[ENG] HiQs Flash №9 | Weekly HIVE News

^{By: Hive account@smooms}

A new round, a new crazy ride. The HiQs Flash goes into the next round. Once again packed with topics that move the Hive Chain.

We interviewed a community person. This can now be found regularly on the Ecency Discord. You can read about who he is and what he's doing there below.

Do you know what is particularly moving US right now? Hive Engine. Why our head hair is thinning and what is currently on fire? Also that below.

Our crazy Irish Scot has once again blessed us with a very, very cool article. This time it's about a marketing campaign. Which one would you like to know about? You know what you have to do.

The whole thing is topped off with the usual. Now all we have to do is say "Okaaaaaay, let's go!", then you'll be off to the... ★

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Interview with Hive account@incublus

^{By: Hive account@felixxx}

Because we are the hottest, we naturally only surround ourselves with the hottest Hivians. Like in this interview. Hive account@incublus us didn't shy away from answering our diabolical list of questions.

HiQ: Hello, welcome to HiQ, thanks for joining us today!

Hive account@incublus: It's an honor to be here.

HiQ: Our pleasure! How long are you on and how did you find out about Hive?

Hive account@incublus: I have been at Hive for a year and a half. I joined last year in May on the recommendation of a friend.

HiQ: Did you know about crypto before?

Hive account@incublus: I had heard of crypto before I joined Hive. I knew about Bitcoin, but I didn't have any knowledge. Just random news I saw.

HiQ: And what do you like about Hive?

Hive account@incublus: My favorite thing about Hive is the freedom to write. People can write their ideas freely and there are niches for everyone. I can interact with people from all over the world and I can see all over the world thanks to Hive.

HiQ: Interesting! Are there any communities or topics you follow in particular?

Hive account@incublus: Of course! Hive Gaming is my favorite community. I spend the most time on Hive, followed by the Turkish community and Pinmapple. I also follow photography, movie and dev communities.

HiQ: Cool :) So, you are hosting a show on Ecency Discord... How did that happen?

Hive account@incublus: Such shows were previously held on the Ecency Discord server. As you know, there was an earthquake disaster in Turkey. After that, the activity in our community dropped a lot. Even only one or two people were writing. I talked to Hive account@melinda010100 and she suggested me to organize such a show. On March 24th, I organized the first show and I was very happy with the attention it received. Since then, I've been hosting my show every Friday at 6pm UTC. The next show will be live on Friday, December 1st at 6pm UTC.

HiQ: So you have consistently run the show for more than 6 months! Did you do it all by yourself, or are you part of a team? (Note from Hive account@felixxx: Condolences for the earthquake - I wasn't really prepared for that...)

Hive account@incublus: Yeah, I've been hosting the show for eight months. Sometimes my friends help me record the show. Other than that I do everything myself and I think I do a good job. 😄

HiQ: We can attest to that, the show is fun. Do you have any other projects on Hive, that a Hivestyler should be aware of?

Hive account@incublus: There's a Power Up Day I'm organizing for the Turkish people at Hive. I try to encourage people to Power Up. I guess I don't have any other project to share with others. 🙂

HiQ: According to our research, you have expressed interest in writing for our magazine(?) What would you like to write about?

Hive account@incublus: Yes, I'd like to be part of the Msagazine. I want to write in the game section because it is my area of interest and expertise.

HiQ: Exciting! Have you voted for HiQ Witness, yet? ( 😁 )

Hive account@incublus: Haha I wasn't expecting this question. I voted right now.

HiQ: Good! Last but not least: The question that everyone has to answer and could determine your fate; If you punch yourself and it hurts, are you strong or weak?

Hive account@incuböus: If it hurts when I punch myself, then my arms are strong, but the muscles where I punch are weak. 😉

HiQ: Interesting. Thank you for your time, and we hope to see you in Hive account@hiq.redaktion soon!

Hive account@incublus: You're welcome. It was a very enjoyable interview for me. I hope those who read it will think the same. I don't know if I will be part of the team, we will see together. 🙂 ★

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Node issues are piling up - Is this the end of Hive Engine?

^{By: Hive account@smooms}

On a blockchain on which we have to live with Hive Engine as the second layer, the world is turned upside down. The problems are piling up. You can read what this means for us here.

For weeks there have been reports of Hive Engine RPC nodes being unreachable. But what is currently happening is even worse. According to the beeswap tool, all nodes are currently accessible, but many things are often not as they seem.

