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By: @quekery
EDITORIAL
HiQ №32 is in the block. From Amsterdam to Ghana to Mexico, everything the Hivestyler heart desires is there. (Editor's note: Only real with 32 dog-ears. LOOL)
At 32, you start to feel old. But we feel more like 23. (Editor's note: People buy it, because we are extremely smart, stylish and SEXY.) For issue 25 we have a lot up our sleeves for you. Our 32nd Most Valued Poster (MVP) has more than earned this award.
Since the alternating digit sum of 32 is 1, there is 1 more chapter of CraftInk Lore in this issue. And this much is already said: You should not miss this chapter.
Did you know that the average age in Mexico is 32-3? No? Then you should read The Column. (Editor's note: Even though this is not about the average age in Mexico. LOOL)
Also worth reading is the article about Web3 Berlin - a HiQlative event. Since this event took place in 2023 and you get the number 32 if you leave out the 20 from 2023 and then read 23 backwards, we made this article a cover story. (Editor's note: Just because that. LOOL)
The new game Astral Wars has also made it under the topic. After 32 victories against the AI, @quekery has finally played through the game. But it's best to read for yourself.
The Hive Community has managed to drill not quite 32 boreholes in Ghana. If you want to know what we are talking about here, you should check out this article. (Editor's note: Not necessarily 32 times. Once is enough. LOOL) Maybe with your help we'll make it to 32 boreholes.
One country that could certainly use a strong community on Hive is Nigeria. This mission has now been taken on by a Nigerian. After about 32 minutes of reading, you will have reached this article in HiQ.
This issue didn't make it into the 232. block, but to make up for it we have an article for you about the Inner Blocks Community. We expect you to check out this community in exactly 32 seconds. ... Do it NOW! (Note from @Davie504: EPIC!)
This issue is rounded off with 32/32 gossip reports, 9·32/32 Hivestyle for Hivians and readers' letters that include a verse measure that would take 32nd notes. And if you haven't already staked at least 32,000 HIQS, the
... Commentary Discount Sale 1/4 is just the thing for you. With a discount of 40% on the current HIVE price of HIQS (Editor's note: 0.451 SWAP.HIVE). That means you can buy up to 270 HIQS for the price of 0.27 SWAP.HIVE per HIQS. Write the following
!HIQS HereYourDesiredAmount
in the comments. After 2 days, we will publish a post at @hiq.shares handling the sale. By the way, if the demand is high enough, we will increase the amount of HIQS to 540 HIQS, so that English-speaking and German-speaking readers can get their HIQS. We've done that before from time to time, but hardly anyone noticed. LOOL
PS: Vote HiQs Witness. Now. LOOL!
Buy CraftInk Packs and now have fun reading on! ★
TABLE OF CONTENTS
➀ HiQs MVP - @good-karma ➁ The Column - Unpacking the sombrero
Cover Story ➂ CraftInk Lore - "CraftInk Championship Tournament" ➃ From Berlin to Mexico
Games ➄ Astral Wars - Hearthstone 2.0 ➅ Crypto Shots PVP + Giveaway
Community ➆ Water Supply powered by Hive ➇ Hive Naija Community ➈ Inner Blocks Community
Hivestyle ➉ Gossip ➀➀ Hivestyle for Hivians ➀➁ Readers' letters ★
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By: @smooms
➀ HiQs MVP
We don't know whether our karma will gain points or not. What we do know is that this Hivian is a great one. You want to know who we're talking about? (Editor's note: Read on. Do it NOW.)
@good-karma is the founder of Ecency. All HiQ core team members use Ecency and also because we featured this wonderful app in the last physical edition of the HiQ (Editor's note: the issue for the HiveFest7 -an edition for the HiveFest8 we plan to make. [Editor's note to Editor's note: We do that too. LOOL]), we just had to make him MVP.
But it's not just the mobile app that has us hooked, the desktop version of Ecency is also a real winner. The wheels don't stand still, so @good-karma and his Ecency buddies listen to the cries of the community to further improve their app. Such closeness to his fans must be rewarded with the title of "Most Valued Poster" in the HiQ.
We also hope to meet him in person in Mexico. He's definitely just as nice a dude in real life as he is on Hive. ★
By: @mary-me
➁ THE COLUMN
Hold on to your HiQbreros. Are we going to take Mexico for a spin in just 85 days? If you want to know, read it for yourself. (Editor's note: And donate @smooms HIVE, LOOL.)
Last year at HiveFest7 in Amsterdam, there was already speculation that the next HiveFest would be in South America. Now it has been official for a few weeks: HiveFest8 takes place in Mexico. (Editor's note: Mexico is part of North America, isn't it? LOOL)
How does the HiQ editorial team handle this news? Hmmm, Mexico is not exactly around the corner. From Central Europe, the flight time is about 28 hours including at least one stopover. I would have to fly from Vienna, which would mean that in the best case scenario I would be on the road for about 30 hours each way and the flights cost around 1000 Euros per person.
