HiQ №13 | Smart, Stylish & Sexy | HiQs genesis, Interview with GuiltyParties, dCrops, Splinterlands, HBDs, hive.vote Trails a.m.m.

^{By: @quekery & @mary-me}

This is usually where the editorial comes in. In our first English edition we start instead with THE instruction manual. Learn how the HiQ is built. This is our style - smart, stylish & sexy.

1. The Editorial If you quickly want to know what it's all about, take a look at the editorial, the first article in each issue, where you'll be briefed on what to expect in the issue.

2. The Table of Contents Each article in HiQ has a number and a category. Normaly, the table of contents would also be clickable, but the current PeakD version just doesn't manage it. I guess we have to check again. (Editor's note: The first time we checked, the table of contents worked again shortly after. The next update tore it apart. The second inquiry remained without success. The life of a hivestyler is paved with PeakD stones).

3. The MVP The most valued poster can be nominated by you every month. Send 1 Hive (+bribe) to @hiq.redaktion with a memo + link to the potential MVP's post. You can win one month of autovotes from the HiQ Trail. For more infos on the HiQ Trail, check out the article on hive.vote.

4. Column The column comes right after the MVP and is more reflective and episodic in nature. Sometimes it is simply an editor's opinion on a topic. The column can be very personal and also provide insight into editorial life. The column is the only part of HiQ that does not necessarily have to be Hive blockchain related.

5. Categories. In our magazine we feature the categories "Cover Story", "Gaming", "Apps & Tools", "Community" and "Hivestyle". (Editors note: And sometimes "Contests") For the first English issue, we cover how we became HiQ in the 1st cover story. We can only recommend the three-year odyssey to everyone. The 2nd cover story is an interview with a HiveWatcher. A huge shout out to HiveWatchers for this opportunity. Things are heating up in the gaming category. Whether you're after booster packs or want to become a hivestylish farmer, there's something for everyone here. In Apps & Tools, you'll get an explanation from our full-time Witness/hobbyalcoholic as to why the ████ we need HBD. Oh well, vote @satren, vote @altonos and last but not least vote HiQ.

6. Hivestyle for Hivians Here you will find the smartest and most stylish news on the way to becoming a sexy hivestyler. We cover the most important news for you in short style. Also important dates, like the announcement of the Hivefest you can read there.

7. Gossip The german community wanted Gossip and you want it too. Just send us some gossip via encrypted memo and we will reward you for sure. ;)

8. Readers' letters We love readers' letters. Send us love, hate, gobbledygook or what ever as letters to the editor. If we don't get any letters, we'll get some from you somehow, don't worry.

9. Acknowledgements, disclaimers and subscribers. At the bottom of every issue you will find acknowledgements, disclaimers and subscribers. Maybe you want to donate something? Then that's where your username will end up. (Editor's note: Like a hall of fame, so to say.) Or you want to work with us? (Editor's note: Please send applications with 1 Hive (+bribe) and application letter + cv in the memo to @hiq.redaktion. ;)) Then that's where your man/woman-power will end up. Or you want to subscribe to us? (Editor's note: Just write the word ABO in the comments. After all, you want a non-cancelable subscription, too) Then in the list of subscribers is where you end up. (Editor's note: And get a mention, every time a new issue of the HiQ gets released. Just like that. Totally free.)

10. Humor There are only 10 types of people who understand our humor. But we don't want to offend, so we are often the target of our own humor attacks ;). (Editor's note: And friendly fire is off. ;))

11. Upvote Button In the comments you can find our, so called, Upvote Buttons. Here you can (Editor's note: But you don't have to) give our authors a "bonus upvote". We put a lot of work into every issue. Every graphic is self-made and almost every sentence is read several times by the HiQ team and if necessary annotated. Unlike dApps, we can't generate any other income for the magazine, so we rely on upvotes and donations. Of course we also appreciate other support and comments. The upvote button can also be used to see who did what. You can also give direct feedback to the author here.

