SC-S29|Geo-Quest Mystery – Week 2: The Sound Map

in #geoquestmystery-s29w214 days ago (edited)

Assalamu alaikum friends,


This is @jannat7
From Bangladesh

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Today I will share with you all about a busy and noisy market. A market is a place where everyone is busy in their own way. And this is where a lot of noise is seen. The market comes alive in the morning and afternoon during the day. I mostly go to the market during these times. When you go to the market in the morning and afternoon, you can understand how lively the market is. As soon as you enter the market, you feel like you have entered a busy world full of noise. That is how I felt when I went to the market last time. That is exactly how it felt to me.

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Vegetable shop

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Vegetable

If you go to the market and stand in one place for a few moments, you will gradually understand the meaning of each word. At this moment, you can slowly grasp the words separately. Seeing everyone's busyness around you creates a different feeling in your mind. However, when you go to the market, the most you hear is the call of the vendors. They always have one thing on their lips: fresh vegetables, fresh fish, low prices. Whenever they see customers, they just ask what they need, they have good things. They don't sit still for a moment. These words are always on their lips. These words are like the real life of the market.

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Vegetable market

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Busy market

When you go to the vegetable market, the sound of vegetables being put in poly bags, the sound of being weighed in the machine, these are always heard. The squeaking sounds of the poly bags create a different rhythm every day. Such sounds can be heard only after entering the market. The bargaining of buyers and sellers. Their conversations come back again and again. The sellers are always busy selling the products in their shops, and the buyers are busy buying. Their conversations seem like a moving rhythm. Which just keeps going. It never stops.

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Vegetable seller

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Market arrangement

The sound of plastic bags crinkling and the rustling of banknotes being counted can be heard very softly. Suddenly, the sound of rickshaws and vanguards diverts attention. Everyone takes rickshaws and heads for their destinations. Everyone seems to be in a different hurry. The sound of vegetable baskets being placed somewhere can suddenly be heard very loudly. The sound of vendors bringing their new products and arranging them in the shop can be heard. When buyers pay, the vendors can also be heard chatting with each other to exchange money. All of this creates a different rhythm within the market.

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Vegetable shop

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Banana seller

Suddenly, the call of familiar people, even the sound of someone laughing loudly. Everything seems to create a different thing. Attention then goes elsewhere. Again, sometimes the sound of small children crying takes everyone's attention and attention elsewhere. The sound of people walking in the market, the sound of people being taken to the market is always heard more. Other sounds suddenly come from afar. The call of vendors from behind, the sound of car horns can be heard. Together, all these things make a busy city visible after going to the market. This is exactly what happens in every market. Every sound in the market helps to bring the market to life.

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Vegetable shop

All these things together make the market not just a place to see or buy, but also a special experience of listening to the sounds. Every person has a different experience when they come to the market. It feels very different to hear the different sounds of everyone in a busy market. Everyone's attention goes in different directions at different times. Through a minute of silence, I understand that the story of the market is created by the small and big sounds of the market. And it is through that story of the market that a living identity is created. All in all, a different feeling and experience.

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Thank you for your participation in Geo-Quest Mystery – Week 2: The Sound Map. Here is an evaluation of the post by @jannat7, following the official Week 2 rubric for Geo-Quest Mystery.

Evaluation Summary

CriteriaScoreComments
1. SteemAtlas Pin & Sound Description1.40 / 2.0The SteemAtlas pin code is included with coordinates, plus Google Maps and plus code. The market atmosphere is explained well, and the soundscape description is relatively detailed (vendor calls, poly bags, weighing machine, money counting, rickshaws, baskets). To score higher, the SteemAtlas pin line should include a clear place name label inside the pin, and the post should identify 2–3 signature sounds that make this market unique compared to any other market.
2. Creativity of Mission & Hidden Sound Challenge0.60 / 2.0The market choice fits Week 2 and the text contains many sound elements. However, the required Hidden Sound Challenge is not clearly implemented: there are no three “hidden” clues for others to guess (metaphor/hints). Instead, most sounds are directly listed. To improve: hide three distinct sounds in clue-style lines and invite guesses.
3. Speem.watch Proof Video (20–60 seconds, focus on sound)0.90 / 2.5A Speem.watch link and IPFS video are provided, but you noted that music was added, which masks the authentic ambient sound and reduces proof value for the Sound Map. To score higher, upload a version with raw ambient audio only (no background music) and include a 10–15 second still moment so the layers are clearly audible.
4. Storytelling Quality2.10 / 2.5Strong “sound-first” writing: it captures rhythm and repetition (vendor calls, crinkling bags, bargaining, sudden loud basket placement, distant horns). The narrative is immersive and matches the theme well. To reach full points: add a clearer “one-minute listening” paragraph and slightly reduce repetition so the arc feels tighter.
5. Engagement (Listening / Guessing others)0.60 / 1.0The author commented on three participations, but you noted the comments were mostly general rather than clear sound guesses/clue solving. Partial credit is fair. For 1.0/1.0, the participant should explicitly guess three sounds on at least two entries (or address their hidden clues directly).

Final Score: 5.60 / 10

Remarks:
This entry has strong descriptive writing and a believable market soundscape. The biggest scoring loss is the proof video audio integrity: added music works against Week 2’s “let the place speak” concept. Removing music, adding a proper hidden sound puzzle (three hidden clues), and making engagement guesses more explicit would significantly raise the score.

Geo-Quest Mystery Jury

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You are absolutely right, such sounds in the market are the lifeblood of the market. When we go to the market, we hear many different sounds. It is just that if we remain silent for some time, different sounds can be understood differently. I really liked your post.

Wow, you have presented us with a very beautiful vegetable market scene. Among the vegetables you shared, I have seen some winter vegetables which I really like to eat, but I really like to eat bananas. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful vegetable market scene with us.

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For health reasons, I rarely go shopping at the market where the vegetable stalls are. But I still remember those scenes. Many people say, "Come on in," "Get it cheaper here." While you can hear a motorcycle making a delivery. The chains of the weights. A market really does have many sounds.