Being on the road for 30 hours doesn't bother me as much. I like to fly and I also like to spend time at airports. Of course, the editorial team would plan the flights so that they can do the route across the big pond together. They could also try to arrange it with the other Europeans to fly together.
I think this will all become concrete as soon as the next post is published on the account @hivefest. It has already been announced that there will be discounted flights and accommodation for HiveFest participants. We will wait and see if we can actually make it to Mexico in September.
Until then however, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. Like last year, we want to present a super special edition of HiQ in physical form for the upcoming HiveFest. For this, we have to find advertising partners, design the layout and write texts. In addition, we have to transport the magazines in our suitcases, as the postal route is too unsafe for us. (Editor's note: Or we'll have them printed on the other side of the Atlantic. LOOL)
So there's a lot to do for the HiveFest special edition alone. Then there's the fact that we want to do a presentation again. Last year in Amsterdam @smooms represented the projects of Team HiQuarters, but this year it will be more focused. We are planning a presentation that will mainly revolve around @craftink. We want our upcoming trading card game to reach a wide audience and what better place than HiveFest?
So you see, there's still a lot to do before we can put our feet up sipping tequila on the beach in Rosarito. Keep your fingers crossed that everything works out the way we want it to. And if you want to boost our travel funds, please do leave a hefty vote or send a donation to @hiq.redaktion. Thanks and maybe we'll see you in Rosarito in September! (Note from @smooms: It's my 40th birthday during HiveFest. So spring for something. LOOL) ★
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By: @smooms
➂ COVER STORY
In this issue of HiQ we take you to the world of CraftInk. To be precise, to the city of Inkopolis, where the Championship Tournament takes place. But read it for yourself.
What has happened so far:
Inkopolis in the year 2025 - we are in the middle of the CraftInk World Championship Tournament and our protagonist @bubblegif is about to qualify for the finals. Only 5 points away from reaching the top 16, will @bubblegif achieve her goal of becoming one of the best, if not THE best CraftInk player in the world?
Chapter 2:
She turned around slowly and could not believe her eyes. The person tapping her on the shoulder was none other than.... Who was that? In front of @bubblegif now stood a relatively short guy. He had twirled his beard into a braid and as he addressed @bubblegif he bobbed up and down on one of his legs. "I've come to challenge you, odr," he spoke in a dialect that seemed to come from Switzerland. "And you are," @bubblegif asked, visibly unimpressed. She looked down at the little Dude from above. "Don't you remember? You were at the Hive Bodensee Camp, weren't you?" The person standing in front of her was none other than @blue.rabbit, who was a top 16 contender just like her. "I heard you still need points to get into the top 16, odr," he mentioned with a lopsided grin typical of him. "We can very well play a round, but I'm not going to make it easy for you, am I?" - "Oida, I have the killer deck of DOOM, I don't need an edge. Besides, it's a cinch to win if you believe in the heart of INK like I do."
The heart of INK. When she received the booster packs as payment for a job, she heard about it for the first time. "What am I supposed to do with them?" - "If you believe in the Heart of INK, these cards in the packs will take you very far, trust me." She dismissed it as idle gobbledygook at the time, but when she opened the first packs, she seemed to feel a kind of energy emanating from the cards. It pulsed through her hand, her arm, to eventually touch her heart. From then on, she and CraftInk were welded together. She now felt the energy throughout and always seemed to draw the right card at the right time. She had built a deck around her favourite Officer card: mary-me. As a Blogger Officer with the ability to give any Blogger card on her own side of the board +1 to the result of any die, @bubblegif naturally designed her entire deck around it. She had every card from the "Editorial Office Edition" at least 3 times, so she was able to put together a deck that was the bomb that left nothing to be desired. It also left room for improvements.
"Well, what about now? Do you think you can score with the 'Heart of INK', odr," she was taunted by @blue.rabbit. "Come on over and find out," @bubblegif replied to him, not at all intimidated as she knew her deck was World Champion level. "Let's make this a bit more exciting and shit on the 'best out of 3' rule. One round, best man wins!" @blue.rabbit took a step back. Pinching was no longer an option. He had to man up. "Are you sure you want to make your defeat dependent on one round, odr?" - "Save," she said emphatically, without making a face, for she was already sure of victory. Both took out their decks to register them. This was done at one of the many terminals spread all over the city to track the results of all the CraftInk Battles. Both took their positions and the round began. In turn, they rolled a 6-sided die to determine who would start. @blue.rabbit rolled a 5. "I bet you can't get over that, can you?" @bubblegif made a sweeping motion with her wrist, as if she were catapulting a frisbee into the stratosphere, and rolled...
...a 6...
"Casual! You start, you can use the head start," she said to him as she winked. @blue.rabbit drew his first 5 cards with hate and the round began.
Will @bubblegif beat him? Will she manage to make up the missing points and get into the final? How many points does @blue.rabbit have? Find out all this and much more in the next chapter of the CraftInk Story "CraftInk - The CraftInk Championship Tournament". ★
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By: @quekery
➃ COVER STORY
We don't just stroll around on the Hive Blockchain - we also stroll around at real life events like HiveFest or Web3 Berlin. But will we continue to do so in the future?
