Retiring From #SPUD4STEEM Contest. Please Do Not Delegate Any SP To My Account!

in spud4steem •  4 years ago 

Following what has transpired in the last several hours with a late dubious entry of STEEM user @creativeblue - you can see his post and comments here - plus all kind of hits below the belt from user @crypto.piotr, I regret to inform you I'm not interested in receiving the awards for 2nd place anymore, eligible after @kiwiscanfly posted the preliminary results for the August #SPUD4STEEM contest here.

In other words, you can count me out & cut me off the list. For all the sponsors @xpilar, @reflektor, @hingsten, @bippe, @steemcurator01, @ciska, @kiwi-crypto, @steem-supporter, @stephenkendal & @steemchiller, please do not delegate any STEEM Power to my account. My good friend @georgemales told me third place seems like a good person with a neat project behind & I believe he should receive in full my 2nd place awards. I'm positive 4th, 5th and 6th are decent people as well so they should be move up one place as a result of me stepping down.

Unfortunately, what has happened today proved me once more that crypto is not in a good place. Hypocrisy & greed still runs rampant in the ecosystem and more often than not, mobs run the show with some vocal & despicable in my book human beings. There were simple rules everyone had to follow yet someone had to be the special guy and bend them to his or her own will just for the sake of taking down the big prize and earn some dough. I'm sorry but I can't accept that & this is why I refuse to receive my award in a contest that doesn't do anything to stop such actions.

@crypto.piotr talked about how I want some free tokens... well, guess what, I don't want them anymore and I would hate myself if I received them given the current situation. Some of us still have principles and dignity and do not accept all things with a price tag on it.

My problem with @creativeblue & @crypto.piotr is not that they have won, is how they won the contest & how fierce is @crypto.piotr is in defending the first place and attacking me every step of the way. It's not a problem of ethical or non-ethical, everyone can see what the first place has done is unethical. But at the end of the day, moral or imoral, ethical or unethical, he won the contest apparently and that's all that matters. Who cares about not uploading a screen with the SP before the power up even though the rules stated it was mandatory. You can verify on the blockchain, right? Well, not quite, at least from my perspective, you said the participants must do something, that means they have to do it otherwise they cannot enter.

I'm not going to comment about the way he powered up - I mean there is a big questions of ethics here, but I do agree is not necessarily against the rules & that's all that matters.

@kiwiscanfly, no matter my personal feud, I still believe you have good intentions with the contest. I mean it's a very good way to encourage engagement from the smaller accounts, no doubt. But you must penalize the users who want to take advantage of any flaws in the system in the future to make it worthwhile, that is my opinion.

Stay safe everybody & remember, evil prevails when good men fail to act. That's why crypto & the whole system in general is where it is right now.

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I'm not sure where exactly the problem is, but I think you should not retire from the competition. You've made the second place and @creativeblue made the first, because he powered up more STEEM.

Do you really think that forgetting to upload the screenshot should make the powerup process irrelevant? The whole event is about powering up and in my opinion the blockchain's account history proves all that is needed.

As usual, very well thought comment @steemchiller

@crypto.piotr why are you hiding behind @project.hope with the comments... everybody knows you are behind the project and the account. Just send comments straight from your account!
PS: After you fuck it up all day with your wrong decisions, are you still hiding after "mother's skirt"!

WOW... Already a Power Down from your account....
Great...@crypto.piotr
This actually says everything about you and your "cheating" accounts...
PS: Still not afraid of you.... my new "little frustrated boy" don't don't forget that i am not leaving and... sooner or later.. what comes around goes around!

The transaction can be verified on Steemworld! ;)

Since you are one of the sponsors of the contest did you read at least the rules?
Yes on #6 of the rules, to be part of the contest (rules written by @kiwiscanfly... and not by me) it is mention that you have to do a print screen before and after the power up..
By the way all the ones who enter the contest did that except @creativeblue
So any thoughts on that @steemchiller

To me it looks like someone is searching for mistakes that were made by the winner in order to reach the expected first place... ^^ I don't think that we should be so nit-picky here.

In my eyes @creativeblue powered up more STEEM and won the competition. Maybe @kiwiscanfly can update the rules for the next run to make it clear that the whole thing is about powering up and not about making a screenshot.

Since you are sponsoring a contest without even reading the rules of the contest is running, made me really wonder why i vote you as a Witness...
Just for you to know the contest it's not about the total amount an account is Powering Up ... is about the percentage increase for that Power UP...
With that in mind i remove my vote for you as a Witness...
Since your focus is not on the contests that you sponsor, i strongly suggest to take a look at your own project...https://steemworld.org/, as it always shows wrong the amount of Voting Power... or to be more precise the value that an account is voting for...
Wish you a great Sunday!
Stay well and Safe!

Dude, what are you trying to achieve here? Let me tell you that it won't work. Of course, it is about the percentage. The winner powered up more STEEM (percentage wise).

Since your focus is not on the contests that you sponsor, i strongly suggest to take a look at your own project...https://steemworld.org/, as it always shows wrong the amount of Voting Power... or to be more precise the value that an account is voting for...

