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- The contest is intended for lower-ranking members who could use the money (whales and dolphins are encouraged to upvote and increase the prize pool and/or comment rewards. Your support is greatly appreciated!).
- The contest will run for 1 week and close on Nov. 29, 2017.
- Entrants will select a number between 111 and 666 and in the replies to this post they will write, "ENTRY GUESS" followed by their chosen number. This should be the first thing they write, followed by anything they feel will add value to the post. This can be something as simple as a famous quote you copy and paste from the Internet (as long as you provide attribution), something of interest to you that you would like to share, a joke, etc.
- The winner(s) will have guessed all 3 numbers in the correct order and if nobody guesses correctly, then at least 2 of the 3 numbers rolled by 3 6-sided dice rolls must be achieved or the prize rolls over to the following week.(NOTE that there will be no numbers 7, 8, 9 or 0). Example: Dice rolls = 456. Players guessed 152, 256, 416, 555, and 645. Guesses 256 and 416 would split the prize for each having 2 of the 3 numbers in the correct places.
- The prize pool will consist of ALL the SBD earned by this posting PLUS 50 Pocket tokens Plus the total prize pool not won previously.
- In order to win, you MUST have upvoted the original post and written something interesting. @nnnarvaez will be awarding the most interesting comment an additional prize of a full-power up-vote at his discretion.
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ENTRY GUESS: 214
Mayo are a football team in Ireland. They havn't won the All-Ireland title since 1951, despite reaching the final 9 times since 1989. Despite having the best team for most of the matches.
Of course Mayo's misfortune is not due to any football shortcomings but instead down to a curse that has been over the team during their entire barren run.
The story of the curse dates back to that last All-Ireland win in 1951.
The Mayo panel were travelling back to the west from Dublin along with the Sam Maguire trophy after beating Meath.
Apparently the team, who were travelling in the back of a truck, passed a funeral in the town of Foxford without paying their respects and stopping.
The curse was then put on them that they would not win an All-Ireland again until every member of that team was dead. It is believed a priest or a woman put the curse on them.
Whether or not you believe that curse is true, they are without an All-Ireland win since.
Only two members of the team are left, so we will see.
Wow, so sad that we still believe such things. I am sure that curse thing would be playing on their mind and especially when they play in final and that may put extra pressure. The moment they win it for once, that superstition will change drastically.
You haven't seen all their matches. There is definitely something strange happening....
The last two players are in their 80's now so mayo will be doing well to win before they go. If that's the case the legend might live on for a long time. All I know is that year I'll be throwing a hundred on mayo to win.
Well, not sure though. Let's hope they win.
Ya, it was funny for a while but at his stage they really do deserve it. So many close matches and heartbreak.
Let's wish them my friend, hope you will have some joyful moments...
Fuckin' typical Ireland. We're way to superstitious for our own good. The hypocrisy of the situation is they put a curse on them for not being good Catholics, yet the act of putting a curse on someone is a pagan exercise.
I know. Some things will never change. Even in modern Ireland there is a lot of the past left.
Dishonorable mention : The entire Healy-Ray clan, Thinking the world is only 6000 years old.
"But they fixed the pot holes at least" Probably the most used excuse for electing just awful politicians in this country
MY ENTRY GUESS 143
Here is a black and white art of mine
!
It's a random anime character.
It took me around 1.5 hours to complete this drawing.
I try to draw one black and white art every week.
I hope you guys like it.
Am I going to need to keep asking you questions in order to get you to say something about your drawings? Remember how nice it was when you met new people and had interesting conversations with them? Telling the world a little bit about your drawing provides a conversation starter.
Oh. Sorry. I just hurried and uploaded that pic. I will edit it.
Do you take requests?
No. I don't actually.
This is just a habit.
Also sometimes I sketch for the art contests here.
Fair enough, thought it was worth a shot asking
Haha. Truth be told, I did sketch a character long time ago which someone from Steemit asked me to. Then he became inactive.
