Hello gamers! We're long overdue for a contest and we're here to do something about that. I hope your writing fingers are itching to get some new words on the blockchain. This time we'll be focusing on online gaming!
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Contest Theme
Theme: What was your first online gaming experience?
Word limit: 1000 words (English version).
Language: Must include an English version.
When the internet hit the world and started connecting people in new ways it didn't take long for gaming to follow suit. Gaming together via LAN had already been around for years but now we could actually play together without moving our huge CRT monitors around. What a relief!
Everyone here might not have been around for this shift but I'm pretty sure everyone has had a first meeting with online gaming that they remember quite vividly. Be it socializing on games like Habbo Hotel or planting bombs in Counter Strike 1.6.
Tell us about this first time experience! Things that can be relevant to include: Which game was it? Which platform was it on? What made you play it? Did you play it with friends? Did you spend every waking moment playing it? Why did you eventually quit? These are not things that have to be included but are meant to get you thinking.
Shout out to @sadbear for the idea!
What's in it for you?
Will there be rewards? Yes, and no. As with every post in the community entries will be eligible for curation. Curation is in no way guaranteed just by entering. Posts will still have to be of quality and be made with an effort. All entries must be your own original content. As always, engagement both inside and outside of the community will also be considered. Any attempts to partake just for curation rewards are easily recognizable and will be ignored.
In addition, all the rewards (100%) of this post will be used in the prize pool which means the winners will receive:
1st Place: 35% of the rewards of this post + 5 HIVE
2nd Place: 25% of the rewards of this post + 3 HIVE
3rd Place: 20% of the rewards of this post + 2 HIVE
4th Place: 10% of the rewards of this post
5th Place: 10% of the rewards of this post
How to take part:
Reminisce.
Write a post in the Hive Gaming Community where you talk about your first experience with online gaming.
Create an unique title for your post! Do NOT include the word "contest" or call it "Hive Gaming Contest". It just looks stupid.
Tag your post with #MyFirstOnlineGame
Leave a link to your post in the comments to this post.
All of the above must be fulfilled for your post to be considered for curation and entry.
Extra notes!
Only one submission per user. Extra submissions will be ignored for both curation and entry. We will always consider your first submission as part of the contest.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any way or form. If you're not able to create your own work I would advise you not to enter. All entries will be checked and anyone found plagiarizing or stealing content from any source will be disqualified and muted/blacklisted from the community. It's simply not worth it.
Entry will be closed when this post pays out, one week from now. You can still choose to make your post after this happens but that means you won't be considered for the prizes. Might still get curated though!
We're looking forward to seeing all your awesome entries!
Just showed this to my server — we got a gang of gamers I think could take it all. Watch out now~
Cool! Bring it on!
Ah good luck!
Who would have imagined that a group of gaming aficionados would be competitive? Hee hee.
I'll win this one
Geometry Dash doesn't count.
I hate this contest.
Neither Among us
Neither Temple Run
What about Hello Kitty
lmao this thread is hilarious 🤣
Is there a Hello Kitty online? lol
that's better
Newbies, everyone knows that barbie games are the best
Awesome idea for the contest. Looking forward to reading some great posts on this. Good luck everyone!
My entry to the contest https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@oblivioncubed/revisiting-my-first-mmo-conquer-online
This was a lot of fun to write and talk about, thanks team for the great prompt!
Thankyou for this great initiative, tomorrow I will be sharing my experience, from many years ago!
Awesome @hivegc, @pusen and @perceval you are the best!.
Showing my new avatar, a friendly friend from FB give this gift to me!
Awesome looking avatar mate! Looking forward to seeing your entry :)
I have a strange relationship with online games but I'm sure it will make my post more interesting, I'm already working on it
A strange relationship is still a relationship. Looking forward to seeing your entry :)
Excellent, thanks for the mention guys, I will start my participation soon, and good luck to all, I am sure you have great experiences to share with the community, greetings to all gamers❗🐻🎮🚀
man. that's a nice one. i was afraid of even talking about Ultima Online again in my life, but the time has come haha... see you soon !
Waiting your publication, that's for sure a very interesting one!
hey hey hey this caught my attention :3 I want to try it <3
Here my participation for the contest: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@sadbear/sadbear-s-first-experience-in-online-games
thanks to @pusen and @strawhat for taking my proposal into account, good vibes gamers❗🐻🎮🚀
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There's my post!!! love you all ♥
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@starmangk/counter-strike-16-a-grenade-to-my-heart-my-love-letter-esp-eng
There is a problem with your link, but I found your post anyhow. Thought I would tell you because I would want to know if it was me!
