STEEM QUEST #1 | Slay the Cave-troll
This quest is not for the faint of heart and will require much strength (steem power) and mana (voting power) to persevere. One with low armor (reputation) can easily be trapped in the Halls of Silence if they're not careful.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Counteract cave-troll 100%
- Eliminate all strength bonuses (rewards)
- Prevent armor increase (reputation)
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: Bring cave-troll armor down to 60
Quest Description
Honorary stewards of Gondor and members of the congregation,
As all of you may know, we have a cave-troll in our midst.
Every hallway in our kingdom reeks of its feces.
Joyfully it defecates at least 10 times a day.
Into our very nostrils its stench reaches.
Nourishing itself with its own excrement.
I stand my ground firm beside you.
Shouting to the heavens that God delivers us.
A growing and troubling threat we have by the hour.
Now is when we must fight.
Are you ready for battle?
Should I blow the trumpet?
Shelter yourself O ye troll for thy flags cometh like a thief in the night.
Hold on to these words for they shall surely come to pass.
Overdue is your reward.
Low quality are your words.
Embrace your demise.
Terms of Duration
This quest can go on indefinitely. Only a radical change by the cave-troll can bring it to early completion.
Due to the difficulty of this quest I will unfortunately need to suspend the SOG program. I will reinstate the stewardship program once this quest is completed. You have full reign to do as you wish with your delegated steem until I retract it in 24hrs.
Please reach out to me, you will need help.
You have my sword.
And my knife
anyone have hacks? :D
I hope this effort rallies more troops to your side, and the battle is brief and easily won! Power on Geek!
And my sniper rifle.
I know we are small but the folks with #newbieresteemday will help you if you tell us what we can do!
I love it... for such a sweet person, you sure do carry a big sword!!! I don't want to ever be on your wrong side @amariespeaks ;)
I’m it too you can always use a yeti
Go get 'em @davemccoy!! I'm in if you need it :)
I knew you would be for sure :) ... nobody messes with farmgirls :D
....tarry BB ball players :)
lol :)
And my letter opener @fulltimegeek @themarkymark @berniesanders
Why hasn't anyone built a flag selling bot that can be used to purchase flags using the anonymity of bittrex when purchasing flags?
Fuck if we are going to have bot's selling up-votes we really should have a bot that sells flags.......
NO we really shouldn't have that
Hell, I'd buy them for myself than ask the community to help rebuild my account and get pity votes.
Well I wouldn't do that but I am sure someone would try that, lol.
This made me laugh!
And then hide ... whew, all this is way out of my weight class
Hey Bernie,
Not sure if you saw my comment yesterday about @trevonjb? He has 200,000 steem power and says he will help this fight if we stop flagging him and let him use the platform. It’s a lesser of 2 evils type situation, also Trevon will bring people to the platform. I know you don’t like him either over the Bitconnect bs, I personally last a few thousand, but I would rather have him than reward pool rapist. In the comments of his last video he said he would be willing to agree to this when I asked about it, just thought it’s maybe the best opportunity to win!
Tell him to find me on steemit.chat or steemspeak discord.
Tell him that if he wants to help the STEEM blockchain he doesn't need any agreement.
I have to un-delegate, it'll take seven days, I will help, I'll contact you in steemit chat when I free up my sp...
I don't understand. Who are the cave-trolls?
Oh okay, that explains it.
funny response :) ... and they are the group that have worked their way into taking about 25% of all the money created here by gaming the system. What @fulltimegeek will do is nullify their ability to do that with impunity. If you don't know about the people that are gaming the system, then you can learn more from others on this page (look at the top comment for a clue). ;)
While this appears to be a lot of fun and a game, in reality it is neither. The stakes are high and this takes a lot of courage and the future of the platform rests on FTG winning. If you don't know who he is, check on that too because you will find an inspirational leader and a helluva good guy and someone that you would want to support 100%.
Hope this helps!
(and ps...the fact that people are charged up here is reflective of the way in we as humans are announcing we are ready to go! And while it may appear that there is no fear, there is a reason why it has taken this long to deal with. The people fighting this battle are courageous because they risk much to do this).
lol
loool, your wicked.
So so funny!!
forgot to follow you marky ;) , following you now mark :)
Nice! I’ll give you some laughs too lol
so cool nice view
I don't want your help, thank you!
It's been a pleasure to serve as an SOG. I'm truly proud over what I've accomplished so far and I'm honored and grateful.
I wonder what will happen now though. I have 25 Steem Power remaining in my account. :D
I have always thought that what you're doing is and have always been a very noble thing to do. And to see that you've come to this decision makes me even more satisfied and glad. I wish us all the best of luck in this battle and I know that FTG will be a great leader and commander on the battlefield.
Now, I just wish I would've been able to help you guys out in a more proper way. Unfortunately, I have no bandages to heal your wounds and I have no weapons to arm myself with... But I will not leave your side!
