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Already, from the first activity of Stove Crew to the subsequent activities... almost a year has passed... 

Following the 1st term I participated in, the 2nd term has also ended, and

since the 3rd term will be recruited soon for those interested, I will provide information on acceptance reviews & activity details & and other miscellaneous... things you might be curious about.

I plan to briefly provide an overall retrospective. 

I originally only focused on programming and coding activities, not game development, and

wanting to try new activities, I decided to participate in crew activities, which involve content creation. 

Based on the 1st term, I wrote my self-introduction letter based on the following main items for the application.

1. Information about the social media you operate (follower count, scale, etc.)

2. Reason for applying to Stove Crew

3. Your favorite game and the reason why

4. Three games on the Stove Store that match your taste

5. Express your strengths in a fun way

In addition to the above, there were questions asking how much you actually purchase games & and if you have any games you spend money on, how much you have spent over the months, etc.

I play gacha games a lot, but compared to the "real" players, I'm a light(?) user.

I pondered how to write an application that would sell myself as a content creator... and wrote it accordingly. 

So, I decided to leverage my experience in other external activities and my sense of responsibility (if you just tell me to do it, I'll do my best)... and submitted my application...

To my delight, I was accepted!

The acceptance notification came via email, followed by an exciting kickoff!

We visited the Smilegate Megaport building, where the Stove platform is operated, and received a general explanation about the activities. 

Based on the 1st term I participated in, 30 people were selected to participate, and we received the following main guidance 

1. Divide into 5 teams and select team leaders

2. Team missions & Individual mission guidance

4. Other detailed activity protocols 

and so on. We interacted(?) with the selected crew members, and what I remember is... 

As an ice-breaking program "Crew as judged by HQ"was explained. 

What this means is... based on the self-introduction letter & interviewcontent, we had a session to explain ' the company's assessment of me' in one to two sentences.

 Generally, in external activities or programs like this, it's common to introduce yourself to the point of embarrassment, but...

presenting the HQ's assessment in this organized manner during the program was truly memorable...

and it was a procedure I wanted to utilize elsewhere later on. 

In fact, most of these activities involve receiving self-introduction letters or applications, so

it's something that can be done if you put in the effort, but 

doing it this way requires a lot of resources and effort,

and it involves carefully reviewing the self-introduction and interview content to summarize it into one or two words for each of the N participants, but...

the fact that they did this made me feel it was amazing and truly novel.

And it gave me a strong feeling that they were thinking about us and caring for us...

so I strongly felt that I absolutely had to use this concept later on!

And in the one line that evaluated me...

the core message I tried to convey in my self-introduction was perfectly captured, so I felt internally that my message had been well-received...

Also, they created a banner for uploading reviews, and thus began the official activities.

From the selection of the photo for the banner to the fact that it could be seen as a form of 'comment squad' or 'fake review team'...

even though it's an activity where you get paid to write reviews, I got the impression that it was okay to write quite freely? And with that, the onboarding was completed. 

Giving away visual novel merchandise and figures as gifts

an external activity for a game company...

Amazing...

The main activities of Stove Crew were

creating content for the Stove community + team missions.

To revitalize the Stove community (https://page.onstove.com/quarter/kr), we were asked to write reviews of released games and

create posts freely to foster community engagement.

For game reviews, the cost of the games was, of course(?), provided for free, 

and thanks to the games I originally wanted to try on Stove, I was able to play them for free.

In this way, I could choose the games I wanted and post reviews,

and there was also a board where I could write freely without any specific topic or rules...

Especially regarding this part, at first, I wondered if I could talk about other games, but

since there was no intervention, I really wrote freely about other games too.

Creating content on various topics like these was the main activity, and next was 

Once a month, we conducted team projects where we analyzed the UX/UI and redesigned the Stove platform with the teams formed at the beginning...

It wasn't easy to assign tasks and prepare presentations for people who don't see each other every day and are physically far apart, but 

all the team members worked hard, so we were able to finish it without any major issues.

I thought a lot about the UX and UI as a platform while working on the assignment,

and the process of gathering team members' opinions and incorporating the points of consideration into the UI was not simple at all...

And seeing the materials and presentations from other team members, I realized that college students nowadays create really beautiful presentation materials...

I always ended up just explaining code execution and software structure, and 

seeing materials with added aesthetic sense made me feel a little intimidated.

The PlayX4 video posted was also uploaded to the official Stove YouTube channel, and the team activities concluded.

And so,after completing the aforementioned activities, a closing ceremony was held on May 30th.

 At the closing ceremony, we had a screening(?) of the PlayX4 visit videos filmed by each team, and it was very fun to watch...

And there were so many people at PlayX4 on the day, but I thought they really filmed well amidst the crowd...

And seeing how well they edited, even though they were all college students, was impressive...

 Our team initially thought we were uploading independently, so

we filmed the entire video vertically with the intention of uploading it as a short-form content. However, we later confirmed the requirement to submit a 10-minute long-form video...

With tears in our eyes, we submitted a 10-minute vertical long-form(?) video. (Thinking about it now, it's still such a shame...)

After the video screening, we held our own awards ceremony.

Awards were given for various achievements such as review/daily content creation, team missions, and community participation.

(The HQ really prepared a wide variety of awards.)

The 1st place winner, with the highest overall score, was given the opportunity to do an internship at Smilegate Megaport.

2nd place received a prize of 1 million won.

Given the nature of our activities, we could see the activities of all the other crew members (content creation, team missions), so

the people who won 1st and 2nd place were somewhat expected. (The amount and quality of content created... I felt an immense gap.)

Amidst this, fortunately(?), I won the 'Best Leader' award. 

In terms of content creation, I honestly felt an overwhelming difference in capabilities, so I thought it would be difficult to win an award, but

I was very happy to win an award, and I was very grateful to my team members.

It concluded with a pizza party afterwards...

For more details about the closing ceremony, you can find more information on the Stove posting.

I naturally thought I wouldn't be selected for Stove Crew, as I didn't have any particularly impressive content creation, 

but during the 3 months of activity, I gained material benefits (free games, salary, event prizes, merchandise, etc.) and learned a lot.

Although I continue to write reviews as part of the Crew Plus activity after the official activities ended, the activities themselves concluded on May 30, 2025.

It was great to meet many friends with similar interests and many friends who are passionate about games. 

Also, by writing several review-style content pieces and getting used to it... I feel like I can now seriously start blogging, something I've put off for 20 years.

Every Friday, I had team missions, played games, wrote reviews,

and with schoolwork and other external activities overlapping, it was incredibly busy, but I'm really glad I applied and participated.

If you are hesitating about applying for the crew, I highly recommend giving it a try. It was so much fun for 3 months. 

If you are interested in game development, it might not be directly related, but if you are interested in game business, PM, content, or marketing...

There couldn't be a better opportunity than this...

(What external activity gives you money and makes friends just by writing game reviews... lol)

I am also attaching a link to the original blog post, which is a bit longer...

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