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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

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[X] It Gets Worse - 3
[X] One Bad Day - 2
[X] Another Way - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Trump Card - 5
[X] Security! - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1
 
Ack said:
Just to clarify: I will be kicking off One Bad Day very shortly. I will also be writing chapters for the other non-voting stories when and if inspiration strikes.

This is just to see if people want one of the non-voting stories to go into the voting lineup.

And why not. Option Three can go in there as well.
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Maybe you should create a story prompt thread or something.
 
[X] It Gets Worse - 3.
[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark? - 2
 
I changed my mind, and will be abstaining from this particular vote.
 
[X] Another Way - 3
[X] Yet Another Way - 2
[X] It Gets Worse - 1
 
[X] Another Way - 3
[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark? -2
[X] It Gets Worse - 1
 
Ack said:
  • Don't replace it with anything
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Even though I didn't vote for this I understand why it's an option - the list is already crowded and there are a lot of people who don't want another story competing with the ones that are already there. But have you considered going the opposite direction and taking the stories that don't get many votes off the list? I'm thinking of Really Bad End in particular, which is currently looking at an estimated 165 rounds before it wins again. Bait & Switch isn't doing much better in votes per round, but it will update much sooner in 46 rounds. If these two stories are moved from the "update when it wins" group to "update when inspiration strikes" group it might actually mean speedier updates for them because they wouldn't be competing against stories hundreds of times more popular.
 
Zackarix said:
Even though I didn't vote for this I understand why it's an option - the list is already crowded and there are a lot of people who don't want another story competing with the ones that are already there. But have you considered going the opposite direction and taking the stories that don't get many votes off the list? I'm thinking of Really Bad End in particular, which is currently looking at an estimated 165 rounds before it wins again. Bait & Switch isn't doing much better in votes per round, but it will update much sooner in 46 rounds. If these two stories are moved from the "update when it wins" group to "update when inspiration strikes" group it might actually mean speedier updates for them because they wouldn't be competing against stories hundreds of times more popular.
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... well, I definitely could do that too.

Okay, updated this voting option:

How would you like the voting list to be adjusted?

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?
  • Another Way
  • It Gets Worse
  • One Bad Day (in pre-production)
  • Yet Another Way
  • Option Three (original fiction)
  • Heroes of the Third Wave (original fiction)
  • Don't replace it with anything
  • Remove a story from the voting list (name the story)
As per the current voting situation, each person gets three votes, valued from 1 to 3. Once I finish Wyvern, I'll collate the votes and carry out the final result.
 
[X] Another Way - 3
[X] Remove Really Bad End from the voting list - 2
[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark? - 1
 
[X] One Bad Day - 3
[X] Remove Really Bad End - 2
[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark - 1
 
[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark? - 3
[X] It Gets Worse - 2
[X] Yet Another Way - 1
 
[X] Another Way - 3
[X] It Gets Worse - 2
 
updated vote, deleted older one

[X] Don't replace it with anything - 3
[X] Remove Really Bad End from the voting list - 2
[X] Remove Bait and Switch from the voting list - 1
 
This is a a scary vote for me, because if Nemesis is taken off of the list, I don't know if it will ever update again. On the other hand, while its votes have been painstakingly built up to a level that might let it see an update sometime in the next few months, if it remains on the list after that, I don't know if it will update again before I die.
 
I'd make a joke about finding ways to hurt if they unvote Junior Hero but :p
 
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[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark? - 3
[X] Remove Really Bad End from the voting list - 2
[X] Yet Another Way - 1
 
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[X] It Gets Worse - 3
[X] Another Way - 2
[X] Remove Really Bad End from the voting list - 1
 
I vote for adding Heroes of the Third Wave. Ack, you've been spending way too much time playing in the same sandbox. Its got to be killing your brain juice a little, banging your head against the same brick wall whenever your writing. Swap over to the interesting, original superhero fic you started, which will hopefully get those creative juices flowing again for more Worm fics.

There, everyone wins.
 
[X] Are You Afraid of the Dark? - 3
[X] Another Way - 2
[X] Remove Really Bad End from the voting list - 1

Updated vote -
a) we need more stories about badass normals in the crapsack world that is Worm.
b) There's so much potential here, and it doesn't have to go the way One More Trigger went.
c) Just really don't like it.
 
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[X] Remove Really Bad End from the voting list - 3
 
pepperjack said:
This is a a scary vote for me, because if Nemesis is taken off of the list, I don't know if it will ever update again. On the other hand, while its votes have been painstakingly built up to a level that might let it see an update sometime in the next few months, if it remains on the list after that, I don't know if it will update again before I die.
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Chojomeka said:
I'd make a joke about finding ways to hurt if they unvote Junior Hero but :p
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off the list they have the potential for far more chapters; look at how fast It Gets Worse updated compared to vote stories
 
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