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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

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Ack said:
Still working on NSW, but I have a couple of stories up in the Spacebattles Writing Competition; the link is in my sig. Go read, enjoy, give a like if you want. :D
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I highly recommend everyone read the second one (reflections on writing).
 
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Let's try the sport of guessing the winner without looking at how people voted this round. Hmmm...

Wyvern!
 
seeing_octarine said:
Let's try the sport of guessing the winner without looking at how people voted this round. Hmmm...

Wyvern!
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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.
 
Jim Starluck said:
Wyvern was theoretically in the lead as of the last predictions, but Recoil was close enough to have potentially caught up.
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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.
 
seeing_octarine said:
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.
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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.
 
Vote 67: Recoil
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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..]

    I can still see Wyvern giving Recoil a hard time on the next voting round. But Security! is well ahead of All Alone, so that won't be a contest.
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    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:

    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.
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    Vote format looks like this:

    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
    [X] I, Panacea - 5
    [X] Security! - 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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    Voting is OPEN.
     
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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
     
    [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
     
    [X] NSW - 6
    [X] Danny & Taylor - 5
    [X] Wyvern - 4
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 3
    [X] Security! - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
     
    [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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    [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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    [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.
     
    Jim Starluck said:
    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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    seeing_octarine said:
    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.
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    :D
    Ack said:
    Next up will be Wyvern, then most likely Security!. After that ... who knows. Check out Jim Starluck 's spreadsheet for a reasonable prediction.
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    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
     
    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] Wyvern - 5
    [X] Trump Card - 4
    [X] One More Trigger - 3
    [X] Bait & Switch - 2
    [X] NSW - 1
     
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 6
    [X] NSW - 5
    [X] Really Bad End - 4
    [X] Confrontation II - 3
    [X] Hostage Situation - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
     
    [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
     
    [X] MirrorVerse - 6
    [X] All Alone - 5
    [X] One More Trigger - 4
    [X] Security! - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] Confrontation II - 1
     
    [X] Wyvern - 6
    [X] Security! - 5
    [X] I, Panacea - 4
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 3
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
    [X] Trump Card - 1
     
    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] I, Panacea - 5
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
    [X] Trump Card - 3
    [X] Hostage Situation - 2
    [X] Slippery Slope - 1
     
    [X] Wyvern - 6
    [X] Trump Card - 5
    [X] Recoil - 4
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
    [X] War Games - 2
    [X] Hostage Situation - 1
     
    [X] War Games - 6
    [X] Wyvern - 5
    [X] MirrorVerse - 4
    [X] One More Trigger - 3
    [X] Confrontation II - 2
    [X] Meet the Heberts - 1
    [] Trump Card
    [] I, Panacea
    [] Recoil
    [] Security!
    [] Alea Iacta Est
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