Even if most nodes are accessible, many of them lack a large number of functions. We particularly noticed this because many of our projects are supported by Hive Engine Tokens and rely on the very functions that are not working at the moment. We at Team HiQuarters may not be the only ones with this problem and so far there is no solution in sight.

Unfortunately, we do not have any further information about the problems. However, the HiQuarters projects “HiQVote” and “CraftInk” are currently affected. CraftInk in particular suffers from the lack of functions on the part of the HE RPC nodes. It is often not possible for the players to see their own team. The script that runs to run the seasons and battles often cannot read important data from the Hive Engine and therefore crashes. All we can do at the moment is wait and hope for improvement.

With the amount of failures that Hive Engine is currently experiencing, there is a growing belief that Hive Engine is steadily going downhill. The fact that one of the creators of Hive Engine is said to have completely withdrawn from the project does not alleviate this suspicion. Only the future will show us where the path will take us. ★

New Zealy Hive Marketing Campaign

^{By: Hive account@tengolotodo}

The December edition of Hive's Zealy Marketing Campaign has just kicked off. In true HiQ fashion we sent one of our intrepid reporters off to explore, participate and report back to HiQuarters.

Hive account@tengolotodo was the designated reporter and he decided to go incognito by joining the campaign using his leo alt account Hive account@tengolotodo.leo. (Editor's note: that was hardly going incognito LOOL.) That seemed the right thing to do as afterall the campaign is being organised by the inleo.io guys.

What can you win?

Let's get straight to the crux of the matter! Prizes.

Is it worth entering you are wanting to know? Well read on.

This month the prizes are even better than before.

5k HBD Pool
100k HIVE Power Pool in delegations for a month
100k LEO Power Pool in delegations for a month
100k SPS tokens
30 InLeo Premium for a month
1k $POSH tokens
10k $ZING tokens
10k WOO bucks

As a guide the top three winners from last month all won 250 HBD. This time there is a bigger prize pool thanks to Hive account@theycallmedan, Hive account@yabapmatt, Hive account@bookerman (Editor's note: Whose account does not exist. LOOL), and Hive account@acidyo for chipping in with some prizes.

Splinterlands players we are sure will sit up and take notice of those 100k SPS tokens. (Editor's note: Hive account@quekery's mouth has been drooling at the prospect of winning 100k SPS tokens. LOOL)

As of yet the prize breakdown has not been released by Hive account@leogrowth, although we are sure there might be some clues dropped by Hive account@anomadsoul or Hive account@khaleelkazi over the next few days. We should all find out on the 5th of December at noon UTC. (Editor's note: Hive noon. LOOL)

The actual campaign runs until December 22 at 23:59. In other words there is plenty of time for you to join in.

Growing the Hive ecosystem

By completing tasks or quests on various web2 platforms, Hive gets much broader exposure. As has been demonstrated in previous Zealy marketing campaigns there is an uptake in the amount of Hive accounts that are created when Hive gets more exposure on web2 platforms.

The web2 platforms that will be used are primarily X (formerly Twitter) and we believe YouTube and possibly Instagram and Tik Tok, but don't quote us. LOOL

👉 Join the Campaign! 👈

The first thing to do is to join the marketing platform Zealy and then get started by completing some quests.

That can be done by clicking 👉 Join the Campaign! 👈

Once registration is complete, the header below should be visible meaning the Hive community has been successfully joined.

The default landing page will also show whether there are any quests to be done or if there are any quests waiting approval.

Each quest that is completed gives XP or Experience Points, the more that are completed the higher up the Leaderboard one goes.

It is a case of Points means prizes!

HiQ on the Leaderboard! So far Hive account@tengolotodo has completed all the tasks. (Editor's note: How long will that last though? LOOL)

If you want to help grow our Hive ecosystem, then join the party and sign up for the campaign and get questing. ★

^{By: Hive account@quekery & Hive account@bechibenner}

Good for you that at least Hivestyle for Hivians doesn't have any node issues this week. LOOL

COFFEE-COIN

Because we love COFFEE so much, we want to remind you again of COFFEE's first sale. (Note from Hive account@quekery: Of course I'm drinking !COFFEE while I'm writing these lines. LOOL) This is scheduled to take place on December 1st and there will only be 1000 COFFEE available to buy at 0.5 SWAP.HIVE per COFFEE. If the HE Node issues don't throw a wrench in our plans, our FOMO is real. The thought of not being able to get enough COFFEE makes us very nervous. (Editor's note: And all without a CAFFEINE overdose. LOOL) So we need a plan. (Editer's note: It's just a shame that we're about to betray him and therefore perhaps ruin our chance to get COFFEE...) In order to use !COFFEE, you have to have at least 10 COFFEE, as we explained in the latest COFFEE Post made by @zottone444. So we place a buy order for 10 COFFEE before December 1st. Let's just hope we don't trigger a Werther effect here. (Educational mission of the Editor's: The Werther effect goes back to the book by Goethe aka The Sorrows of Young Werther and is intended to describe mass imitation.) LOOL

