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Exactly. I tell the story of my biggest post to date. $342 when STEEM was 12c.
Just by winning when the price was down (hit the top of trending) and competition was sparse, and by not powering down, that post is now worth thousands.

I've seen people link really old posts that went even craze then that. Than you look and see that person maybe made ten posts after that earning like 50 cents and they down power it all.

My best post ever was naturally a PoE post hehe. I think I owe the developers a beer or two one day!

I feel like I owe them something too; which is part of the reason for my races. We have this inate desire to look after the people who look after us; particularly if they do it for free.
If my comp brings some more people to the game, and rewards some of the people already playing, that's gotta be good for GGG.