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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. edale

    edale Versed in the lewd.

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    I highly recommend everyone read the second one (reflections on writing).
     
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  2. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Okay, NSW is up (NSFW, just so you know) but I won't be tallying votes. Because it's time to go to bed.

    Voting will continue.
     
  3. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Okay then.

    Have another chapter of Another Way. And I'll be tallying votes now. So yeah, voting is CLOSED.
     
  4. seeing_octarine

    seeing_octarine Unverified Colour

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    Let's try the sport of guessing the winner without looking at how people voted this round. Hmmm...

    Wyvern!
     
  5. Jim Starluck

    Jim Starluck CO, ICS Vanguard

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    Wyvern was theoretically in the lead as of the last predictions, but Recoil was close enough to have potentially caught up. Nothing else was in range, though -- the next nearest was Security!, more than 100 votes behind.
     
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  6. seeing_octarine

    seeing_octarine Unverified Colour

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    Really? Easier guess than I thought.

    Much as I'd like Recoil to win, going by the voting totals from last round and the typical leader slump I just don't think it has enough of a lead.
     
  7. Jim Starluck

    Jim Starluck CO, ICS Vanguard

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    I dunno... Wyvern was projected to hit 927, Recoil 919. Votes have shifted further in a single round than the difference between them.
     
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  8. Threadmarks: Vote 67: Recoil
    Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Thanks, as always, for voting.

    Voting points this round (adjusted): 1359

    User Errors
    skychan - you had two '1' votes and no '4' vote; the two '1' votes were for One More Trigger and Wyvern respectively; Wyvern is the more popular fic, so I made that into a 4 vote.
    Meet the Heberts -1: Spoit - need a space in there, thanks.
    Also: Mirrorverse - 6: Spoit - the V is capitalised please.
    Mirrorverse - 3: 1986ctcel sun tzu - same again please

    Please correct these in future.

    Thank you.

    On to the main event.


    Note that any BBcode at all aroud the vote will invalidate it. This includes quoting a previous vote, and applying font changes.

    Alea Iacta Est 394
    All Alone 758
    Bait & Switch 378
    Confrontation II 452
    Danny & Taylor 315
    Hostage Situation 444
    I, Panacea 399
    Junior Hero 579
    Meet the Heberts 632
    MirrorVerse 278
    NSW 44
    Nemesis 259
    One More Trigger 433
    Really Bad End 645
    Recoil 0 (931)
    Security! 822
    Slippery Slope 464
    Trump Card 546
    War Games 89
    Wyvern 930

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

    Wow, was that a close finish. But even with the adjusted Wyvern vote, Recoil still beat it by 1 point.

    Next up will be Wyvern, then most likely Security!. After that ... who knows. Check out Jim Starluck 's spreadsheet for a reasonable prediction.


    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:

    Vote format looks like this:

    Thank you.

    Voting is OPEN.
     
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  9. seeing_octarine

    seeing_octarine Unverified Colour

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    That's hilarious. Also means I might have to revise my theory on leader slumps.
     
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  10. SwiftRosenthal

    SwiftRosenthal Connoisseur.

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    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
    [X] I, Panacea - 4
    [X] One More Trigger - 3
    [X] Hostage Situation - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
    [] Security!
    [] Wyvern
     
  11. Slayer Anderson

    Slayer Anderson Orthodox Heretic

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    [X] Really Bad End - 6
    [X] Danny & Taylor - 5
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 4
    [X] Trump Card - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] Wyvern - 1
     
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  12. Warslick

    Warslick I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    [X] NSW - 6
    [X] Danny & Taylor - 5
    [X] Wyvern - 4
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 3
    [X] Security! - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
     
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  13. PathtoReading

    PathtoReading Know what you're doing yet?

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    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] Confrontation II - 5
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
    [X] Junior Hero - 3
    [X] Trump Card - 2
    [X] Slippery Slope - 1


    As before, I'm willing to change any vote below 5 in this voting round, for an equivalent vote in a later round
    I.e. - if you would rather I give you 4 points this round towards your choice of story, then in the NEXT round - i get to decide your 4 point vote.
    First come first serve.
    #ackstockexchange barter system.

    Also, Ack - you are brilliant and prolific. Keep it up.
    I'm addicted.
     
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  14. Navrin

    Navrin Experienced.

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    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
    [X] Nemesis - 5
    [X] All Alone - 4
    [X] Hostage Situation - 3
    [X] Trump Card - 2
    [X] Security! - 1
     
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  15. edale

    edale Versed in the lewd.

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    [X] I, Panacea - 6
    [X] Slippery Slope - 5
    [X] Security! - 4
    [X] Hostage Situation - 3
    [X] Wyvern - 2
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 1

     
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  16. Publicola

    Publicola Making the rounds.