I think the people you delegated to will understand... I am not a SOG receiver, but have received recently from 2 SOG members (@abh12345 and coolguy123 and I can tell you that I gladly give their SP back to them)... I am just a newbie, but this fight is something that I know will pump up the newbies and minnows and we all want fulltimegeek to win!
I'm just telling you my thoughts as a delegee of a delegee, my guess is your delegees will feel the same as we learned from you the value of respect and giving!
ps... plus we can fight in other ways that won't require SP... That's the beauty of this platform, everyone can play a role and fight as one big team! ;)
Hi Dave
I've earned enough Steem Power through the generosity of @fulltimegeek these past few months to not need to undelegate any of the SP I have loaned out.
While the great war is underway, I still wish for the less bloody 'battles' to take place and this means keeping our new members engaged and encouraged - something which you and the team have done a great job with.
Don your helmets, this could get messy!
This is awesome @abh12345 and of course @fulltimegeek ; I'm prepared for battle and like nothing more than to fight a good fight to ward off evil! I'm in battle position and will continue to rally the newbie troops through engagement and encouragement; we are on guard and will await notification of battle postions!
Awesome Lynn!!! You never cease to rise to the challenges!!! I don't know where you get your spirit and courage from... oh wait yes I do ;) ... The farmgirl in Mexico is purely badass!!!
hahaha @davemccoy! Although you are neither a farm girl or farm boy for that matter, and not in Mexico...I would say in the end, it takes one to know one :) Cheers!
And by the way, you should have seen me in my Viking Halloween costume haha
Lol, @lynncoyle1 is truly the enthusiastic cheerleader amongst us. She puts me to shame.
Now that's funny @beeyou...you are the best cheerleader!
The helmets are on and we will plow through whatever you need from us... I know its you that will be able to do all the fighting, and I'm thankful for it!
If you tell us what we can do, I'm sure there are many in my group that will do what is possible. I think the main things we can do is help to spread the message and keep people understanding what is really happening. I also think we can also show our support, so I will try to encourage that as well. If you can think of anything else, then let me know (I have already heard from many they are ready to help you and @fulltimegeek)...
Also on the delegation, I appreciate that and of course will continue to use it if you feel that is the best. But I hope you realize by now that I truly don't mind if you should need to take it back. As I said, your delegation meant more to me than the SP I received. If my portion would help to make this battle stronger, then I am fully onboard with doing my part.
I plan on being here for a very long time, so making sure this battle is won is something that is very important! I get it! So have no worries about me crumbling, I'm on you side of any battle for life!!! ;)
Hi Dave I don’t really understand what is happening here. Can you get me up to speed in plain english?
:) yes Mark...
I will be happy to explain.
There has been a group of people that have gamed or cheated and set up a whole bunch of accounts and gained a lot of control. They have got so much power that they are sorta in charge because of the way the system works. It has to do with your Reputation and your SP.
Essentially these guys cheat because they essentially just massively upvote their own stuff even though it is something a 4 year old could do. Then when anyone has tried to "flag" it (which is how we are supposed to police ourselves), these individuals used their power to destroy the lessor persons reputation.
One quick note: if two people have a disagreement the one with the higher reputation wins. That is how it is structured. So if me and you fought, I would win since my reputation is 55 and yours is 40. You can't hurt me by yourself, but I could hurt you. Of course I would never do that, and neither do most people here. But there is a group that does exactly that and they have got too much power so nobody can challenge them. This has led them to take a large % of the rewards every day. And they do it day after day because no one will challenge them. All of us get cheated because this group has gained all this power by essentially cheating the system to get there.
Finally someone has woken up and is going to do something about it. His name is @fulltimegeek. He is the one who started the #stewardsofgondor. To give you some background on what he did, he got so powerful that he wasn't comfortable with all his power. So he decided to delegate most all of it away to others who he felt would do a good job and help others. In that way he didn't carry his weight so heavy that he could be the sole decider of things.
But today he is coming back. He has had enough of the evil group and is going to attack them with his own power. He is taking back his delegated power from his "stewards" and he will once again have the ability to have lots of control over the situation. He will also have an army of people that will help him (like me, even though I am small) because he has earned respect from many for his selflessness and giving.
So that is why I am pointing this out because you should understand what he is doing. The whole system is beautifully designed but there is no one person in charge. So people have to get together to make changes or the place will fall apart. I have been aware of this problem for most of my time here. But not until today did we find someone that is willing to risk it all in the fight.
Does that explain it to you? Do you have any more questions, I'm happy to answer them!