You seem to have no understanding of how the EIP changes in an earlier HF affected the voting logic. It is impossible to predict the exact voting value since then (especially for non-whales) without previously knowing the target post's payout. Therefore one can set the payout amount with the Sim. Payout button ;)

With this kind of comment and behavior DUDE, there is no wonder now why i remove you from my Witness list!
As a really friendly remainder as i will leave STEEM soon, in the future don't talk with your voters as..."Dude"
Shows really a major lack of professionalism, at least from a Witness point of view and honest to be lack of basic Education and Respect!

Shows really a major lack of professionalism, at least from a Witness point of view and honest to be lack of basic Education and Respect!

You are the only one in this thread who attacks other people and who acts unprofessional. We are peaceful and stay clear-headed, while your comments clearly show that you have tendencies for trolling and creating drama.

I hope that you will be better soon.

NO COMMENT!
PS: .......

Do you really think that forgetting to upload the screenshot should make the powerup process irrelevant?

I also fully agree with @steemchiller

@georgemales, perhaps you should take into consideration that pretty much everyone seem to have different opinion than you.

I hope you realize how desperate you sound.

@project.hope, perhaps you should take into consideration that next time you should follow the rules of the contests with your "alt accounts" ...just a friendly thought since your gang committed fraud!
Since my friend really went out of the contest leaving your fucking fake accounts to take advantages and milking the situation i will kindly suggest you to watch the way you are taking with me!
You might have a major surprise soon... a major one!

Dear @florianghe

Obviously, it's not how anyone wanted this amazing SPUD initiative to turn out to become a reason for this fight. I personally couldn't understand why your good friend @georgemales started this conflict with our member @creativeblue (post here). Didn't he throw first "blow"?

Unfortunately, what has happened today proved me once more that crypto is not in a good place.

What has happened today rather proved, that in decentralized blockchain people can have different opinions and different views. Every single comment you've received has been mature and polite, noone insulted or abused you at any given time. So personally I do not see any reason for you to quit.

You surely deserve 2nd place, as much as @creativeblue deserved 1st one. This unpleasent conversation didn't have to happen. Noone needed to start conflict and go after @creativeblue - which happened even after he has been announced "top1 winner" of SPUD contest by those who organized this initiative.

is in defending the first place and attacking me every step of the way

I'm surely fierce in defending people, who have very little power and influence and cannot defend themselfs. Especially if I "know" those people (CB is part of our community). I wish I wouldn't have to do it. I wish this confrontation wouldn't happened. However let me repeat - first "blow" didnt come from our side.

I hardly doubt you would not defend your own friend if you were in my position.

Who cares about not uploading a screen with the SP before the power up even though the rules stated it was mandatory. You can verify on the blockchain, right? Well, not quite, at least from my perspective, you said the participants must do something, that means they have to do it otherwise they cannot enter.

It's not clear now - are you actually having a problem with me, creativeblue or SPUD organizers as well?

IMPORTANT:
ps. I upvoted your post with my account and our curation trail to 7$ - treat it as a "peace offering". My goal wasn't to discourage you or anyone else. However, if I see one of my "people" being attacked, then I will stand by that person. I strongly believe, that you would do exactly the same.

Regards,
Piotr

Man... Really!
Now you are trying to buy people Silence with your votes as a "peace offering" after you have been all day Bullying my friend account...
@crypto.piotr with all the respect, but you really did fuck it up with your try to make your alt account, win the competition without following the rules...
If you really want to take a look at a real Steemian just see @futuremind who actually wote in #SPUD4STEEM - 260.863 POWERED UP, that he is part of #spud4steem but can not be one of the winners because he did not follow the rules of the contest... Love and Respect for you @futuremind!
This is the way to do it!
You spam @kiwiscanfly latest post with so much Bullying... in your try that you account @creativeblue will win the competition... just out of curiosity how this account, did bring value to the Steem Blockchain(as mention)... in the last 2 years, with 12 posts and more then 1000 comments with: "@tipu curate"?... and all the curation to your project! (not to mention that the account was payed for that)... WHO ACTUALLY IS MILKING THE REWARDS!
I really wanted to write more... much more.... but i think it is pointless (at least with you)... i hope you are happy... Your alt account won and i am still very curios why none of the sponsors of this contests did not comment about it...(but don't forget your alt account won by cheating and not following the rules)
Wish you a great Sunday!
Stay well and Safe!
PS: This will be my last comment on Steem Blockchain...

Hi @florianghe
That you do not want delegation from us from the competition SPUD4STEEM I think is very sad just because another person won 1st place.

Rules can sometimes be misunderstood and in this competition rules will be changed along the way. We must see the good in this competition and be positive.

I want you to continue in STEEM and offer you an extra delegation from my Norwegian team for 3 weeks of 2500SP a total of 5000SP.

I hope you will accept it and continue to build good connections in Steem. I want to see you smile again. Smile at the world and it will smile back at you

NO COMMENT!
PS: .......

Hi @georgemales

You commented now :)

Smile at the world and it will smile back at you

wow, congrats! also, we have lot of engagements out of this spud4steem drama. May all is good and keep steeming!