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We Interviewed @Raymondspeaks of Neoxian City.

As some of you may know, @xawi and I set up and question and answer interview for Neoxian City. We had several questions sent in from the community, and this is what he had to say:

Interview with Raymondspeaks

Questions @Raymondspeaks liked the best:

  1. Xawi: question 3
  2. Dr Simply: question 1
  3. Neoxian: question 1

Questions for Raymondspeaks

Neoxian:

1: If you could be a super hero, what sort of hero would you be?

Someone that isn't known as a super hero. I'd like to go around and do heroic things for people but they'd not know a super hero helped them. I just couldn't cope with that amount of fame. Can you imagine the hate I'd get for not being in every place at every moment? Haha.

So, yeah. Invisible man or heroic man with men in black memory wiper lol.

Well Man:

  1. What would you do if you were asked to perform a task and weren't sure how to complete it?

I'd ask for help. One of the first jobs I ever had was working for the government, and they had some many rules and rules that changed regularly that even the ladies that had worked there for fifty years had to check. So yeah, I'd ask for help.

But I've also worked on my own for several years. In the last 10 years the buck has stopped at me. So I've had to do a lot of figuring stuff out for myself.

So I guess the answer to that would be I'd try and find the answer on google or youtube, and if I cn't do it I'd ask for help.

  1. What was your biggest disappointment through out your career?

Not educating myself earlier. In my last job I was the youngest manager there. I'd have loved to have reached that stage even earlier in my life. I've always been driven. I've always wanted to suceed.

But then again I was an alcoholic for 10 years. So I guess that's what was holding me back.

Dr. Simply:

  1. Relationship and cheating. There were some great insights. How much of that was from personal experience?

That was actually a paid article. It wasn't written by me. Everything that's written by me gets put on Hive. If not, then it stays on my blog because I don't have the rights to reproduce it.

Hooowever. I do have a lot of personal experience in relationships and cheating. Both from direct experience and observational experience.

Until I met my wife every girl that I have ever dated and went into a relationship with has cheated on me. That's a really bad reputation but actually through it I've learned a lot. And yes, a lot of it was to do with me not listening, or reading between the lines.

I've also observed my Dad having two wives, and with each wife he has had several mistresses. When I went down to visit him he'd always introduce me to his woman on the side. I saw a lot. Probably more than a kid should really.

No, I've never cheated myself.

Book:

  1. If you had the opportunity to change 3 things in your entire life, what would they be and why?

I really can't answer this, sorry book. I actually wouldn't change anything. I know it was tough for me as a kid but jesus I really love my life now. I have an awesome kid, and a wife that really takes care of me. I doubt I'd have any of that if I were to change anything lol.

  1. How did you see life as, growing up as a kid and how different was you dream when you grew up?

I was an idealist as a kid. I always wanted to shape the world into my version of what I thought was right, and I'd always get upset when it didn't pan out the way I had planned.

Now? I'm more of a realist. I bend with the world. I let the world shape my experiences and react to them accordingly. I doubt I think past even a few hours these days.

Xawi:

  1. What is Neoxian city to you?

My home currently. It's the first thing I check in the morning and last place I check before I go to bed (apart from my wife and kid of course)

  1. How do you feel being follower of neoxian sir?

I believe in him. Like I was saying a few weeks ago. I'm not investing in Neoxag, I'm investing in Neoxian. I make bets on leaders, and not their coins.

  1. What do you like more, being a leader OR A follower?

Personally, I think to be a great leader you have to do a large amount of both. If you're always at the helm then you're never giving any of your team any responsibility. I've seen that move into resentment or indifference. If you want to lead a team then you have to give them ownership of their stuff.

But yeah, I guess I prefer being a leader. It may not seem so but I do like being in charge.

  1. What do you miss most about being a kid?

The lack of responsibility. Like I have so much responsibility these days. I am responsible for the growth and development of another human being. That's insane responsibility right there lol

Jonsnow

First of all, I want to give you a nice and warm greet brother, it's good to share the same battlefield.

  1. What is the thing you fear, or would fear the most?

Short and sweet. Losing my immediate family

  1. I did my own research on you, and you seem like a very seasoned man when it comes to life and managing accurately your own feelings and emotions, to reach that level you must know yourself to high levels taking into account most people don't know themselves even when they thinks so. Having said that, What experiences or what particular experience influenced you to develop in the version of the man you are now?

Between 2001 & 2002 I had three episodes in psychiatric hospital with one in an Intensive Psychiatric Hospital - if I hadn't gone through any of that I wouldn't have thought I was broken, and I'd have just drank myself into a coffin.

