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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago (edited)

I climbed up 1 step higher this week, ffiiuuuhh...!
Thanks to @janton, who really helped me out with the comments length battle.. Congratulations Sir!! Show me the way to celebrate you 6th on Top!

thank you @abh12345, can you please step down a bit and give that 7th for me.. LOL. Congratulations to @glenalbrethsen, @themanwithnoname, my lovely @lynncoyle1 and @headchange (did the grumpy face scared you?)... Guys, it's so hard to reach you!

Congratulations to everyone who really make thsi league, harder and harder every week. hey you @dipoabasch.. do something, what makes you so happy down there?

Now I need to find a way how to be in the curation tabels too!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

haha :) Yes I am not included in the prizes and so you can take 7th if you wish :)

Well done on your placing @cicisaja and thanks for taking part!

tryskele (64) · 6 years ago

WTG!!! I knew I had an off week :( and I have a self vote.....ack wondering how that one slipped by.

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

perhaps by mistake dear @tryskele, you mean to upvote my comment but it's yours ... hahahaha, take a week off to realx your finger and make an epic comeback later (the witch is spelling mantra now)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Do you follow any curation trails on Steemauto or anything like that @tryskele?

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Proud of you, @cicisaja!!! You're doing so well in the Leagues and in the Pay It Forward Contest plus everything else you're doing here on Steemit and in life. Cheering you on!!!

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you so much @angelacs... I can't believe that I still made it though. I'm almost living with a dictionary in my hand all the time😅

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

You did make it!!! And that dictionary is making you excel at English much faster.

So proud of you, @cicisaja. Keep up the great work. You are very engaging.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations @cicisaja!!! You're a rising star for sure :)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you😊 pifc really cool, that community is full of commenting machine😄

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

So you are one of the reasons that @janton keeps winning?

Btw tot easily could have been 2 spots higher. Easily means with effort of like 2-3 extra hours. But that's probably nothing compared the time already invested 😀

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

I don't think that I am the reasons so @janton keeps winning, but I can tell you.. if you want to be on the top table, make sure you do the comment battle with the top 1-3 commentators above😂 it's worked.

Well... you're right..no gain no pain😊I have to stay up late to replied and read as many posts as possible. Thank you @crypto-economist1😉

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

Congrats, @cicisaja! Keep up the good work :0)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @simplymike for your support😊

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Way to go!! You are inching on up there. Now if @janton will just go and get some yard work done you we can all try to catch up a little 😉

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Well..I thought that we can keep him busy with us is better that let him do the yard work😁 you know what I mean.. we need to trap him in one comment battle only 😄 let's enjoy the engagement week again @headchange. Thank you.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Yes! I had to be away more this week to do some work nut really missed you. I am reading right now your post about the peanut seller.

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

lol! it's was a pleasure getting to know you last week @cicisaja! I'll keep pushing you as much as I can! lol.

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

And You did it😂 at least one place higher😆 thank you..

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy @cicisaja! all you have to do is just place higher every week, pretty soon you're at the top! if you keep going I'll help you bump myself off! lol

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Hahaha😂 you don't have too... I don't want to be on top so soon, good plankton doesn't show up😆 I just want to keep my name green each week. Quality over quantity.. my new motto😄 thanks for your support.

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy today @cicisaja! you just want to stay green! lol. ok I like your plan and your new motto about quality over quantity! now if I can just learn that one!

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago (edited)

howdy @janton, quality over quantity means one comment with 500 words and the comments replies only 6.. hahahaha

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy back to ya @cicisaja! wow 500 word comments are rather large for me, is that your average length?

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, @cicisaja, thanks for the mention and congratulations. I think you're doing quite well. Sometimes it takes a while to get into a rhythm and figure out what's expected, but you seem to be getting the hang of it. I look forward to seeing you out there and I will do my best to get back to the other comments you have. :)

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Congratulations to everyone. I do like seeing this list. It shows that there are a lot of people that do care and enjoy the back and forth banter, and well just letting people know that someone liked what they did.

@heyimsnuffles - - -Welcome to the league - - - Really cool name. If I missed your entry to the league, sorry. Glad to see you doing so well in engagement if it is your first week here.
@teutonium - - - Welcome also to the league - - - Same thing, glad to see new names always.
@artgirl - - - Congrats on the leap - - - wonderful leap up the ladder
@madrunner - - - Congrats on the leap - - - same, for you.

I keep moving down, but the nice thing is there are new people moving up. @janton, what can I say, you are the new engagement king. @themanwithnoname congrats on the 3rd place, @glenalbrethsen, watch out for him, he has been writing, getting his fingers all warmed up to make a run for the top.

@lynncoyle1, and @gillianpearce, it is still nice to see you two ladies always in the running for the top spots. I don't know if dethroning @janton is going to be an easy thing for anyone, even you two added up, it would be a very close thing.

Thank you to our sponsors, and to Asher. 18th place, but still in there, still commenting, and some numbers actually a bit better than last week. Just some really tough up and comers coming up, and that is very very good to see.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Hi @bashadow I think the back and forth banter is the best part. We all may as well have fun while we grow right? I like that you are focused on different areas of growth all the time, and that you share with us. Watching other people form their Steeming stratagy is such a great way to learn. Your fiction seems to be coming along well congrats. Good luck with the badges this week.

bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Monday's post, if I am able to get one out, will be the magic one for one a day for a week, looking forward to increasing that badge number, then I need to think of 4 for one day, and a day to run them. There really is a lot of different ways to grow an account on steemit, I think people get to focused on one way, and are a bit resistant to change, every day is a new day, may as well learn to live with them.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Well I will be rooting for you. I still have not managed one a day for a week four in a day is mind boggling to me.

There really is a lot of different ways to grow an account on steemit

Agreed I have been thinking about that a lot myself lately. I am having fun right now experimenting with different things. I will be sure to pop in and help you celebrate your One year.

bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you, that is another post I need to start thinking about, I am almost becoming a creatore instead of a user/peruser.

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @bashadow. Glad to see your numbers are improved.

Like @angelacs you write a great comment here. I'm envious. 😁

Keep on keeping on and you'll get into the top ten. I'm gunning for you. 😁

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago (edited)

I may make it back up there one of theses weeks, but I have been trying to get my badge count looking better before my one year next week on Aug, 1st. Two more days and I get my 3 under the once a day for a week badge, (should be four, at least once a quarter, but to late for that), and then at least one more day with four post in a day to get my 3 under the four post a day badge. I know silly goals, but hey they are what they are and something to shoot for. Next year I am going to try to get a number increase at least once a quarter.

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

😂 I have no idea what you are talking about @bashadow but you seem to be making progress with what is important to you and that's great to see!

I hope you can climb up the leagues too. 😊

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

@steemitboard - - they give out badges for accomplishments on steemit, like number of votes number of comments, and other little things, https://steemitboard.com/board.html?user=gillianpearce thats your board. You have like an amazing number for daily weekly and monthly post 4 different months you never missed a day posting. I have only manage to get two weeks under my belt without missing a day, you have 27 weeks where you did not miss a day. Those numbers are simply mind blowing to me.

So I am trying to improve my posting numbers. I know it is going to be a long haul, I am more a content reader, but I am trying to still find a balance. I like and enjoy where I am at right now on steemit, but I also want to see and experience different things on steemit. @IFC is winding down, and that little game/challenge helped me a ton for trying different things. So If I focus for a bit on trying to build my steemitboard badges, then that means I may try new and different things, grow my account, and myself at the sametime. Because of @IFC I am a published lyricist,(I wrote a little song as part of the competition). And I can't help but think how cool it would be to have a tiny side story in the steemmonsters game, so I am practicing/learning how to write stories. (I think I am getting better). Steem growth to me also equals self growth in many respects.

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

4 different months you never missed a day posting.

That's actually not correct @bashadow. 😂

The only month I missed a day was December when I didn't post on Christmas day or my birthday. Maybe the timezone differences play a part in the calculations. 😂

I may try new and different things, grow my account, and myself at the sametime.

Sounds good. I'm ready for a bit of a change too but I haven't decided in what direction yet.

I wish you well with your story writing and any new projects you want to try.

Have a fun week!

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Thanks you have a good week to, raining here this morning so mostly an indoor day, but it will make all the fishermen and women happy, they seem to like fishing i the rain. I know when I fished I liked it when it rained.

And I think the time zone thing does play a part in the day award badges.

gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

I could imagine that fishing in the rain would add to the peace of the experience @bashadow. A bit like lying in a tent and listening to the rain on the roof. 😊

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, @bashadow. Thank you for the mention and the kind words. Can't tell if you're warning everyone to watch out for me or if you're warning me to watch out for No Name, but whichever way works. I'm not sure if I have warm enough fingera to make a run back up to the top now that janton is basically foregoing sleep, eating and whatever else to get up there, but I'm looking forward to giving it my best shot. Lots to do to get there, though, and so as long as I can keep improving without hitting a plateau, that will be great. I need to get to your reply from a day or so ago and will hopefully do so before today's end.

Way to welcome the newcomers and congratulate the leapers, too. I have a hard keeping track of when people come in and such, so good on you for keeping it all straight. :)

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

I had to re-read what I wrote. Pesky commas, and lack of clarity of thought. I don't know who I was warning who about who. It reads both ways, Oh my god I am becoming a politician.

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Well, if you were intentionally trying to be vague, yes, that would make you a politician. If it's just too many pesky commas, hey, that happens, to, the, best of us. :)

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Nope never intentionally vague, so just a pesky comma problem. But I like the comma, I need to find more uses for the colon: and the semi-colon; to put them to more and better uses.

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artgirl (66) · 6 years ago

Thanks... too bad I didn't make it to the top 10 again. I would have thought I'd make it again this week. Oh well. Haha. It's alright. Don't worry if you're moving down. You will get back up again soon. That's just how it goes. Lol.

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

I think it is great the amount of engagement, The top 5 are pretty locked up, consistent and persistent. for them. I have read a lot o their comments, and there is a lot of them, and all of them pretty dang good. I was glad to see my number of comments and votes move up this week. There were just a few short ones. So I need to practice longer comments, I am trying to learn to write after all, so practice practice, and more practice for me this coming week.

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artgirl (66) · 6 years ago (edited)

Ehehe... Yeah they comment a lot and long ones too.

Good luck then. Have fun! 😄

Oh wait, I see what you did there. 😂 So that's why your comment here is that long. 😅👍 You're on your way to next week's top spot. Haha.

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Cheers for the in-depth analysis and shout-outs @bashadow, and well done on the prize again this week :)

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

I appreciate the prize, when I am short on funds it goes to my weekly support for F.O.G. Like Daves. It is so nice to see new names on the table. More involvement is good for steem and steemit. @paulag's red fish campaign is doing pretty good too, and beginning to take off.

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janton (71) · 6 years ago (edited)

howdy @bashadow! thanks for the mention and I think I can be dethroned this week, as much as I'd like to keep pounding away I got alot of work to do outside so I'm stepping back some. good job to you for your placement! I see you quite a bit also and your great comments are much appreciated, like this one!

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Yep we run into each others comments sometimes, just like glens, and lynn's and gill's, hard not to when we are all looking for those odd little things or quality things to comment on.

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

absolutely sir, good point!

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smithlabs (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

@janton Sorry, you are NOT allowed to work anywhere but on the keyboard, LOL! :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

hahaha! I'd like to have that as an excuse but I don't think Mrs. J would go along with that.

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smithlabs (68) · 6 years ago

You are not convincing enough, you need to be a smoother talker LOL! :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

I don't think that would work either! she'd see right though it!
hey what did you think of your placement, or do you care where you came in?

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smithlabs (68) · 6 years ago

I dropped a couple, but with Debbie in the Hospital, not bad. Beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick! See, I KNOW your plans, LOL!

So you really think she'd catch you? Then don't lie, just tell her after you are done. :D

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

is that the way you do it?

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Thank you @bashadow, and congrats to you as well! I've decided that there is no way I'm even interested in beating janton :) Way too much for me!!

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Him and Glen, typing machines, and thinkers. I could probably type as much as them, but it would not be anywhere near as coherient a post as theirs are. Ah who am I kidding, I could not even type half as much or be half as coherent as them.

lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

hahaha @bashadow, I think you may be selling yourself a little short😎

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bashadow (65) · 6 years ago

Possibly, but confidence builds all the time, I am getting there. One day maybe a book. Who knows anymore. I am just going to keep on keeping on as the saying goes.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Now, now. You can. You're more than coherent. Typing as much takes time. Janton says he's not that fast and I know I'm not, so it's the time spent at the keyboard. In @lynncoyle's case, she's just a fast typist. She can take three days off and still out comment me. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy from Texas Engagement League! First off Asher..I bout fell outta my chair today when I checked my wallet and saw my SP! I thought "how in the world did THAT happen!" So thank you sir, it is such a blessing and a powerful encouragement and I salute and thank @curie for the generous support for this league and for helping so many people.

