If you've been reading my posts, you have noticed I talked a few times about [NextColony](https://nextcolony.io) before and right after its launch.

NextColony is a game of patience, for the long term, and will remain so even after the battles will start in June. So, it's not for all gamers, specifically those who prefer shooters, action in real-time, right away.

There was a post recently on the official account @nextcolony that they have received over 100,000 STEEM in two weeks, and according to the self-imposed rules, 30% of those are set aside for rewards.

Who is rewarded or for what?
* active players
* successful players
* wonder of the universe

Active players seems quite clear what they are. Successful players will remain to be seen how they are defined. Wonder of the universe seems relatively clear too, it's based on who builds it.

But in the meantime, to keep the players connected while there are no battles, and maybe beyond that, game management thought of an entertaining way to earn some rewards: **bounties**.

As far as I know, the only way to know of a bounty is to pay attention to the [Nextcolony discord server](https://discord.gg/MNuwkk), when *everyone* is pinged in the *bounty channel* (these messages may also be pinned in that channel, but are time-sensitive).
![image.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/gadrian/wWCASbxU-image.png)

There have been two bounties so far, another one to come *soon*.

First one rewarded 5 quality dtube videos promoting Nextcolony with 100 STEEM each.

Since I have no video experience, I didn't participate, although I saw the message when it was posted.

The second one was very inclusive, but more difficult than it sounds. We were supposed to vote posts having the *nextcolony* tag, until our VP went below 10%. The reward for anyone who could do it while the bounty was on was 25 STEEM. There were more restrictive conditions at first, but it turned out there weren't enough posts to vote for to go all the way down.

I think I remember another one, not sure if it was called bounty or contest or whatever. It was clearly not in this *bounty* channel. But it was VERY interesting, because it seemed prepared well in advance. The designer of Nextcolony hid some well-known movie logo images plus the Steem logo in images on Nextcolony. The goal was to find all of them and be the first to post about it. I think the prize was 100 STEEM. And it all started from someone discovering the "Gostbusters" logo on the ore mine by chance and telling about it on discord.

Pretty entertaining, huh?