SteemFest TeamPhilippines Event 1 - What is Steemit, What is the Blockchain, Q&A, Hula Hoop, Cake, Clubbing and Korean Food!

in #teamphilippines7 years ago (edited)

The First Official Steemfest TeamPhilippines Event Has Concluded And It Was INTENSE!

We hit the town and on-boarded tons of new people to Steemit and TeamPhilippines, ate what quite possibly could have been the very first cake with Steemit and TeamPhilippines written on it, did the hula hoop, ate korean food, and hit the club for team bonding and spreading the word, and of course had some great discussion and Q&A about Steemit, Steem, and the blockchain! We even had one of our TeamPhilippines members video-call us all the way from Qatar to join in the event!

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Everywhere we went people asked about our fancy shirts, what is Steemit and how could they sign up! Even the taxi and uber drivers in our caravan as we went all over Metro Manila inquired and told us they'd sign up as soon as they got home!

What Was Covered?

We discussed the blockchain and exactly what that is, why it's important and how the technology works both for Steem as well as other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, and ethereum.

We also went over the fact, thanks to some newbies, that Steemit is in fact NOT a scam or a ponzi scheme which led to discussions about how it all worked, how to convert Steem into Pesos with or without a bank account and the differences between Steem, Steem Dollars, and Steem Power.

One of the most discussed topics was regarding the value of upvotes.

We discussed that the more steem-power you have, the more valuable your upvote or flag is. That this not only increases the amount paid out to people when you upvote their posts, but that it also increases your own curation rewards for upvoting quality posts on steemit. This of course led to the importance of upvoting QUALITY content, and not flood upvoting trash posts and spam due to the fact that Voting Power decreases at 2% per upvote and only recharges at a rate of 20% per 24 hours.

Another popular question that we covered was the fact that many people had noticed that over the period of the 7 days after posting an article and receiving the rewards from their post, they noticed their estimated rewards dropping in value, sometimes by over $20 for a post initially estimated to be valued at over $50. We were able to clear the air on exactly why this happens with the fluctuations in price of Steem, as well as the amounts of votes going out and decreasing supply as more votes are cast.

Tons of New Members to Steemit and TeamPhilippines!

We are very excited to be able to have encouraged quite a few new people to sign up for Steemit and join TeamPhilippines. This happened both at the event, as well as later when some of us hit the town wearing our swag Steemit TeamPhilippines shirts spreading the word, bonding, and having a great time as a group!

Enough talk though, Here are the Pictures and Videos I know You're All Wanting to See, given we went to multiple places on our mission I've seperated by which city the pictures were in.

Pasay

Before the Event Started, our youngest little mascot Aerith, only 3 months old, and already rocking the Steemit teamphilippines gear:

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A couple Steemit teamphilippines love birds

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The first ever (as far as I know) Steemit Cake + teamphilippines yay!

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Our very own @acporal arriving before she purchased her Steemit teamphilippines shirt.

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A big group of us gathered around a huge platter of Pancit, Fried Chicken, Cake, and of course Beer

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Random pictures taken during the event:

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Mandaluyong

After the initial event, some of us hit the town, here are some pictures of us at Rehab 324 Distillery Club
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Malate

After hyping Steemit and teamphilippines so hard, we worked up quite the appetite and went off to get some delicious Korean food:

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Overall, we all had a really great time, bonding, learning about each other, learning about steemit, spreading the word about steemit and teamphilippines, dancing, and eating! For all of you that were not able to make it this time, we hope to see you at the next event, i'm sure it'll dwarf this one by comparison as we continue to organize and grow! Here is a list of some of the people that were at this event!

If you like the Steemit TeamPhilippines shirts, they are for sale for pesos or steem, please let us know in the comments if you are 100% sure you want one, so we can get an idea of how large to make the next batch for everybody to get one!!

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED, I KNOW WE DID!

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OMG a lot of up votes already?Congrats to #teamphilippines! and to the members that joined us last night Thank you so much. OF COURSE i had a really great time! Dancing is my FAVORITE! we dance like crazy even we knew theres a lot of people staring at us! People kept asking why were wearing the same shirt and what it meant, so it was great to be able to tell them all about steemit and teamphilippines. IM SO PROUD OF IT! If you want to see our dance video, I'm gonna post it in 2days. Follow me as well @haleyaerith. Im looking forward to the 2nd event!
CHEERS TO STEEMIT #teamphilippines Keep Rocking!

Well done #TeamPhilippines sarap naman.

Cheers to all.
@Yehey

nice! This looks very promising due to your energy!

Yeah thank you! We have big plans pushing forward.

I'm supposed to be there also, but I did not make it because of heavy rain......Anyways I just followed you :) Please follow me back, Thanks! https://www.facebook.com/kutch.wella that's my FB account for your reference.... Hope to gain more friends and followers....

Woooooah! Inggit much! Hahaha! :D
Sali ako next time para naman mabawasan yung pagiging mahiyain ko. :)

Join na. Hehe

We'd love to have you at our next event! Make sure to follow @teamphilippines to be informed when it's happening and know all of the details!

pareho tayo sir.

didn't know there's a lot of filipino here. :D #teamphilippines

There absolutely are and we're growing fast! Make sure to follow @teamphilippines to stay in the loop!

No wonder Filipino! Are good in word of mouth, steemit like spread like lightning! rock in roll Filipinas!

Yes there is... a lot... 😊😇😊

glad to know you all had a great time.. sana lalo dumami mga Pinoy sa steem dahil sa caravan nyo! great job!

Gusto ko ng tshirt 🙌🏻

magkano baga iyan.

Being born in the PI but raised in the US, it's amazing to see my fellow countrymen/countrywomen/kababayan representing such a strong presence in the Steemit community! I hope to be able to make it to the next meetup to join everyone :) Upvoted!

Great job everyone for putting this all together :)

Absolutely and growing fast! Are you still living in the US? It'd be amazing to have you at our next even if you happen to be in the Philippines when it occurs. Make sure to follow @teamphilippines to know when it's going down and to help support the movement!

Yes, still based in the US but spending some time traveling around! Will definitely try to make it to the next meetup :) Followed!!!

Next time try Chinese food? They are yummy!

I enjoyed watching your pictures, specially the love birds who are looking so cute. Hope the meetup would have a positive impact on the overall growth of steemit community, and we will grow more.

@shasha.shade congrats
@gpfelizco @kkkttt05 @trecci12 @happyhoneys
Check this out guys :)

You have a great team there. enjoyed it.

Congratulation to us #philippines

We're so happy to have put on an excellent event for our #teamphilippines initiative, thanks especially to @haleyaerith and @sasha.shade for sponsoring the entire event and the expertly designed t-shirts and logo for our initiative.

Thanks also to @ladyjenny24 and @kaka03 for preparing some amazing food for all of the members of #teamphilippines that attended the VERY FIRST TEAMPHILIPPINES STEEMFEST!!!

There are huge things in store!

i got to get a few shirts!!!!

thank u for checking this out. Pls go in the teamphilippines channel on discord so u can get more info. Feel free to ask anything. 🙂

Wow I was pretty blown away by this. How big is Steemit getting? This is pretty unbelievable.