I'm sorry I'm late to the party today, our internet was down again, this time for hours, it's been plaguing me all week going in and out which really throws a wrench in my commenting strategy.

I'm so glad that @glenalbrethsen is back in and being rewarded for all his hard work. I don't really want to compete against him, he's kinda scary because he's so good and a prolific writer, which I'm not.

Thank God we've had a drought going on here otherwise you wouldn't be able to find our house! It's really slowed the growth of grass, weeds and trees but I gotta do more property maintenance this coming week so I'm stepping back a bit from Steemit, I'll still try to make it into the top 5 but it may be the top 10, who knows?

I'm having a blast and so enjoying getting to know so many people from around the world, where else can you do that in such a fun way? I feel very blessed. The great @davemccoy referred to me as King Janton the Joyous and that pretty much describes the basis of my success although I don't know about the King part.

The wonderful @lynncoyle1 called me Jibber Jabber Janton which is also a great nick-name and description of my personality on here, I love that one Lynn, thank you!

I'm so impressed with everyone and those moving up or staying near the top like @themanwithnoname, Lynn, @gillianpearce, and @smithlabs! oh my gosh that guy is great, he is also full of Joy and so funny! if you don't know him guys you should..has a BIG heart! get ready to laugh alot though, he helps keep my joyous.

Also @cicisaja! what fun getting to know her last week and asking her alot of questions so she was forced to keep writing back, lol congratulations on your constant upward movement. @rentmoney is tremendous and coming on strong, @hashcash same for you, @funbobby51 is so consistent and seems like always in the top 10.

Congrats to everyone who worked hard to make it into the top 20, it's not easy! Again my special thanks to Asher for all the work in running this league and congrats to you also for placing so high with everything else you have going on!

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Congratulations on being at the top again @janton. 😊

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy there @gillianpearce! congratulations to you also and you are probably doing the most amazing job of any of us. I mean look at your consistency and level of quality and number of posts and placing while working full time! who else could do that? no one knows how YOU do it! lol.

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @janton but, sadly, I can't take that much credit. I don't work full time.

I work for myself from home and, mostly I can choose my hours so that's a big help, but I don't have to travel to and from a place of work, nor be there at a certain time. But I am focused and consistent. That much is true! 😊

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

yes Ma'am you could write a book on consistency! (and keeping a clean desk)

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Ha, ha, ha. @janton. And long may the clean desk continue! 😁

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

yes the desk..we want photographic proof!

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Well I'm glad of the reminder @janton because, already a few pieces have crept back.

I looked out some articles to give to my friend who was visiting at the weekend and then forgot to give them to him.

Similarly I put aside a receipt book to see if my daughter wanted it before I threw it away.

Then there's an odd sock that is waiting for it's partner and my old fit which which I left there as a reminder to delete my account.

It's the beginning of the slippery slope! 😂

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

It was a pleasure this week jibber jabbering with you @janton :) Even with my two days off, I think I did ok? But there is no catching up with you buddy!!

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy today my friend! well...with you taking two days off..that's a scary thought because if you hadn't you would be dangerously close..yikes! that thought sends shivers down my spine! lol.

now don't take that the wrong way now..not shivers like from seeing The Creature from the Black Lagoon or anything!
I'm stepping it back this week, already behind my schedule. internets been down out here off and on, it was off for hours yesterday!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

@janton, what's scary is that you actually think I can keep up with you :) We'll see what the numbers say next week, but remember, talk is cheap buddy 😎

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

you'll see. I'm telling the truth. I guarantee it. just watch.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Ok, I believe you! A God-fearing man such as yourself, wouldn't lie about that 😅

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

already way down on comments this week. now if someone can reel in Lynn from bothering me.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

If you're late to the party signing in 19 hours ago (as of this writing), I must have missed it entirely.

Congratulations, once again, on No. 1 and basically owning all the records on the engagement end. I think I said that in my other comment, but it bears repeating.

It's nice to be back, I think. You don't want to compete against me. Right. Whatever. I don't think there is a competition here. Not yet. It's Janton and the rest of us. Sounds like a band name. Janton and the Engagers! Something like that.

Well, I do hope you get your yard work back to where you think it should be, and now that you've committed to it here on this post... :)

Nothing! You can do whatever you want.

I'm not scary at all. I am going after the CL record, though. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

hey Glen! Janton and the Engagers lol! I like the sound of that it's very catchy. you have the CL record don't you? or did I accidently break that?

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Nope. It's yours. You beat it by 15,000, and I exceeded it by 4,000. So, your total last week is the new all-time high, dating back to February 25 of this year when Asher started posting the actual data points. Before that it, was only point totals.

I'm already working on taking it back. The rest of the records would all be great to have, but I don't see me going over 1,000 comments anytime soon. I'll be fortunate to get up to 400. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

oh I can totally see you taking that back, in fact I'm sure of it, I've never seen anyone who can write so much! lol.

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

It's my pleasure @janton, you very much deserve this boost. I am keen to see you reach 500 SP asap and hope that this (and the 'weekly' prize) will aid this cause.

Massive thanks must go to @curie for the continued sponsorship of the Leagues, they have sent another 8 weeks STEEM over :D

Thanks again for your contributions to our blockchain, and well done on 1st place yet again!

Asher

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davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

I am happy to be back to winning a prize! So thank you very much Asher and @curie for that! I have given it in Asher's name to FOG and happy to be contributing again over there in your name Asher ;) ...

And wow, I love this new dynamic. King Glen the Great is going to be pushing King Janton the Joyous (Queen Lynn the Lovable says it Janton the Jibber Jabberer though).... I'm loving this battle though and omgosh, I can't believe the number of C R's @janton had! That's truly remarkable! Congrats!

And really congrats to all of you, including Blondie and Gillian too... That top 5 is the All-Time List for sure :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

thank you sir @davemccoy! much appreciated and love the nick-names. King Glen the Great truly IS great. I'm not great I'm just stubborn! I'm a very slow typist, not a writer or author or blogger, my internet keeps going in and out, I have to take time to look up words and how to spell words, I'm just a simple country redneck farm boy who is out of his league, but I'm stubborn! thank you sir and God bless you!

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@janton thanks for the reply and while Janton the Stubborn doesn't seem to be as catchy, I do recognize the seriously awesome job you do! You have made a name for yourself in a very short period of time and that is exactly how to "lead" others and show them what can be done! Very good job and I love to see your passion and leadership! :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

thank you sir, coming from you that means alot. I hear "leadership" in many ways connected to you sir and look at your position when Asher put together that list of top 100! wow you are super active!
Janton the Joyous signing off!

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davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

lol... I love Janton the Joyous name! And while you give me praise, and I respect it, I am serious when I say that you are leading the way here! It is very good to see and I know that many respect what you are doing! Keep it up and don't sign of too long Janton the Joyous! hahaha :D

Have a wonderful evening!

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

thank you so much sir and God bless you!

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davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@janton same to you @janton... and keep it up... Its thrilling to watch you both battle it out!

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy again sir...well, I don't think we ARE battling it out. Glen is doing his thing and I'm doing mine and if we were battling I don't think I'd be helping him so much by asking questions that require 1,000 word answers! lol. I'll be shocked if he doesn't get the CL record and I hope he does because he's truly phenomenal!

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Well there you are! You need to get on the ball and get back in the game. You obviously have had too much time on your hands after Palooza. It did not go unnoticed that you are stirring up mischief again.😈
Congrats on the prize.

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@headchange ... haha... me stirring up mischief??? I don't know what you are talking about :P

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Must have gotten you mixed up with a pot stirrer

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davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

lol.... yes... I understand... Sometimes I look just like one! :P

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Seriously. We need to work on this branding job you're doing. King Glen the Great is just not working for me. Besides, you can't really have two kings. You can only have one. That's the point of a king. There's only one at a time. And clearly, whatever greatness I may have had is being totally and utterly eclipsed by janton the stubborn (his words, not mine).

I think I'll just stick to Glen, leave the rest out. I am on a quest, though to regain the CL record, however that can happen. I'm not sure when it's going to happen, or how, per se—actually I know how, it's whether or not I can do it is the question—but I do know this. It's going to happen. :)

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

Ok Glen... I look forward to you embarking on your quest! I think you can do anything you put your mind to, I have witnessed it over the months! And while your reign may be over for now, I still think of you as the King. But I won't call you the king as you wish, I will just watch your quest and marvel as the records fall! ;)

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Well, not trying to dampen any enthusiasm here. :)

That's very nice of you to think of me as the king. I will try to live up to that as much as I can.

As far as watching records fall, aside from the CL record, I'm not sure which other ones I'm going to be able to get. I need to get a certain level of comments, but I don't need to attempt 1300 to get to the CL record, or for that matter to get to 60,000 points.

Still, I'm probably going to need at least 400 comments to get to 300,000 CL, even though, that's probably not a safe amount as far as janton is concerned, if he didn't really push himself last week. So, that means more comments. My record is somewhere in the 350 range. I just made up 77 from last week. I'll need another 100 to get to 400, just to have a chance to get the CL record back, maybe, depending on how quickly janton gets his yard work done.

So, up the mountain I climb. Good luck to you, too. You shouldn't be out of this either, you know. :)

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@glenalbrethsen I will watch the results and wish you well... its always good to see a good "comeback", and I hope you make it... You can be the Tiger Woods of the League of Excellence... We can all root for you against the fresh legs of the rookie sensation! :P

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Has Tiger Woods come back? I must have missed it. Glad to hear though. Kid's got a lot of talent, even if he did mess up royally in his personal life. Hopefully he's worked through that, too.

It sounds like we may have more than just the current 'rookie' to contend with this Sunday, since Asher appears to be signing people up from his Top 100 Engagers list he painstakingly created. You're on it, by the way. Been digging out of my replies so I haven't been back to the post to see if you made it over there or not. :)

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

yes he has... I only know because my Mom watches it and its on when I go over for Sunday dinner! And yes he does, but lol not a kid anymore... I think he's approaching 40 and has the grey hair to prove it!

I haven't made it over there, I just saw from him that there is a Top 100 Engagers... I will go check it out now before I go to sleep!

And I know that the rookie has lots of energy, but you have the skills of a veteran so no worries (I have faith in you) :D

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey. I'm 52. Anyone under 50 now is a kid. The older I get the more kids there will be. That's the way it works. :)

Well, if were talking about janton, he's not so much a rookie anymore. Not with six titles under his belt. And, we've got at least one actual rookie coming in, probably more, so we'll see how that all plays out.

I've got to come up with a veteran strategy because I always seem to be playing the rookie game: catchup. :)

janton (71) · 6 years ago

I think I'm down quite a bit in comments this week, I have slacked off some. hey I like King Glen, what's wrong with that?
who said there can't be two kings?

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Living in Texas, i would think you wouldn't want one king, let alone two. :)

Oh, I don't know. It's all in fun, I know, and I probably should just let the King Glen ride. It just has a lot of connotations that I guess I take a little too seriously for my own good. I certainly don't need anyone feeling bad for using it.

Today's been down so far. I've expected more activity with the regulars, but it hasn't been happening yet. I've been jumping around a little more than I was last week. Some people don't seem to wake up until about two hours from now when I'm getting ready to wind down.

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

ok well if it gets slow for you I got alot of questions I can ask you! plus I'll stay up as late as you need!
yeah I think I would be highly offended if I'm not able to call you King Glen so I think I should be able to! lol

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Since I said this it's been picking up. I'm quitting around ten if not sooner. Need to study my Sunday School lesson. What do you know about Jeroboam and Rehoboam? :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

dollars to donuts you already have it! I've seen the unreal comments this week and just a couple of posts blew my mind, I couldn't write that much in a month!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

We'll see. It's the combination of numbers, not just one or the other. My comment count isn't nearly where I wanted it to be, and so even though I've been ahead of the game all week, I need to have a decent day today and so far, I'm coming up short. We'll see what happens over the next three to four hours. I'd really like to wind up a little earlier this week than I did last week. Been on a little later most of the week trying to make up for the time I've missed myself.

We've got the new people to contend with too, right. Nothing's in the bag until the league lists post. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

thats true about never really knowing, should be interesting to see where the new people land.
How do you know you are coming up short? and how do we know when Asher has the end of the week set? It might already right? what time does he go by? lol. see I'm giving you all kinds of ammunition to write another thousand word reply!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

My replies aren't 1,000 words. Normally. :) A 1,000 characters yes. Words, no.

