#suitupforsteem Avatar Challenge - Winner Announcement

I recently held a #suitupforsteem challenge giving away 50,000 in Steem Power delegation, a share of the post rewards and some @whaleshares. The post can be found here.

I have been delayed in paying this out because I had to consider the unexpected outcome. Initially, the winning roster was @rebel in first place, @libert second and @stargarden in third. Upon payout @libert landed up taking the lead, at first glance, however an argument ensued over first and second place, with allegations that the winner had used @randowhale to upvote himself after the payout.

I have investigated the matter and found that @randowhale was indeed used 2 hours after payout as per the below screenshots:

Time of payout main post:

Time @randowhale voted on @libert:

In which case @rebel became the legitimate winner, however due to the controversy of the first and second place, @rebel decided that he will swap places with @stargarden who was a good sport in the competition and really deserved the win.

@libert used @randowhale after the payout so that doesn't disqualify him as the competition had already ended with him at second place.

In truth the whole challenge was an experiment to test how much the community favours delegated SP, and as I suspected Steemians really like to have SP delegated to them, even to the point of using various measures to attain a win of a large amount of SP for only a week and even have arguments over who gets it. :) Market research accomplished!

So the winners and prizes awarded as follows:

1st Place: @stargarden
Delegation Prize: 50,000 SP for one week from @thecryptodrive
Post Rewards Prize: 50% of 172.763 SBD liquid rewards = 86.382 SBD
@whaleshares Rewards: 300 @whaleshares (please provide your openledger address to receive)

2nd Place: @libert
Delegation Prize: 2,000 SP for one week from @steemvoter
Post Rewards Prize: 30% of 172.763 SBD liquid rewards = 51.83 SBD
@whaleshares Rewards: 200 @whaleshares (please provide your openledger address to receive)

3rd Place: @rebel
Delegation Prize: 1,500 SP for one week from @steemsports
Post Rewards Prize: 20% of 172.763 SBD liquid rewards = 34.55 SBD
@whaleshares Rewards: 100 @whaleshares (please provide your openledger address to receive)

Rewards will be paid out shortly!

Thank you for taking part in my challenge experiment!