So I just noticed it's been two weeks since the All Star round started.
https://steemit.com/contest/@ifc/ifc-all-star-round
I was making an entry myself so I was a bit surprised. I thought we had like 3-4 days left! Just goes to show how busy things are in my life and likewise how so many others are similarly busy.
Now.. I was hoping for something special with the All Star round.. However.. It might have been the lowest turnout round in the entire contest with only ONE entry.
I was working on one myself as I mentioned, and I think a few other people may have been as well, but.. technically the round ended today and only @plushzilla entered.
So.. I wanted to ask the community what should we do?
Should we just give the prize to plushzilla and move on?
Or extend the deadline another week and hope for a few more entries?
I'm admittedly a bit discouraged by this.. There was a lot of comments on that thread and a bunch of people seemed to like the idea of writing a short story to help guide the direction of the IFC in a sense.. Yet.. Here we are.
And while I am discouraged by this.. I believe too passionately in the IFC idea in general to let it slow me much. I definitely don't plan on quitting. I still want to do season 2 and onwards as long as possible into the future.
What should we do in regards to the All Star round?
Please vote. Thank you if you do.
My personal vote is to extend the contest at least a week especially seeing as I am still working on an entry myself and maybe a few other people are?
PS.. Things have been really slow recently in general, it sucks. I tried. I'm continuing to try. Hopefully things pickup before too long.
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@plushzilla should get the win!! We can always put out our stories if we choose! Maybe a bonus bonus round😃 with a couple steem! I will provide 3 steem if you choose to do it!
Time seems to be passing quickly in my life, I thought there were still a few days left as well☺
I agree. I think he should get the win. But I also would have liked more people to play and an extension could have encouraged that. Pretty much everyone agrees though that plush should get it, except for him.. He wants an extension. Heh. So.. I guess we'll see, but most likely it'll go to him.. And then maybe the rest of us can play for the 2nd and 3rd place prizes?
And hey.. Yeah.. That's cool you'll offer a few steem for a bonus round! Maybe we could vote to take 2nd and 3rd place prizes, and the 3 steem you are volunteering, and do a bonus round or something? Maybe that's the best idea! Definitely something to think about. :) I think that could totally work. Good idea!
And oh? You also thought it was a few days off? I see. And yeah.. Time is indeed seemingly going fast.
I have heard many others report similar. I wonder if it's just cause we're all so busy? Or if something else is going on.. Like.. Time speeding up, or maybe just when we get older it happens? Cause I know within the last few years it really feels like things are going faster than they used to.. It's weird and hard to explain..
@apolymask I was pretty sure if I did write the story there and then I probably would not have had the energy to do it :p
It was a great first season, but the process of learning and accommodating all the changes also led to some 'fatigue'. Luckily there were so many great people that stepped in and helped to keep things going (too many to name here).
This is still the best thing that I have seen happen on Steemit in my 11 months here, and because so much of the time and effort has gone to things behind the scenes, sometimes it is not reflected in the various rounds.
I think I have mentioned that I am more than happy to see the round extended and that people be allowed to submit entries. We'll see if there are some lessons learnt from season 1 that will make season 2 even better!
Also, I'd love to know if there will be some representation at Steemfest to tell the IFC story :)
This comment really brightened my day and outlook a bit. :) Glad to hear you've appreciated the IFC, I have as well! Thanks for sharing that with me. I've heard quite a few others say similar, even yourself in the past if I remember correctly.. But it was a really good reminder either way and to reflect on that comment.. Just that one comment right there.. Makes it all worth it to me.
That even one person can say something like that.. Is very humbling and important to me.
I tend to agree with your other points as well. I think there are some good reasons for such, and it shouldn't be a reflection of or something that distorts everything else that has been so incredibly positive.
And at this rate it looks like you will probably get the prize as everyone is voting for you to get it, but.. Perhaps those of us who were working on entries can battle for the second and third place prizes. Unless of course we get numerous more people in here voting for an extension.. But.. I sort of doubt we'll get enough votes to make the difference.
In regards to steemfest.. I wish! I can't afford to go and I don't know if anyone in the IFC is going.. That would be awesome though! I wish! Maybe next year, or eventually if we start making enough money, I think perhaps if we get enough attention.. Some day, we could even have IFC meetups of our own! We've talked about that before a few times earlier in the season. But.. No.. Not yet. Don't have the funds myself, and.. I don't think anyone in the IFC is going but maybe I should make a post sometime to ask.