I keep track of how many comments and upvotes I make every day. I'm also now keeping track of CL. So, I know what the count is.

I think it varies for Asher. You've noticed that some weeks he publishes pretty early and other weeks it's later in the day. I'm not sure if he could set the data pull through a specific time or not. I believe he goes off his own time in Majorca, at whatever time that ends up at.

It doesn't normally happen this early. Usually, it's sometime after I've already signed off, but it's a few hours before he posts. He's nine hours ahead of me, so that would make him two hours ahead of you, right?

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

well sir, I don't know how the time zones work but if he is 9 hours ahead of you then he's either be 7 or 11 ahead of me I assume but that's just a guess.
I guess I don't know what 1,000 words looks like in comments. I guess I need to count one of your big ones and see how many words there are but you did a heavy week I thought, I was amazed. It helps your average go up, that's what I need to work on.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I had some larger comments this week, but I'm significantly below 1,000 characters on average, so nowhere near a 1,000 words on a regular basis. That would probably be something like 4,000 to 5,000 characters per comment. There's no way I'm doing that. Even the people with the highest average of CL on the Top 100 list aren't doing that. The highest I calculated was around 1,700 characters per comment. I'm generally over a third of that. This week, I'm just less than half, so there has been an uptick in CL over normal. Just need to keep going with the comments and hope the lower tier replies keep up with them.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Back in the prize zone, nice work Dave :)

How anyone will get near @janton and Glen, I do not know. No score bending is likely to pull the rest of the league closer, and I have to take my hat off to them.

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@abh12345 yes I was happy about that.... I felt like a slacker for 2 weeks... And omgosh, they are amazing... And the funny thing is I think they are both just getting warmed up :P .... I think some records are about to fall for sure this week!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

I think some records are about to fall for sure this week!

I wouldn't bet against it!

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@abh12345 only a dozen hours or so to find out... I have my fingers crossed we have some major ones fall :)

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

We shall see, no change to the scoring system this week - happy with it!

davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@abh12345 cool... I hope you get some sleep though... It must be like 3:30 am there now :P

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations Dave :) Good to have you back!!

And you can totally take 50% credit for janton's new name lol

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davemccoy (63) · 6 years ago

@lynncoyle1 awesome.... I am happy with 50%... that is enough for me, I'm not greedy 😎 😂

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago (edited)

HUGE Congratzzz to all Winners!!!

Special Congratzzz to 6-in-a-row 1st place Winner, @Janton.

Delegation prize
I think a certain someone deserves some SP for an amazing level of engagement these past few months, cheers @janton!

Totally agree, Asher. Well deserved, @janton!!!

HUGE Special Congratzzz to 2nd place Winner, revving up to be hot-in-pursuit @glenalbrethsen and 3rd place, @themanwithnoname also revving up 3rd place Winner.

HUGE Congratzzz also for Top engagement performances by @lynncoyle1, @gillianpearce, @smithlabs, @abh12345, @cicisaja, @rentmoney, @hashcash, and @funbobby51.

Amazinggggg Top Ten Steemit whirlwind conversationalists!!!

Asher, Bless you once again for allowing us all this wonderful Sunday and weekly Family ocean within the Steemit universe. It's cozy, fun and a happy place and vibe to frolic, tease and learn more about one another.

Happy Sunday and brand new week everyone!!!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, @angelacs. I'd like to say I was in hot pursuit of janton, but that just wasn't the case. In previous weeks, it would have been enough for the top spot, but not anymore. I'm just going to get the CL record back and let the rest of it fall as it may. :)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @angelacs.. come .. greenish your name too next week.. you who to comment on if you really want it, he is @janton! He helped me out last week.

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

You are most Welcome, @cicisaja!

I'm still trying to figure out the color coding. I notice it each week and promptly forget to ask. ;)

Thanks but I started pulling back time-wise last week and that will continue for awhile until I've established more balance between 'work' and Steemit.

But I'm cheering you and everyone else on every single day. And of course enjoying the popcorn each Sunday. ;)

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Hi @angelacs I had to pull back a bit myself. Sadly I keep having to pause the Steeming and earn a couple real $ now and then. Those color codes keep me wondering too. If you figure it out let me know.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Thank you for the mention @angelacs! Congratzzzzzz to you too :)

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Thank you, @lynncoyle1. I'm getting quite addicted to mentioning you in different Steemit oceans. ;)

Happy rest of Sunday to you and Brian. xxx

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

haha @angelacs; that's a good addiction to have 😎

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Aww, this is great to read :)

Asher, Bless you once again for allowing us all this wonderful Sunday and weekly Family ocean within the Steemit universe. It's cozy, fun and a happy place and vibe to frolic, tease and learn more about one another.

Thank you @angelacs and everyone!

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @angelacs. Great comment as always. 😊

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago (edited)

You are very Welcome and Thank you, @gillianpearce. Always great to see you here on Sundays but I owe you a visit. Soon come as we say here in JA. ;)

janton (71) · 6 years ago

thank you @angelacs for your kind words! I gotta catch up with you this week, that's my way of warning you!

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago (edited)

You're very Welcome, @janton! I look forward to catching up. ;)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

yes Ma'am you're the one in Jamaica right?
and you work out of your home, Herbalife was the biggest mistake of your life, getting out was right?

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smithlabs (68) · 6 years ago

@angelacs I have been having a blast! Steemit was written for me I think, LOL! Too many nice people here, and I learn something every day!

@janton HE is guilty for getting me to sign up here; and it has been a real trip! THIS Contest is Pure Steemit, and is a great idea! A lot of good people are on Steemit, and the best seem to end up here. Congrats to all! :)

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Your pure, joyous enthusiasm is so wonderful to feel, @smithlabs!!! Thank you for the gift of that today.

Ok, @janton joined Thanks to @HopeHuggs then dragged you here and you're indebted to him forever. Wonderful for the two of you to start together and to be as excited to be here. Company is great and now you're both hotting up the League ocean together too. LOVE the team work! ;)

Happy to meet you, @smithlabs and cheering you on!!!

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smithlabs (68) · 6 years ago

@angelacs Great to meet you too! I am just beginning to figure this platform out a little, but it has been a fun ride thus far. @janton is full of it, so we are a matched pair in that respect, ROFLOL! I have enjoyed talking to him! :)

This contest covers what I was already trying to do, so it has been a flawless transition for me. I am looking into the attached (Dlink? Dvideo?) applications too, but not there yet, but that will come too, in good time.

Be Blessed!

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teutonium (62) · 6 years ago

Going to stop upvoting my own posts, i guess that is what kept me under the top people...

Congrats to everyone that won!

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Welcome, @teutonimum. I guess I'm not really the official greeter here, but I thought I'd say hi anyway and to make a comment on your placing.

I think you're finish is a great place to be, especially if it's the first time in the leagues (it's hard to keep track who's been around and who's new). Self-upvoting does have an effect, but believe it or not, it's not as a big an issue as the amount of characters, (CL), the number of overall comments (C), and the number of second tier replies (CR).

I don't know the formula—that's only several weeks of observing on my part—so take it for what you wish. There always seems to be more to do around here in order to get into the Top 10, let alone higher. :)

Good luck.

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

Wow, this past week included the most time I have spent on Steemit. @abh12345, you Engagement League is addictive. Thanks for putting it on again!

Rumor had it that @janton was taking time off this week to work in the yard so I thought I might have a shot at #1, although that would only be if @glenalbrethsen wasn't on his game. I guess the 100+ degree temperatures drove Janton to the cool safety of the house where he racked up the single-highest score we've seen yet! In fact, it was 50% higher than the venerable @glenalbrethsen!

@janton, I give up. If you can almost double my score on a week that you're taking off, on a week where I'm commenting more than I ever have... there's nothing else that can be done for me. You're the master.

@glenalbrethsen, we gave it the old college try, but it left us with mounds of student loans... and carpel tunnel from all that typing. Good job though, buddy. I'm glad to have gotten to chat with you about things like Costco dogs and newspapers. It was a good week.

@lynncoyle1 I feel a little guilty edging you out, but you were a great competitor! I enjoyed getting to catch up with you this week. That walk to the beach was nice, even if we ended up seeing all the seaweed. Time to get out a shovel and start our new workout program.

I'm going to keep it a bit shorter this week, so congratulations to everyone else as well! You all did great! A special shoutout to @teutonium who is making waves everywhere after finishing school for a while.

headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Congrats again @themanwithnoname I think sooner or later ole @janton will have to go weed eat or something. I noticed you and I are both the victims of the comedyopenmic nomination this week. Maybe we should do something along the lines of the turbo typer being overgrown with vegetation while typing his fingers to the bone. Meanwhile poor ole Jack is in the corner doing the peepee dance.
I see him and @glenalbrethsen going back and forth with this all summer. It really is amusing to watch.

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

Thanks! It was satisfying to break the 30,000 point mark. I don't know that I'll do it again. It required a lot of constant work. I don't think that's sustainable for me.

Supposedly Janton was weeding this last week, so I wouldn't bet against him.

Yeah, I really enjoyed getting to write something for comedyopenmic. I'm trying to figure out what I want to write for this week. It was a lot of fun, and it didn't hurt to win a little prize money either. I think you should give that story a go!

headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Thanks I will defiantly have to come up with something since this is second time being nominated. The rules page has me confused. It says 24 weeks that don't seem right I was assuming each round runs a week. I better go back and read more carefully.
Anyway good job on all that engagement. I need to sneak up a few notches next week. See you at the top..... hopefully

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

I think they had originally thought of running the contest for 24 weeks with winners every week. We'll see what happens next week. I haven' heard if they're ending it or not.

I hope you're able to score really high. Just keep after it.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Thanks so much I can be a bit dense with learning to do a new contest. I did some investigating. Looks like there is plenty of time ... they just got a nice delegation from curie. I am off to think of something humorous. Thanks again.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, congratulations on the prize with comedyopenmic. That was great! I need to see what the other person posted, but you did get second place, right? They decided to give me a door prize for my efforts, so after being told I wouldn't be eligible for anything, it feels good to be recognized with something. I think I'd like to do that on a regular basis. Just need to come up with it. It seems to be harder to do when it's intentional than when it's off the cuff, but we'll see.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

@glenalbrethsen Why did they say you were not eligible ? I need to do an entry this week but am like you. I throw out jokes playing off other peoples posts or comments. Trying to be funny deliberately is a whole other thing. I would hate to come up with one and not be eligible.

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

If you haven't already, it's worth going and tracking down their original rules post. They generally have it linked in either the new week's contest post or in the result one.

In my case, I failed to see the part of it where it said the entry needed to be totally original. While I'd say 99% of it was, the joke itself is well known and even published. So, even though I came up with 2000 words of backstory for our thieving convicts, the joke wasn't mine. I did get a door prize, though, which was very nice of them.

Yeah. It's strange, but the comedic juices flow when someone else is saying something. I have had some success when I've been writing in script form, or a dialogue back and forth between two imaginary people. I might have to go that route. I just need to shorten it up. Too much time for something that might not pay off. There's a bang for the buck quotient to be met. :)

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

I don't think I got second place, but I got a prize. I'm really thankful for that. I see they gave you one as well. I'm glad you got some recognition out of it. You can always wait for it to be off the cuff and enter when you get inspired.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I'm not sure how much back and forth janton and I are going to do. His number of comments is going to make it difficult, especially if he's keeping the character count up. However, I will do my level best, whether he's overgrown by weeds typing his fingers off or he's out in his yard working, to get the CL record back. One way or the other, that one is mine. Then, if I manage somehow to get back in first place, I hope it's only after he's done his best, too. Just not that satisfying if both aren't running as fast as they can. Plus, who knows who else is going to show up around here and blow it all out of the water. Maybe you? You just never know. :)

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

I just may give it a shot,one of these days when I have a whole week to devote to it. I think that really is the kind of thing I would have to plan in advance and hit the ground running on the very first day. I am thinking before I put that much effort in we better wait and see what the scoring changes consist of. That could be a game changer.
I can see a power up being factored in but thinking about it I hope it wouldn't carry too much weight. Just because then points could be bought instead of earned.
I should read back and see if he left any hints about the changes. ;0)

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Well, in a conversation he and I had he was talking about drilling down even farther into the comments, rather than two down, hitting farther down. I don't know if that's what he's going to do or not.

I suggested he keep it the way it is and add back in the replies on other peoples posts, but I don't think he's actually looking to add a column as he is to replace one.