12. Payout Post revenue and donations are divided according to our payout key. 50% goes to the core team (Editor's note: @mary-me, @smooms and @quekery). The core team are, so to speak, the bosses of HiQ and also bear most of the responsibility. 1/6 get the supporters. Supporters are people who help us regularly and irregularly. They have to share this pot. The remaining third ends up in the coffee fund. This is used to finance expenses, investments, bonuses and giveaways. There is also a secret raffle in this issue. We also use this payout key for other projects we do.

13. Communtity As if we had planned it, this list ends with point 13. We are a community project and want to stay one. There is only one rule: Read the HiQ. Just come up to us with 1.5 m distance (Editor's note: That is 4.92126 ft in uncultured units.)- we don't bite. Unless we find coffee cup rim stains on our magazine prototype, then, sorry to say that to you, but you're out. ★

TABLE OF CONTENTS

➀ HiQs MVP - @smooms   ➁ Column - Ideal! Empyreal! With more sexappeal!

Cover Story   ➂ Open your history books. HiQ's genesis.   ➃ GuiltyParties from HiveWatchers faces up to our tricky catalog of questionnaire.

Gaming   ➄ I'm Faaaarmer... a licky boom boom down - dCrops   ➅ The Booster Presale is in the starting blocks. You need infos? Be our guest.

Apps & Tools   ➆ More, That you wanted to/should know about HBD.

Community   ➇ How to join a trail, but smart. You can join our trail like this.

Hivestyle   ➈ Hivestyle for Hivians   ➉ Gossip   ➀➀ Readers' letters ★

^{By: @smooms}

For the first time in the history of HiQ, an MVP was suggested to us by a user. Who the choice fell on is both great and unbelievable. He has been a user for a long time and has never been MVP.

Who is it about? Do you really want to know? It is @smooms. As a hivian of the first second, it's hard to imagine the German community without him.

As a co-founder, core team member, author and graphic designer of HiQ, he has made a name for himself at Hive. He always appears as a helpful person, which unfortunately is often misinterpreted and exploited by some. Unfortunately he doesn't post that much on his own profile anymore, because he has his hands full with his editorial tasks.

Take a look at his profile and give him a follow. Also check out @r0nny. He was the culprit who made the MVP suggestion. All that as a newbie reader too. You old timers can take a leaf out of his book.

(Note from @smooms: I felt a bit schizophrenic writing about myself ;))

Are you HiQ's next MVP? Do you want to call yourself the most stylish user of the month?

NEW: Submit 1 HIVE & get 100% votes for 1 MONTH!

Every month we are looking for the most stylish hivian of Hive. You can submit your photo too! Send 1 HIVE (+ bribe) to @hiq.magazine with the memo "HiQ MVP + link to your profile".

We will then publish your picture in one of the next issues. Additionally, we'll put you in our auto-voter for a month. That means at least 28 days of 100% upvotes from the smart HiQ trail. ★

^{(only 1 vote per tag)}

^{By: @mary-me}

After months of back and forth, it has now been decided that the HiQ will also be published in English in the future. The plan is to publish the 1st English-language HiQ on September 30, 2021. (Editors note: Well... duh...)

The publication rhythm of the German edition will not change. It will be published as usual on the last Wednesday of the month (Editors note: EST of course. Because we are european af.). We try to target midnight for release. It worked out well until now. So for you it will be the last or first Thursday of the month. Fucking complicated. But feel free to write "ABO" in the comments below the issue, then you'll be mentioned as soon as the new issue is online. (Editor's note: Even if you don't want it, we'll still mention you. loooool. Once a subscriber always a subscriber). And on top of that, it's completely free.

This means more work for the Core Team, of course, but we're happy to do it. No joke. We, the core team of @hiq (@quekery, @smooms and @mary-me) have fun with it. We work very well together and would actually like to work more on the HiQ and connected projects. The problem, as always, is lack of time. (Editor's note: We also have to grind Mir4 sometimes.) However, it would be feasible for us to invest more time if it would be financially more profitable (Editor's note: Than Mir4.).