Is this it? [https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@starmangk/counter-strike-16-a-grenade-to-my-heart-my-love-letter-esp-eng](https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@starmangk/counter-strike-16-a-grenade-to-my-heart-my-love-letter-esp-eng)Aunque no tenga sistema de progresion, nadie le puede quitar a CS el lugar privilegiado que ocupa, siempre sera reconocido como uno de los pioneros que fomento el multiplaying.
Well then! The contest has ended and winners will be announced in the coming week. Close to $80 in prize money to hand out! There's close to 50 posts to consider so please have some patience with us and we'll conclude this as fast as we can.
Hi! Mi entry
What an amazing contest idea! This was so long ago for me that I had almost forgotten about it. Thank you for the opportunity to share my weird experiences!
https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@carys/hanging-out-in-the-mud
Your publication is just amazing!, I am glad to read this content, thank you!
Good night and good luck to all :D
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@jazzn/enes-minecraft-first-time-playing-an-online-video-game-oror-experience
Minecraft es una delicia, pase a dejarte mi comentario en tu post, y pobre Creeper jajajaja!
hello, with this post I would like to participate https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@nerujoestar/my-first-online-game--dungeon-rampage-esp-eng
Tu participacion es muy interesante, y la verdad es una pena que ese juego haya desaparecido, me llama mucho la atencion y me quedare con las ganas de probarlo.
siempre es una pena que desaparezcan u olviden buenos juegos,por culpa de sus mismos jugadores :C pero simpre quedara el recuerdo
Mi entrada para el concurso / My entry for the contest:
https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@suezoe/espeng-toda-una-noche-jugando-en-un-ciber-cafe-me-dormi-en-una-silla-hasta-que-amanecio-a-whole-night-playing-in-a-cyber-cafe
Tu anecdota demuestra que cuando se quiere lograr algo, no hay insecto que se interponga!. Por alli te deje mi comentario, gracias por animarte a participar!.
Je je si!! Es un excelente ejemplo de concentración 🤭 Muchas gracias por pasarte por mi post y por comentar!!! 🥰
Por nada, lo hago con gusto, tu publicacion es interesante.
There we go !!!
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@polessins/ultima-online-the-start-of-a-virtual-life
ready for the next one >:D
Is a super game, very entertaining, and the truth a whole classic experience.
are we talking about PC games only, or can we include mobile games also? @hivegc
Everything goes!
https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@sand126/mushroom-kingdom-and-the-super
I have a doubt, does the word limit only apply to one language? I mean, if I make a post in Spanish and English, it must have a word limit of 2000 words?
1000 words in the language it's written in.
Thanks Mr.Pusen! ♥
My entry: https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@sachingeorge/this-is-how-i-entered
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@teachaxie/twenty-four-hours-in-two-days-me-my-buddy-and-our-first-and-to-the-last-journey
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Good lucky everyone! https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@gabotask/how-counter-strike-16-could-be-my-first-online-experience-at-the-age-of-8-enes
Oh, I have a few games that I started at the same time online... Which to pick?
Screw it, I will pick them all!
Yes, I love contests. This time I had to think hard to remember the first one haha, best of luck to everyone 💛.
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@seryi13/rakion-a-window-into-the-past-en-es
Here is my entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@bengy/my-flirtation-with-online-gaming
My entry: https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@miguelbaez/my-first-online-game-pokemon-diamond-edition
Yeah Baby!!!😄
My name is Ibrahim, I'm a German living in Belarus. I would be glad if you visit my profile, I'm trying to write a blog about my medical study in belarus.
Halo @hivegc, I am newcomer here, but if you like, this is my entry. Hope you read it:
https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@mosin-nagant/a-piece-of-memory-is-given-by-world-war-heroes
Again, traveling back in time and remembering good times. I lived that time of the giant monitors. Here is my entry
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@joheredia21/es-en-over-two-decades-since-my-first-online-video-game-experience
Here's mine:
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@ninjamike/i-dont-care-about-your-virtual-cow
I am anxious to participate in the contest, brothers, let's see what I can find in the trunk of memories.
The idea of this contest was superb; congratz to everyone involved!
Here's my entry! https://ecency.com/hive-140217/@luizeba/the-first-online-adventure-of
Here is my entry :
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@mickvir/growing-up-in-runescape
I hope you enjoy it . I know I enjoyed thinking back on the fun times I had playing Runescape with friends.
Here's my entry in the contest! I hope you enjoy reading it as I did writting the post!
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@rodqui95/who-did-i-lose-my-online-gaming-virginity-to-mu-online
Greetings and good luck to everyone.
