My brother and I tried to win a competition of the Venezuelan Mr. Beast [ESP & ENG]
My brother and I waiting for the event to begin
Mi Hermano y yo esperando a que el evento empezara
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii, what's up? What do you think of Mr. Beast, and what do you think of this kind of people who give away money or products and make content out of it? Looking at some old photos I remembered that a few months ago Ozzy Philanthropy, known as the Venezuelan Mr. Beast, made a trip to several Universities giving away laptops and mobile phones, when we found out that he was coming to my university my older brother and I decided to go and see if we could win something. Let me tell you how it went. 馃憞馃憞馃憞馃憞馃憞
Hoooola, 驴qu茅 m谩s? 驴Qu茅 opinan de Mr. Beast? 驴Y qu茅 opinan de este tipo de personas que regala dinero o productos y hace contenido con eso? Viendo unas fotos viejas me acord茅 que hace unos meses Ozzy Philanthropy, conocido como el Mr. Beast veneco o de Venezuela hizo un viaje por varias Universidades haciendo eventos regalando laptops y celulares, al enterarnos que pasar铆a por mi universidad mi hermano mayor y yo nos decidimos por ir a ver si nos gan谩bamos algo. D茅jenme les cuento c贸mo nos fue. 馃憞馃憞馃憞馃憞馃憞
Silly Ale photo
Foto graciosa de Alejandro
A few days earlier it had gone viral in UCV groups that there would be an event where they would give away new laptops and mobile phones for students, I joked with my friends and my brothers about this and I decided to go alone for the experience and because I didn't have classes early in the morning. My older brother has been wanting to change his mobile phone for a while, as his is already showing problems, so he said he would go with me and that's how we agreed.
Unos d铆as antes se hab铆a hecho viral por grupos de la UCV que se har铆a un evento donde regalar铆an laptops y celulares nuevos para los estudiantes, algo incr茅dulo bromeo con mis amigos y mis hermanos sobre esto y me decido a ir solo por la experiencia y porque no ten铆a clases temprano en la ma帽ana. Mi hermano mayor tiene un tiempo queriendo cambiar de celular pues el suyo ya anda presentando fallas as铆 que me dijo que me acompa帽ar铆a y as铆 quedamos.
We got up early, had breakfast and left for the university, we were on site by about 8am, it was about an hour before the event was due to start, I met and greeted several acquaintances and then an incredible crowd of people started to arrive. We were told by some of the staff that we were going to start early (but Ozzy was coming late apparently so we waited for a while in the immense sunshine).
Temprano nos paramos, desayunamos y salimos a la universidad, alrededor de las 8 de la ma帽ana ya est谩bamos in situ, faltaba una hora para que empezara el evento, me encontr茅 y salud茅 a varios conocidos y luego empez贸 a llegar una multitud incre铆ble de gente. Nos avis贸 parte del Staff que 铆bamos empezar pronto (pero ven铆a Ozzy tarde al parecer as铆 que esperamos un buen rato bajo un solazo inmamable).
Finally the host arrived with his team, the staff had shirts with the Ozzy logo and there were drones, cameras, mobile phones, lots of people filming for the Youtube video that was supposed to be made (the UCV video was never uploaded). Finally, it was announced that the winners of different games would receive the prizes, the first was a race to find mobile phones around the campus, the idea was to run, find a mobile phone and return it to the host. After taking photos, verifying that you were a student at the university and your identity, you were given the mobile phone. Neither my brother nor I wanted to participate in this first one because we are not very fast and I personally get tired very quickly running.
Finalmente lleg贸 el anfitri贸n con su equipo, el staff ten铆a camisas con el logo de Ozzy y hab铆an drones, c谩maras, celulares, mucha gente grabando para el v铆deo de Youtube que seg煤n iban a montar (el de la UCV nunca se subi贸). En fin se anunci贸 que los ganadores de distintos juegos ser铆an los que recibir铆an los premios, el primero fue una carrera por encontrar celulares por el campus, la idea era correr, encontrar un celular y devolverlo al anfitri贸n. Despu茅s de tomar fotos, verificar que fueras estudiante de la universidad y tu identidad era que te daban el celular. Ni mi hermano ni yo quisimos participar en este primero pues no somos muy veloces y yo en lo personal me canso muy r谩pido corriendo.
Small part of the crowd
Peque帽a parte de la multitud
The second game was through papers, you filled in a crossword puzzle, put in your details and handed it in, it was a total mess and disaster, people crushing each other, pushing and shoving to get through and hand in the papers first, it was really scary at a time when I was in the middle of a crowd and I couldn't move and they just pushed me and pushed me. My brother managed to hand in my paper and his and later on he was chosen for a game, I think it was Rock, Paper, Scissors and/or a guessing game I was running out of battery on my mobile phone and I went to my faculty to charge it.