Disclaimer: Pictures stolen from @louis88
In the meantime, Team HiQuarters has grown into something that goes beyond a simple hobby project. (Editor's note: At least as far as the amount of work is concerned - financially not so much. LOOL) Last September we were at HiveFest7 in Amsterdam and specially produced a HiQ print edition that every visitor received in their goodie bag.
Since it was the first print HiQ, it cost us a lot of work and nerves. We did nothing else for almost 2 months and the whole fun cost us about 1000 Euros. But when we got to hold the finished product in our hands at HiveFest and got a lot of praise, it was awesome and you could say, "It was worth the effort!" We would also like to take this opportunity to once again say a huge thank you to all the supporters and donors! Without you this Hivenesco Cultue Heritage would not have existed!
A lot has happened for us since Amsterdam. CraftInk, meetups, fairs etc.. And one of these fairs was Web3 Berlin. (Editor's note: FairS is a bit of an exaggeration. We were only at one. LOOL) Our Berlin correspondent @quekery from the HiQesco heritage editorial team HiQ was on site. And swarmed many new and old faces with the HiQ. (Editor's note: And representing Hive!) Yes, Hive was represented, of course. Hive, as the largest sponsor of the show, had the largest booth and there were several Hive speakers there.
@arcange gave a talk about Hive Authentication service and reminded us what a brilliant app it is. With Hive Auth you can log in very easily and securely. All you need is an app like Keychain on your phone. You can then easily log in on a foreign PC, tablet or cell phone. However, the app on which you want to log in must also support Hive Auth. Peakd and Hive.Blog have supported Hive Auth for quite a long time. In the talk, we could see that the 3Speak app also supports Hive Auth. We'll have to try that out when we publish the next @hiq.smartcast.
@arcange handed out a Hive Buzz Badge to all the Hivians who were in Berlin.
@quekery talked with @arcange about a Hive Buzz Badge for the HiQ. Now we still need a good usecase for it. Do you guys have any ideas?
Also @detlev gave a talk in Berlin. He showed the audience what Hive has to offer. And emphasized that Hive is "community driven". (Editor's note: "So we don't have a Hive boss?" More on that below.) There was also an event for fair visitors on the first day in room 8, where they could ask questions, make accounts etc.. Of course @detlev also brought ... with him.
Yes, that's right he brought BEER. But not only that. We celebrated the BEER Saturday on Saturday evening after the fair and on Sunday evening there was BEER again, although it was Sunday. LOOL
@starkerz enlightened Berlin that Hive is already a real working decentralized Web3 blockchain. He explained in his talk that ValenTronsGate was something good because it gave us a neutral Layer 1. This should be feeless and lean. Everything else should be taken over by the Second Layer according to @starkerz to keep it decentralized. He calls the whole thing UDHR (Universal Digital Human Rights). Anyway, we are now convinced that we are the coolest.
BREAKING NEWS: We are already in contact with @starkerz regarding the next HiQ print edition powered by HiveFest8.
@elindos presented his vision for Exode to the fair visitors. (Editor's note: Who actually wanted to test Exode for this issue?) But his talk was also about his thoughts on Blockchain Games in general. How should a blockchain game be to be good for all of us and not become a rugpull? But it's best to check out the talk for yourself. Maybe we'll meet @elindos in Mexico in September.
The closing was made by @crimsonclad (Editor's note: Actually it was the second to last talk. But we Hive-maxis were of course only interested in the Hive talks. LOOL) Well, what can we say? She knows her stuff. If we weren't already convinced of Hive, we would be after this talk. (Editor's note: BTW, our identity is HiQ - The Hivestyle Magazine. What's yours?) The Hive delegation ended the talk with a standing ovation.
With the program we didn't get to listen to speakers on non Hive related topics. In addition, there was a lot to do at the Hive booth. After all, someone had to explain to the visitors how epic Hive is. There was also an account creation code and a Splinterlands starter code for each booth visitor, if they were interested.
Extremely often we were asked the question who is the contact person for Hive. And more often there was a discussion lasting several minutes, because it is probably not so easy to understand that Hive does not have an executive floor. For example, someone said that he would like to do something with THE French community. Or a visitor asked who she would need to contact to bring PORN content to Hivians. "Who would I need to contact?" That was probably the most common phrase from booth visitors.
Yet another visitor asked who they would need to contact to create a community. If you now have to suppress a facepalm, we can understand that. We responded confidently, of course, and gave a talk about communities, Hive-Engine, Tribaldex, Tribe tokens and Outposts. Also, it was quite useful to have a print HiQ handy, as there are many articles about dApps like Hive-Engine or Ecency in there.
And what is our next step? (Editor's note: We're sure you've figured this out before, but we like to repeat ourselves. LOOL) We are planning to go to HiveFest8 to Mexico and we will probably sit down and make the next print edition even better. (Editor's note: And maybe have a CraftInk Tournament, like in