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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

Vote 199: Recoil
Thanks, as always, for voting.

Voting points this round: 621

Announcements
Throne3d 's vote counting system seems to not be working, so it's back to hand counting. Any mistakes are mine.


Novel is PUBLISHED. [Welcome to Utopia]
Link to get, if interested: https://books2read.com/u/b68xeZ
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=welcome+to+utopia&ref=nb_sb_noss_2


Sequel (part 2 of 4) is PUBLISHED: Shadows Over Utopia
Link to get, if interested: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1146304
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Over-Utopia-Utopian-Dreams/dp/0648729664/


Also, I have a free novel on Smashwords, called The Uncle Tal Stories.

Any votes to any stories not on the list will not be applied to any stories, on or off the list. The stories that have been taken off the list will not be abandoned, just put on hiatus until I've actually finished a significant number of stories that are actually still on the list.

MirrorVerse 1140
Bait & Switch 1164
Junior Hero 140
Enter the Nemesis 161

Afraid of the Dark [0] (Danny is an expy of John Wick. Taylor just went through the Locker. Be very afraid.)
All Alone [25] (Emma dies in the alley, so Taylor makes a new friend. Sophia Hess. But after some very bad decisions. she's all alone again. Or is she?)
Another Way [0] (Marquis beat shit out of BBB, then spent the next eight years in Boston. Now that his daughter has triggered, he's come back. She's having a ball.)
Conflict [0] (It's 1980. Contessa managed to shank Eden without getting nerfed. Doctor Mother now has Eidolon's powerset, without the insecurity complex. They've got two years to prepare before Scion shows up.)
Earning Her Stripes [0] (Sophia has gotten three power vials. Emma and Madison took two, and they're aiming to make Taylor into a villain with the third.)
Entanglement [0] (Taylor has her bug powers. However, she is now randomly body-swapping with a Taylor from an Earth without super-powers. Both are rather confused.)
First Telkan [0] (A crossover with the massively popular Reddit serial First Contact, by Ralts Bloodthorne.)
Fuck Worm! [0] {NSFW} (A double SI, where a couple gets dropped into the Wormverse on opposite sides. Only just started.)
Gravitas [0] (A crossover fanfic with a novel I'm in the process of writing).
One Bad Day [0] (Sophia murders Grue. Taylor murders Sophia and Madison. Lisa murders her new team leader. Amy mindwipes Vicky. It's one hell of a bad day.)
Prodigal Daughter [0] (Taylor isn't quite right. But that's okay. She's Jack Slash's daughter. Brockton Bay is in for ... a time.)
Snek is a Good Boy [0] (The adorrifying adventures of a large snek in and around Brockton Bay.)
Yet Another Way [0] (A spin-off of Another Way, where Carol killed Amy. The BBB is now out of the picture, and Marquis has managed to adopt the Dallon and Pelham kids.)

A Friend At Winslow - Non-Taylor-centric, but involving Taylor.
The Centre Cannot Hold - Taylor gets a really weird power, and makes full use of it. Crack.
Dinah Alcott, Ruler of the World - Exactly what it says on the tin.
EverYthiNg YoU kNow iS WroNg - The Birdcage is a luxury resort. Marquis was sandbagging. It's all a LIE, I tell you! Pure crack.
Force Projection - A sequel to my original fiction Number Two.
Hostile Takeover - Marquis had a son. He's just come back to Brockton Bay.
Identity Theft - An international freelancer needs to hide out in Brockton Bay. Guess who she looks like?
Isel - Prequel to my original fiction King's Man
Parallel - A time travel story, involving Taylor's son from after Gold Morning.
Living in Brockton Bay is Suffering - A perfect storm of bad events happens, leaving Tagg in charge of the PRT, based in Brockton Bay.
Library Blues (working title) - A massive AU where Taylor is an adult, working in the library of Winslow High. Brian is the principal, and Sophia is the head coach.
Terminal: A cancer sufferer triggers with powers. His life does not improve. News at eleven.

User Errors:
No errors noted this time.


On to the main event.