I don't have too much experience in online games but I'm sure I have a funny story of how I discovered them by mere chance, in a moment I'll make the post and pass it here!;3
This is my entry:
https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@marcoquin/the-years-have-passed-and-this-is-my-story-with-the-first-online-game-i-met
Success to all!
My participation, greetings to all: https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@wuildariablox/mi-primera-experiencia-en-juegos-online-my-first-experience-in-online-games-esen
Hello everyone 😎, I hope you are having a great day, here is my entry for this great initiative: https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@mclarenf11/enes-grant-theft-auto-san-andreas-multiplayer-experience-playing-an-online-game 👊🏿🎮
Hi all 😀 here is my entry for this Contest Theme. PeakD Article
Hi, @hivegc!
Here is my post: https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@wiseagent/pokemon-go-gotta-catch-em-all.
Wow, this might be so interesting. Looking forward to some exciting first online gaming experiences from you all. Happy Gaming.✌
My entry to the contest https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@danielcarrerag/at-the-end-of-pop-culture-online-games-born-or-my-first-experiences-engspa
I was wondering why I've been seeing so many games I used to play! Well here is my submission: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@asynckronism/pro-in-single-player-does-not-translate-to-multiplayer-jedi-knight-2-jedi-outcast
Thank you for bringing up fond memories!
Nothing said we could not participate in FRENCH, so not only did I participate, but I also invited the community to join :-)
Here's our post : https://peakd.com/hive-140217/@hive-143869/ultima-online-le-mmorpg
Sure, but unless you include an English translation we won't be able to read, curate and consider it for the competition :)
woah, seriously ? not even with google translate ? not even for competition ?
Nice ! :( Very disapointed ... as I reply to each and every comment on our community... even if not in our language. Sad .
Next time please note it in description : ENGLISH ONLY ...........
so in other words, I am not really welcomed to post in Hive Gaming even if I am a gamer if I do not speak English ? is that it ?
I’m gonna edit that into the contest post when I get home. Thanks for bringing it up!
You can still edit your post to include a translated version in English so that we can include it. That’s what most of the Spanish speaking userbase does.
By including your own translation you make the content available to a larger range of readers. Most readers will skip a post with a title and body in a language they don’t know. Few people will make the effort to translate a post because they don’t even know what it’s about. Also, one of our general guidelines when it comes to curation is that the post must also be available in English.
Anyone is welcome to post in the Hive Gaming Community in any language! Just don’t expect other people to make an effort to read your post. It would be better for you to make the effort to make it available for them.
About double language:
Well ... sometimes yes sometimes no, I was used to make bilingual posts FR/EN ... some English speaking people complained about the unreable thing after the english post...
(Yeah they compare the second part as junk just because it was not in English...)
Seems some of those english speaking guys think their language is at top of the pyramid :-) Not telling that you guys do htink so. But that is the reason I stopped writing double language posts...
About the effort ...
That is really mean to say that WE french speaking people do not make efforts to be read by people ... as if we who do not speak english MUST translate in each and every language on earth, while english people NEVER does it !!! yeah NEVER ...
The google translate was a good approach... and even if acydio thinks like you do, for the plagiarism etc ... not only I am not known for plagiarism, but for a personal feeling post like Your first online Game, it's hard and stupid to make plaggia...
But ok, no problem... I will simply move to a community where I am welcome as I am, where people do not force me to be someone else. I am not angry or whatever, just aware I am on the wrong place.
NB: RisingStar is a gaming community, from UK, they speak english, they can curate my posts ... and no they do not speak french... they just care about the members.
English is my 4th language, so most of what you said here is just borderline stupid and ignorant. It's a fact that there's more english users on Hive, second most likely spanish and french is definitely way down the line. It's like I'd post in swedish only to a contest and expect them to "curate" me and give me the benefit of the doubt that I didn't plagiarise and on top of it know that barely anyone is going to consume it but I'd still be entitled to participate and be rewarded for it. Doesn't really make sense.
If there's a swedish speaking community and curation project then they'd curate it but still doesn't mean the creators of this contest would have to accept me for a prize or get voted from them without trusting that the curation project has curated the post. That would depend on the reputation of that project.
Anyway, yeah... not sure what you were expecting.
It's not really about valuing a language higher than another but more about accommodating for a bigger audience. Most people will skip a post in a language they cannot read and won't go through the trouble of translating the post.
Acidyo was probably speaking in general terms with his statement.
Well seems like we're at a crossroads. Have a good one :)
lol what
You mean vote here, not curate.
To add to what @pusen said, when curators don't speak said language, google translate won't really help to determine if it's original so they can't check for plagiarism, spun content and other forms of abuse when deciding to reward a post up.
I answered just here above.