Pumping on Steem Power

I am constantly surprised by the caring and generosity this Steem Community has towards one another and the community overall. When I initially started the Steem Power Up Day movement, I really wasn't sure how receptive the Steem Community would be towards it, but was pleasantly surprised by the participation of many Steemians. More importantly, many more encouraged the SPUD initiative to continue on, including @traciyork.

I thought SPUD would maybe turn out to be a one time thing, possibly a yearly event to take place every May 1 so as to also land on International Workers' Day. Yet the voices grew in support of SPUD, with many asking for another SPUD event. Again, I had my doubts and thought maybe this would turn out to be a quarterly thing taking place every three months or so. More Steemians clamored for a SPUD event to take place sooner, and now it seems that this will remain a monthly event taking place the 1st of every month, well at least for now.

Now for SPUD 5 we will have 20 prizes totaling over 9000 in Steem Power. This will give many more the chance at receiving a prize for showing their support and belief in Steem, the Steem Community and SPUD. Every time you lock up Steem by powering it up into STEEM POWER, you show solidarity toward each and every one of us!

How to SPUD on September 1, 2019

• We ask that Steemians that are able, to POWER UP any amount of STEEM they have on SPUD day.
• We ask Steemians that are currently Powering Down, to put a Stop on Powering Down for that Day, and if desired to commence the Power Down the following day.
• We ask that those that trade or sell Steem to Not Sell or Trade Steem on September 1, 2019, but to do it the day before or after if possible. Also, to cancel any type of Sell Order on the Exchanges.
  
  
  

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 - Sponsor = @steemit-nz
- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - @improv

2nd Place

-1500 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @reflektor
- 1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @hingsten
- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - @improv

3rd Place

-1000 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @bippe
- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - @improv
4th Place

- 750 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @streetstyle
- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - @improv
5th Place

- 250 Steem Power Delegation for 3 Weeks - Sponsor = @streetstyle
- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - @improv

6th - 20th Place

- 5 Steem Basic Income Shares Gift - @improv


*(the prizes are subject to change if we get more sponsors or should a sponsor opt out.)

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 100 Steem Powered up prior to September 1, and on September 1st Powers Up 20 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 Prize Sponsors, Truly Amazing!!

Cheers!

+++ @streetstyle

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