The next step on our way to independence is now the English edition. The new account for it (Editor's note: Yes, a new account again. We discussed this extensively and came to the conclusion that a pure English account is the best solution.) is @hiq.magazine. I (Editor's note: For people who can't read scribblers, @mary-me.) had the honor of claiming it. This is a big step in the right direction, I think. We'll see how the new stage of the project unfolds, but I'm very confident that the big wide world will love HiQ. :D

We'll see where the road takes us. Anyway, we're just getting started and we're not tired of bringing you quality content. Admittedly, the humor is "different" (Editor's note: And doesn't always translates that well in english. Woa woa woaaaaaaawawawawaaaaa.). However, readers can be sure that every joke, every spike and, of course, every piece of information (Editor's note: We are actually an infotainment magazine.) are approved semi-democratically by the editorial team. On average, three people think about each sentence. (Editor's note: And are amused by their own jokes.)

I once suggested recording parts of HiQ's publishing crunch time and smashing it out. You can't imagine it unless you've heard it for yourself. :D Especially when @smooms reads aloud. You have to know, every line is read out loud during the production. (Editor's note: This is when the "editor's notes" are mostly created. Except this one. It was added by @mary-me during the writing process. She is already a proven HiQ editor first class)

For my part, I see it as a challenge to publish in English additionally, because it is new territory for me. Still, I look forward to spending time in the HiQuarters Discord (the usual sneak peek ;)), because it's most productive with capable friends. (LUV)

The HiQ opens a new chapter and we, the editors, are glad if you, the community, support us. Only if you have fun and enjoy our content, we will be really successful. (Editor's note: And bang, @mary-me has hereby earned herself an HSBI, as her post-production is formatted in an exemplary manner.) ★

^{By: @quekery}

On the occasion of the publication of the first English HiQ issue and an increasing readership, we also want to tell our smart, stylish and sexy story, the story of HiQ.

It's 2018, and on a distant chain, let's call it STEEM (Editor's note: Any similarities to real chains are purely coincidental.), two very very small steemys named @powerpaul and @quekery had a vision. They saw the controversy within the DACH community and thought to themselves, "What kind of kindergarten are we dealing with here?".

The vision

They had the idea to found a satire magazine on chain (Editor's note: And to this day the only one.) and to parody this kindergarten. But at the same time the magazine should offer serious and informative content. The layout was to be based on famous German-language print magazines. The layout was already part of the satire, as well as our writing style. That's where it started. Ideas are all well and good, but from where do you get the funds for such a project?

A plan that wants to be implemented.

We scrounged up an account from @greece-lover called @steemillu and announced the first issue for 10/22/2018. We drummed up publicity and slapped out the first issue. Before that happened, we tossed around a few nights and gathered a lot of ideas. It was a creative effort that was second to none.

For example, we invented the bonus upvotes for authors, which is like a comment that is upvoteable. It points to the work that the corresponding editor has done. In this way, we can, for example, reward authors, permanent freelance authors and guest authors additionaly. After all, we were young and needed the STEEM. (Editor's note: And STEEM needed us.)

The first issue was a huge success. We got delegations, for example from @shaka and @redpalestino, as well as some donations so we could do giveaways.

There also is a huge Easter Egg hidden in this issue, regarding the first issue. If you discover this Easter Egg, write it to us via encrypted memo. We will give away juicy prizes among the entries. The deadline for entries is 10/05/2021.

We received a lot of praise. But some also eyed us with suspicion. At that time we appeared once a week. Thus some users held us for agents of a considerable German-language print newspaper, whose name Bild we do not want to reveal. Probably they just couldn't believe the output and quality that a handful of steemys could produce.

The story continues

We were extremely happy about the success. But you also have to keep in mind that up to now, there hasn't been much profit. We divide the post income between 4-6 people and that for a good three days of work per issue. But we had and still have a lot of fun doing it. Besides all the crunch we were constantly working on new ideas and projects.

From the beginning, the project was meant to be a community project - by the community and for the community. So we recruited new people for our team like @isarmoewe or @nessos. For a while we also had a second issue, the "Community-Transparent", which was also published once a week.

