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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

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[X] Trump Card - 6
[X] Hostage Situation - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X) I Panacea - 2
[X] All Alone - 1
 
Jim Starluck said:
It already was Trump Card, silly. :p

Also, you need to threadmark this vote.

Current projections:
Vote 130: Danny & Taylor by 200+ votes
Vote 131: Recoil by 70+ votes
Vote 132: Wyvern by 380+ votes
Vote 133: ERROR CANNOT COMPUTE
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I was bored at work so I decided to get into this prediction game. I averaged the votes each fic received for the last 5 votes, and added those numbers to figure out what's coming.

   
130 Danny & Taylor
131 Recoil
132 Wyvern
133 NSW
134 I, Pancea
135 Confrontation II
136 Trump Card
137 Alea Lacta Est
138 War Games
139 Recoil
140 Hostage Situation
141 Wyvern
142 I, Pancea
143 All Alone
144 Trump Card

My Vote:

[X] Trump Card - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Danny & Taylor - 4
[X] NSW - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] Hostage Situation - 1

[] It Gets Worse
[] Price of Blood
 
Yay! Trump card!


[X] Nemesis -7
[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] War Games - 5
[X] Trump Card - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1

Thank you O Spectacular Ack, for all that you do for us - your fans
 
Sleepyfoo said:
I was bored at work so I decided to get into this prediction game. I averaged the votes each fic received for the last 5 votes, and added those numbers to figure out what's coming.
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This is basically the same thing as what Jim Starluck does, IIRC, except his system uses last 10 votes instead of last 5.

The reason ERROR CANNOT COMPUTE shows up is because as of vote 133 the fic with the highest number of points is predicted to be Bait & Switch (at 1164 points, just ahead of NSW), and it cannot actually win, which throws off all the predictions after that. If we ignore this, your list is probably mostly right.
 
[Χ] Nemesis - 7
[X] NSW - 6
[X] War Games - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Trump Card - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] I, Panacea- 1
 
[X] War Games - 6
[X] All Alone - 5
[X] Confrontation II - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1
 
[X] One More Trigger - 6
[X] All Alone - 5

One More Trigger - 6/All Alone - 3 january1may
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1

And now, with Lung and the ABB gone, and a brand-new pocket dimension clubhouse, what wackiness will Pwnage get up to? Tune in next time on TRUMP CARD!

But first, your regularly scheduled Slippery Slope, and then two messages from our sponsors.:p
 
january1may said:
This is basically the same thing as what Jim Starluck does, IIRC, except his system uses last 10 votes instead of last 5.

The reason ERROR CANNOT COMPUTE shows up is because as of vote 133 the fic with the highest number of points is predicted to be Bait & Switch (at 1164 points, just ahead of NSW), and it cannot actually win, which throws off all the predictions after that. If we ignore this, your list is probably mostly right.
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Ah, I just did the math in an excel spreadsheet. I collected and entered the data manually. I did say I was bored at work, but not so bored as to do 10 whole votes (11 vote totals). As such, I only entered the data for votable stories rather than the stories that "can't" update. My formatting was also lazy, so I basically need to re-work the sheet if I want to include more/future data.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
You can only vote for six, not seven.
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You are correct there, but seeing as Nemesis is out of rotation me and pepperjack keep the flame of hope for it's revival alive by voting for it in the "Nonexistent" 7th slot. Whatever way Ack tallys the votes, it removes any invalid votes like what we gave for the 7th slot.
 
[X] One More Trigger - 1
[X] Hostage Situation -2
[X] War Games - 3
[X] Confrontation II - 4
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Recoil - 6
 
Acererak said:
You are correct there, but seeing as Nemesis is out of rotation me and pepperjack keep the flame of hope for it's revival alive by voting for it in the "Nonexistent" 7th slot. Whatever way Ack tallys the votes, it removes any invalid votes like what we gave for the 7th slot.
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I don't know about anyone else, but I've never actually put an X by a seventh-slot vote. It may look that way to the naked eye, but that's hardly my fault.
(It is totally my fault.)
Do a ctr+F if you don't believe me.
 
pepperjack said:
I don't know about anyone else, but I've never actually put an X by a seventh-slot vote. It may look that way to the naked eye, but that's hardly my fault.
(It is totally my fault.)
Do a ctr+F if you don't believe me.
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I thought you were putting a Х, but apparently you're actually putting a Χ (which was admittedly my second idea).
 
pepperjack said:
I don't know about anyone else, but I've never actually put an X by a seventh-slot vote. It may look that way to the naked eye, but that's hardly my fault.
(It is totally my fault.)
Do a ctr+F if you don't believe me.
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january1may said:
I thought you were putting a Х, but apparently you're actually putting a Χ (which was admittedly my second idea).
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OK, I'm missing something here, the 'X's look identical pixel for pixel... Is one of them not an 'X'?
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
You can only vote for six, not seven.
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The vote counter strips it out (and informs me, but I ignore it) so no harm done.

Anyways, I had a bit of contention over the last Alea Iacta Est chapter, so have a slightly shorter one to cover the Empire's immediate reaction.

Next up will be Slippery Slope. Possibly Tuesday, more likely Saturday.

After that will be Price of Bood, then It Gets Worse, then Trump Card. Whee.
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] Trump Card - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] Trump Card - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 5
[X] All Alone - 1
 
Quick question, did Ack state the reason Slippery Slope is not up for voting elsewhere? I'm guessing either it's a story he wants to update on his own terms, it's been recently updated, or he doesn't feel like writing more.

Yes, that's three possibilities with an "either." Sue me.

[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] Confrontation II - 2
 
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skyrunner said:
Quick question, did Ack state the reason Slippery Slope is not up for voting elsewhere? I'm guessing either it's a story he wants to update on his own terms, it's been recently updated, or he doesn't feel like writing more.

Yes, that's three possibilities with an "either." Sue me.
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As it happens, neither of your three possibilities is right, anyway.

Slippery Slope is not up for voting because it was caught in the "lowest scoring story gets off the list" thing a few months ago. Now, the reason it was the lowest scoring story might well have had to do with one of your possibilities (it also most definitely had to do with the fact that I, personally, dislike it and didn't vote for it).

EDIT: Vote 116.
 
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skyrunner said:
Quick question, did Ack state the reason Slippery Slope is not up for voting elsewhere? I'm guessing either it's a story he wants to update on his own terms, it's been recently updated, or he doesn't feel like writing more.

Yes, that's three possibilities with an "either." Sue me.

[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
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Also, because IIRC it's pretty close to being finished anyway.
 
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