Alea Iacta Est 217
Collateral Damage 79
Hostage Situation 637
I, Panacea 649
One More Trigger 538
Reality Intrudes 459
Recoil 0 (651)
Slippery Slope 42
War Games 70
Wyvern 517

Last vote, I said: Whoof; it doesn't get much closer than this when Slippery Slope beat out Hostage Situation by 7 points. So of course, this time around, Recoil has to come from 27 points behind to sneak in ahead of I, Panacea by 2 points. So yeah, it got closer than that. It looks like I, Panacea is going to be next up in the #200 spot, unless Hostage Situation somehow manages to pull off a miracle (yeah, I didn't think so either). Following Hostage Situation, we're likely to see Wyvern and then probably One More Trigger. But of course, time will tell.

Check out Sleepyfoo for a reasonable prediction.

Note: As Collateral Damage and Reality Intrudes are based on short, sharp chapters you'll be getting two 3-4K chapters each time either one comes up, instead of one 7K+ chapter.


Anyway, thanks again for voting, and I hope you enjoy reading the stories as much as I enjoy writing them.


For anyone who hasn't voted on this thread before, the voting rules go as follows:

1) UP TO six votes. I will not count anything extra, and a write-in will likely be ignored (if I want to write a different story, I will, but at my own discretion). Suggestions are welcome, but I am under no obligation to carry them out. And just remember, the more stories I am writing, the longer it will take for your favourites to roll back around.
2) First vote is worth six points, second is worth five, and so on.
3) You can't vote twice on the same story. The voting code will count the last vote and ignore previous ones.
4) If I say "Voting is CLOSED", then this post comes up, with "Voting is OPEN" at the bottom, then you can vote again.
5) If I say "Voting will continue", it's still the same voting period. Voting has not restarted. You can not vote a second time.
6) When I have finished a few of the current fics, I will look at bringing stories back on to the list.

Vote format looks like this:

[X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] Reality Intrudes - 1

Specifically: SQUARE brackets around an X, one space, and please spell at least the first word of the name of the story properly. Number of voting points comes last. Please try to format your vote properly, so as not to confuse the vote counter.

Thank you.

Voting is OPEN.
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] War Games - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3

[ ] Yet Another Way
[ ] Another Way
 
[X] Reality Intrudes - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] War Games - 1
 
[X] War Games - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
 
[X] One More Trigger - 6
[X] Reality Intrudes - 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] War Games - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] Slippery Slope - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Slippery Slope - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1

Up for voting and I'd like to see it, just not quite enough to get a vote this time...
[] One More Trigger
[] Wyvern

Not eligible for votes but I'd still like to see it:
[] Entanglement
[] Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern
[] MirrorVerse
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] Hostage Situation - 1
[] I, Panacea - 0
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Collateral Damage - 3
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Slippery Slope - 5
[X] One More Trigger - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] Hostage Situation - 1
 
[x] Recoil - 6
[x] I, Panacea - 5
[x] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[x] Hostage Situation - 3
[x] Wyvern - 2
[x] One More Trigger - 1
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] Hostage Situation - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] Recoil - 2

Predictions:
Vote 200: I, Panacea by 44 Votes
Vote 201: Hostage Situation by 38 Votes
Vote 202: Wyvern by 124 Votes
Vote 203: One More Trigger by 101 Votes
Vote 204: Reality Intrudes by 78 Votes
Vote 205: Alea Iacta Est by 66 Votes
Vote 206: Recoil by 228 Votes
Vote 207: I, Panacea by 141 Votes
Vote 208: Wyvern by 130 Votes
Vote 200: War Games by 45 Votes


Recoil got underperformed by 4 votes, but I, Panacea underperformed by 10, giving Recoil the 6 needed to win it looks like. Also, this makes 2 in a row that I've gotten the next vote incorrect. Ouch. Still around 95% for that one though.
 
[X] I, Panacea 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] Collateral damage - 3
[X] Reality Intrudes - 2
[X] War Games - 1
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2

[] Afraid of the Dark
[] First Telkan
[] Snek is a Good Boy
[] Taylor Hebert, Medhall Intern
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Slippery Slope - 3

Huh, what happens if there's a tie?
 
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[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] One More Trigger - 4
[X] Slippery Slope - 3
[X] Reality Intrudes - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1
 
[X]War Games - 6

[X] Recoil - 5

[X] One More Trigger - 4
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] War Games - 2
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Hostage Situation - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] Slippery Slope - 3
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] Hostage Situation- 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] One More Trigger- 2
 

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