HiQ and CraftInk on Tour

And while we're at December 1st. (Editor's note: No, it's not about Power-Up Day. Although we're just now remembering that December 1st is Power-Up Day. This issue HfH almost writes itself. LOOL ) On December 1st we are invited to two events. The first event is the Hive account@town-hall meeting, which takes place at 16:00 UTC and the 2nd event is a meeting of Hive account@incublus (Editor's note: What, you don't know Hive account@incublus? Do you have this edition? didn't read?) on the Ecency Discord at 18:00 UTC.

DACH Secret Santa 2023

This year there will be emphasis on Hive again. Yes, you heard right, weighted. Hive account@ynwa.andree called for Secret Santa this year, like last year. Anyone who wants to can take part. If you missed Hive account@ynwa.andree's post, you can find it here.

The Roof Secret Santa isn't about giving expensive gifts to others, but rather about thinking about each other on Hive during the Christmas season. You can also give a little joy to the person you were randomly assigned to. There are no limits to creativity.

Last year, the DACH Secret Santa was a complete success and many beautiful gifts were sent on their way. Hive account@ynwa.andree is hoping for many participants again this time who will enjoy sharing the joy of Christmas with others. So don't miss the opportunity to take part in the DACH Secret Santa and register by December 5th.

New Oneup Frontend

The Oneup Cartel has given its front end a makeover. The idea behind the frontend is to hivelight various gaming communities on Hive. But this should only be the beginning of the new frontend from Oneup.

Advent Calendar

Hive account@miketr's advent calendar will be available again in December, but not as we know it for various reasons. Since Hive account@miketr is very time constrained, he has come up with a plan B, which he explains in his last Post. The rules of the game will follow in a separate report, which will then be made via the Hive account@lotto-de account. As always, you can only participate with the HLT token. So stay tuned and have your HTL ready. ★

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^{By: Hive account@bechibenner}

In the last edition we had another competition in which Craftink Booster Packs could be won. As before, you should guess how many Fillinks are in a CraftInk Booster Pack that we open.

The following participants dared to make a guess:

User	Guess	Cards
Hive account@newnow497	1	Fillink
Hive account@coquicoin	2	Fillink
Hive account@proto	2	Fillink
Hive account@bitandi	1	Fillink
Hive account@ynwa.andree	0	Fillink

After we had identified all the participants, one of the team opened a pack and the following was visible:

This time there was no Fillink card in the pack. Hive account@ynwa.andree was the only one who guessed correctly and is the lucky winner of the Booster Packs this time. Hive account@ynwa.andree, you can look forward to an impressive 8 Booster Packs, which we will send to you immediately. We hope you enjoy it and wish you a lot of fun at the pack opening. May the Fillinks be with you.

The HiQ team will open another CraftInk Booster Pack internally and this time you have to guess how many common cards will be in this pack. Write us your tip in the comments and mention 2 other Hivestylers.

In the next HiQs Flash we will announce the winners and post a screenshot of our pack opening. For this competition you have time until the countdown is over. We are giving away 5 packs among all participants. ★

https://twitter.com/RavenMus1c/status/1729872643611091420
- RavenMus1c

This week you can once again take part in the popular HIQS Commentary Discount Sale 1/4 and buy up to 540 HIQS. This time there is a 40% discount on the current price (0.319 SWAP.HIVE). Just write

!HIQS HereYourWishAmount

in the comments. For 0.191 SWAP.HIVE per HIQS you can get the coveted item this week. You have 48 hours from when this post is published to do so. After the deadline, a post will be published on Hive account@hiq.shares that will process your orders.

If more than 540 HIQS are requested, the HiQ Smart Bot will distribute the HIQS fairly according to smooms' rule. In cases of abuse, we reserve the right to exclude users from purchasing. (Editor's note: Which still has NEVER happened.) ★

If you want to be informed about our latest issue, @CraftInk, the Commentary Discount Sale, or the other stuff then you should definitely subscribe to us and even get the coveted HiQ SUB Badge. Write quickly

+SUB

into the comments, follow us on PeakD or any other dApp you trust: For the german issue follow Hive account@hiq and for the english version Hive account@hiq.magazine. ★★