He generally doesn't leave a lot of clues, and he's pretty good at just not answering a direct question, either. He doesn't want people gaming the challenge and I don't blame him. The curation part of the leagues got hit by people creating scripts. I'd hate for anything similar to that to happen to the engagement side, though it has at least once. We start automating or spamming engagement, there's no reason for a league anymore.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

I am surprised that there even is a way for that to actually happen. The comments seem pretty complex especially at the top of the list. I do agree with you though I am just figuring out how it all works, It would be sad to see it messed up now.
I didn't even realize he only counts two down. Some of the best conversations are only getting started at the second comment. At any rate it will be fun to watch a new spin added on. That really could end up being a game changer especially in the top 5 to 10

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Okay, so this is how I understand it to work with the two down:

He sees the first comment on the post, and then the reply. On the next reply, which would be from the person who commented first, that's when the count begins. And then, it keeps counting as far as it goes down. So, subsequent comment is being counted.

I think where he was talking about doing is drilling down farther, into another layer, like fourth down. He was describing it as wanting to better measure true engagement. As it is, he may have come up with something else entirely.

So, every comment you make gets counted in the total comment category. Then, once that second comment begins, all of the subsequent ones get counted as replies.

There was someone a while back that was basically repeating the same information over and over with a little bit changed depending on who was being addressed. I don't know if it was automated or not. If not, it was type a sentence or two, then paste the main message.

That hasn't happened as far as I know since. I don't go in and look at what everyone is doing but I did this one because they're comment count was incredibly high and they won the league that week.

So, it is possible to do, but fortunately, not very often. The curation part though apparently happens a lot.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to explain. That makes a lot more sense. I want to pay attention to how the scores work because I hope to shoot for top ten. Not often maybe once a month I almost made it last week so it is a doable goal. The two deep is just ice breaker sometimes especially on a good topic. Glad to know I won't have to change up the strategy.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations @themanwithnoname! If anyone is going to edge me out, I'm glad it was you :)

With Jibber Jabber Janton out there (@davemccoy and I spent our engagement time coming up with that haha), I gave up on first place several weeks ago. And now Glen! Geez, now I'm fighting for third place! :)

themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

I'm glad to see Glen back in it. It would be hard to get motivated if everyone else was getting rewards, but I wasn't. Granted, he gave up rewards voluntarily because he was consistently smashing records, but now I'm glad he's going for them again.

I'm not even sure that Janton does anything other than Steemit. I believe he only sleeps for part of the night, then gets up for a while, then sleeps more. He talked about taking his dog out at midnight/1am or something. And his scores seem to show that.

If you can type 60 words per minute and if the average word you type is six characters long, then you're typing 360 characters per minute. That means he spent 678 minutes in physically typing. Doesn't include reading or thinking, just typing. That's 11.3 hours of pressing the buttons over the last week. Being that I only spend maybe 10-20% of my time (at best) actually typing, that means he probably spent between 56 and 112 hours on Steemit. That's between "more than a full-time job" and "almost three full-time jobs" worth of time. I can't compete with that.

I think my new target for the Leagues is to get a "0 upvote" reward. Ha ha. I could get 1 Steem prize and not spend the crazy number of hours I spent this last week on Steemit. I need to get out more and enjoy life. Maybe I should go to the beach. We'll pick a day and go. Then it will be like we're at the beach together. They even have seaweed at one near me. ;)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Janton told me that he is also a real home-body and that steemit is right up his alley. I think he just naps in his computer chair and has taught his dog to use a litter box :)

Beach day it is!!! I'm in :)

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

Beach day!!! I'm so excited. I love the beach, especially warm ones.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

They are the best ones @themanwithnoname 😎

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

You and No Name were were only 139 points apart! Hard to tell how he eked it out, but it was probably the 10,000 CL more he had versus the 70 more comments you had on him. That's my guess.Not by much, though. It obviously could have gone either way.

At any rate, it's more fun when it's close. Gives us all more reason to try to do more the next time.

In my case, there was a 18,500 point difference between me and j³. A few comments ain't going to do it. Not even novel length comments. :)

I do like being the underdog better, though, but I don't expect this to turn around pointwise anytime soon. There's just so many hours in the day, and I sleep. I don't stay in my chair and nap. I go back in the house and up to my bed, then try to roll out of it each morning. :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

That is a bit of a spread between you and janton! I noticed the same; just crazy actually :) And I don't sleep well, but I do like to sleep when I can. In bed. :)

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

If a bit is a canyon, then yes. I won't say what canyon, though. I don't think it's quite Grand Canyon size, but it's definitely a wide gap. But then he ended up tripling the score of ninth place, so it was just a runaway freight train for all of us. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

haha! gotcha this week! well sir, I didn't take off to work on our property like I wanted to, mostly because of the 110 degree weather, today it's 111! But I gotta get to it this week so I am indeed stepping back so go for it! give Sir Glen a run for his money! actually I did slack off some this week, coulda pressed much harder.

thanks so much for the kind word and this excellent comment shows why you are so far at the top! It;s been a blast talking to you this week, I just wish you could develop a sense of humor! thank you sir!

themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

I'll let Glen have it. I figured with you (supposedly) taking this last week off that I'd make the push. I went hard all week, searching out new articles and authors. I commented like crazy and put out a few extra posts. I got my all-time personal best score. Even with all that, it was only about half your score! And now you're saying you could have pressed harder? I'll take a participation prize and let someone else try to catch you. I know when I'm beat.

Don't wait too long to fill in those cracks by the foundation! Good luck on your other yard work.

janton (71) · 6 years ago

well sir, you did really good and should be proud of that accomplishment.
Glen is very gifted and few are as gifted as that. I'm not, I'm just stubborn.
plus, none of this is work to me, this is strictly play time and having a blast.
thank you sir!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, @themanwithnoname!

I think we're all going to let janton have it, whether we like it or not! Could have pressed harder. Okay. Press harder then. Let's see if he can beat me by 40,000!

Congrats on the personal all time score. That's always good when you can do more than what you've done before. It's really the best measure, because we're the one who we consistently have the same amount of time, efficiency and ability with, right?

I'm going after the CL record. Whether or not that gets me back to No. 1 is secondary. I still feel like others could use the prize money more than I, but I guess it's better to be all in than not. You're welcome to come along, though. I know it takes a lot of time, and so do what you got to do.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Could have pressed much harder. Yeah, great. Whatever. This is like superman versus the ant, then. Mere mortals, I am just toying with you.

Do what you got to do with the yard. Somehow, though, I don't think it's going to take the entire week, and I'm sure I'll still be somewhere in your dust.

No Name sounds like he's backing off, too. Of course, I've heard all of that before, and then no one slacks off, so I'm just going to do what I can with whatever time the wife allows me while she's off work this week. Next week, though, may be much better. Maybe. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

haha! you're the best glenalbrethsen..or is that the beast?
well it's not just the yard work although we have 15 acres and alot of cutting, trimming, thinning, landscaping, planting, mowing..it's not just getting the mower out and spending half a day. then there's other outside repairs and work but some of those could wait until it's not freaking 110 degrees out!

so yes, I've already cut back. I feel bad for noname because he really worked hard last week but when I said that I was thinking about stepping back last week I changed my mind and told most everyone ..at least I thought I did. because I started thinking how fun it would be to break that 1,000 comment mark so that's what I did.

I did slack off some but spent some late nights as well. It's hard to take off much because when you have a list of comments that you haven't gotten to what are you going to do? not answer them after working to develop relationships with those people?

I did really suck in one area last week though and that was in the number of different people I voted for, it said 47. that's pitiful, everyone had more than me. I mean it's frustrating to only have a certain number of votes until it makes no difference and you aren't helping anyone and I seem to be at that level alot. like right now my voting power is at 50%.

It's alot of fun, this contest thing but man, I really don't like people making it between you and I because I don't really want to compete with you and I just see you as the "real" writer and author. I just have fun and ask questions that's all. If someone did the math on how long the average length of our comments were, mine would look like a joke compared to yours! lol.

while you write about real ideas and concepts which are much of the time serious little mini books, I'm like asking someone what they do for a living or something like that! lol. no comparison. that's why I don't like the comparison thing. too bad your wife is off this week though.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Well, you and I are in the same boat when it comes to the comparisons, but if it makes people interested and do as much as they can do, that's great. It's when people feel discouraged because they don't have time to keep up is what I'm concerned about.

This isn't so much about who is the writer and who isn't. It's about the best engagers, and you, sir, are the best by far. Even if it's just asking questions, which I'd say is only one part of what you do, you still need to keep the conversation going.

And with this reply you just proved you can write more. Now, there's no hope whatsoever. :)

It's okay, though. Being the winner should be fun. We both have time to do it, and there are some others, too, so we just need to keep at it. Those of us who do have the time probably should be incorporating some of our commenting to spreading the word about the leagues. I think some do that regularly. I feel like I need to do it more.

You're just going to have to accept the lower SP and curation for the time being, unless you have something to invest or someone else comes along with a delegation. Even where I'm at, which isn't that high, it gets tough. I just flat out gave up voting on comments after the first or second one in a conversation late last week because I was running out of VP.

You do want to make an impact when you vote and you want to spread it out as far as you can. You just can't do both at lower SP, so you try to build up and work your way up. With the delegation you do have, it will help, but it is what is. I'm not sure where you need to be in order to be in a good place to spread upvotes around, but I don't think it's anywhere in minnow territory, which means there's a ways to go yet.

No Name will be okay. He's good at keeping in it as much as he can without getting too carried away. He must have had time to devote to it more than normal last week or he would have been off doing other things. As it is, he had the best week he's had, he said. But he's not one of the ones that has all day to work it like you and I do.

re: long list of comments

Yeah, so just think of what it's going to be like when you're a dolphin and have a rep in the mid to upper 60s and more and more people are commenting on your posts. Instead of a dozen or so, it becomes three dozen first level comments, and that list of replies is going to be nuts. Good thing is, you won't have to go too far to interact with folks. Bad thing is, you won't have to go far to interact with folks. Somehow, the balance still needs to be maintained.

And no way do you want to give up on the connections. They're going to be a part of what gets you where you want to go, just as you will be a part of theirs. I don't go all in on the "we're in it together" idea, but there's no denying that there is an interlocking going on. You can't have conversations by yourself. So, you want to keep engaging and hope they can and will, too.

re: yard work to do

I was thinking you wouldn't be doing it all in one day, or that you'd manage to get some time on Steemit, regardless, so you wouldn't be completely gone, and you would still have enough time to stay in the running. Where you're at right now, with the comments, if you keep the CL up, you don't need over 1,000 to keep first place, let alone in the Top 10. Only if you want to win by 18,000-plus points. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy Glen! I've been behind since yesterday when our internet was down twice for hours. I got two people to join the contest, smithlabs and mepatriot. do you know those guys? I don't think so at least if you saw their posts you rudely didn't comment on them! lol

smithlabs is amazing, one of the most brilliant, above genius level people I've ever met, electrical engineer, inventor, fabricator, manufacturer, herbalist, natural food guy, mechanic, designer, big companies hire him to trouble shoot problems, in fact if you get to know him I challenge you to come up with something that he doesn't know about. he has a photographic memory, he has coin colletions, gem collections, gun collections, he builds guns, I mean anything you can think of he's into or knows about. and he has a heart of gold and helps alot of people.

But I need to invite more people into the league too, I did a post on it and didn't get a single person interested.

Yeah I've been watching people like papa-pepper (77) and how he does his commenting to get an idea when I get alot of them on my posts. that does get to be a nice challenge. right now I'm way down in my commenting compared to last week.
thank you sir for all your words of wisdom!
has your wife wanted you to take off and do something this week?

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

She's been talking about making runs to stores—the outlet mall, Macy's, etc. There was some talk about the coast, too, but I'm not sure if that's happening or not. We've got the granddaughter to consider in all of this, too, and since she's just one, there's naps to take and only so much traveling she endures.

Papa Pepper is probably a good person to watch as far as comments go. He seems to be doing quite a lot of things outside of Steemit which then gives him material to put on Steemit. There will probably come a point where there's enough comments coming in that you just won't be able to get to them all. It's a good problem to have, really. :)

I have seen mepatriot and smithlabs commenting on things where you're concerned, either your posts or elsewhere. I think I did comment on something with smithlabs last week. Have not yet with mepatriot, but I will be because I've been trying to at least comment with others in the league once a week, if not much more. It just depends on if we connect and how well. :)

Smithlabs sounds like he's got a lot going, which makes me wonder why he's here :) while giving me some comfort that he is. He should never run out of material to post, or things to talk about. Being a jack of all trades, and maybe even a master in many, is a good place to be on Steemit. And if he's a good guy, too, well... even better. :)

You challenge me to come up with something he doesn't know, eh? Well, I think I'll wait on that for a while. If I do, though, it will probably be inadvertent, rather than on purpose. :)

Need to get that internet going. Is is suffering from heat fatigue? We have occasional outages here, but for the most Xfinity/Comcast does a good job.

