Got my first Steem NOVA payout!
I've been playing Steem NOVA, the text-based space strategy game for over 2 months now.
It wasn't long after I started playing, that I created Logic Force alliance in order to cash in on the weekly payouts for those who played the game.
In the past couple of weeks, Logic Force increased in membership and in ranking. We went from just being on the list to 8th place to 4th place. Since we made it to the 8th place spot last week, we were rewarded a payout based on our ranking and each members point total share.
And, since a week has now passed by, it is time for those payouts to go out to each of the winning players.
Sure, 0.003 SBD doesn't seem like a lot, but when you see that 90% of STEEMians barely make 0.001 SBD on a post, this is something. Of course, it doesn't compared to the 1 SBD that I give out to the most improved alliance player each week, but it is something.
One of my alliance members posted an article today about the Steem NOVA payouts.
The simple answer is "upvote and reSteem" the article. But, the other simple answer, but harder to implement is to also be active on Steem in order to improve your Steem POWER which will increase your ability to upvote and provide a higher reward payout to the article.
Steem is not a get rich quick scheme for those who do not buy in to their Steem POWER. You will have to work hard to put out articles, make comments and generally participate in the community. Maybe, you'll get lucky and come up with a plan to get high reward payouts, like the Photobomb Challenges and other contests, but for most people, it is all about making posts that people want to read. And then, after you made those posts, continue to make those posts.
When I started out last year, I used Steemit Board as my guide to push out enough articles each day.
Even with my efforts to get an article out each day, it wasn't until a few months ago that I got a Monthly Author award. However, when I started, I made it a point to get out at least 4 articles each day, when I had the chance to get the articles out, so I could earn the Daily Author award. I don't do 4 articles every day now, but I have on occasion put out 4 or more in a day, which is why I have 62 awards.
But, back to the main point. In order to make rewards on contests go up, in the Steem World, you have to be active elsewhere, so that you can increase the reward for that contest. It takes more effort, but then you will be rewarded for that effort in the future. And that's what it is all about, making choices now for a better returns later.
So, get out there and make content, upvote and participate in the STEEMit Community!!!
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Get your old school text-based gaming on.
I'm kind of shooting myself in the foot.
I know that if I pomp out a bunch of articles about Steemnova every week, I could make some substantial amount of SP for a steemit newb like myself.
However, I go out of my way to not do that, only made one post like that. I try to live up to my preconcieved notions about what kind of content I want make. Maybe, I'm the part of the problem.
No, you should write articles about what you want to write about.
But, when people are new to Steem, it is smart to try different types to see what clicks with you and your readers. I wrote more tech articles when I started, but at the time it didn't seem like there was an audience for them. Maybe there is one now, because things change.
The more people who are active on Steem and play Steem NOVA, the better for those who win the payout, if the rewards on the article increases. So, writing an article or two a week on Steem NOVA only helps. And, if people like the article and upvote it, that helps you.
For a person who don't just want to play the market, it is important to write anything and continue to write regularly to improve their writing style and researching skills.
I think that goes without saying.
Few people promote the game, the vast majority focus on bugs, which is a good thing, but I don't know if that's enough.
I wonder if the new "communities" feature will help or not.
On one side, it will be easier to find content that you like.
On the other side, it might keep people from browsing in certain areas and limit the possibility of getting a random upvote.
Maybe as part of joining Steem NOVA, players should write one article about Steem NOVA.
Maybe this should be part of application to the TOP8 alliance. Just alliance internal rule.
I might already be implementing that rule. LOL
This is it. I see that some player are inactive on steem... what is sad.
One more thing to your article: we should also upvote ~10 articles a day to do not waste our SP. If you can, do your upvote up to 30 minutes from publication so you can get curation rewards.
When I add new members to the alliance, I check to see if they are active on Steem, because I know that it helps with the upvoting. Especially since I'm giving away 1 SBD to 1 person each week. So far I have made enough from that one post to payout, but it isn't all in SBD, but I'm okay with that.
Yes, there are those tips that I usually mention to people directly in comments.
This definitely does not qualify as a text based game ... You miiiight wanna try a real one like a MUD though if you like the idea.
Because there are images? I am old enough to have played Zork, so I know what that is like. This is just text with supporting images that have no bearing on the game itself.