Later on @kaeptn-iglo hired on our boat (Editor's note: He surely has one himself, but only he and his fish-stick-crew are allowed on board.) - a true satirical force of nature. Also @satren celebrated more and more guest appearances in its issues. Founding member @powerpaul, however, found less and less time to work on the magazine, he disappeared and the project died.

Dead said live longer.

Supposedly it died. One could also describe it as falling asleep like Cinderella. (Editor's Note: Not the Prime Video one, the cartoon one from Disney.) After several months @alucian reunited the team. Since @powerpaul still had no time, our team was strengthened by @smooms, the graphic designer of hearts and a guarantor for ingeniously bad jokes.

New team, fresh wind and we became better and more successful. (Editor's note: And fresher. And supperiorer. And odderer.) Unfortunately, @alucian also withdrew and our post output became significantly lower. Until today we suffer from a chronic lack of editors. It's just more profitable on your own blog. (Editor's note: Yet!)

Highlights from long forgotten times

A highlight is of course the first issue. Here we interviewed @naturicia, who was a detective for Steemcleaners.

The article by @powerpaul about @peppermint24 caused quite a stir. (Editor's note: The article "The fallen prince".) That is held against us until today. You can't please everyone. And since each issue is written by several characters, sometimes churning articles arise.

The horoscopes of @flamo also had their fans. However, we discontinued them because they were too costly for @flamo. @kaeptn-iglo also provided some highlights like the legendary scrounger tips or the article "Die Splinterlands, die". (Editors note: Which is not German for "The Splinterlands, the".)

We have special memories of the issue just before THE Fork. Custom Justin and his ValenTronsGate created a lot of buzz, not only with us.

A new era begins

There was a lot of excitement when Hive went live. We (Editor's note: @smooms and @quekery) were also faced with the question: What now? We put our heads together and thought about what to do now? Stay on Steem? Switch to Hive? Double posts? Triple posts? (Editors note: We don't like Blurt because we can't claim the account @hiq there).

We decided to go to Hive. A large part of the German community switched to Hive, which was the main reason for us to switch as well. But we had a problem with the decision. We couldn't call ourself STEEMillu on Hive, so we had to come up with a new branding.

@smooms thought massively about a possible concept. But once the penny dropped, HiQ was born. Instead of being fresher, supperior and odder, we are now smart, stylish and sexy. The layout of HiQ is not based on boulevard magazines, but on lifestyle magazines. Nevertheless, it is to remain satirical, informative and serious, with a stylistic evolution in a new and better direction.

And HiQ also hit like a bomb. Very often we read in the comments that the HTU values on our posts should be triple digits - which already describes its success whithin the community well. But the project fell asleep again. Approximately two point five people was just too few man-/womenpower for such a project.

And then along comes Mary

Our team was strengthened by @mary-me from Australia (Editor's note: No. From Austria. :P) and nearly instantly she became a core team member. There were rumours on the streets stating she's not real, but we can assure you, @mary-me is very real - for real. (Note from @mary-me: Ja eh?!) Her editing, organizational and team communication skills have enriched us and brought us regular post output. Now we're a monthly magazine.

Our next step is @hiq.magazine. (Editor's note: Well... here we are. Wohoooo.) Now we not only delight the German Hive communities, but also the whole world. (Editor's note: If they understand at least english of course.)

A stylish era begins: HiQ Magazine's genesis! ★

^{By: @leosoph, @quekery, @smooms & @mary-me}

A new era is beginning for us. Just like in STEEMillu, we start the first issue (Editor's note: In a different language, though.) with an interview.

@guiltyparties was at our disposal, who didn't hesitate to answer our hard-hitting questions. For those who don't know: He's one of the three main contributors to HiveWatchers. Alongside @logic and ████████. During the interview, @guiltyparties stated that HiveWatchers is not the only thing he is involved in. You can read what @guiltyparties answered to our questions here - in this issue of HiQ. (Editor's note: And in the German