And this is comment No. 5,000 for me. You're well past that, I see. I'm still acknowledging it here. :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

sir Glen! good day to ya sir. well I was thinking that if you won this week it would be good for the League and contest would it not? when I go to step back I then realize that I have this big list of people that I've tried to get some kind of relationship going with..and I can't just not answer them!

I am back down from last week, like yesterday I did 115 comments but last week I think I averaged 150 a day. so this is harder to cut back than I thought, plus I still have precious little time to come up with a decent post! lol.

yeah I've noticed that the big guys only comment on comments to their posts, I guess they don't have time to visit very many other's posts. Except papa-pepper, he never sleeps I don't think, puts out 4 or 5 posts a day and it's everyday life stuff that he's doing on his homestead, alot about plants and gardening, teaching all about that stuff. plus tons of animal things.

I don't understand your last sentence. I have no idea where to find this information so I'm always clueless about numbers. 5,000 comments from when?

I wonder about smithlabs also, he has so many ongoing projects that it boggles the mind,he literally hardly ever sleeps though, actually.
but everything I mention he's already done it, has it, made it, read it, ate it, wrote about it, researched it...it's just astounding. so good luck trying to stump him, let me know when you do, gotta happen sometime.

I still think authors are a cut above on here.
thank you sir for your thoughts!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

No worries, glad to be providing something of 'use' and interest to many. And I've got no choice to stop now (which I don't want to of course), as @curie have just sponsored another 8 weeks with 200 STEEM. How awesome is that? :D

Congratulations on 3rd spot, well deserved. The boys are back in town it seems!

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

I think it would be interesting to know how many new people sign up each week. It seems like things have been growing. The list is the top 20% and seems to be increasing in length every week.

Glad to hear there's another 8 weeks. That's great!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Yo, @themanwithnoname. Yeah, well, it was more than a rumor. He said it. He decided to go after 1000 comments and basically obliterated it and everything else in the process. Can't help it if the guy uses the 111 degree weather as an excuse to avoid yard work. :)

He is saying he needs to do it this week, though, so I guess we'll see. Actually, I'm hoping he still makes a run for things, anyway. :)

You didn't have to mention how badly he beat me by, did you? Thanks man. Truth hurts, don't it? :)

I set a personal record for CL this week and in the past that's been more than enough to get me into first place, but then janton comes along and outdoes not only my best but sets the record for CL. Now he's got more SP to work with, too, so who knows what that's going to do for the upvote side of the equation.

I suppose we did give it the old college try. I've got the carpel tunnel to prove it, but I'm not taking on the loan debt :) It was a good week. I'm hoping for another one, depending on what my wife wants out of me while she's off from work. She's taking the whole week. And now that the 50,000 point mark has been decimated, I guess it's time to try for 100,000 points, right? What do you think? I probably should actually reach 50,000 before I go for the 100,000 points right? :)

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themanwithnoname (64) · 6 years ago

You had a really good week. Nothing to be ashamed of there. Your CL was higher than it's ever been and your scores all seemed to be up. We just got outplayed.

Don't take on the loan debt with the carpal tunnel.

Do make sure to help your wife. Happy wife, happy life! There will always be next week.

I think that 50,000 is still in reach. I stretched and did some long comments back and forth with you to help get your CL up, but that wasn't enough this time. You need to get a solid comment buddy so you can just go for hours. We'll have to find one for you. I don't think I can be that guy. I don't have enough consistency in writing long comments.

Good luck this coming week!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I think the better idea would be to have 100 or more folks who will comment with me five or six times. That would seem to be spreading out more than just you and me or some other person. I appreciate the idea, though.

I converse with you because I find our conversations to be interesting, informational, fun and I really liked to do it. The CL and the comments become secondary to the actual conversation. I do thank you for helping me out, though. :) In that case, I was helping, you, too. :) And apparently, we both helped janton, which was probably as much our downfall as any this week. :) We're our own worst enemies. :)

Yeah, yeah. Happy wife, happy life. I've heard it. Problem is, nothing rhymes with husband. That's why it can't be the other way around. And even so, how could you compete with rhyming with life? Not fair.

I'm okay with the week I had. I'm glad to get the numbers up. I just don't like my second best showing overall being left in the dust, and I don't like having the CL record belonging to someone else. That one is where I live, man! :)

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

Congrats to everyone.
And a special congrats to the four people who have won my delegation last week. @cicisaja, @headchange, @tryskele and @buckaroo, you've all made the list again this week. I'm very proud of you all. Keep up the good work!

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Well done to these guys and bravo to you for employing the pay-it-forward initiative - FTG will be proud :)

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

I love the PIF-initiative, both here and in real life. But I'm still a little fishie, and it's a bit frustrating I can't do more. I'd love to be a big sea creature so I could make a bigger change.
Thanks for saying FTG would be proud. But I don't know him personally. It was you who inspired me ;0)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @simplymike😊I still need to manage everything, like language barrier and quality comments. Hope that I can maintain my achievement next week..it's gonna be tough, but will do my best.
Thank you too @headchange,@tryskele and @buckaroo, wish you all the best.

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

Same here, @cicisaja. No matter how good my English is, I still have to deal with the language barrier every day. Some days it's a bigger problem than other days, but I feel I'm often limited when trying to express what I exactly mean. Or even understand what others mean, lol. When people start using those typical expressions or slang, they often leave me puzzled. Fortunately, most are willing to explain when I ask what they mean :0)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

When people start using those typical expressions or slang, they often leave me puzzled. Fortunately, most are willing to explain when I ask what they mean :0)

this is something that make us different from other social media users. beside, learning is a process that never stop until the end of life, sometimes.. I use that language barrier to create more comments and engaging, hahahaha, another blessing in disguise for me and I hope it for you too @simplymike.

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

learning is a process that never stop until the end of life

I couldn't agree more :0)

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Thank you! And congrats again to my co-winners. Also thanks for the delegation. That helps so much and is so much fun. I can't always be as active as I would like. The list is helping me a lot with measuring my activity levels. I thought I was way lower this week than was actually the case. I bet the scoring change he mentioned is adding points for power ups. That info all in one place would be awesome.

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

You are welcome, @headchange. Glad to see you are still way up in the list, in spite of the fact that you can't always be as active as you would like. Imagine you could... you would probably be at the very top of the list :0)

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

If I plan carefully I can take a week of each month to hyper focus on Steemit. One of those weeks is defiantly going to be seeing how high I can go in the league. Top twenty is doable maybe even top ten. But that may depend on how they change up the scoring.

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

I've had my top 10 places, when I was motivated enough and had enough energy to make SteemIt my 9 to 5 'job'.
I slipped down in the list because all of the real-life trouble that is getting in the way.

I noticed Asher announced some changes. Very curious what that will be all about...

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

I can relate to the "real life troubles getting in the way" Looking back at the older posts would be a gold mine of info if one had the time to go through it.
Seems like the top spots would be very hard to maintain over any length of time.
I have a lot of flexibility in real life obligations. That helps with finding some "chunks" of Steem time.
I admit to being a bit torn right now. Some financial issues mean that I must make some bigger chuncks of work time. At the same time I want to take full advantage of the delegation because it is a rare opportunity. If it wasn't Steemit it would be something else. Juggling time is a life long challenge with me.

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

I think that's no different for most people. If/when I'm recovered again, I will have to start working again - probably as a teacher, since that's my job. If that happens, I don' have a clue how I will be able to fit in SteemIt. I admire the people who have to go to work and have a family and are still able to find time to be active here. Even without having a family, I would really have a hard time combining it with a job.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

@simplymike, you picked some awesomeness with @cicisaja, @headchange, @tryskele and @buckaroo!!!

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

So far, they are very worthy winners. I can't wait to see more of them :0)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Agreed @simplymike 😅

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buckaroo (61) · 6 years ago

Unless someone forces him to actually sleep @janton is unstoppable. Comment over 1100! The rest of us are running ourselves ragged on a couple hundred! Well done, once again. And thank you Asher for keeping yourself so busy with putting this together every week

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

haha :)

Yep, the 24 hour curator, I wonder what his secret is.

Thank you @buckaroo!

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buckaroo (61) · 6 years ago

Strong Texan coffee?

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

Well done, @buckaroo. You made the list again :0)

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buckaroo (61) · 6 years ago

Thank you so much @simplymike. And probably a big part of it is thanks to your generous delegation

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

The engagement league has nothing to do with the amount of SP you have, only with the level of engagement, so all credit goes to you ;0)

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buckaroo (61) · 6 years ago

Oh!? Thanks for explaining that. I'm still learning. I don't understand the witness part either. I see many on the engagement league also have zero witness credit

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

I am not an expert on the witnesses part either. I do know voting for the right witnesses is important, so I used the proxy-feature to allow @abh12345 to vote on my behalf. I simply don't have time to do a decent investigation of all witnesses, and trust Asher to do it for me. He knows way more about it than I do, and I know he wants the same things for SteemIt as me, so it seemed like the best way to go for me.

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buckaroo (61) · 6 years ago

Perhaps when I eventually get to Discord I can get a bit of a crash course. There's so many aspects of the actual workings of steemit that I don't get. My brother got me here and gives me assistance but he and I have a slightly different outlook. I am very community orientated. He keeps encouraging me to upvote myself and get shadowbots to do my voting. That just seems WRONG. I love the conversations and interaction with each person I "meet". Although I need to know how to correctly manage my account without having to wade through reems of archived posts. Thank you for your kind assistance

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simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

I guess someone like @davemccoy would be your guy for that. He really knows all the ins and outs, and if you ask me, he's the expert.
Look him up once you are on Discord. If he can't help you out, he'll know people who will be able to

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

lol! I'm not that unstoppable @buckaroo but it's easy for me compared to all the work and things you got going on, if I was in your shoes you'd never hear from me! God bless you!

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Hi @buckaroo congrats on another great week of engagement. I have decided he types in his sleep 😁

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buckaroo (61) · 6 years ago

And you too @headchange! Every week I think I'm going to slack off but it becomes a bit...umm...addictive?

You're right about the sleep typing. It must be a new phenomenon.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Agreed it is very addictive. But better than Candt Crush for sure.

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fullcoverbetting (69) · 6 years ago

@maverickinvictus I am really glad that you are the winner of this price! I know that you do post a lot and already have some shares! So, a new push in the back! Enjoy it!

@abh12345 still a great contest to be participating in! I don't have a chance anymore to get into the top 10!
@janton amazing score you are getting there, also glad that @glenalbrethsen is accepting his price again! @lynncolyle1 and @gillianpearce there would have been weeks that you would have won with your scores but these days are behind us now! Still great engagement!

Cheers,
Peter

gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

there would have been weeks that you would have won with your scores

There's interesting @fullcoverbetting. I wonder if we'll just sink lower and lower down the table as new people join and increase the pressure and numbers at the top.

It's great that even more people are joining and engaging at such a high level.

I hope you is well in your world! 😍

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fullcoverbetting (69) · 6 years ago

Everything is fine here @gillianpearce!
Hope that the same goes for you and your family!
Cheers,
Peter

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, @fullcoverbetting! It's good to see you back. You were on holiday, if I remember right. Then, of course, there was the World Cup to attend to. Sorry about Belgium. Who knew France would win it all?! You did, probably. :)

Cool on giving out the Lucky 25 prize again.

And you're definitely right about the old engagement scores. They're not enough now. Bar was booted into orbit last week. I'm still shaking my head. :)

You going to come along for the ride, or still got stuff to do?

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fullcoverbetting (69) · 6 years ago

France was my favorite, Belgium my dark horse!
Yep, I was on a holiday! It was great but it is over!
Couong down to the next one!
It feels great to be able to sponsor the lucky 25 again! I did proise Asher to do it for 5 more weeks! We will see after that!

I don’t have a shot anymore on a top10 place, so I will stand by the sideline and watch the fierce battles going on! Curious who will win next week! You or @janton!
This all doesn’t mean that I will not engage anymore but I will give up the fight for the top spots! I do feel comfortable with sponsoring!

Cheers,
Peter

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I don't know if you should give up on the top spots. There's a big difference right now between 2-5 and 6-10. I mean, they're all working and doing something, but generally, not always, there's a gap between those in the upper bracket and the lower. In this case, with janton, there's a big gap between first and the next group.