El segundo juego fue a trav茅s de unos papelitos, llenabas un crucigrama, colocabas tus datos y lo entregabas, fue un despelote y desastre total, gente aplastando a otra, embistiendo para pasar y entregar los papeles primero, fue realmente espantoso en un momento que estaba en medio de una multitud y no me pod铆a mover y solo me empujaban y me empujaban. Mi hermano consigui贸 entregar mi papelito y el suyo y m谩s adelante el fue escogido para un juego, creo que era de Piedra, Papel o Tijera, y/o adivinanzas; yo me estaba quedando sin bater铆a en el celular y asi que me fui a mi facultad a cargar el celular.
Ale with the Chicha
Ale con la chicha
A few minutes later my brother called me, he came far but he didn't win in that game, there were few prizes left and they were going to continue doing games to draw them but it was already afternoon, we had to get home to make lunch, we were tired and sweaty because of the relentless sun. So we went and bought a chicha for both of us, it was average, I have definitely tried better but that was the end of our experience Mr. Beast as I say.
A los minutos me llam贸 mi hermano, lleg贸 lejos pero no gan贸 en ese juego, ya quedaban pocos premios e iban a seguir haciendo juegos para sortearlos pero era ya la tarde, hab铆a que llegar a hacer el almuerzo, est谩bamos cansados y sudados por el implacable sol. As铆 que fuimos y nos compramos una chicha para los dos, estaba regular, definitivamente he probado mejores pero as铆 termin贸 nuestra experiencia Mr. Beast como le digo.
El chamo con camisa negra y el logo de oso es Ozzy
In my opinion I feel that for sure it was all money laundering, the videos were never put together, Ozzy appeared a month before this event at the UCV and to this day 4 months have passed since the last time he posted content on Instagram and Youtube, I also think it could have been a plugged in (person who is directly related to the government, works for it or someone from this family does) trying to do a social experiment or something, he did indeed give away mobile phones but because of the people banging and hitting each other to win many people got hurt and some even had their mobile phones broken and as you can expect no one was held responsible.
En mi opini贸n siento que seguro fue lavado de dinero todo esto, los videos nunca se montaron, Ozzy apareci贸 un mes antes de este evento a la UCV y al son de hoy han pasado 4 meses desde la 煤ltima vez que poste贸 contenido en Instagram y Youtube, tambi茅n creo que pudo haber sido un enchufado intentando hacer un experimento social o algo, en efecto si regal贸 celulares pero por la gente embistiendo y golpeandose por ganar sali贸 mucha gente lastimada e incluso hubo quien se le rompi贸 su celular y como se puede esperar nadie se hizo responsable.
Genuinely I don't know if this kind of events are viable in my country, there is not such a civilized culture for this kind of events, there is no money to waste either and I think that in that sense they take advantage of the average person because getting something for free sounds good especially when it costs so much effort to get it on your own. What do you think about all this? Even though I didn't win anything I'm happy I went because I was able to share with my brothers, we don't really talk much, we hardly ever go out, we usually show each other memes and talk about pop culture and that's it. Thank you for reading all the post, I really appreciate it, I hope you liked it and let me know in the comments what you think about this experience.
Genuinamente no s茅 si este tipo de eventos sean viables en mi pa铆s, no hay una cultura tan civilizada para este tipo de 谩mbitos tampoco hay dinero para derrochar y creo que en ese sentido se aprovechan de la persona promedio pues llevarse algo gratis suena bien en especial cuanto tanto esfuerzo cuesta obtenerlo por tu cuenta. 驴Qu茅 opinan ustedes de todo esto? Pese a no ganarme nada me siento feliz de haber ido pues pude compartir con mi hermanos, nosotros no es que hablemos mucho en verdad, casi no salimos, usualmente nos mostramos memes y hablamos una que otra cosa de cultura pop y ya. Gracias por leer hasta el final, realmente lo aprecio mucho, espero te haya gustado y d茅jame saber en los comentarios que te pareci贸 esta experiencia que viv铆.
Byeeeeeeeee.
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All photos were taken by me unless advised the contrary. Translation from Spanish to English made with the help of DeepL. Cover picture made with the help of Canva.
Todas las fotos fueron tomadas por m铆 a menos que se indique lo contrario. Traducci贸n del espa帽ol al ingl茅s realizada con la ayuda de DeepL. Imagen de portada realizada con la ayuda de Canva.