RE: HiveFest 7, It's Over - My Take
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It is good to hear that it was well attended by many who went to Bangkok and that there were plenty of newbies. Bangkok was actually the one hivefest I wished I'd been well enough to attend, as I love Thailand in general, the madness and mayhem of the land of smiles.
Also, Liketu is a site I used a fair bit recently, and I understand what they're trying to do and why. I think that if they could pull even 10% of the Instagram crowd with an incentive to power up they could really boost hive.
The last thing you reported ain't gonna get a such a positive response I'm afraid...
Splinterlands were also absent, a major disappointment in my eyes.
Yeah, well it doesn't surprise me. I hate to be 'that guy'... but apparently I am 😂
I met aggroed for 10 seconds in Krakow, when I tried to talk to him and crimsonclad, he looked at me like the shit on his shoe, and then completely ignored me. I wasn't interrupting them, I was just trying to be friendly and join in a conversation they were having about the salt mines being like something out of lord of the rings. A subject I know plenty about, having read the trilogy more times than I'd feel comfortable admitting.
Anyway, I take people as I find them and I found him to be an arrogant asshole, also splinterlands seems to think it is beyond any one blockchain, yet they rely on several to use as payment gateways etc. But as I said in a recent post:
My opinion about SPL kinda feeds into why it doesn't surprise me that they missed turning up to HF. Even though there are most likely people involved in the running/development of splinterlands that live in Europe, and could have attended, no one bothered because they're doing very well using Hive as an on & off ramp for their own business without bringing much to the table other than the game, which I've pointed out is a niche thing, comparatively, on a global scale, as far as the massive 100 billion strong 'mainstream' market is concerned. D'you reckon anyone watches Mr SPL Fat Cat's videos about opening 200 packs of cards on Youtube?
I personally find the whole idea of 'content wars' (short form vs long form, or blockchain games vs blogging) absolutely demented. These types of toxic hive politics debates have driven away more talent on here than anyone realises, that and shifts in rewards obviously. But these types of arguments about content focus etc are simply people trying to create pointless debate, either self-aggrandising, or distracting from the real issues around why hive has lost so many good content creators, and what might be done about it. I'll tell you what won't bring the wide range of diverse use cases that hive has the potential to fulfil, and that's petty tribalism and one-ups-manship that I've seen on here for years. Lol, this is an inflationary blockchain, there is more than enough space for a myriad of content types, blockchain games and other use cases, like reddit style forums etc. Tbh, I thought that was what the whole idea of RC rental markets might be about, but only if people who are already on here don't change up the dynamic. If we're web 3.0 then why are so many people perpetuating web 2.0 business practices, like using the blockchain to launch and fund their projects, while slyly making those projects as centralised as possible. To me it makes no sense, it's plain to see and it makes a farce of web 3.0 actually being a true evolution, a new iteration of decentralised internet (which is what it seems to being sold as) 🤣
Anyway... after that shocking bit of SPL bashing and cynical analysis... how about that local sports team?
Hmm, I missed aggroed in Krakow but chatted with him in Bangkok briefly. He came over as someone who had little time for me, but was not unpleasant. He is a good salesman which should carry to his people skills. First impressions count a lot.
I had issues with a certain someone at SF3 who will remain nameless. It wasn't all pleasant and I'm a fucking elephant if you cross me!
I felt like HF7 took a back seat to Splinterfest. They are close together and maybe that's reason, poor timing on which one? I am a massive fan of the game and large investor, but some of the new avenues they are treading upon are not to my taste.
I don't, you can crack your own virtual packs on the qa server, 4000 at once if you like.., same shit.
@liketu has a lot of promise and @elmerlin is serious about his project, I wish him all the best and will support it, though I may not use it.
Yeah, you're right, first impressions do count a lot. And it is possible that I take things a little too personally sometimes. Lol my friend who is diagnosed with Aspergers is convinced I'm on the spectrum 😂
Similarly to yourself though (as you mention having issues with someone at HF3, and I had a similar experience on the first night with someone else whose arrogance was just staggering) once someone has fckd with me, I go one of two ways, attack or ignore. Most of the time it is 'ignore' to be fair, the only time it usually goes the other way is when someone is bullying someone else. That sets me off big time.
Anyway, I get that a ton of people enjoy playing splinterlands on hive, it just never appealed to me. I bought 10 or 20 packs, and have had them on the rental market for 6 months trying to recoup my initial investment. I used to play 'magic the gathering' as a kid, and I remember I couldn't stand it but kept playing because all my friends were into it. Soon after we all started playing D'n'D which was more my cuppa tea.
I didn't know that SPS had their own conferance/gathering event, you learn something new every day. That perhaps goes a ways to explaining why no SPS prescence at HF.
Anyway, nice to chat as always.
