My progress in SteemMonsters so far, thanks to all of you!
My last actual post here (not just resteeming) was four days ago, from the time that I started creating this post. Much has transpired for me in my SteemIt experience, and my SteemMonsters experience, during those four days. Not to mention also that during this time we suffered “the great Steem blockchain pause of 2018”, which impacted on my (and everyone else's) ability to post for a few hours. As a n00bie plankton, this event was a real eye-opener for me. It was great to see first-hand how the machinery of the Witnesses works, with the team pulling together, along with Steem Inc., to get the blockchain humming along again. I've read up as much as I can about what happened, and what was done to fix it. As I said to someone (I can't remember who or where) soon after everything had returned to normal, ...
“I have learned more about SteemIt and the Steem blockchain in the last few hours than I have in the entire first three weeks that I've been here!”
It isn't an experience I'd want to repeat too soon, but at least now I know what to expect if there is ever such an issue with the Steem blockchain again. It wasn't the first time that this platform has had issues apparently, and it is unlikely to be the last. It is great to know that we are in good hands, and everything will turn out okay. Our cryptocurrency is secure, and the lights will be back on eventually.
Inwards Monsters
Over the last four days I have received more SteemMonster cards. In an earlier post I mentioned the generous donations I initially received from @erodedthoughts, @steemmonsters (@reseller), and @guiltyparties. Thanks to these gifts, I had 18 cards. Over the last four days I have received a further seven cards, bringing my total to 25 cards. As you can see in this handy tool, I have recently received generous donations of cards from @benzene and @newbiegames, and an entire #boosterpack from @littlescribe.
My first summoner!
#general channel and asked, ...“If anyone is here, ill give a pack to the first person who can guess the australian tennis player I am thinking of.
HINT: he is playing in wimbledon and won his first round match so far”
Now, I don't know the first thing about tennis. However, my wife was right at that time sitting beside me watching the Wimbles, and she is a mad-keen tennis nut! So I asked her, and she guessed five times, suggesting names that I typed in reply to @benzene. Each time we had gotten it wrong! Eventually, @nealmcspadden guessed the correct answer. It was Alex de Minaur. I didn't win the boosterpack, but @benzene did give me a very nice consolation prize, a SUMMONER card! My very first summoner, in fact.
Fan Fiction with @coruscate & @littlescribe
My latest boosterpack came from the premier episode of the FAN FICTION show with @coruscate and @littlescribe. I had tuned in on the Steemtopia Discord to listen to @aggroed read through @road2nowhere's fanfic about the Twisted Jester. The read-through was spectacular, chilling, in fact, and @aggroed's maniacal laughter and prolonged, hushed "Shhhhhh!" will long be remembered by those who were tuned in on DLive and Discord. After the reading, there were prizes given out, and @coruscate very generously gave me a boosterpack for my eagerness, getting to the chat channel some 2 hours early for the show.
Minnow/Newbie Palooza Contest
The most recent card I have received to date was from @newbiegames, in their Minnow/Newbie Palooza Contest. From them I received a Giant Roc card. I hope to win more from their competition as it continues over the next few days.
I am really grateful for all of these donations of SteemMonsters cards. As I've mentioned before, I still am very new here on SteemIt, and I can't as yet afford to buy my own Starter Set of monsters with the Steem I have collected here so far from my creation and curation efforts, and there is no way that I could afford them otherwise, even now that they are accepting other forms of crypto. So I will plod on, creating posts like this, and curating to the best of my ability, in the hope that one day I can raise enough Steem to buy my Starter Set.
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A lot of good information here!! Love those Monsters!!!