of habit, so that’s always stressful. I managed to get “some” work done tonight. @vermillionfox and I ordered a massive [expensive] bundle of “Hour Of Devastation”, the new Magic: The Gathering expansion set. They arrived this afternoon we met with @tarotbyfergus to work out the mechanics. @tarotbyfergus lost, several times…but more on that tomorrow. I’ll be doing a deep dive on “Hour Of Devastation”. I really wanted to make tonight’s post as it’s timely, and should be shared while it’s all still relevant.
When I booked my trip to the east coast, I specifically made sure our flight home was on July 14th. I wanted to make sure we’d be here for @timcliff’s Minneapolis/St. Paul Meetup. @mada held a surprisingly well received Meetup in uptown last November. @anthonyjerrigo famously made a 9 hour bus ride […and brought along his very understanding girlfriend, whom he should absolutely marry] to attend the gathering for all of one hour, before having to get back on a bus for another 9 hour ride back to Chicago! That kind of Steemit spirit is shared by @timcliff, who you’d be hard pressed to find anyone more dedicated to fostering growth and positive energy within our community.
Our @caffetto […yes, I bought the username for our uptown Steemit chapter, thanks to @timcliffs Busy.org SteemConnect tool] incubator met in uptown, and several cars later, made our way to Edina to meet at Davanni’s. About 20 faces, some familiar, some new surrounded the tables. We went around with introductions and heard stories about how we all came to the platform. Lots of laughs, pizza, projections and testimonials of the personal impacts this blockchain has had on our lives. Not just the rewards, but the community aspect, the renewal of creativity and, for many of us […including myself], a foot in the door of decentralized crypto-technologies we otherwise wouldn’t have found.
We made friends with @raizel, @artist1989 @dogguy @roundoar03 @intothewild. Uptown was represented by myself, @vermillionfox @greatdabu @lovejoy @kooks88 @tarotbyfergus @britleigh. Also, so great to see @elderfinancial again! Some one mentioned Facebook and said “…have you ever seen Facebook users get together to do something like this?!”. It really shed light on how unique of a phenomenon Steemit has become. Many of us there expressed our gratefulness for finding out about Steemit while it’s still in it’s infancy. I do hope the spirit of this revolution remains throughout it’s future growth.
The party really picked up when our group left and reconvened at Dave and Buster’s. I don’t like bars, as a rule, but I decided to make an appearance. What I found when I entered was a massive arcade for grown ups. @timcliff graciously set us all up with token cards and then sent our Steemit hoard in to the wild! @vermillionfox will be posting some outstanding videos and GIF’s she shot with her Osmo gimbal, so look out for that. I seriously haven’t had that much fun in ages. It was so welcomed after the disastrous trip to the east coast. Thank you @timcliff for hosting such an incredible Meetup! You do our little corner of the internet justice in your efforts and we appreciate you!
I need to wrap this up to watch Game of Thrones before sometime spoils it for me. Also, this “Hour Of Devastation” post is going to take a fair amount of writing and brainpower. For more photography, art, illustration and insight to a very nerd-centric life, follow me @kommienezuspadt!
I didn't have that much fun since like forever. I'm grateful that I was a part of that, and meeting new people. Cheers. :)
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean @raizel! My life is @guthrie and work, and I love both, but it doesn't leave a whole lot of room for fun. @vermillionfox and I had a blast! It was great meeting you and the group!
Always fun reading up on these Steemit meet-up blogposts. Glad to see the community gather up because relationships spawn and take shape and new ideas come out of these things!
Yeah. I've been seeing the ones in Ireland and Boston @blockchainevo. It's always so inspiring. This was a great get together. Minneapolis has a great blossoming Steemit community.
Lars, It was great to see you and all the other Caffeto Steemian's again, and meet some more amazing people, pushing the boundries of what we consider social media. Looking forward to the video coming out. Wish I could have made it out to Dave and Busters with everyone. For @lovejoy ragger, I am definitely making sure that I dont have to work. I keep missing out. Also, shout out to @timcliff for hosting an awesome event. I am working on printing out some of your posters for your 10,000 poster Steemit campaign and will be posting them around Gustavus in St. Peter, as well as MSU in Mankato.
Yeah, @elderfinancial! Try to keep that day available. July 28th I believe @lovejoy said. I'm drawing up a flyer design now. Dave and Buster's was WAY more fun that I was excepting. Always great to see you!
It was so Great meeting new area Steemians in person. Good vibes all around :)
Agreed @greatdabu! We have such a great community. Love having everyone get out and socialize.
Agreed! These shirts are sick @artist1989
This is a great post ! Love the community spirit and how steemians get together at meet ups , im positive that this type of engagement will never die on steemit ! We are unlike and will always be unlike anything else , like one big happy family , and I love it !! I received my community engagement badge this week for being first to finish an awesome challenge put on by @merej99 ! Because community and engagement is what steemit is all about ! You can see it here at the end of my post with the information about the challenge , if you get a chance ! If not no worries my friend ! Keep up the great work !! 👏👏👏👍
https://steemit.com/steemit/@karenmckersie/4-firsts-for-me-this-week-on-steemit-after-steeming-for-one-year-inspirational-post
Thanks @karenmckersie! Yeah, we have such a great community and the Twin Cities are really coming together and being active. Makes me proud of my city.
Your very welcome ! That's really awesome !!! 👍👍👍💙💕
This post spells COMMUNITY and i love it:)
Absolutely @goldmatters! @timcliff bleeds Steemit. Love seeing so many passionate people.
Agreed, advocacy is a very powerful tool
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I'm blogging @good-joinned.
Contentment, realization, introspection...all here for the taking in this picture-post ! Good ol' Steemit community F.U.N. ~ love it ! My kind of party and my kind of people ! R.O.C.K. ON . . .
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Thanks @lanceman! It was a great time. We have another one coming up July 28th.
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Thanks @vonnaputra!
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That was really fun, I'm glad I got to come.
I'm so glad you made it @brileigh!
Dang I have been so busy the past month I didn't know the meet up was happening. Sad to have missed it & hope I make it to the next. Looked like a lot of fun
There's another one coming up July 28th, @kiddarko! Follow @lovejoy. He's making the announcement soon. I'm finishing the flyer artwork now.
Great! Thanks
I was a little hesitant about going to the Steemit meet up, but so glad I did! The turn out was great and it was nice to meet other local steemians! I look forward to the next one. Thanks @timcliff for setting this up.
Good post. Nice read. Way to bring Steemians together. We are truly lucky to be in Steem so early in its growth. I , too, love Game of Thrones. Great scriptwriters, indeed. Good work and content. Will continue to follow. Good job.
This looks like a marvelous time! I wonder if there will be a meet up in So Cal soon? May I ask where the Steemit shirts can be purchased? Thanks!