If janton is taking time off this week, okay, maybe there's a chance for me to win. That's not how I like to win, though. I like to take my best shot and have the other people take their best shots, and then see who wins. Otherwise, it's just not a very sporting victory.

However, janton's been so far ahead he could drop down a few to several hundred comments and still win while I've been working like crazy to just get into the 40,000 point range. And that, barely.

So, we'll see. I need to get the CL record back, but beyond that, I'll do what I can and still get my sleep. :)

Okay, so France all the way then. Did you make anything off of it? :)

When is the next holiday, if you're already counting down? I mean, how often do you get to go? :)

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fullcoverbetting (69) · 6 years ago

It is not that am I giving up. Or am I. Don't know.
It is great to see so many new names on top of the board! But it has been changed to a contest where time is the most important weapon! Let's say 10 weeks ago, it would have been possible to have a shot at the top 10 with spending 1 to 1,5 hours per day! This has become an illusion. I do work 40 hours a week, have 2 small kids, my own blog to care about and some other hobbies besides Steem (believe it or not). So, yes maybe I am giving up but I still do believe that engagement is utmost important. That;s why I will keep supporting @abh12345 engagement league!
I just don't have a shot anymore on the top 10! While I am writing this comment, it could come over as a rant and that's not what I am wanting!
So let's switch to some more interesting things. Next holiday is mid August, to the sea with the kids for only a few days.
After that I will have to count down until end of October or begin November for the City trip with my wife. And yes after that I will have to wait unit July next year :(
So, I go often but not often enough :)
4 out 5 bets on the final came in. But I didn't bet on the world cup outright winner.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Why not? The overall World Cup winner would have been the bet, right?

Okay, so three trips in a year that's not enough? Just joking. I could be on vacation more than I'm not, except, as you know, it's not very conducive for accomplishing anything on Steemit.

Okay, well, giving up probably isn't the word, and the prioritizing is already where it needs to be (family comes first, which means work, too), so you do what you can do when you can do it. As I said, I still think there's a chance for No. 10 at least, but yes, there's still a level of commenting that needs to go on, and no, you don't want to neglect your blog entirely, especially if it's making something. You'll want to post.

I didn't read a rant. I read a very realistic and honest observation. Even if I still think it's possible to see you in the Top 10 again, even with all the new people vying for spots. Doesn't mean we're always going to be up there, either. :)

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fullcoverbetting (69) · 6 years ago

I just don't like to bet on an outright winner (or future). When you want to bet on the favorites the odds are most of the time too low to for risk you would be taken! I did try it a while ago with golf, but there is it even harder!

It could be possible that there still is a chance to get into the top 10, but I will let surprise me! Like I wrote I won't change my engagement on the steem blockchain.

3 a year is for sure not enough, but I do ran out of holidays :)
Also from August until May the football season for the kids is going on, so there are not enough free weekends :(!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Cheers Peter!

Welcome back again to the world of Steem.

The top 10 will take a real mission if time is limited - top 25 is pretty tough too!

Cheers for the lucky 25 sponsorship as always, Asher.

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maverickinvictus (64) · 6 years ago

Glad that Glen is accepting the prize again as he definitely deserved it and was leaving novel sized comments again.

It has been harder and harder to get back into the swing of things but I see that I have been improving a bit and managed to reply and even comment outside so thats a win for me.

Thank you for both the Steem for the none self vote and to Peter for the Steem Basic Income share! Much appreciated!!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations Mave! Glen and Janton both are competing to see how many novels they can each write a week haha I'm not even trying to touch that first spot anymore, or the second, now that Glen is back!

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Now, hold on here. I'm the only one who gets to write novels each week. :)

Yeah, janton's got the overall CL record, but I'm going to get it back. If nothing else, I will have it again. You don't have to settle for third, though. You get a week where you don't have to take a few days off and you will give janton a good run. CL needs to be over 200 per comment to do it, though. He has it to the point where the comments and the average CL is making a huge difference. But if you've already got the comments going, what's a little more CL? :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Good to see you throw the gauntlet down Glen! I guess it's all possible, I'm just not sure I'm up to the task 😅

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Well, the CL is the only thing I take personally. I would prefer not to lose, and on top of that lose by 50% as No Name so helpfully pointed out :), but I'll get over it. The CL record, though. That's more to me for some reason. Maybe because you all keep referring to my comments as novel-sized. I've decided to own it. :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

haha @glenalbrethsen, own it you should 😅

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

A good week for you landing lucky 25! Cheers to @fullcoverbetting for this one :D

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Well, congratulations @maverinckinvictus, for winning both prizes.

I've seen an uptick in your general activity, especially in getting back to me, so that's good. I'm glad things are improving for you.

My novel sized comments that you keeping referring to them as were not enough to even be close this week, so I can identify with how hard it is to keep up in this league. Time is always going to be the issue. It's what you do with it that counts. I think you've got a lot of things going for you, though, and your participation in the leagues is just one source of revenue for you, so what you do here is like icing. I'm sure you can move up when it's time to do so. You need to be right with you. So, be right with you. :)

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accelerator (67) · 6 years ago

Hi, as fate would have it, both you, @abh12345 and @paulag appeared on the same page; I have added you both to the MAP Curator Trail. What should I call them? Para-curation services! A bit of a mouthful, tho, but I appreciate the quantification of what most people do in a qualitative fashion.

Standard blurb follows, but it has the links!

You have received an upvote (from @rycharde) and a resteem (from @accelerator) as part of the new MAP Trail initiative to support curators.
You can see your entry here.
You have been added to the Fanbase on SteemAuto and will be supported with further upvotes.
You are also being followed by @accelerator and may receive further upvotes when your article is added to another of our "curated curations" posts. Delegated SP is also available on a weekly basis.
All of this is free and part of MAP's mission to support quality content creators by supporting curators.
You may help support the MAP Curator Trail by either upvoting, resteeming or delegating to @accelerator...
... or just upvoting this comment :-)

lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

So glad you added both of them to your trail! What an awesome addition :)

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accelerator (67) · 6 years ago (edited)

Thanks :-)
One of my sub-aims is to turn the MAP feed into the Most Amazing Posts feed!
(One day, I may free myself from the MAP acronym puns and word-plays.)
It, the feed, is currently still in transition as I slowly follow/unfollow people.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

hahaha Most Amazing Posts feed sounds perfect to me!!! Never give up the word play :)

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Thank you very much!

I've popped a small delegation on the @accelerator account, cheers @rycharde and good luck with this project :)

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accelerator (67) · 6 years ago

Many thanks! I trust you noticed that delegating to @accelerator is also a participation in the MAP Rewarder fund, so you shall be receiving weekly payouts, extra upvotes and other benefits. Sent you a Memo as standard verification.
Thanks again!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

See? You really are a good egg Asher :)

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hashcash (63) · 6 years ago

For the first time I am in the top ten/green list.................... oh yeah!!! Didn't realize it and didn't think that I'd even make it.

But the real thing are the guys with with higher scores than. Holy-moly! I can just wonder at their engagement levels............

lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations @hashcash! It's exciting isn't it?! A bit like a drug...I want more lol Hate to see myself out of the top three haha

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Congratulations @hashcash😉 you can make it.. good job👍

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

HUGE Congratzzz, @hashcash!!! Go for it again next week. ;)

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curatorcat (67) · 6 years ago

Congratulations @hashcash! I see your excellent comments everywhere so it's definitely well deserved and you're putting in a lot of work!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Nice work dude, congrats on making the top 10!

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delishtreats (70) · 6 years ago (edited)

Congratulations everyone!! I'm especially happy for @cicisaja as she's doing a great job!

I'm so happy to be in the table again! Thank you Asher!

Next week will be hard for me as I'm going on holidays in a few minutes :) But I'll still do my best!

lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations for getting back on the table @delishtreats :)

angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

YES, what the lovely @lynncoyle1 said. Forgot to add that above, @delishtreats. ;)

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delishtreats (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you ladies @lynncoyle1 and @angelacs! :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

You are most welcome @delishtreats :)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago (edited)

Thank you my dear @delishtreats, thanks for your support and glad to see your name in there again!

Next week will be hard for me as I'm going on holidays in a few minutes :) But I'll still do my best!

and you will make me jealous with your wonderful pictures and stories.. will make sure that I'm gonna put my comment and have a good comment battle on your posts too, LOL. Enjoy your vacation Marina.

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delishtreats (70) · 6 years ago

Hahaha, I hope you will like them @cicisaja! Thank you! 😊 PS: I'm already at the airport.

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Like them😯 No way.. I love your stories and all the pictures attached, wonderful.. have a safe flight😉

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Thanks, @delishtreats!!! Will have to come visit you, especially to peek at vacation pics. ;)

And YES, isn't @cicisaja amazing???!!!

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Hihihi... it's been my third time being in marked green actually😊 really hard to keep in the first tabel😢 ask my abandoned hubby if you want to know😅

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago (edited)

really hard to keep in the first tabel😢

Hard to get in to that first table and hard to stay there. But you've been excelling at it, @cicisaja!!!

...ask my abandoned hubby if you want to know😅

Ha haaa!!! No, I will not open the complaint floodgates! Not at all interested. ;)

Seeing and knowing wife is super busy with productive social media account and earning, even if small at first, is very good for a husband. ;)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Hahaha.. at least his wife always be around the home, not spending her time at the public park where the free WiFi is.. steemit hasn't drained the internet quota, yet.

Love to read your comment @angelacs. I am off now.. it's already midnight.

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Hahaha.. at least his wife always be around the home, not spending her time at the public park

LOL. Good point! ;)

Sleep well and sweet dreams, dear @cicisaja.

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delishtreats (70) · 6 years ago

I would love you to check it out @angelacs! Make sure to let me know if you like them! 😊

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angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Oh, you've posted vacay pics already, @delishtreats? That was fast! ;)

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delishtreats (70) · 6 years ago

Hahaha, not yet :) I meant to say once I post them :)

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

My pleasure :D

I hope you have a wonderful holiday, and try not to 'check-in' too much while you are away!

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delishtreats (70) · 6 years ago

Thank you Asher! Actually, I've just arrived in Mallorca so if you feel like meeting up just let me know :) My discord ID is delishtreats#6850

I'll be here for a week. Hope to see you!

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beeyou (59) · 6 years ago (edited)

I did say I would be happy if I landed somewhere in the middle ranking. Mission accomplished! It’s all that phishy business. 😁 Enjoy a relaxing Sunday evening! Thanks, as always.

Congrats everyone!

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Damn phishy. Mid table here is likely top 10% platform wide... I should probably take a look at that, maybe this week :D

beeyou (59) · 6 years ago

Completely agree @abh12345. I smell some phishy business, because no way could my commenting effort be in the top 10%! The solution to reducing commenting (and expend energy elsewhere) is to stop posting. No post, no need to comment, but then, no earnings either. Catch 22 ;)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

It's nice to see some good coming out of the bad then @beeyou! Congratultions :)

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beeyou (59) · 6 years ago

Thanks @lynncoyle1, happy to even make it on the list. Congratulations to you. Even when you take a couple days off, you manage to stay on top. You toppers are truly comment superstars!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Thank you @beeyou! i appreciate that 😅

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

@beeyou I am ready for all the phishy nonsense to die down. All the good fish need to get back to playing in the sea and having fun.

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enjar (69) · 6 years ago

I find the quality of my comments dropping as I become more and more community ordinated. Even a few times a week now my own comments are more or less just informing people that they have made it into the weekly author showcase or their entry for a contest was accepted.

Comments do tend to have their diminishing returns even more so when it is to similar people over and over and over. There is only so much that can be done from a single platform. There is only so far someone knowledge in a single topic can go without branching out into lesser known areas and still tying to “add value.”

So I can more understand a change is needed. I have noticed some of my more generic and even shorter comments these days have had more impact than some of my longer ones in the past. While my own quality might be dropping it is getting more done as well.

I suspect unless I make even greater efforts to try and stay in the top 30 that I will keep dropping. That is not a bad thing either as not everything in regards to engagement can be analyzed on the blockchain. My own role here on steemit has simply changed. I’m no longer a lone wolf going out every week leaving massive blocks of text trying find my way. So many important things take place elsewhere and so does my time.

I even find myself enjoying leaving shorter comments these days as I try and stay on top of things. Which is a quite different view then when I started on steemit.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

I understand. It's particular true with this weekly post. Once you've said thank you and congratulated the winners for a few weeks, there's not much else to say I guess. It's part of the reason I put the bounty on the post, and really, I'm happy with a short comment each week here :)

At times a long comment is required to put a good response across, but I feel that shorter comments across a larger number of accounts can work equally as well, if not better.

