Sprouting SPUD

With September 1st, 2019 just a few days away, there are still Steemians looking to sponsor our SPUD5 Event. Our latest sponsor, @traciyork has been a strong supporter of SPUD and the Steem Blockchain from day 1. We now have 12 sponsors with prizes in Steem Power Delegation, Steem Power, Steem Basic Income Levels (shares), Steem coin and BRAAI token. Our sponsors are providing a total of 20 different prizes so there will be 20 Winners. With our last SPUD4 having a little over 40 qualifying Steemians, and SPUD5 probably having about the same amount of qualifying entrants, that figures that 1 out of every two entrants that qualify and power up for SPUD have a chance to win a prize. Those are excellent odds for winning, unless of course we have a massive amount of qualifying accounts power up on that day that meet the requirements.

Please let every Steemians know about SPUD. This our chance as a community to show support for the Steem Blockchain while also rewarding those that stand in solidarity with the Steem Blockchain.

Also, don't forget to give a follow to our SPUD sponsors while up voting and re-Steeming SPUD posts. Our community has not fully adopted SPUD yet, but SPUD is sprouting more followers and supporters with every event, and with your help we will eventually get the whole Steem Blockchain behind this initiative.

SPUD5 PRIZES

The prizes are meant to incentivize the smaller Steemians, the planktons, minnows and barracudas out in the Steem Ocean to participate in powering up on SPUD, and hopefully create more understanding as to why Steem Power is what backs the Steem Economy.

1st Place -

- 2500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @xpilar
- 2000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor @sultan-aceh - 15 Steem Power Gift - Sponsored by = @steemit-nz
- 20 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @jlsplatts
- 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv
- 1 Steem Basic Income Level Gift - Sponsor @braaiboy
- 0.1 BRAAIB token - Sponsor @braaiboy*

2nd Place

-1500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @reflektor
- 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @hingsten
- 15 Steem Power Gift - Sponsored by = @cryptocurator
- 10 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @jlsplatts
- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - Sponsor @improv
- 1 Steem Basic Income Level Gift - Sponsor @braaiboy
- 0.1 BRAAIB token - Sponsor @braaiboy*

3rd Place

-1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @bippe
- 5 Steem Basic Income Levels (shares) Gift - Sponsor @jlsplatts
- 5 Steem Basic Income Levels (shares) Gift - Sponsor =@improv
- 1 Steem Basic Income Level Gift - Sponsored by @braaiboy
- 0.1 BRAAIB token - Sponsor @braaiboy*
4th Place

- 750 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @streetstyle
- 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv
- 1 Steem Basic Income Level Gift - Sponsor @braaiboy
- 0.1 BRAAIB token - Sponsor @braaiboy
5th Place

- 250 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @streetstyle
- 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv
- 1 Steem Basic Income Level Gift - Sponsor @braaiboy
- 0.1 BRAAIB token - Sponsor @braaiboy

6th - 20th Place

- 5 Steem Basic Income Levels Gift - Sponsor @improv
- 1 Steem Basic Income Level Gift - Sponsor @braaiboy
- 0.1 BRAAIB token - Sponsor @braaiboy*

Plus

All eligible SPUD Prize participants

All who qualify will be entered into a giveaway of 5 STEEM (1 lucky winner) - Sponsored by @traciyork

(1 BRAAIB is worth ~ 13 STEEM (for South Africans anyway, when using them to buy food/beer in the real-world - non-S. Africa folk will have to wait a few more weeks before they have online value/use.)

Rules to Win Prizes for SPUD5 :

MUST have a reputation score BELOW 69.00 ( so 68.99 is good & Can participate.) AND more than 150 STEEM POWER (prior to SPUD5) BUT LESS than 7501 Steem Power.

MUST have a reputation score ABOVE 42 (so rank of 41.99 will Not Win)

MUST have at least 1 Steem Post in their blog about SPUD5

MUST Power Up Steem on September 1st, 2019

On September 1st, you MUST make a post about your POWER UP. It can be as simple as "I powered up X amount of Steem" to a simple picture/screenshot of your Power Up and posted to your Steem blog, or it could be a super long dissertation on Steem Power. IMPORTANT: Use the SPUD and/or SPUD5 Hash tags so that I can be sure to see them.

The winner must meet all 5 requirements, and will be the one with the Biggest Steem Power Up PERCENTAGE, not the biggest Power Up. This means that it will be based on the ratio between your current amount of Steem Power and the amount you power up on September 1st.

For Example:

If you have 1000 Steem Power already powered up prior to September 1, and on September 1 you complete steps 1-5 with a 100 Steem Power Up,

and

another Steemian has 200 Steem Powered up prior to September 1, and on September 1st Powers Up 40 Steem, then this 2nd user would be winning with a 20% power up versus the first example with a bigger power up but smaller percentage of only 10% based on their account.
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The winners will be announced via a Steem Post a few days later, and if no one challenges it or lets me know I missed them after 2 days from Winner Announcement, the Winners become official and the prizes will then be given out.

Thank you to All our SPUD Prize Sponsors and to all SPUD supporters and participants. You are helping make this initiative a Truly Amazing event!!

Cheers!

+++ @streetstyle

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