IFC bonus Marketplace quests.

Hey there.. Welcome to a bonus IFC session in The Marketplace.

Artwork credit - @yeszuzia on steemit and instagram

We recently opened The Marketplace to the general public and I thought it would be good to try to help it grow more.
Also! We're starting to approach the end of our first season at the IFC, so.. I figured it would also be good to give passionate players a chance to really improve their positioning in the rankings, so with this challenge maybe we can do both things at once. :)

So what we're going to do is.. Offer some quests that anyone can do for some guaranteed XP upon completion. And then we're also going to have the judges pick a sort of "best presentation" and there will be a bonus 3 XP for that and an incentive for the players to try to put out good quality work.

Best presentation sorta just means.. Whoever the judges felt put in the most passion, or completed the most tasks or was the most effective in their style and layout on their blog post, or.. Other factors and all of those combined. Each judge is different but will essentially pick who they feel like completed the quest to the best of their idea of such.
It's sorta like the other rounds! The judges will essentially pick the entry they like the most.

This is a choose your own adventure quest, multiple options will be available and you can do just one or some or all of them.

The quests are as follows.

3XP to make a post promoting The Marketplace. (Doesn't have to be long, but can't only be a couple words either)
3XP to find a merchant to offer their services at The Marketplace. (Need a screenshot or the person to say you sent them)
3XP to successfully complete a deal in The Marketplace. (Verify this on our discord channel)
3XP to make a logo for The Marketplace. (You must give us and others the right to use this image)
3XP bonus to the best presentation. (Judges will decide this one based on overall opinion of entries)

Each round is normally 3XP for a win plus the judges votes, so.. With a potential for a 12 or even maybe 15+ point XP gain, I think this round could really be a game changer in regards to the rankings. This is a good opportunity for people to catch up, or.. For those in the lead to maintain or increase their lead.

Also please remember, the best presentation is the only one the judges are voting on, that means you can all get 12 XP if you're able to complete the 4 conditions. Only one however will get the best presentation bonus.

And now a moment for our sponsors!

First up is @ats-david who has helped greatly! If you appreciate this contest or just his efforts in general you may want to look into voting for him as a witness at @ats-witness, he does a lot of other cool things for the community as well!

Next is @timcliff who has similarly helped out the contest significantly and who is also a witness who does a lot for the community, so likewise if you appreciate the efforts you may want to vote for him as witness also!

@krnel has also offered some support and does other good things to help out on the platform in general, I suggest you vote for krnel as a witness as well if you want to support all of this.

@steemcommunity has also helped us and expressed interest in helping more in the future and they likewise also help the community in various additional ways, I suggest voting for them as witness as well!

I'd also like to thank @theguruasia who has pledged at least 20 steem to the second and third place prizes and he said he may even donate more.

And @nxtblg who has been regularly resteeming and upvoting our challenges which has been a big help!

Plus one other person who has been helping a lot who deserves some credit is @soundlegion who has also been upvoting the contests regularly.

And while not technically sponsors, we are working with @davemccoy and those at #newbiegames and #newbieresteemday and they do a great service to the community so definitely check them out if you appreciate that, or if you're new.

Also not a sponsor, though @iexplore has taken a huge workload directly off of my shoulders and is now doing the "catch up" rounds, those should be posted on the @ifc page.. And I suggest giving him a follow and some support as well if you appreciate the work as he is doing an amazingly helpful and important job! Oh and he usually posts the catch up rounds on Sunday the day after I post mine on Saturday.

For this challenge.. If there's a tie.. We will do another round to see who wins.

The winner will be decided by whoever gets the most votes.
The only people who can vote in a qualifying sense are myself and the judges I've selected and we will vote by leaving a comment on the submission that we like the most and say something like.. "I vote for this one" and a reason why we voted would be good too, but is not mandatory.

You have until this challenges post payout ends to submit your post. Though we do accept late entries if you get it in before all the judges vote.

The challenge will finish after 7 days when the post ends and provides its payout cycle and unless there is a tie, the winner will gain the steem, the XP and have a point to go towards their long term win. (minus the 25% for curation)

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Rules

1. Marketplace Bonus challenge starts now and is a challenge to create a blog post about the criteria mentioned above. 2. Create a blog post for the contest. 3. Title must contain, "IFC - Marketplace Bonus Round" 4. Leave a link to your post in the comments below. (This part is important and a lot of people forget this, please put the blog link in the right place so our judges can find it) 5. And you also have to use the #ifc tag in your blog post as well.
6. If you somehow get hurt doing any of our quests you can not justifiably hold us accountable. Take responsibility for your own choices and actions in life. This is a voluntary game where you choose to play. Only you can make that decision for yourself. 7. You are responsible for paying the appropriate government taxes, fees, and service charges resulting from any transactions. We are not responsible for collecting, reporting, paying, or remitting to you any such taxes, fees, or service charges, except as may otherwise be required by law.

Acceptable content

1. A blog post with the above mentioned criteria.
   
2. Language is primarily in English and if you would like to participate from elsewhere in the world it is up to you to translate your message into English so we can understand you.
3. We also encourage role playing for those who enjoy doing that. :)

Good luck in the contest!

Artwork credit - @yeszuzia on steemit and instagram

Original by @yeszuzia and modified by @charisma777