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Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

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[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] Hostage Situation- 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] One More Trigger- 2
 
[X] War Games - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Confrontation II - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] Reality Intrudes - 1
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[] Recoil
[] I, Panacea
Hiatus
- MirrorVerse
- Gravitas
 
[X] Danny & Taylor - 6
[X] NSW - 5
[X] Meet the Heberts - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1

Just like always I'd like to ask if anyone voting for Alea Iacta Est, Wyvern and One More Trigger would be willing to throw some votes to Danny & Taylor, NSW and Meet the Heberts?

Not actually a fic but I would also vote for this if I could:
[!] Absolute Power - 7
 
Same as it ever was...

[X] War Games - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1
 
[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] Hostage Situation - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Reality Intrudes - 2
[X] Confrontation II - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Meet the Heberts - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] NSW - 3
[X] Danny & Taylor - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1

[!!] Afraid of the Dark - Googol
[!!] sequel to "Greg Veder, Conquering Hero" - Eddington number
[!!] Another Way - Avogadro constant
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Confrontation II - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] Hostage Situation - 1
 
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
[X] Confrontation II - 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
 
[X] Meet the Heberts - 6
[X] NSW - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Es - 4
[X] Danny & Taylor - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] War Games - 1
 
[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Hostage Situation - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] War Games - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] Recoil - 1
 
[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] Confrontation II - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] Meet the Heberts - 1
 
[X] Confrontation II - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] I, Panacea - 4
[X] Reality Intrudes - 3
[X] Meet the Heberts - 2
 
[X] Danny & Taylor - 6
[X] Meet the Heberts - 5
[X] NSW - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1
 
Zackarix said:
And I feel sorry for MirrorVerse and Bait & Switch, they have enough votes that if they were still on the list they'd be next. Voter engagement has really dropped since they were made inactive.
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I pointed that out a while back, but Ack didn't seem to be interested. But yeah, now that stories could win with like 600-700 points, having stories with 1000+ points that cannot win feels particularly sad.

(At one point there was a comment to the effect of "my prediction spreadsheet must be borked, because it says Bait & Switch would win in a few rounds even though it hadn't been on the voting list for a while". I noted that the spreadsheet's prediction actually made perfect sense - it was saying that B&S would end up with the most points that round even if it got no further votes.)


EDIT: before anyone says "if you want these stories so much, just pay for them"... maybe if I actually start having enough money. A stable earning of at least $200 per month would be a good start; I'd prefer more like $300 or even $400, but getting that high might take a while.
(Besides, IIRC, the bonus chapter backlog is booked something like a year in advance anyway, so even if I could have paid I couldn't have done much.)

Also - this might surprise you - I'm not actually very interested in either of those two stories; neither of them sounds like the sort of plot that I could realistically have enjoyed. I'm just a bit sad about how they ended up with more points than they could use and no way to actually use them.
 
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january1may said:
I pointed that out a while back, but Ack didn't seem to be interested. But yeah, now that stories could win with like 600-700 points, having stories with 1000+ points that cannot win feels particularly sad.

(At one point there was a comment to the effect of "my prediction spreadsheet must be borked, because it says Bait & Switch would win in a few rounds even though it hadn't been on the voting list for a while". I noted that the spreadsheet's prediction actually made perfect sense - it was saying that B&S would end up with the most points that round even if it got no further votes.)


EDIT: before anyone says "if you want these stories so much, just pay for them"... maybe if I actually start having enough money. A stable earning of at least $200 per month would be a good start; I'd prefer more like $300 or even $400, but getting that high might take a while.
(Besides, IIRC, the bonus chapter backlog is booked something like a year in advance anyway, so even if I could have paid I couldn't have done much.)

Also - this might surprise you - I'm not actually very interested in either of those two stories; neither of them sounds like the sort of plot that I could realistically have enjoyed. I'm just a bit sad about how they ended up with more points than they could use and no way to actually use them.
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I dropped some stories from the round because honestly, I'd taken too much on, and I was taking far too long to get back around to regular stories.

I will look at some of the inactive ones, and see where I want to go with them.
 
[X] Meet the Heberts - 6
[X] Danny & Taylor - 5
[X] NSW - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1
 
[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] One More Trigger - 4
[X] War Games - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2
[X] Hostage Situation - 1
 
Vote 166: Wyvern
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    • Thanks, as always, for voting.

    Voting points this round: 806

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    Throne3d 's vote counting system is down again. Vote counting is currently by hand. Woo.

    It has come to my attention that I have been slacking off. I'm going to try to speed up my posting of vote stories.

