We had 3 entries to the first #HandFace Competition. They're all great. Check them out!

Before I get into the awards here, I want to start off by saying this was the very first #HandFace competition. So, thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding while I figured things out.

Some mistakes happened this time around. The bounty got distributed to everyone on the post (that was my fault.) My upvotes obviously shouldn't count. Lol. And some of the entries were not complete— which I've let slide this first time around. That being said, I still feel it went REALLY well for the very first try.

So, the SBD payout of the contest was 1.792 SBD. I'm absorbing the cost of the mayhem I caused by voting on the comments. Lol. That means .292 SBD carries over into the next round.

There were 3 entries.

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Author: @izaid

Post:
_{https://steemit.com/handface/@izaid/hand-face}

Comment:
_{https://steemit.com/contest/@omitaylor/handface-silly-game#@izaid/re-omitaylor-handface-silly-game-20180417t023511704z}

Total Votes: 5

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Author: @olivia08

Post:
_{https://steemit.com/handface/@olivia08/handface-so-funny-entry-newbiegame} ^{Includes Video!}

Comment:
_{https://steemit.com/contest/@omitaylor/handface-silly-game#@olivia08/re-omitaylor-handface-silly-game-20180419t023506049z}

Total Votes: 0

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Author: @simplymike

Comment:
_{https://steemit.com/contest/@omitaylor/handface-silly-game#@simplymike/re-omitaylor-handface-silly-game-20180416t074636978z}

Total Votes: 1

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✋PRIZES ✋

@izaid won the most number of votes by a LANDSLIDE (even when subtracting my vote.)

@simplymike won the favorite of mine this time around. I chose it because of the hot pink dreadlocks.

This was an extremely tough call because I'm biased towards music and izaid put a LOT of work into make his Handface. Also, because olivia08s entry has a video which had me laughing as well. I judged this way, this time, because when I first saw simplymike's HandFace, I almost choked on my sandwich.

@olivia08 won the random draw. I was not able to load the parser this morning, so I used dice to choose this time giving olivia 1 & 3, simplymike 2 & 5, and izaid 4 & 6. I rolled 3.

ALL three entries were BEYOND EXCELLENT!

My phone is not charged. But I rather pay these out (3 days late) than wait any longer. So I will comment below with payouts and screenshots later.

As for the bounty, it usually goes by upvote. If nobody else would have commented, it would have scaled from izaid, to olivia08, to simplymike. I will adjust these manually.

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Contest Changes

Because I'm new to game making, I didn't anticipate all the things that went haywire. Learning from mistakes is a big part of getting it right. So, I'm making the following changes to the game for the next round.

1. I won't be using Steem Bounty again for #HandFace as part of the prize pool. I love the idea of the bounty, but it would work a lot better on a contest formatted like Steem Song Title Contest. Bounties on the #HandFace contest, if any, will be only to incentivize top-level commentary going forward.

2. While I'll still be commenting on entries, I won't be voting on entries or top-level comments. Subtracting my votes later is a pain in the poptart. Lol.

3. You WILL be allowed to use #GooglyEyes on your #HandFace. After an enlightening talk with @fraenk, we've decided it's of no negative consequence. However, all entries to #HandFace must be original. It's up to #GooglyEyes how they feel about allowing #HandFace entries containing #GooglyEyes in their contest. See the latest #GooglyPrize Winner Announcement for details about #GooglyEyes. See the rules of the next #HandFace contest for clarity on using #GooglyEyes in your entries.

4. It will be mandatory to submit a post to your own blog. This will be without exception. Comment only contributions will not be considered valid entries and will be taken as participation just-for-fun. Part of the reason a post is compulsory is, I want this contest to go viral and populate the #HandFace tag. Plus, this gives entrants the extra incentive of gaining separate incentive from their own follower-base for their entry.

5. I won't be picking my own favorite anymore. That is the hardest thing I've yet to do. The tension is too much. Ha-ha. So I decided instead to enlist secret judges. Judges won't be announced with the contest, and instead will be announced when the winners are announced.

6. If you want to sponsor the contest and get a shout out, send any amount over 0.5 SBD to my wallet with the memo HANDFACE SPONSOR. There will be no refunds for mistakes. If you want to sponsor with another incentive, such as resteem, @steembasicincome share, SP delegation, or other prize; reach out to me on Discord at https://discord.gg/gcZkjH4

7. The next #HandFace contest will have a physical prize— yes. I'll be sending out physical prizes from my Amazon store. More on that next post!

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What's #HandFace? Read about it here.

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