@davemccoy if i was delegated 1k by @fulltimegeek was i a part of the SOG? If so Damn that’s awesome! Obsessed with LOTR I’ve been to Aragorns Ranch here in Malibu CA. Viggo has the Sword on his living room wall lol
So for me to help, what do I need to do
Awesome... That's what I love about you Mark, you are ready to support any force for good always! Even when you didn't know the facts, I knew you would be one that I could call on to help! That is a great trait and I admire you very much for that spirit!
The answer at this point is "pay attention"... We have no idea how this is going to play out but we should be aware of what is going on. And we can make sure to keep each other educated as to what is happening and find others to pay attention too. From there is may be something as simple as giving moral support, to rolling up our sleeves and helping heal the ones that may get caught in the crossfire. I have put out the word that we are ready if needed, so I'm sure if they need us they will tell us how we can help.
In the meantime keep doing what you're doing, I see the people that you are helping every day! I'm impressed and happy to have you as my teammate and my friend!
Well written I’m now up to speed. Sounds like the platform isn’t so decentralized after all and there are stronger ppl that shift the power here.
This in essence boils down to a flawed mechanic on the platform that squeezed through a user testing phase that wasn’t predicted. And now someone has found a way to alter the platform rules by exploiting a rule set that was never intended. In video games when i worked at activision we call these SEV 1 bugs! 🐜🐜🐜 these are platform flaws that need better rulesets in a steemit update to corse correct when a mechanic becomes broken or exploited. Any hearthstone players out there? If so when they adjust certain cards in the game on an update it’s because the game mechanic is unbalanced and that is exactly what it sounds like here as well.
This looks like a worthwhile problem I’d be willing to rework in an exploratory series for solution solving if you guys think that’s valuable
I'm glad you got up to speed... You're fast! ;)
And I'm not so sure this is a bug. It may be the intention all along. In order to keep the platform from failing, a mechanism was put in that allowed the bigger players to exert control. In theory that means that the people that got big, did so because they earned the respect of others. And in most cases this was true (ie fulltimegeek delegated all of his SP to keep from having too much power and being tempted to exert too much influence).
But one group figured out how to game that and earn their reputation not through respect, but by cheating the system. In the beginning nobody paid much attention, but eventually the problem got worse. Finally the "leaders" are ready to deal with it, and the system has the mechanics in place to handle it. If they ban together, they will have enough power together to squash the problem.
SInce it is in all their interests that this platform succeed, it was just a matter of who had the courage to be "first"... @fulltimegeek was the one who said "I'll do it" and if you learn about what he has done you will understand that wasn't surprising. He has been selfless in his time here and tried to always serve the community.
So while it may seem like a bug in the system, in fact I would argue that the system was still designed brilliantly because it enables problems like this to be dealt with. It just takes leaders to lead. And information to spread. And sooner or later, the system will fix itself!
I'm glad to see you up to speed @theuxyeti! And I knew you would be on the right side! ;)
I could obviously undelegate during this time, and I know that everyone would understand, but I wanted to go "all in" with my new project and I have every intention of doing so further on too. I didn't have to delegate everything I had, but I felt like doing that as I truly believe it's for a good cause. It's been a while since I was down to such a small amount of Steem Power, so it'll be kind of cool to see how it goes. I might take some of my SP back, but no matter incoming delegations or not, I intend to continue to delegate my own Steem Power to grow the @asapers. I started to delegate before the battle. I want to do it during the battle and I have every intention of doing it after the battle too. :)
Awesome, I like your attitude @hitmeasap!!! I love someone that can take a direct hit, dust himself off, and get back up and complete the mission! Its nice to meet you and if your project could use the participation of newbies and minnow, I will be happy to look into how we can integrate it into our community! (#newbieresteemday if you want to check on us)
Let's see how it pans out. :)
The entire idea with @asapers is to help our newcomers and to give them support, motivation and encouragement so you and I should definitely be able to combine our strenghts in the near future. It was nice meeting you too!
Awesome @hitmeasap... I joined your @aspers room and will to talk to you anytime you are ready. I agree we are running very complimentary programs that serve a similar group. I would love to find things we can do together and I've already sent your page out via resteem and will encourage my people to join you too!
Keep up the good work and if you have time, let me know and I will be happy to discuss!!!
Agreed @patrice and @fulltimegeek equally assisted delegating me some steem and have believed in my contribution to the community but if there are greater causes for strengthening the platform do what is best for everyone. I love global causes. And both have helped me establish a lil bit of a presence in the creative space for Steemit. I’m available too if needed! Take it from the KING himself
@hitmeasap I can delegate you 11sp if it helps? That keeps me on 100 and 100 seems stable for me. Give me a shout if you need it.
Thank you very much for your kind gesture but it won't be necessary. :)
...all hands on deck....
Although new, I see the abuse. A person has to be blind not to see it. I've seen forms of combatant by others with good intentions, but their method, in my opinion, is perceived as adding to the reward abuse. Intentions may be there, but the actions taken may not be best delivered. It is very heartening to see someone with rank and power take action and join in the cause.