Have a good week @enjar :)

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arcange (73) · 6 years ago

Congratulations @abh12345!
Your post was mentioned in the Steemit Hit Parade in the following category:

Comments - Ranked 1 with 232 comments

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Booya!! Thank you @arcange!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Thank you Asher! Every Sunday I wake up, make a coffee and have a look at your Leagues. Hooray, it's another Power Up Sunday, albeit a bit smaller thanks to Jibber Jabber Janton (me and @davemccoy's brain child)! I'm glad @glenalbrethsen is taking a prize again; he totally deserves it. And @themanwithnoname just edged me out! By the way, @janton was supposed to be taking the week slower to get his yard work done, so I think that next week, if he wins again, he needs to post an embarrassing photo of his yard in order to accept the prize! haha

Congratulations to you Asher, @gillianpearce, @smithlabs,@cicisaja, @rentmoney, and @hashcash, and to everyone who worked hard to land anywhere on this list :)

Now, I've been here long enough to know the work that goes into engaging. Heck, I've even made first place a couple of times, but these days, with the amount of commenting going on in the first few spots here, this is how I'm really feeling ?)

Thanks again Ash! Happy Sunday everyone :)

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Thanks for the mention, @lynncoyle. It's nice to be back accepting prizes, but we're all chasing janton, so I guess that's the way it's going to be.

I am in full agreement—he needs to post the images of his yard if he ends up reneging and setting more records this week. :) Actually, I hope he does renege. Not so much on the photo. I just want to see what it looks like when he "pushes harder." :)

You're placement, particularly since you took time off, is amazing. You know what's going to happen when you have all the days to work with, right? Kaboom! :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

hahaha @glenalbrethsen, and the funny thing is that when I do take days off, I have this sense of panic Saturday night that I haven't done "enough" and am nervous to see what Sunday will bring!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I'm guessing that happens to all of us that have been in the Top 5-10 on a regular basis. Did we do enough? I know it happens to me. Funny thing is, there are times where I was sure I needed to do more, and I ended up at the top. Then, other times where I thought, nah, that's enough, and it wasn't.

Like this past week. I thought, okay, I get such and such, I will be just fine. Famous last words. But before janton, it was enough. Now it's not. New paradigm, new strategy. Or actually, old strategy, just more of it. We'll see how far this gets me. :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Well, he really says he's taking time away to do yardwork this week, so I'm sure the top spot will be yours, if that's the case 😅

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

My wife is off starting today through Saturday, and so I've done some stuff for her today and she already has plans for me tomorrow. So, I'm not sure where I'm going to be. I'm doing okay but I'm behind where I wanted to be, so we'll see how this goes. As it is, it's not about the top spot. It's about the CL, and of course, I need to get enough done in order to take that record back.

As it is, can't remember if I said this to you or someone else, but I'd rather janton be at full time and power rather than splitting it with something else. I like to win and lose fair and square. If he's only at 80% output and still beats me, well, that's okay. But if he's at 80% and I win, well, not so good. Plus, as you well know, you never know who will suddenly jump out and take the top spot. I don't think anything is set in stone until it is.

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you @lynncoyle1😙 the engagement has stopped me from self-voting, but new syndrome is emerging, I can't stop typing and never really thinking at all😖 and it's fun😂

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

It's all a bit addicting, isn't it @cicisaja??!! But it is fun too :)

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

Absolutely..this is something that remind me of farmtown -online farming game- that make me addicted because it's FUNtastic Fun.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

hahaha you play those @cicisaja ?

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cicisaja (65) · 6 years ago

If only my old laptop still upgraded, I think I will never be on steemit @lynncoyle1😊 it's been 10 years now and still looking for a way to get back to my farm and orchard

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

hahaha! thank you Lynn, I love that nick-name! kudos to you and @davemccoy for coming up with that, it would make a catchy username but I don't think we can change those can we?
I am actually stepping back this week, already haven't done squat today on Steemit, but the internet was down. But I am going to work outside on our property this week, grudgenly. I'll sit back and watch you guys battle it out at the top!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Talk is cheap @janton; I feel as though I have heard those exact same words from you before!!

Glad you like the name :) But sadly, no, you can't change your username :)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

well ok. I should give you all the credit for my chattiness because I was just trying to keep up with Miss Motor Mouth!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

hahaha nice try @janton 😅

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Thanks @lynnecoyle1. It's been lovely to see you "out and about" again this week.

Well done for your fourth position. 😊

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Thank you @gillianpearce! I'm going to leave the big boys battling at the top and enjoy what I'm doing without the pressure :)

Congratulations to you as well!!

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

I'm going to leave the big boys battling at the top and enjoy what I'm doing without the pressure

Yep. My thoughts exactly @lynncoyle1. I just potter along doing what I can do. I even got to bed last week at a reasonable time on a number of nights last week. 😁

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

We women are so much smarter @gillianpearce 😎

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Congrats on another great week @lynncoyle1 I am pretty sure if I had that hammock I wouldn't be anywhere to be seen on the list.... Wonder if we should send out a couple gift hammocks, just a thought.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Bingo!!! Free hammocks to janton and glenalbrethsen especially! With that Texas heat, @janton will just have to rest for a second and BOOM, he'll be napping before you know it!!

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I think @headchange was actually asking for a hammock, so the one for me can go to them. After hearing what happened to you, I'm not in any shape at all to be climbing into a hammock, let alone out. :) I don't need one, unfortunately, to take a nap.

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Oh lord no just looking at the pictures makes me lazy enough. Besides that after a recent run in with a folding beach chair I am being more careful where I decide to park myself.

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glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

That's probably wise. We don't need any of us getting hurt because we didn't watch where we were parking ourselves. :)

My problem is generally getting out of things, not getting in them. We have a lawn chair that is very easy to get into and really, once you're there, the last thing you want to do is get out of it. And maybe that's part of it, because getting out of it can be a real pain, especially if it's fully extended in full lounge mode. You can't really sit up and then slide out, and you can't roll out because of the arm rests, so really, the only choice you have is to try to push down the front with your legs hard enough (like a manual recliner), so you can then be in a sitting position, and then get up.

Love the chair, but it's just borderline dangerous to extricate oneself from it. :)

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Got you beat on that one. I ended up with my butt on the ground folded in that thing like an accordion.

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hopehuggs (67) · 6 years ago

ooooh perfect time to stumble across you and these curation and engagement leagues. Just got my vote power back up into the 90s and planning to curate, curate curate and engage, engage, engage :)

Didn't know about Steem Bounty either. I think I need to incorporate into one of my posts weekly too.

Such a big place Steemit. Always a gem to be found.

Hi @angelacs <3 - you are main name I recognise from the comments

angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

Yayyyyy!!!! Soooo happy to see you here, @hopehuggs!!! You're going to LOVE it here!

Such a big place Steemit. Always a gem to be found.

So very true! Can't wander too far without finding something new or old with a new twist or just something so intriguing we have to say 'ok, this LAST one'... on and on and on. ;)

Enjoy your first week of meeting and greeting all over Steemit as an official League member, Hope and Welcome again. xxx

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago (edited)

Thanks for stopping by!

This is my busiest post of the week, and I think the @steem-bounty is perfect for this comment frenzy :)

Sometimes I check the post and there are conversations taking place 4/5/6 levels deep - it's a great pleasure to see this.

I'm wondering if you wish to be added to the list? - the competition is fierce though!

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hopehuggs (67) · 6 years ago

Yes please, I'd like to be added. It will up my game .

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Ok great, you are added :D

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy from Texas @hopehuggs! you are the reason I'm here! I read about Steemit in one of your emails and I joined because of you, good to see you here!

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hopehuggs (67) · 6 years ago

Hi @janton that is awesome, you have no idea how happy reading this comment makes me feel, I'm glad the interaction part hit home <3

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy today @hopehuggs! I'm so happy to make you happy, yes Ma'am you had such a positive influence and recommendations for this platform, it helped me get a good start!

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sparkesy43 (59) · 6 years ago

Congratulations again @janton. You're absolutely tearing it up in this League.

A little surprised to see myself so high this week. Busy with work and family commitments meant I didn't think I was on steem as much as this. It seems I was mistaken.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

He really is, even Glen couldn't get close this week!

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago (edited)

Oh, great. Looks like everyone wants to rub it in. Cool. Fine. Be that way. :)

I'm still going after the CL, though. Don't know if I can catch him with everything else he does, but as I said, the CL is mine. :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

haha it sneaks up on you @sparkesy43! Congratulations :)

One day I didn't think I'd been on much, then I checked my stats in Steemworld.org; it tracks minute by minute of activity coming in and going out. It seems I too was mistaken haha

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sparkesy43 (59) · 6 years ago

I guess it becomes a bit of a habit so you don't really notice just how much you're replying to others

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

That's it @sparkesy43! I've spent more time on my computer in the last 6 months than I have in a long time I think!

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sparkesy43 (59) · 6 years ago

Yeah, Steemit has usurped one of mobile phone game time-wasters. I much prefer cruising around here these days

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

haha you and me both @sparkesy43 !

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy @sparkesy43! great job this week even if you didn't think you did! that means you're better than you thought you were!

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sparkesy43 (59) · 6 years ago

Or online more than I should be... ;)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

ha! yeah but it's a healthy addiction!

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sparkesy43 (59) · 6 years ago

Very true. If it's my worst vice then I don't have much to worry about.

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

exactly because with Steemit you wouldn't have time for any other vices! that's where I'm at, do you work in the "real world"?

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sparkesy43 (59) · 6 years ago

I do indeed. I work for a telecommunications company in Number Management (making sure peoples phone numbers work and that there is enough numbers to go around)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

is that all technical work and is it interesting or boring? I forget where you're from?

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stever82 (69) · 6 years ago

Hello, @abh12345 I would like to join this and see how I stack up in the future. Thanks this looks like a lot of fun.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Great, welcome to the club!

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rentmoney (68) · 6 years ago

Congrats to everyone involved.

To absolutely everyone who made it on the above graph .. keep up the great work is your engagement is what is improving user retention on this site.

curatorcat (67) · 6 years ago (edited)

A big "Texas Sized" congratulations to the seemingly unstoppable @janton who has now gone over 1,000 comments a week and is clearly leaving everyone else to pretty much eat dust! That's just about unreal but well done; the delegation prize is definitely well-deserved! And well done to everyone else, and particularly a shoutout to those who managed to get where they are without self-voting.

Speaking of that, I came across what I felt was an "appropriate use" of self voting yesterday: Someone flagged and commented on a phishing scam; the scammer came back and flagged that comment... so the original commenter self-voted to make their warning "visible" again. To be, that's totally a legit use of self-voting.

I think this week marked my 15th(?) consecutive week of making it into the engagement league listings, and now my 3rd in the curation listing... so I guess maybe I'm getting better at the curation thing!

edited to add: And thanks @abh12345 for finding the time to manage all this and still place in the top 10! That's pretty stellar, too!

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy there @curatorcat! I want to echo that, @abh12345 is quite incredible!
as far as me I'm quite stoppable I assure you but we'll see what happens, I'm stepping back this week to work outside and relax some so I'll watch the top 5 battle it out! thank you so much for your kind words!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Speaking of that, I came across what I felt was an "appropriate use" of self voting yesterday: Someone flagged and commented on a phishing scam; the scammer came back and flagged that comment... so the original commenter self-voted to make their warning "visible" again. To be, that's totally a legit use of self-voting.

What a turd some people can be. An appropriate use for sure, and I hope it doesn't 'cost' you on Sunday. Next time, maybe I can help.

Cheers!

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merej99 (70) · 6 years ago

WOW, this is quite impressive. I've been away from Steemit for a while but thanks to @denmarkguy you're on my radar now. Looking forward to seeing future reports :)

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Thank you @merej99 :)

Would you like to be a part of the Leagues?

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teetee (43) · 6 years ago

Hi @abh12345, can i join this league please ? Thank you . Any rules i need to bear in mind, other than what is mentioned in this post ? Much appreciated :^ .

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Yes of course, added!

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teetee (43) · 6 years ago

Thank you . Any steps i need to undertake ?

