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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

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Vote 111: Trump Card
Thanks, as always, for voting.

Voting points this round: 1415

Announcements
Throne3d 's vote counting system is awesome.

I will be trimming stories off the list, starting right now. Whichever story has the lowest number of vote points this round will be dropped off the list. Any votes to any stories not on the list will not be applied to any stories, on or off the list. The stories 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.

The drop for this vote will be ... (drumroll) ... Really Bad End. It got one vote point, for a running total of 185. It gets to keep this total for when it re-enters voting. But for now, it's out.

User Errors:
ayleid - NSW (Naked Sex World) is referred to by its initials, not typed out in full. I've fixed this, but please take note of this in future.

On to the main event.

Alea Iacta Est 1003
All Alone 999
Bait & Switch 1103
Confrontation II 762
Danny & Taylor 483
Hostage Situation 335
I, Panacea 281
Junior Hero 67
Meet the Heberts 651
MirrorVerse 1115
NSW 1045
Nemesis 1538
One More Trigger 426
Recoil 1229
Slippery Slope 1472
Trump Card 0 (1567)
War Games 363
Wyvern 137

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

After this will likely be Wyvern, then Nemesis and either Slippery Slope or Trump Card.
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Welp, Trump Card overtook the pack, but Nemesis has a really good chance to win next.


Check out Jim Starluck 's spreadsheet for a reasonable prediction.
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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) If you vote for a story that is not on the voting list, those point(s) will go to the story that got the least number of vote points that round.
6) [current situation] I will be pruning the list.
6a) Each voting round, I will be dropping the story that has garnered the fewest vote points for that round.
6b) That story will be removed from the voting list but not abandoned; it will keep its current total of vote points.
6c) Voting for stories that are not on the voting list will not increase their vote point totals. Those votes will instead be lost.
6d) If a story reaches the top of the list with the least amount of vote points for that round, I will update it then remove it from the list.
6e) When I have a) pruned the list to an acceptable size, and b) finished a few of the current fics, I will look at bringing stories back on to the list.
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Vote format looks like this:

[X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] Trump Card - 2
[X] NSW - 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.
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Thank you.

Voting is OPEN.
 
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[X] Trump Card - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] War Games - 1
 
[X] Confrontation II - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] Trump Card - 1
 
[X] All Alone - 6
[X] Confrontation II - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] NSW - 1

Ack said:
The drop for this vote will be ... (drumroll) ... Really Bad End. It got one vote point, for a running total of 185.
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Out of curiosity, which story had the second-lowest number of votes in the round just concluded?
 
[X] War Games - 6
[X] Nemesis - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] Recoil - 1
 
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Out of curiosity, which story had the second-lowest number of votes in the round just concluded?
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I'll wait until the spreadsheet for a definite answer, but my guess would be Bait and Switch (which has, IIRC, by far the second lowest average vote rate).

No vote right now, a bit too busy; will probably vote properly a few hours later.
 
[X] All Alone - 6
[X] Confrontation II - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] Bait & Switch - 1

Ack said:
I will be trimming stories off the list, starting right now. Whichever story has the lowest number of vote points this round will be dropped off the list. Any votes to any stories not on the list will not be applied to any stories, on or off the list. The stories 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.
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I think this is a very wise choice. It will enable you to concentrate votes so you can finish stories. And yes I am saying this with the knowledge that All Alone, my top fave, may very well make that list.
 
[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] War Games- 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1
 
fishbait08 said:
Out of curiosity, which story had the second-lowest number of votes in the round just concluded?
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january1may said:
I'll wait until the spreadsheet for a definite answer, but my guess would be Bait and Switch (which has, IIRC, by far the second lowest average vote rate).

No vote right now, a bit too busy; will probably vote properly a few hours later.
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The vote spread was as follows:

     
118   Alea Iacta Est
57   All Alone
20   Bait & Switch
78   Confrontation II
36   Danny & Taylor
73   Hostage Situation
147   I, Panacea
26   Junior Hero
56   Meet the Heberts
34   MirrorVerse
68   NSW
33   Nemesis
74   One More Trigger
1   Really Bad End
141   Recoil
     
82   Slippery Slope
164   Trump Card
70   War Games
137   Wyvern
 
[X] MirrorVerse - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] Junior Hero - 1
 
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[X] Trump Card - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] Recoil - 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Nemesis - 5
[X] Bait and Switch - 4
[X] Confrontation II - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1

Ack: how are you working malformed votes going to the lowest target, if the lowest is also being dropped? Everything goes to the lowest at the conclusion of voting, which may cause it to leapfrog something that is removed instead?
 
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mouse said:
Ack: how are you working malformed votes going to the lowest target, if the lowest is also being dropped? Everything goes to the lowest at the conclusion of voting, which may cause it to leapfrog something that is removed instead?
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Already discussed, and explicitly mentioned in the update - for now, malformed votes just disappear (and don't go anywhere).
 
january1may said:
Already discussed, and explicitly mentioned in the update - for now, malformed votes just disappear (and don't go anywhere).
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The update post contradicts itself on the matter:
Ack said:
Any votes to any stories not on the list will not be applied to any stories, on or off the list.
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Ack said:
For anyone who hasn't voted on this thread before, the voting rules go as follows:
6) If you vote for a story that is not on the voting list, those point(s) will go to the story that got the least number of vote points that round.
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[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Trump Card - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
 
mouse said:
The update post contradicts itself on the matter:
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The announcement supersedes the standard notice.

I may update the standard notice.

Right now?

If you vote for something not on the voting list, the vote vanishes, never to be seen again.

If you have voted for the story that turns out to be the one that got the least vote points that round? It goes, but it keeps its current vote point total.

If the story that hits the top of the range does so with the least number of voting points for that round? I update it, then it drops off the voting list.

EDIT: Updated the rules on the vote post:

6) If you vote for a story that is not on the voting list, those point(s) will go to the story that got the least number of vote points that round.
6) [current situation] I will be pruning the list.
6a) Each voting round, I will be dropping the story that has garnered the fewest vote points for that round.
6b) That story will be removed from the voting list but not abandoned; it will keep its current total of vote points.
6c) Voting for stories that are not on the voting list will not increase their vote point totals. Those votes will instead be lost.
6d) If a story reaches the top of the list with the least amount of vote points for that round, I will update it then remove it from the list.
6e) When I have a) pruned the list to an acceptable size, and b) finished a few of the current fics, I will look at bringing stories back on to the list.
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[X] Bait & Switch - 6
[X] All Alone - 5
[X] NSW - 4
[X] Meet the Heberts - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] Wyvern - 1
[] Alea Iacta Est
[] Danny & Taylor
[] Confrontation II
[] Hostage Situation

I wonder if any big favorites are going to fall off, with people rushing to throw votes at their personal favorites that don't get too many votes, leaving none for the "main" fics.
 
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