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Information Finding Championship

158 Steem Grand Prize!

Artwork credit - Hive account@yeszuzia on steemit and instagram

The sun is drawn like a magnet to the horizon. The eyelids of Hive account@iexplore's prodigy getting heavier with every candle light flicker. Doors and gates are closing in The Marketplace as night approaches and it's time to retire with the Sun.

What a few crazy months this has been thought Hive account@kryptocek as he opens a waiting letter:

Cryptopia has been booming ever since the dreamer Hive account@apolymask put ink to paper some months ago. And now the tickets are for sale for the final 16 tournament to crown the IFC Champion of Season 1! For the marathon is over and now the sprint to the top for the summoned 16 is upon us! You and the others are required to arrive at the Castle to face your first challenge! Good Luck to All!

Gathering at the Castle Hive account@apolymask and the council greet the lucky participants. A crowd is gathered as celebratory festivities begin with the IFC song playing in the background Click Here to Play Song:

Your Information Enlightens the World! And not just Cryptopia! The sprint will start this weekend and for the first round, your challenge will not occur in here in Cryptopia's world...

Apolymask tilts his head up to the hovering UFO and gives a gentle nod. A beam is sent down as a portal waves and glows in-front of the participants.

Head through this portal as you will find your first set of tasks.

Soon the competitors will find their first challenge in another world. The community of the IFC wish you the best of luck, but we can only crown one Champion and reward with 158 STEEM!

The finals are finally here!

Here are your respected finalists!

Bracket Designed by Hive account@artgirl

This is an awesome depiction of the finalists and I had to use it here. Artgirl did a fantastic job and you can view her post HERE and show some love if you would like. Just one edit jan23com has dropped out and given his place to kenneth1.

Summary of Players and their victories in Season 1:

1. Hive account@kryptocek WINS 6 - POINTS 53 - LEVEL 1

Winning Rounds:

Round 1 Tie Breaker - Top 3 reasons for using steemit
Round 4 - Funniest Content
Round 8 - Sponsor for the IFC
Round 10 - Bring more players to the IFC
Bonus Round Dancing Shoes
Round 15 - Help the Judges

2. Hive account@bashadow WINS 4 - POINTS 43 -LEVEL 1

Winning Rounds:

Round 3 - Best contest challenge idea
Round 5 - Help Beginners
Round 7 - Benevolent
Round 22 - Music

3. Hive account@plushzilla WINS 3 - POINTS 30 -LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 13 - Shill for your rival
Round 18 - word challenge
Round 36 - Tie Breaker Image Post

4. Hive account@har5h WINS 2 - POINTS 59 - LEVEL 1

Winning Rounds:

Round 23 - Short Story
Round 28 - The Marketplace

5. Hive account@iexplore WINS 2 - POINTS 36 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 16 - Occult
Bonus Round - Marketplace

6. Hive account@eaglespirit WINS 2 - POINTS 25 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 33 - Random Act of Kindness
Round 40 - Help Steem

7. Hive account@mr-bike WINS 2 - POINTS 18 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 30 - Most Important Issue
Round 39 - Memes

8. Hive account@youhavewings WINS 2 - POINTS 16 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 35 - Creative Minds
Round 38 - Motivation

9. Hive account@kenneth1 WINS 1 - POINTS 09 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Bonus Round - Slogan

10. Hive account@sandrina.life WINS 1 - POINTS 14 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 2 - Tiebreaker Earth

11. Hive account@jbreheny WINS 1 - POINTS 12 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 34 - Time Travel

12. Hive account@artgirl WINS 1 - POINTS 11 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 25 - Photo Challenge

13. Hive account@magicalmoonlight WINS 1 - POINTS 11 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 37 - Fairy Tale Re-Write

14 Hive account@bengy WINS 1 - POINTS 10 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Bonus Round - Scavenger Hunt Challenge

15 Hive account@swolesome WINS 1 - POINTS 09 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 9 - Cryptocurrency information or artwork

16 Hive account@wholeself-in WINS 1 - POINTS 09 - LEVEL 0

Winning Rounds:

Round 20 - Power Spot

Again we wish you the best of luck! May your information find us enlightenment!

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Special Thanks to Hive account@ifc sponsors!

First up is Hive account@ats-david who has helped greatly! If you appreciate this contest or just his efforts in general you may want to look into voting for him as a witness at Hive account@ats-witness, he does a lot of other cool things for the community as well!

Next is Hive account@timcliff who has similarly helped out the contest significantly and who is also a witness who does a lot for the community, so likewise if you appreciate the efforts you may want to vote for him as witness also!

I'd also like to thank Hive account@theguruasia who has pledged at least 20 steem to the second and third place prizes and he said he may even donate more.

And Hive account@nxtblg who has been regularly resteeming and upvoting our challenges which has been a big help!

Plus one other person who has been helping a lot who deserves some credit is Hive account@soundlegion who has also been upvoting the contests regularly.

And while not technically sponsors, we are working with Hive account@davemccoy and those at #newbiegames and #newbieresteemday and they do a great service to the community so definitely check them out if you appreciate that, or if you're new.

And a final thank you to our latest sponsor Hive account@underground for donating 10 Steem.

A giant THANK YOU to all the judges that helped this season!

We are currently looking for more judges for Season 2. If you are interested please contact Hive account@apolymask!

Artwork credit - Hive account@yeszuzia on steemit and instagram

The Marketplace is Open for Business! There are plenty of shops looking for buyers! Stop by and check them out! https://discord.gg/5aagH6F. Keep a look out for our weekly flyer that has been making it's rounds. Hive account@bashadow has mentioned the following:

If there is anyone that would like to take over the Weekly Flyer post, I am getting a little bit busy, and I think that a change would be good, it would give it a fresh view from a different perspective.

Contact Hive account@apolymask and/or Hive account@bashadow if interested!

Artwork credit - Hive account@yeszuzia on steemit and instagram

Thank You!

To all the contestants that have participated this season! Enjoy the playoffs and we hope to see each one of you in Season 2, which will have epic challenges and surprises along the way!