I'll cut this comment shorter, as I know I can go on #epicrant mode sometimes.
Only yourself knows that one!
There was little of that in Amsterdam. I hope I don't come over that way.., its more a question of 'what do I say to this person', more than anything.
You will have to let me know who that was on DM's. Will do that same!
Yeah, no worries. I don't mind swapping stories in discord DM. You'll have to accept my friend request though as I've just discovered you're blocking people from messaging other than friends.
Wise move, I did the same when the scam DM's became epic spam level 😂
Awww, this makes me a little sad. I'm really sorry we made you feel that way. Hivefests are these wonderful things that where from the first second you walk through the door, you prepare to talk to anyone and everyone, and I can say that after being at a few of them now this is both a blessing and a curse. Usually by the end I barely have any voice left, have taken no pictures, and did almost nothing outside of conference venues, so I can definitely say for me that by the time closing dinner rolls around I am really starting to hit the wall and certainly am not as mindful as I could be. One of my favorite parts of it all is getting to chat with people I don't know (even if I'm dead on my feet), so I really apologize that instead of being kind and pleased to meet you, I didn't manage to act that way or convey that. I still think fests are worth it for the 'offline' engagement alone, so don't let jerks like me colour your experience!
Now I feel bad.
You're not a jerk, I guess that these things just happen.
Thanks for being thoughtful enough to apologise for something that you probably don't remember. That final night in the salt mines was the end of a long three days after all.
Tbh, it was more the way aggroed looked at me when I made a joke about the bridge of khazad dum, said nothing, and then just turned around and continued talking to you. That got my back up, and it fired up my anxiety for the rest of the night. That type of behaviour will stay in your memory when you've spent years battling social anxiety.
All in all, SF3 in Krakow was an OK experience for me. It reminded me how introverted I am (and that it's OK to be introverted as long as you recognise it), and how that anxiety will rear its ugly head in such massive group situations. This is the only reason why I wouldn't class my time in Krakow as good, or excellent. I don't think some people are made for networking, or at least it isn't natural (or fun) for them.
I must have plucked up the courage to speak to about 10-15 people (outside of the group I was staying with) the whole time I was there. But sometimes it's a quality over quantity thing. As I got to know Jayna (who took over The Ink Well from me when my health meant I couldn't keep up with running a community) on the way back from the Auschwitz trip and we bonded over a mutual love of monty python, and both being fiction writers. Also a few others on the return coach such as arcange , elizacheng, nomadicsoul and a few other people, as we were all drawn into a kind of post 'horrors of Auschwitz' group healing session on the coach. A lot of laughing 😂, but also sober reflection, an odd combo tbh.
I also met some people I'd already interacted with on-chain like soyrosa llfarms, karinxxl, buttcoins and honeydew. And someone I'd worked with in promo-mentors community called evecab. But nearly all of these people have disappeared from hive now. Only jayna, soyrosa, karinxxl and arcange remain from all those people I mentioned. I guess I had a mixed bag of a time at SF3 for one reason or another as I'm not naturally outgoing.
Anyway, all of that is a long time ago and is water under the bridge crimsonclad.
I've just got a memory that seems to get clearer as I get older, strange but true.
Hey.
It was nice to meet you.
I hope that you guys found that hobo park and were not fined by the police :-)
I would like to mention something to you.
It seems that your account is used as part of freezepeach curation.
This curation has been used to upvote well-known abusers. For example:
arabisouri - blacklisted for farming with shitposts on multiple accounts and comment farming on multiple accounts
Besides that this is Assad's and Putin's apologist who is shilling for Assad and Russia with lies and propaganda.
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Hi, sorry! was on the road from Hivefest right through until the end of Splinterfest and then focused on the hardfork. So, yes. I do both delegate to and vote-trail Freeze Peach knowingly. While I rarely agree with the actual sentiments or content of many of the things the service votes, that is its purpose and I think it has a place here especially as we talked about how it is a weird balancing act that Hive exists in part to give all people voices, even the ones we vehemently disagree with, provided they meet a small list of criteria the service is guided by. In this case, FP works to be a tiny counter what is basically a huge, automatic downvote that is place for the most part because people feel these topics are anathema.I absolutely recognize where your concern comes from on this front but I feel okay with being a small contributor to this, just as I know many people would be displeased with my contribution to certain charitable voting or what have you.
Hey. What's happening with the witness? You folks finished?
thanks for checking in. I'm just getting through a month of traveling starting with Hivefest and ending with Splinterfest, and focused on working on the hardfork. For people asking during this time period, I was open with what was happening with the disabling, but today was the first day I had enough time to properly address people's anger and concerns and adequately explain. I appreciate you checking and noticing.
Tl;dr on the post I just made, the @followbtcnews witness has been disabled and will not be coming back online under that account.