There was an attempt... to do a livestream
It would have gone well had it not been for one small detail I was not aware regarding my microphone setup. It was a matter of cable supremacy.
No, not THAT Cable!
These cables
I learned that pink cable trumps the usb on my desktop. It's a Win 10 Asus. In effect, my fancy ball mic wasn't playing but my gaming headset in the corner. That didn't go so well.
This FU basically hosed the show but some of my peeps could tell what I was going for. Without the mic being very audible, it kind of ruined the context of some of my antics.... Oh well.
The good news is I'm getting more fluent on OBS for live streams.
I now know how to do:
- Play clips with opacity such as my power up below. Don't be fooled. I'm not at full strength.
This is prob like 1% of my true power here. I know. It's pretty impressive but I'm not one to brag.
We also did a live flag trail demo on our good friend @crystaliu. I dubbed in some sound effects & music from one of my favorite gaming franchises Mother which made it kind of fun. I mean think about this.
Mother 2 aka Earthbound. So. Much. Nostalgia!
What if we made flagging a Role Playing Game?
Ok ok If you subscribe to the /r/outside subreddit, we technically are already playing "the game" but I mean like turn based flag action. Something like a Steem simulation. Instead of waiting 2.5 hours for one vote to recharge, it happens automagically per turn. I'm picturing a party of abuse fighters on one side and the manipulating rewards suckers on the other side.
I would buy SFR: The RPG in a second!
Ok, I don't want this to run too long. I mean if I'm lucky I'll make as much as the copy/paste spammer early miner / witness @steemychicken1. I mean why put in effort when I can do something like this.
If you are voting this user as witness, I advise you withdraw that vote as their actions are not in line with growth on the chain. Rather, a de-evolution to reposts galore. You want reposts? Go to Minds.com. We don't need that here.
I gave this user an friendly admonishment a week or so ago but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears. No matter. I will flag it as it is representative of substandard performance for a witness. I even appreciate the music they shared but the way we see it.
Not your work. Not Your Rewards
Why don't these users just decline rewards? As they are an early miner, I think they know what they are doing but the end result is not good in the example it sets for users. It lowers the bar when we all should be striving to do better and better...
If and only if we want this platform to succeed...
I have a bad taste in my mouth now. I hope I wake to find that @steemcleaners or some benevolent whale zeroed those rewards. Alternatively, I'd be relieved if the early miner decided to retaliate as some are prone to do. At least then, I'd reasonable justification to power down and start working on a fork.
I don't want to do that. In all frankness, it sounds like a pain in the ass. I'd rather fix the Steem we have and that means people need to start using their flags as intended. No, not to stifle contrary opinions like some. To adjust rewards up and down based on the honest perceived value of the contribution to the network.