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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. january1may

    january1may Versed in the lewd.

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    The way I understand it, round 116 came just after it won (which pulled the vote down a bit), Ack said he intended to update it much faster (which pulled the vote down a lot), and my (unknowing) last-moment vote change in favor of its main opponent was the last straw.

    If anything, it being close to the ending should have made it vote count higher.
     
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  2. Dan Tobias

    Dan Tobias Know what you're doing yet?

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    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] Wyvern - 5
    [X] Trump Card - 4
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
    [X] I, Panacea - 2
    [X] War Games - 1

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

    Not up for voting but I'd still like to see it:
    [] Entanglement
    [] Price of Blood
    [] Slippery Slope
    [] MirrorVerse
    [] I'm HALPING!
    [] It Gets Worse
    [] One Bad Day
     
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  3. mouse

    mouse not actually a mouse

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    Yeah, that's one of the reasons Ack has given for turning a reader vote of "we don't want to see any more of this for the time being" into "updates every voting round".
     
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  4. edale

    edale Versed in the lewd.

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    Currently, for each voted on chapter, a chapter of Slippery Slope is being written as well. This will continue until Slippery Slope is completed. IIRC Ack said it was going to be around 26 chapters long.

    Part of the reason was Slippery Slope was actually one of Ack's most popular fics at the time it 'won' the "least voted on story" prize, mostly due to having just gotten an update and everyone putting their votes on other things, sure Slippery Slope wouldn't lose it's spot on the voting list. Even Ack acknowledged its loss was an aberration.

    Another part was Ack had apparently just figured out where he was going with the fic in conversations with his beta, so he had a solid plan to follow for writing it.
     
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  5. Seed00

    Seed00 Versed in the lewd.

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    [X] War Games - 6
    [X] Recoil - 5
    [X] Trump Card - 4
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
    [X] I, Panacea - 2
    [X] All Alone - 1
     
  6. Fizzfaldt

    Fizzfaldt (Unverified Flying Book)

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    [X] Recoil - 6
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    [X] War Games - 2
    [X] Wyvern - 1
    [] One More Trigger -
    [] All Alone -
    [] Junior Hero - 0
    [] Hostage Situation -
     
  7. Jinnora

    Jinnora Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    [X] Recoil - 6
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  8. the DragonBard

    the DragonBard Creator of Worlds

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    [x] One More Trigger - 6
     
  9. Bb103

    Bb103 Making the rounds.

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    [X] Recoil - 6
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    [X] Confrontation II - 4
    [X] Hostage Situation - 3
     
  10. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Okay, story update. My beta isn't well atm, but she should be good in a couple of days (specifically, in about 40 hours), which is when I can post not one but two chapters: one for Price of Blood and one for It Gets Worse.

    I am working on Slippery Slope, but I was a little stalled on it, so I hit those two up instead; I'll be getting back to it now.

    After that, I'll do one for Trump Card.
     
  11. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Update to the update: due to work needed on both chapters, I'm putting off posting them for another 24 hours. Sorry about that.
     
  12. the DragonBard

    the DragonBard Creator of Worlds

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    [x] One More Trigger - 6
     
  13. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Update to the update to the update:

    Price of Blood is up, but my beta has told me that It Gets Worse could be a lot better (and I tend to agree) so she's cracking the whip over me until I actually apply myself properly to it. (The story is there, but the framing needs propping up).

    So, maybe 24 hours. If not then, it'll be Saturday.
     
  14. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Okay, It Gets Worse is up (woo!).

    Now on to the other fics I'm writing :p
     
  15. Mandabar

    Mandabar Found happy button. Unclear, everything fire now

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    macdjord Well worn.

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    [X] Confrontation II - 6
    [X] War Games - 5
    [X] One More Trigger - 4
     
  17. Malcanthet

    Malcanthet Shy Adorable Arachne

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    [X] Wyvern - 6
    [X] Recoil - 5
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
    [X] I, Panacea - 3
    [X] Trump Card - 2
    [X] I'm HALPING! - 1
     
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  18. IronLucario2012

    IronLucario2012 Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    [X] Wyvern - 6
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    [X] Trump Card - 2
     
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  19. the DragonBard

    the DragonBard Creator of Worlds

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    [X] One More Trigger - 6
     
  20. Ack

    Ack (Verified Ratbag) (Unverified Great Old One)

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    Okay, update.

    Apologies for two things:

    1) I'm putting Slippery Slope on temporary hiatus until the American political situation has calmed down (due to themes in that fic which hew uncomfortably closely to real life).
    2) I didn't manage to put enough work into Trump Card to have a working chapter by this weekend. Next publishing date is Saturday next.

    So on we go.

    Laterz.
     
  21. Malcanthet

    Malcanthet Shy Adorable Arachne

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    *Hugs the Ack.* You do you and no worries totally understand that.
     
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  22. Zackarix

    Zackarix Hera's Divorce Lawyer

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    Incredibly disappointing, but understandable. The thread on SB has gotten vitriolic before, I'd hate to see what it could become now.
     
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  23. Caerwen

    Caerwen Know what you're doing yet?

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    Aww :(... Damn Nazis.
     
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  24. Snake/Eater

    Snake/Eater Myth Maker of the North

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    It's a shame, a perfect story that tells us that even in a world of superpowers, that even "Normals" can manipulate and seduce an outcast into joining the fringe groups of society.

    I think there is a word for that, i don't think it's an allegory. but I guess I can use the word epic to describe slippery slope.
     
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  25. Dan Tobias

    Dan Tobias Know what you're doing yet?

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    Probably not any time in the forseeable future then.
     
  26. GladiusLucix

    GladiusLucix Versed in the lewd.

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    Probably not, because anymore explanation would be breaking the "No Politics on QQ" rule.
     
  27. fishbait08

    fishbait08 I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Given recent events in Charlottesville VA that RL Neo-Nazis & their fellow travelers had a notable role in, the reactions of a certain public figure to said events, and how charged discourse concerning that subject has become on both SB & SV (the SB thread on that situation has been permalocked after several locks for reviews and countless warnings and infractions,) updating a story that prominently features Neo-Nazis in a not-necessarily-bad light because of how the protagonist gets mixed up with them this soon afterwards could end up being problematic in a way that'd end up requiring mod intervention depending on how the commentary on the story goes.
     
  28. TheChairIsAgainstTheWall

    TheChairIsAgainstTheWall Loather of Default Titles; Harbinger of Typos

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    Aw, darn. Nazi's ruin everything, don't they. :( And I liked Remote's altpower a lot, too. ;)

    On on the other hand, there ain't nothing like Trump Card! :)
     
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  29. Necrovore

    Necrovore Not too sore, are you?

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    Could always run it by the mods first, see if they are willing to risk it with close moderation, or if they agree that chapters should be held off for a bit. Personally I'm finding the whole thing morbidly hilarious that all the protesting around here, here being the US not QQ, is starting to sound like crowds of the very groups they are protesting.
     
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  30. GladiusLucix

    GladiusLucix Versed in the lewd.

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    I don't think Ack's worried about angering the Mods, I think he's just not comfortable or enthusiastic about writing it in the current situation.
     
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