I personally am not up there in ranks for the issue to directly impact me, but I've seen the blatant abuse in action. It was a fundraising post for someone who fell on hard times and needed a new laptop. Everyone helped with what they could, and pennies do add up. I contributed my penny worth and it brightened my heart knowing there are people on here helping others in need.
To my dismay, I saw the fundraising post flagged when it was close to payout. Flagged not because of the message, but flagged simply because the person who made the post was not favored by the flagger. I don't understand how anyone could flag a fundraising post of all things and I don't support these type of people in the community.
My best wishes to you.
Is this what happened? Can you send the post? I will add my tiny upvote to it.
It was some months back @bengy and only one of the abuse I’ve witnessed. I do believe the person received the laptop with others helping later. Very sweet of you to want to help though. We can support in other ways now to ensure abuse like this is not prevalent.
@originalsimulant, if ever there is a time to upvote (the post) & resteem, here it is!
It does sound like quite an adventure, however this kind of thing (whatever kind of thing it is) is pretty far outside my wheelhouse. I don’t even know who it’s supposed to be, or what they’re even supposed to have done. I’m not really the posse/vigilante type; and I’m certainly not one for lynch mobs. I’m not saying that’s what this is, but again, how should I know? I don’t even know who it is.
I figured I would take the opportunity to check on our deal. :)
No, of course you should only support if you know the story. No lynch mobs here! Just a gathering of support for change. Your meme said it perfectly, and is exactly what this group of Steemians are trying to achieve.
from @originalsimulant
ah! The illuminati!
You show the all seeing "G"!
hahaha!
I see you have been honing your photoshop skills whilst planning this quest!
It has been an honor to serve with your Steem Power.
Asher, glad to see you are up on this (I should've known)... You can take back the SP you gave to me with no worries... I fully support what he is doing and I know you want to help him (as I do too)... We are here for the long run and this battle is one that needs fought. We have all been talking about it, and he is doing more than talking! Bravo!!!
ps.. I will now expect bigger stickers when you like something (they are more fun than upvotes anyways) ;)
We have cross-posted again, the joys of over-engaging!?
The SP I have out on loan will be staying where it is to continue the support of our newer members while war is underway.
I don't have any bigger stickers at present so i'm afraid you'll have to get an up-vote instead sir!
haha.. that is funny!!! I will take it for today but you should go sticker shopping over the weekend!!! :)
And yes I agree its joyful to over-engage, it gives me a chance to hear your good messages twice!!! lol
Thanks again and we got the newbies, no worries ;)
I have 21 SP. I will support you guys from the trenches in spirit. I'd pray for you if I had a deity to prey to. Oh, bless ye warriors. My hope remains for you to succeed.
very good Sharon, I'm with you... We may not have SP but we have our voices and spirit to support this worthy cause!
so me!! this is gonna be good.
Bahahhaha I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! We must protect this awesome community at all costs from those who do not care about it. It is an honor to be a part of this. Is this not why we are here, to break cruelty's stranglehold on this world, to lay down our lives
acctsif need be. How many livesblogshave been claimed by this troll? Ohhh stinky troll you do not stand a chance and shall be vanquished. Long live Steemit!!! <33Thanks for your delegation, you rock Sis!
I have about 50SP who is best for me to delegate to help this mission?
Thanks @yogajill :) That's awesome!
How To Delegate Steem Power The Easy Way! Send to @weflaghaejin, @flagthedonkey or @fulltimegeek :) :)
Thx girl 💖
Awe man! I can't delegate SP?! Can i only delegate SBD..... such a noob. I will revisit the post link u sent. 😓
Thankyou for YOUR delegation lol, YOU rock sistar!! Love youuu!!! <3 <3 <3
You got my attention!
I hope you can join forces with him... I know you carry a lot of respect and I see how much power you wield here!!! Good luck and us lower troops are ready to help if you tell us what we can do!
WHat site can I read to fully understand this war and what is happening?
so greate.......keep it up.......
This wins the internet!!! BWA HAHAHA!! Omg.....it's so perfect <3 <3 Made my morning so good, gonna need a new computer though cause I spat my coffee all over mine hahhaaa!!
hahahha oh no!! I hope you don't take sugar as well!!
It's. Just. So. Beautiful.
haha!
Battle preparation has to be done right!
Bahahaha your post is awesome! It may be a very long quest dude!
an epic journey you go on o brave @fulltimegeek. i wish you strength as your perilous quest may take you into dungeons of despair & darkness. may he who shitteth be abolished from our ranks.. may he who doth not upvoteth others & of the reward pool over-taketh be vanquished and banished from the bright paradisio that is our homeland, steemith. i wish thee power & that thy sword the enemy thou might overcome !
He. Who. Shitteth. Hee hee hee hee hee hee