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    [X] Security! - 6
    [X] Wyvern - 5
    [X] Slippery Slope - 4
    [X] Hostage Situation - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] I, Panacea - 1

    Incidentally, can we vote on 'Another Way'? I notice you updated it, but we can't vote to ensure you post on it more regularly.
     
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  17. Jim Starluck

    Jim Starluck CO, ICS Vanguard

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    :D
    Well, now, let's see here...

    Wyvern and Security! sure do have Votes 68 and 69 pretty well locked-down, respectively; Wyvern in particular will potentially hit 1,000+ votes next round. After that, All Alone looks like a good bet for Vote 70 in the low 900s; the next-nearest will be Trump Card about 30 votes behind. Close enough to potentially overtake, but not a sure thing by any means.

    If All Alone manages to hang onto the lead, then Trump Card will definitely win Vote 71; nothing else will be close to it as it hurtles towards the 1,000 vote line. Alea Iacta Est will probably figure that looks like fun, and win Vote 72 at about or just above 1k votes as well. That story in particular is picking up steam; it and Wyvern are now the two highest-earning stories by a large margin.

    Vote 73 sees another story join the 1k club: Meet the Heberts, for its first vote win, no less. Next-nearest will be I, Panacea about 50 votes back, though that margin may shift as we get closer. Assuming no upsets I, Panacea will win Vote 74 handily, as will Wyvern win Vote 75.

    Then we've got a prediction upset; One More Trigger was previously predicted to win Vote 76, but it's looking like Recoil will beat it to the punch as it joins the 1k Club. One More Trigger will follow suite in Vote 77, green with envy.

    Doesn't look like we have that many chances for upsets over the next month, but only time will tell.


    The last round of predictions came in at 96.68% accurate. War Games was the furthest off proportionally at only 84.27% accuracy; it came in substantially higher than predicted (I blame the combined sex appeal of 6 different James Bonds in AI form). Bait & Switch was the most accurate, at 100% -- zero deviation from prediction, it picked up exactly 19 votes. Alea Iacta Est was the furthest off in raw vote count, grabbing 33 more than anticipated for a total gain of 152, solidifying its claim as second-most popular story after Wyvern.

    Story rankings (based on average votes earned per round) are currently as follows:

    1: Wyvern - 160 votes/round
    2: Alea Iacta Est - 122
    3: Recoil - 115
    4: Trump Card - 113
    5: I, Panacea - 94
    6: Security! - 78
    7: Meet the Heberts - 63
    8: One More Trigger - 61
    9: TIED! - 52
    - All Alone
    - NSW

    10: Slippery Slope - 46
    11: Confrontation II - 45
    12: Hostage Situation - 44
    13: War Games - 40
    14: MirrorVerse - 30
    15: Nemesis - 26
    16: Danny & Taylor - 22
    17: TIED! - 19
    - Junior Hero
    - Really Bad End
    - Bait & Switch


    As always, this Vote Forecast is based on prior voting habits, averaged over the last 10 rounds. Actual results are not guaranteed to match predicted values with perfect accuracy.



    [X] Meet the Heberts - 6
    [X] NSW - 5
    [X] One More Trigger - 4
    [X] Security! - 3
    [X] I, Panacea - 2
    [X] Recoil - 1
     
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  18. moontheir4

    moontheir4 Nothing to see here. Move along.

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    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] Wyvern - 5
    [X] Trump Card - 4
    [X] One More Trigger - 3
    [X] Bait & Switch - 2
    [X] NSW - 1
     
  19. seeing_octarine

    seeing_octarine Unverified Colour

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    What.
     
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  20. Chase92

    Chase92 Know what you're doing yet?

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    [X] Meet the Heberts - 6
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    [X] Confrontation II - 3
    [X] Hostage Situation - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
     
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  21. Jim Starluck

    Jim Starluck CO, ICS Vanguard

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    Go back and read the latest chapter of War Games more closely. :p
     
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  22. GW_Yoda

    GW_Yoda Professional Lurker

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    [X] All Alone - 6
    [X] Confrontation II - 5
    [X] Wyvern - 4
    [X] Trump Card - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] One More Trigger - 1
     
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  23. Anaja

    Anaja I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    [X] MirrorVerse - 6
    [X] All Alone - 5
    [X] One More Trigger - 4
    [X] Security! - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] Confrontation II - 1
     
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    vyor Oh that's cute

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    [X] Wyvern - 6
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    [X] I, Panacea - 4
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
     
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    inky Know what you're doing yet?

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    Fishyface Not too sore, are you?

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    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 1
     
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    WindCall12 Well worn.

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    [X] One More Trigger - 1
     
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    Asheram Know what you're doing yet?

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    ArbaletShot Know what you're doing yet?

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    [X] Security! - 1
     
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    Pyro Hawk Unsure if Phoenix or Kitsune

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    [] Trump Card
    [] I, Panacea
    [] Recoil
    [] Security!
    [] Alea Iacta Est
    []
     
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