  1. Left or Right, Black or White? Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?

In psychiatric hospital, many times. I thought I was in the matrix, once a secret agent, another with a secret government plot to nuke the world, once I thought I was a ghost.. the list goes on.

But if you're talking about simulation theory and ideas like such, then no. Interesting ideas, but nah. Not at all.

  1. Do you have faith in humanity?

Yes. There's obviously a lot of stupidity, selfishness, and horrible people in the world, but that is offset by a lot of good too. So, yeah, I do.

Sayee

  1. In ten years from now, do you think the crypto movement will gain popularity and widespread acceptance and approval?

Oh, Sayee, damn, what a question lol. How long is a piece of string? That is dependant on so many factors. I really hope it does. I really do. But I'm not holding my breath.

So, maybe?

Haha.

Udezee

  1. WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS COOL THEN, WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG BUT ISN’T COOL NOW?

When you have a ten year old kid, your childhood comes back. So my kid has essentially reinvented my youth!

  1. WHAT IS THE MOST UNPROFESSIONAL THING YOU’VE SEEN SOMEONE DO?

Oh I've seen a lot. I think the worst one had to be between the receptionist that sparked up the biggest blunt I had ever seen in reception at work (he was rebelling against management), and the 40 year old who came in a bit wrecked from the night previously and headbutted a 16 year old over the table.

  1. IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET INTO A FIGHT, WHAT SONG COMES ON AS YOUR SOUNDTRACK?

Man, I haven't fought since highschool. Erm, Eye of the tiger?

  1. WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE LEARN ONLY AFTER IT’S TOO LATE?

Honestly? Most things. If not everything haha.

  1. IF YOU COULD CHANGE 3 THINGS ABOUT CRYPTOCURRENCY, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

Not much. I'm happy with crypto if I'm honest. I'm not a changer. I tend to move with change.

  1. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, BUT EVERYONE IS SAFELY OUT, THE PETS ARE SAFELY OUT, AND ALL WALLETS/CASH ARE SAVED. IF YOU COULD MAKE ONE LAST DASH TO GET SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Computer. Jesus. I have to come in and talk to you lot, right? I bought this in the last price pump. Cost me nearly $2000

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SPI Information

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Minetest updates

Implementing NFTs in the near future (we are looking for a developer)

We are currently looking for an in-game developer. Come in our discord and give @raymondspeaks a message for more details.

We will also be launching on Hive when we have a developer.

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Outstanding Citizen award

Dragon @raymondspeaks has taken it upon himself to offer no less than 3,000 Neoxag on the second Sunday of each month to one lucky winner.

This is quite a leap from every week, but to prevent empty slots where there are no winners, he thought that running the award monthly would prevent that.

Make no mistake, this is an award that will be given to people for helping, sharing and giving, rather than taking and selling.

The next prize will be no less than 1 HOT token and is currently valued at 100 Steem.

This award cannot be earned, it can only be given -- by that it means you can nominate someone, but you cannot vote for yourself. If no Citizens are chosen then the pool will roll over to the following week.

This month's winner is @Rehan

Congratulations @rehan12 you win 5,000 staked neoxag & 1 HOT

I chose Rehan because of his exceptional call to duty in these key areas:

  • Being an exceptional curator (I haven't once needed to prompt him)
  • Setting up giveaways
  • Generally being a really decent person

This is now the Twenty-fourth week @raymondspeaks has done this, and that has been 31,000 neoxag stake & 1 HOT he has given away.

To clarify -- you'll need to be in our server to be a Outstanding Citizen, an invite is here: https://discord.gg/RkvBGdS

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We are one of the most active discords on Hive!!

Neoxian City is one of the most active Discords on Hive from what I have personally observed, and what other people keep telling me. We are active for the most part all around the clock. Our residents span from Australia right over to California; so our timezones cover a massive 21 hours!

Come in and say hi -- we don't bite :)

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Where do you fit into the City of Neoxian?

A lot of people come here and get sucked into the friendliness of our server. Some people want to take on roles in the city, others just want to chat and have a good time. There's nothing wrong with either!

What we haven't seen many of though is those wanting to create new roles and responsibilities for themselves in Neoxian City. Our Dragonmaster Neoxian is always open to new ideas.

Do you have a special talent? Let us see! Come in and see if you can do something for us -- we encourage growth here. What benefits us, also benefits you.

We have already started a School, A minetest server, A banking service, games, and so much more.

What can you bring to us?

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Curation Station!