I never got any request afterwards.
I believe mr-karl is asking if you would CONSIDER taking a request from HIM.
Sorry about that. Ofcourse I would love to.
@rayne122 may have misunderstood your question. He would love to take requests. See below.
Nice drawing @rayne122. That looks cool.
Thanks man. Glad you liked it.
You are welcome. Keep steeming.. Have a great Sunday...
Thanks.. You too :)
ENTRY GUESS: 212
"It's better to be looking at it, than looking for it" - unknown
ENTRY GUESS 123.
I would like to present here a quote from the great Hindu Monk Swami Vivekananda:
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
You are half way to having a valid entry. Please read the entry requirements carefully.
Oh is it? I will go through the rules again..
I just edited my post, hope it follows the rules now.
Excellent! Thanks for your valid entry.
Having a singular focus will surely make a difference in how much time will be allotted to the one idea. Since success can be measured in many ways, it is impossible to say that someone was NOT successful. Success is in the eye of the beholder, similar to beauty.
Well said. great to compare success and beauty. :) Have a great day.
Thanks and good luck in the contest.
Thank you :)
ENTRY GUESS 325
So it would appear that things may have just gotten more interesting on Steemit, thanks to South Korea apparently getting in on trading SBD. The price of SBD has skyrocketed but as for STEEM, not so much. That means a chance to acquire more STEEM than one would normally expect. Is there anyone else here thinking about plowing all their SBD earnings into buying more STEEM?
Also, a question directed specifically to @happyme: Is there a link that you can provide to a web page that explains what these "Pocket" tokens (that you've added to the prize pool) are and what they can be used for? Google has been surprisingly of no help here.
Pocket tokens are something Biophil created here on Steem. Google probably hasn't heard of them... yet.
Unfortunately, my sponsor seems to have gone AWOL several weeks ago and I've been using every SBD I earn on this platform to live up to my word. In fact I still owe the last winner just over 1 SBD because I didn't make enough to pay the full amount. (BOY would I have loved to be able to sell those SBD at 1.5 Steem!) Anyway, I still want to add something more than post pay-outs, so now I'm giving away the Pocket tokens that I have. There are people actually buying them with Steem, so they are worth something. Whether or not they grow in value is anyone's guess. See https://steemit.com/pocket/@biophil/pocket-protocol
Perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for as far as Pocket was concerned. Thanks!
You are very welcome!
Entry Guess: 616
Come on lucky number Satan!
No suggested topic for this week? Ah well
So does anyone here play Dota2? It would be cool to get a few games going on this.
It's a really hard game witha steep learning curve to it, but damn it, it is worth it.
Although its kinda like heroin though. It can take over your entire life, to be fair though there is a thriving professional community that is worth more than the master golf at this stage.
There is an example of what one of the stadium looks like
I believe that is the Key arena in Seattle
I've never even heard of it. No idea what it's about either. Maybe it's best to stay that way! I already have Steem taking over my life.
If you are ever interested, this is a good documentary that will help you understand.
They sure make it look exciting!
Big prize money too!
Thats pocket change now. The game kept growing. This year the prize pool was 27 million
Wow! Is it always the same game they use in these challenges?
Its the same game, with the same map every year. But there is like 108 different characters to choose from, each with their own unique set of skills ( a minimum of 4 abilities) that all synchronize with their team mates in various ways. Like any game of football or hockey ( which features the same map every game) the diversity of the games come from the players themselves and how good they are at playing.
With various game play tweaks to balance the game it has managed to stay fresh and entertaining for the past 5 years. ( even longer if you count dota1)
I used to play Dota 2 too. But it was too time consuming, plus the place I am in right now; internet here sucked.
:D
It's an awesome strategy game. Everyone should play the game.
upvoted and resteemed
good post
Thanks!
ENTRY GUESS 247
Crime in multi-storey parking lots, that's wrong on so many different levels
Care to explain that sentence?