Interesting thoughts! Thanks again for sharing, you helped remind me of some important things. <3
I don't remember where it was/is but I would be happy to support someone in the IFC who lives the closest to the event and is willing to go! I think that should be the ultimate prize of IFC season 2, to be able to go to Steemfest and tell our story :)
Well this is yet agan coincidental timing. I just now came over to see how many days are left.
It is unfair for me to vote on this and technically the round has been won fair and square.
I still would like to have a place to drop off my little story, so will follow the discussion with great interest.
That is an interesting coincidence/synchronicity! Also.. You have a vote as much as anyone headchange! :) I want everyone in the community to feel like their voice matters and you don't even have to be a player to be a member of the community, you can be a judge or a sponsor or just be someone who follows along from time to time and who appreciates the effort we put forward. :)
So please feel free to vote if you would like to.. And, I'm excited to hear you have worked on a story either way. :D I look forward to reading it!
I do agree that it feels like Plush won.. But.. Maybe at least we could still play for the remaining couple prizes. There was a 2nd and 3rd place prize as well. However.. I'd still like to wait and hear what the community thinks. Maybe they would be okay with a full on extension as things are just really busy for a lot of people. 👽
Plush wrote a great story and was a very early entry as well. I am just going to follow the comments and see where the conversation takes us.
I think this is one of the things that draws me to the ifc. It feels like a continuous shared journey. I love the touch of fantasy as well.
Steemit feels a bit like that as well just a shared cyber game experience with crypto points.
Agreed. Xomegax just suggested perhaps the timing was off and I tend to agree, in the future we should try this All Star game when more people are more active, perhaps closer to the start of the next season.
And that's cool in regards to your thoughts about the shared continuous journey! I agree! There's something really neat there where we have this community that is sort of going on an adventure together. :)
I sorta feel like I'm surrounded by heroes and that this gameworld blurs with the real world almost sorta like that old movie The Neverending story! Lol. And yes I agree, it is a lot like steemit itself, I don't think I ever would have come up with this idea if it wasn't for steemit inspiring it and enabling it. Now I see it could work without steemit, but steemit definitely sparked it and hopfully will continue to be our home for a long time to come! :D Cheers and thanks for following along!
I did do a story. It is more than anything my own little milestone to mark the beginning of my ifc journey.
Anyway here it is.
Too late for your contest but at least now you have more than one story.
Loved it! Great work. :) I enjoyed the the whole thing and I think you did an excellent job for your first entry! 👽Thanks for sharing your story with us! I definitely look forward to seeing more from you in the future. :D
Thank you. I will follow along with the comments. I hope more people will write one I truly do love to read them.
Careful what you wish for. My little tag along girl may end up poking her nose into all sorts of hidden corners.
Thats unfortunate
Maybe the timing of the all star is bad
I think we should have a off season for a month or 2 to let everyone rest and to get more ideas
And maybe at the middle of that off season we can have the all star
Just another suggestion
Yeah.. I think maybe the timing was wrong.. I thought it would work well as there was still some people hanging around to see who the winner will be.. But.. It's been like a ghost town.. So.. Perhaps.. Around the time you said or even closer to the start of the next season.. It's another thing I think we need to discuss now as a community, the list is growing. Heh. There's quite a few issues we need to go over before the next seasn starts! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestion xomegax! It was helpful.
For what it's worth, I'd say plushzilla wins it fair and square. I had a mind to enter but no good ideas, and when I saw his I decided to let it be.
I'm surprised there was no competition, but he had a great castle idea and even put lots of ifc characters into the story!
Thanks for the vote! I agree that I think plush should win. However there was a 2nd and 3rd place prize as well and headchange above mentioned that she was working on a story as well, so.. I suppose we could still allow some late entries in to see who gets the 2nd and 3rd place prize? What do you think about that?
Also I'd still like to hear from more people, but thank you for sharing your vote/thoughts! :)
Oh and yeah.. I'm surprised too.. Also I agree plush did a great job. :)
I would have to go with the voices so far and say @plushzilla deserves the win. Sometimes life just gets busy, I myself have not had time to do much writing nor as much commenting as I have had before, in a small way that is good because it means I have been busy. The desire to write stories is there, but the time has not bee. I even missed the last couple of steemmonster stories due to life and idea overload/burnout.
I am still looking forward like most people to season two, and am glad for me it will be primarily during winter, as I am not much of a winter person.
Well that happened to my last contest. Only one person entered and so I awarded the prize to him. 😁
It's everybody else's loss. 😅
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OMG!!!! Thank you so much! I really didn't expect anything from that one. Just enjoy making my little stories.
Do not worry I will likely stop butchering your characters now. My character fell into the transporter in the last story.
Who knows where she may land. Especially with things being so forky
IFC got me started writing again after a very long time so thanks for that as well.