Our curators regularly scour the whole of Neoxian to find the best and sometimes most undervalued work to send into planetary orbit with our humungous weighted curation trail. If you observe our tribe we have one of the best trending pages and that is because our administration team weight the trail down with their HUGE votes.

These are our picks:

Please note: We only support original content here.We will exact vengeance with extreme prejudice on plagiarists and spammers. So we want to see you unleash that creativity of yours. When you create you get better at what you do. When you plagiarise it is a wasted effort, and we don't like wastefulness or laziness here.

We also take our tags seriously. So please try and use the relevant tags as we will only vote on those with them. We won't be voting a picture of your cat with SPT for example. SPT is for Steemonsters.

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Our best picks of the week will be featured on our weekly newspaper highlights.

Best picks of the week

Our first pick of the week is from @ifte

Requiem For A Lost Love - Part Four

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A nice story you should follow. This is the fourth part and it has been nice so far.

Curated by @afolwalex

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Our Next pick of the week is from @bengy

Movie Review: Annie (1982) vs Annie (2014)

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This is a review of the movie, Annie. The author compared the one made in 1982 with 2014.

Curated by @afolwalex

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Our next pick of the week is from @firefly2020

Roaring Cheetah (Ink Drawing)

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Pen drawing of a roaring cheetah by flyfly2020

Curated by @udezee

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Our next pick of the week is from @dmilliz

Lift Up Your Head ( Original Poetry & Photography ) by DMILLIZ

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A poetic dose of encouragement in the midst of this pandemic.

Curated by @udezee

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Our next pick of the week is from @silversaver888

Appreciating A Field of Flowers on a Wednesday Walk

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The author sharing with us a beautiful day.
Curated by @rehan12

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Our next pick of the week is from @blueeyes8960

Wednesday Walk - Avoiding the Crowds at Ramsey State Park

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Many of us are staying away from socializing. The situation is demanding us to do so. While the author is sharing some moments with us all, which many of us are missing atm (going out and see the nature).

Curated by @rehan12

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Our next pick of the week is from @tfame3865

When Corona Ends - Visiting my goals and activating them

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Cools goals I suppose :stuck_out_tongue:

Curated by @xawi

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Our next pick of the week is from @eleez

little parakeet , watercolors

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I've always been a fan of water colour art so this is something really cool. The most loving part of this art is Author's daughter helped her in coloring.

Curated by @xawi

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Our next pick of the week is from @adelepazani

my enjoyable experience in Zbrush , it's on sale on Makersplace

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Crypto Life of Artemis. Zbrush tutorial. Great piece of digital art

Curated by @axeman

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Our next pick of the week is from @firefly2020

The Pale Man (Ink Drawing)

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The Pale Man (Ink Drawing). Amazing demonic creature

Curated by @axeman

Our next pick of the week is from @sustainablyyours

Harvesting, Cleaning, & Drying Wood Ear Mushrooms

The gifts of nature are endlessly abundant. Here's a look at harvesting wood ear mushrooms.

Curated by @thereikiforest

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Our next pick of the week is from @mers

How I Make My Cucumber Juice - Very Healthy And Simple With Recipe

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Here's an awesome recipe for a healthy, hydrating & delicious homemade treat.

Curated by @thereikiforest

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This is our weekly edition of NeoxianCity Newspaper. We would like to congratulate all the featured Authors. keep up the high-quality original content-generating work.

WE BURNED 321 NEOXAG(Previous Paper rewards) THIS WEEK

ALL NEOXAG REWARD OF THIS POST WILL GOES TO BURN ACCOUNT(@NULL)

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Thanks for the feature and curation!

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Awesome replies Ray especially this one

I believe in him. Like I was saying a few weeks ago. I'm not investing in Neoxag, I'm investing in Neoxian. I make bets on leaders, and not their coins.

love that answer

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Such an amazing interview Raymond. It's good to know you better, it seems you have been through a lot and overcomed it. Way to go to the city and all its citizens!

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Oh goodness... do you know how many articles I have written since April 2018? over 680!!! I've been posting every day, and always sharing the best that I could for the day... and it makes me cry that someone outside of the few friends I have in this blockchain actually read and picked my article as one of the "Best Pick of the Week". YOu just made my EASTER day! Thank you for the mention and the curation. I appreciate what you do. I am especially grateful to @rehan12 for taking the time to read my article!
More power to you @neoxiancity! Happy Easter, be safe and take care 🥰🌺🤙

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Interesting read, I’ll check neoxian.city out next week!

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The quicker the merrier 😉

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So neoxian.city is another token/community on HIVE? I'm new here and still trying to figure this all out. Seems interesting!

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Fine paper as always. Awesome interview Ray.

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