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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

Discussion in 'General' started by Ack, Feb 18, 2015.

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  1. m_d

    m_d Fascinated by storytelling

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    [X] MirrorVerse - 5
    [X] Aftermath - 4
    [X] NSW - 3
    [X] Really Bad End - 2
    [X] Confrontation - 1

    And another few rounds where our counts match, Ack. :)

    Milestones: At the end of the past round, counting points since the beginning of a separate voting thread, with 2041, Recoil becomes the first to pass 2000 total points. And with 1030, One More Trigger joins the four-digit club.
    Or possibly Aftermath. I'm having different thoughts about my earlier assessment. In the past three rounds it got 21, 34, and 23 points more than MirrorVerse. With MirrorVerse's lead down to just 38 points, it's quite feasible for it to go One More Trigger, Aftermath, MirrorVerse, which, with 472 points at the start of this round, opens up the possibility that MirrorVerse will end up with the highest first win total (over Brian & Aisha's 501), to go with its record of most rounds to get to that point (42 by then), and lowest number of points gained per round (~12.35).
    To expand on what Ack's already said, since I'm possibly contributing to the confusion with the stats observations I've been making:
    -The important value for the purpose of story order is the one that Ack is listing. That's the reason why if number of votes per round is mentioned in the vote end posts, it's as an addendum. It's neat information, but in isolation, an individual round's point gains don't determine anything.
    I track a bunch of figures and try to make sure to distinguish them when describing them, but sometimes use shorthand whose exact meaning needs to be interpreted using context. The main ones are:
    -running total: Ack's listed totals that get reset when they come highest in a round.
    -cumulative total, or overall total: points gained since splitting the vote thread from the Omake Corner
    -round total (usually by fic): points gained in a given voting round.
    -voters per round
    -points per voter per round
    -average point gain per round (by fic)

    For specific purposes I also split things out. For instance, in another five rounds, this thread will have had the same number of rounds (12) as there were since we started voting on the current slate of fics on the NSFW voting thread, and I'll check what differences, if any there have been. If Ack decides to add or remove another fic to the slate before then, I'll probably go early so that the data sets are more comparable.
    On that note, if you're on a roll with Nemesis, I'm not in favour of your adding it to the voting yet. Often fics don't start getting substantial numbers of votes until they've had a few chapters anyway (see Trump Card), and it might benefit from being a bit more established. Not that being in the vote rounds would stop you from writing more if you felt like it, but if you're going to be writing it anyway, then may as well let people put their votes towards other fics since there are already plenty of options, some of which could do with the votes. You've mentioned a few fics are winding down relatively soon, so you could add Nemesis as a replacement when that happens. Or if that's too far off, you could wait a few (say five?) more rounds until the SFW vote thread has had as many rounds as the NSFW one with this slate.
     
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  2. Richael

    Richael Know what you're doing yet?

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  3. LostDeviljho

    LostDeviljho Lewd Lava Dragon

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  4. Jack of Olives

    Jack of Olives Knows just enough to be dangerous.

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  5. subsider34

    subsider34 Versed in the lewd.

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  6. Prince Charon

    Prince Charon Just zis guy, you know?

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    [X] MirrorVerse - 5
     
  7. Can'tthinkofaname

    Can'tthinkofaname Making the rounds.

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  8. Waffle_Iron

    Waffle_Iron Not too sore, are you?

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  9. Chase92

    Chase92 Know what you're doing yet?

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  10. Shader

    Shader Lurking Aussie

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  11. steamrick

    steamrick Matter: protons, electrons, neutrons and morons

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  12. WindCall12

    WindCall12 Well worn.

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  13. Hugin

    Hugin Looking for Munin

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  14. AntonioCC

    AntonioCC Verified Procrastinator

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  15. ArbaletShot

    ArbaletShot Know what you're doing yet?

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  16. Jaso

    Jaso Know what you're doing yet?

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  17. wildwind

    wildwind Know what you're doing yet?

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  18. minuseven

    minuseven low effort life

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  19. Index: Nemesis
    Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Posted for Nemesis. Still working on Recoil.

    Voting will continue.
     
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  20. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Okay then. Recoil is up. And as I took longer than usual on it (outside distractions), I'll be tallying votes about ... say, now.

    Voting is CLOSED.
     
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  21. Threadmarks: Vote 9: One More Trigger
    Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    And the winner is ...

    Nemesis is still not a voting choice, but it's on its second chapter.


    Aftermath 475
    All Unaware 207
    Bait & Switch 119
    Brian & Aisha 29
    Confrontation 279
    Danny & Taylor 292
    I, Panacea 245
    Junior Hero 61
    MirrorVerse 486
    NSW 369
    One More Trigger 0 (509)
    Really Bad End 345
    Recoil 68
    Security! 147
    Trump Card 289

    [If you want to know which of these stories is NSFW, check the first post of the thread..]


    <ding>



    Actually thinking Aftermath, followed by MirrorVerse


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

    Vote format looks like this:

    Thank you.

    Voting is OPEN.
     
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  22. mistfist

    mistfist Protector of Moe

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  23. 1986ctcel

    1986ctcel Connoisseur.

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    [X] Mirrorverse - 5
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  24. Richael

    Richael Know what you're doing yet?

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  25. Alterego9

    Alterego9 Know what you're doing yet?

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  26. doomlord9

    doomlord9 Experienced.

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  27. moontheir4

    moontheir4 Nothing to see here. Move along.

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  28. Aleh

    Aleh Destroyer of Faith in Humanity

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  29. wildwind

    wildwind Know what you're doing yet?

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  30. tEN

    tEN Mischief Maker

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