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Congrats to everyone especially @janton way to go! A very well deserved delegation. I can't even imagine the time it takes to type that much. A whale in the making for sure if he keeps that up.
I am pretty excited to win a prize this week thanks so much for that. I was surprised since I wasn't as active this week.
I will be back to scroll through with individual comments. Just wanted to drop in an show some appreciation. This league is something I look forward to every week.
Can't wait to see what changes in the scoring.

greenrun (66) · 6 years ago

Congratulations to the winners. Every person that genuinely engages deserves some level of recognition. Too many spam comments of late. I'm happy to appear in the table somewhere. Thank you :)

lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Hi there @greenrun! I too think that every person on this list is a winner; genuine engagement is what keeps me coming back week after week here :)

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greenrun (66) · 6 years ago

I agree with you,I like sincere engagement even when the point of view disagrees with mine :)

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Exactly! And that's what adults do; agree to disagree :)

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anixio (54) · 6 years ago

I would like to join the league if that's OK :)

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Certainly, added!

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anixio (54) · 6 years ago

Thank you! I probably won't apear in the first week because I recently delegated SP, but for later on... I'm in :)

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mad-runner (75) · 6 years ago

Thank you for your brilliant initiative, dear @abh12345, after two weeks of non-placement, I returned among the consolation prizes, among the best users who do not get up, congratulations to all !!

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

My pleasure, and congratulations on your placing :D

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cryptoandcoffee (74) · 6 years ago

Hi Asher. Thanks for that and totally agree that Janton deserves a boost of delegation. This guy is unstoppable.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

No worries :) Yep, on another planet right now and fully deserved of a boost!

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

hey @cryptoandcoffee thanks for the kinds words, you are also very good and I'm enjoying getting to know you more as we go along.

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anouk.nox (70) · 6 years ago

Congrats to all the winners in last weeks league! Great job again :-)

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

A great job by so many :D

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erikklok (62) · 6 years ago

Not in the list this first week of participation. That means I now have a clear goal for next week 😉. Thanks for hosting the league!

angelacs (54) · 6 years ago

You can do it, @erikklok! Cheering you on.

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erikklok (62) · 6 years ago

Thanks, that's very much appreciated!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

My pleasure, good luck for next time!

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erikklok (62) · 6 years ago

Thanks!

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eveningart (59) · 6 years ago

Aw yay- congratulations @janton on another amazing week- and hurrah for your delegation- that is so so well deserved. It has been wonderful getting to know you these past few days!

Thanks for my spot prize this week @abh12345 - much appreciated. It's been a quieter week on here for me, so I'm thrilled to still be in your tables!

Congratulations everyone on another brilliant week of engagement- look forward to seeing who is up to what again next week.

E x

janton (71) · 6 years ago

howdy @eveningart! it's been my pleasure getting to know you also. Normally I'm not too fond of Brits but in your case I'm forced to make an exception! lol..no just teasing, I love all people. I'm rooting for your continued success!

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eveningart (59) · 6 years ago

Haha - how charming ;) thanks very much - and I hope you have lots of fun playing with your nee delegation. E x

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Thank you @eveningart and well done on reaching a prize position this week! :D

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reazuliqbal (67) · 6 years ago

Saw some new names in the engagement league this week. Keep up the good work guys.

I am losing top places mainly because of less focus on curation these days and not able to compete with the bots in #utopian-io.

Need some new strategies soon. :)

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Yeah, honorable curation doesn't quite beat front running a bot without consideration for what your content the vote is going on. A shame indeed.

tsnaks (63) · 6 years ago

I delegated my power away on accident. (I mean my friend convinced me to do it.)
But I have undelegated now and I hope to be back in this league soon.
Only 12 more days to go.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Oops! May you return in style in 2 weeks time :D

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tsnaks (63) · 6 years ago

I will give my best to return with a bang :)

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

In the past weeks I thought about writing a post with some analysis from my side about how to get a high ranking in your engagement league. And then especially a high ranking with working a bit less (read without typing ten thousands of characters. So far I thought it might be best not to do so. Because it could create hunters. Although I don't think that really had to be an issue. Cause you always have to type at least a few ten thousand characters to make it in to the top of the league. And anyone could see and do the same as me and analyze the data themselves.

But since you are going to change the league a bit, I thought this might be a good moment for me to post something with analysis about the current setup. But before I do I thought let's ask of you agree to such a post?

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Well the obvious method to game the league is type a load of rubbish replies at level 3 or deeper. I'm hoping no-one is going to stoop that low for a few STEEM and potential naming and shaming though!

Feel free to write whatever you wish :)

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

I actually thought replies to replies would do it. And by having an (extra) conversation like this I hoped that would be sufficient. But in the end I probably only had like 15-25 additional level 2-3 or deeper comments. Of course I also wrote a bit more comments as I usually do. But I guess I just don't get above the 30k characters.

Well I'm really curious to see the changes next week!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Notice my deeper level comments this week @crypto-econom1st? Not sure it made that much of a difference :)

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

You're right. Our 14 extra comments did not change the world. However it made me win a 0 self vote price for the first time ever.

In your case you needed like 5 extra comments to grap the third place. Looking down to the fifth place the gap is really big. So you could have skipped quite a few replies without dropping in the ranking.

Looking up it really seems impossible to beat @janton. Almost everything is doubled by that Steemonian. I predict Asher will take some measures against this behavior 😋
I seriously think he will give people like me just a bit more chance to win. At least I hope so cause someone got to stop this winning streak 😀 (just kidding of course).

As soon as I have cleared my to do list I will check out Jantons account.

Anyway enjoy this week and let's see what will happen coming Sunday.

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Congratulations for the zero self vote @crypto-econom1st!

I saw how close I was for third place, and funny enough, on Saturday, I "chose" to stop steemit and not answer the comments on my own post. Had I done that, well, you know. But, Brian and I played Backgammon instead, so I'll take 4th place no problem 😅

_{Sent with Fast-Reply}

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

That sounds much better.

Coming weeks I will be less active as the summer asks more and more time to play outside. And also I will be on holiday. Probably without wifi. That really helps against Steemit addiction 😀😁

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

haha @crypto-econom1st, I'm beginning to thing there is something accurate to this whole "steemit addiction" thing!😅

_{Sent with Fast-Reply}

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gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Thank you for the Steem @abh2345 and @curie.

Well done @themanwithnoname for making it to third. Well deserved I think! 😊

Good to see @glenalbrethsen taking his winnings again. I'm happy to see that.😊

Well done @lynncoyle1 for keeping up your usual standards. it's good to see you back more in the comments.

Congratulations to @janton of course. Six in a row is pretty incredible. Does that break @glenalbrethsen's record @abh12345?

Well done to everyone in the top 20. That's no mean feat. 😍

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

Hey, @gillianpearce! I'm glad to make you happy, even if I didn't really do a whole lot. Congratulations on your placing fifth while maintaining balance again. Totally amazing.

Janton beat my consecutive wins record last time, when it went to five. My previous record was four. I may have made it to six, but there were the two weeks in a row where I barely lost to cheneats, and then again barely lost to lynncoyle1. I think those may be the closest first and second place finishes.

Not anymore. We're also chasing janton now, so I'm going to keep chasing and see what happens. :)

gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

Happy chasing @glenalbrethsen. Make sure to keep it fun for you (and your wife!) 😂 😍

glenalbrethsen (68) · 6 years ago

I'm not sure I can accomplish both. My idea of fun would be sitting most of my free time here in front of the computer and chasing after the goal. Hers would be keeping me away from the computer as much as possible whether I'm doing something with her or having fun or not.

That is, unless I was raking in the earnings. Then, I couldn't sit here enough. I'd come into the house and she'd say something like, "How much did you make? That's nice. We need more though. Why aren't you out there? Why are you settling for less? Go do something! Quit goofing off!"

gillianpearce (65) · 6 years ago

I don't know how to respond to that @glenalbrethsen so it's just as well it's bed time. Actually I'm late again but only by half an hour if I leave now. 😁

I'm off!

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

Thanks @gillianpearce!! Same to you :)

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tryskele (64) · 6 years ago

Great job everyone!!. Way to go @janton.

simplymike (67) · 6 years ago

In spite of havig an 'off-week', you still made it to the list, @tryskele. Very proud of you :0)

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janton (71) · 6 years ago

thank you so much @tryskele! I enjoyed talking to you last week, hopefully more of that will come about!

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headchange (51) · 6 years ago

Congrats on another great engagement week @tryskele Being on this list is not easy at all. So good to see you on the list each week.

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macoolette (71) · 6 years ago

Hi there! I saw about this contest through another contest, #payitforward, and I got curious. I see there is a loonnnggg trail of comments here that tells me this is really an exciting one. I may not have the longest post or comment but I see it really fun. Care to adopt the newbie me to join? 😊

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Hello there!

Yes of course, everyone is welcome - I have added you to the list :)

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macoolette (71) · 6 years ago

Thank you... 😊

But let me clarify my understanding about the contest. In a nutshell, it is basically getting engaged for as much as you can through posts, comments and upvotes, right?

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Yes that is right, just go about your business as usual and see where you land :D

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macoolette (71) · 6 years ago

Thanks. 😊

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

I really tried as hard as I could to make it one into the top10. But that really seems a bridge to far 😩😥

Luckily it was just enough for the 0 self vote encouragement reward 😀😁

I was planning to take a 8 week holiday as of now. But changing the game might me decide to do something else. So let's see what brilliant changes you will make!

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

1 STEEM for no self-votes will do eh? I think that would be tough to beat voting for yourself at your SP. But of course, you have to engage for it too :)

Changes.... I think i'm going to stick with what I have again. The reason for thinking about the changes was to perhaps bring the field closer to Janton, but i'm not sure penalizing him is the right thing to do, and so tomorrow will look the same as this week I think :P

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crypto-econom1st (57) · 6 years ago

I did not look at it like that before. But I will never earn 1 Steem from self voting. Not even close if I also take into account that part of the curation from votes after my self vote go to me. But that amount will also be close to zero.

About changes, this week someone proposed to include the number of different Steemonians having replied to. Is that now something that you think about?

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brittandjosie (71) · 6 years ago

Can I be added to the list? And what do I have to do more than I am already doing ?

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Of course you can :) And no, it seems you are set for a good placing in the league - we'll see on Sunday!

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oculussensori (40) · 6 years ago

Hi! Can i join this league please ??

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Yes of course, you are now on the list!

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oculussensori (40) · 6 years ago

What am i supposed to do next, if i may pop a silly question :^ ?

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

To score highly, you will need to comment/reply anywhere on the blockchain. There is also a score attibuted to voting/witness voting/not casting self-votes.

For the first week it may be tough, you will then perhaps have an idea of what you can change to score better.

good luck!

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oculussensori (40) · 6 years ago

Oh i see, thank you. And where is that i can check my score please? :^

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

In the next post, out later today :) (But you will need to be in the top 100 - good luck!)

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viog37 (46) · 6 years ago

Lovely initiative abh12345 ! Do you mind if i join ? Thank you!

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Thank you, absolutely! You are now on the list.

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sugarcreek (53) · 6 years ago

I want to enter the Engagement League contest can a newbie like me play

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Yes of course, everyone is welcome. You are now on the list, the post is out Sunday, every week :)

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bobaphet (69) · 6 years ago

So if my understanding is correct, this competition rewards people, based on their curation on their own posts? Or also on posts of others?
Either way, I would like to participate.
Peace.

abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Yes that is right. Replies on your posts and others, your vote spread, witness votes, (lack of) self-votes are all scored.

You are now on the list, welcome :)

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bobaphet (69) · 6 years ago

Awesome, thanks :)
Is this ongoing? Or do I need to re-enter weekly?
Peace.

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zuhaib (27) · 6 years ago

Thankyou bro very good

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cranium (76) · 6 years ago

Thank you for doing STEEM - better. Good luck to you and Love.

Спасибо, что делаете STEEM – лучше. Удачи Вам и Любви.

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Thank you @cranium :)

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emmakkayluv (58) · 6 years ago

Congratulations to all the winners, and good luck to all the contestants...

I hope I go far this week....

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ocdb (56) · 6 years ago

You got a 32.07% upvote from @ocdb courtesy of @abh12345!

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hangted (37) · 6 years ago

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lynncoyle1 (63) · 6 years ago

hahaha this is awesome @hangted!!

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rf-abol (46) · 6 years ago

Congrats to those that made it to the top

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yasu24 (70) · 6 years ago

@hiradate is rank 4

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

A solid effort :D

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izaid (60) · 6 years ago

I will try it again, hoping to see my name right there soon.

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Good luck!

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aaarif (54) · 6 years ago

once i read this. but i forgot. Almost time i forgot what I did before 2-3 weeks. When i am in office i wrote it to my note book. When i was on road or at home then i saved a note on mobile. The problem is that i forgot that i saved note :-| ... what is the solution then!!!

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abh12345 (76) · 6 years ago

Errr, not sure! Save to email? :)

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