I'm in it for the long haul and if I lose out for any reason then oh well. I'm powering up any rewards I get now, and hopefully will invest some more into when I get my next allotment of hubby allowence from the wife haha. Hopefully that will push me past a million rather quickly.

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Yep, the inflation is quite fierce. I really don’t care what my vote is worth right now. It is a very young market, and I am as curious as you are for how it will be in a month or three. Staking all the way!

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Outstanding analysis. need all support to support together

As the voting rewards keep shrinkng, its only wise to keep staking as in the long run those that do that will be in an advantageous postion.

I see lots of potential in this platform, so i'll be staking all the way

It will continue to decline.

this was actually one big point why I thought Tribe SPUD would be good

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What's the maximum we should stake to know that we staked enough to start earning?

There are some people we started together but are still far below 500k

Anyone who wants to reap bountifully in the nearest future should cultivate the habit of staking frequently

You've really done a great observation, but it's inevitable in this kind of system not to see people who wants to crash the market and Runaway and make the project appear worse in  the later end, but at the same time, you'll always find some, who will still stand firm till the end! #westaketilltheend

Recently, i have come to realize that staking more sports is what it takes to survive on the tribe because with the look of things now, it is really going to be hard for people who doesn't have enough stake now in the coming time. I have also be staking the little sports that comes my way.

I am staking everything I can, but I feel like I am still slipping away.  It is really hard to get ahead in any of the platforms.  I wish I had went more all in when you did.  I might be in a better position now.

competition is good, let there be a ton of whales and let the market and people decide how they spend their own money, if the place with trillions of tokens made to begin with (not smart) can pass all the big bad scary stress tests then it has teeth.

You sell,  I sold and bought back a ton more, so I invested and stake what I feel like like you do and everyone else.  Trying to keep up with the inflation that is being used to pay refs is almost impossible so why is the focus not on burning excess tokens?  Like I said in ABH's post,  enough has been blasted away to set a precedent of what the community itself is more than capable of downvoting or supporting.  Millions going to pay refs who helped launch it to not be a total scamfest could be going to null.

some inevitably will do the hashtags of #sportsbeforeeating because whatever reason and if someone is wanting to buy millions and millions and gets it in a free market then that's how it goes regardless of who on here likes it or not.  I'd love to see whales pouring in and hopefully some hodl and some give back and some see the community and like it enough to support all us little guys because NONE of the whales on here are mega whales.  none
Interesting and well written op/ed post.  Cheers

Agree that in order for you to catch up and stay close in retaining your current vote value. Staking is the only option to do that.

It's amazing that you've put so much effort both in growing your account and rewarding genuine users here. You're one of the users who made me inspired to improve my stake. I'm currently sitting at 1.1m Sports as of the moment and I'm looking forward to hit 1.5m at the end of the month.

I believe leedsunited was the one suggesting a split liquid/stake payout, which I would happily support and you're right, staking is the future if you're here to stay.

Newcomers to the platform may not understand the significance of staking and its effect on vote value. It is good that you have raised this issue and provided some explanations.

This is nice. If you keep investing in sport,  i believe it will yield much as time goes. So,  those that can keep staking can go ahead and anticipating for the best. But, sadly i got currated  by whales out here which is so touchy  for me. I wish i have a whale that can add me to autovote

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Sportsvoter is not being utilised to its full capacity . Any reason why people are selling on market and not using this ?

my only Q to you, mr. @cryptoandcoffee... are you staking 100% of your Sports Tokens?  I religiously staked ALL my Steem and hit Dolphin in 235 days.   🌶  I don't believe I ever used bid-bots until I was a dolphin, but I considered that an investment too.  I've always supported the platform until I saw all the whales saying _"STAKE! STAKE! STAKE!!!"_  whilst they Cashed OUT.  

Good write up, well stated, and all that.  👍

I've only been here recently to staking.
My goal is the 1 million sports, but that will take some time!
Thanks for this great post!