    Novel is PUBLISHED. [Welcome to Utopia]

    I'm posting it, one chapter per week, in my sig.
    Link to get, if interested: https://books2read.com/u/b68xeZ
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=welcome+to+utopia&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

    Any votes to any stories not on the list will not be applied to any stories, on or off the list. The stories that have been taken off the list 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.

    MirrorVerse 1140
    Bait & Switch 1164
    Junior Hero 140
    Nemesis 161
    All Alone 25

    Afraid of the Dark [0] (Danny is an expy of John Wick. Taylor just went through the Locker. Be very afraid.)
    All Alone [0] (Emma dies in the alley, so Taylor makes a new friend. Sophia Hess. But after some very bad decisions. she's all alone again. Or is she?)
    Another Way [0] (Marquis beat shit out of BBB, then spent the next eight years in Boston. Now that his daughter has triggered, he's come back. She's having a ball.)
    Celestial Worm [0] (Crossover with Ties That Bind, a novel written by my beta reader.)
    Conflict [0] (It's 1980. Contessa managed to shank Eden without getting nerfed. Doctor Mother now has Eidolon's powerset, without the insecurity complex. They've got two years to prepare before Scion shows up.)
    Entanglement [0] (Taylor has her bug powers. However, she is now randomly body-swapping with a Taylor from an Earth without super-powers. Both are rather confused.)
    Fuck Worm! [0] {NSFW} (A double SI, where a couple gets dropped into the Wormverse on opposite sides. Only just started.)
    Gravitas [0] (A crossover fanfic with a novel I'm in the process of writing).
    How Taylor Hebert Agreed to be a Slut [0] {NSFW} (This drops Taylor into the Slut Life CYOA.)
    I'm HALPING! [0] (Taylor has a new friend. He's a cute teenage boy, who also happens to be an Endbringer. Cue hijinks.)
    One Bad Day [0] (Sophia murders Grue. Taylor murders Sophia and Madison. Lisa murders her new team leader. Amy mindwipes Vicky. It's one hell of a bad day.)
    Prodigal Daughter [0] {Taylor isn't quite right. But that's okay. She's Jack Slash's daughter. Brockton Bay is in for ... a time.)
    The Rape of Taylor Hebert [0] {NSFW} (Starts dark. Features actual rape. You have been warned. Not at all safe for work, minors or anyone else of a sensitive disposition.)
    Yet Another Way [0] (A spin-off of Another Way, where Carol killed Amy. The BBB is now out of the picture, and Marquis has managed to adopt the Dallon and Pelham kids.)

    A Friend At Winslow - Non-Taylor-centric, but involving Taylor.
    The Centre Cannot Hold - Taylor gets a really weird power, and makes full use of it. Crack.
    Dinah Alcott, Ruler of the World - Exactly what it says on the tin.
    EverYthiNg YoU kNow iS WroNg - The Birdcage is a luxury resort. Marquis was sandbagging. It's all a LIE, I tell you! Pure crack.
    Force Projection - A sequel to my original fiction Number Two.
    Hostile Takeover - Marquis had a son. He's just come back to Brockton Bay.
    Identity Theft - An international freelancer needs to hide out in Brockton Bay. Guess who she looks like?
    Isel - Prequel to my original fiction King's Man
    Parallel - A time travel story, involving Taylor's son from after Gold Morning.
    Living in Brockton Bay is Suffering - A perfect storm of bad events happens, leaving Tagg in charge of the PRT, based in Brockton Bay.
    Library Blues (working title) - A massive AU where Taylor is an adult, working in the library of Winslow High. Brian is the principal, and Sophia is the head coach.
    Terminal: A cancer sufferer triggers with powers. His life does not improve. News at eleven.

    User Errors:
    None. Woo!


    On to the main event.

    Alea Iacta Est 200
    Confrontation II 368
    Danny & Taylor 222
    Hostage Situation 534
    I, Panacea 291
    Meet the Heberts 556
    NSW 511
    One More Trigger 503
    Reality Intrudes 506
    Recoil 119
    War Games 264
    Wyvern 0 (669)

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

    Well, Wyvern is up. Coming next would probably be ... Hostage Situation, then Reality Intrudes, One More Trigger, Meet the Heberts and NSW, in no particular order.

    Check out Sleepyfoo 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.
    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) When I have finished a few of the current fics, I will look at bringing stories back on to the list.
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    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
    [X] I, Panacea - 5
    [X] War Games - 4
    [X] Recoil - 3
    [X] Hostage Situation - 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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    • [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] I, Panacea - 5
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
    [X] Hostage Situation - 3
    [X] War Games - 2
    [X] Wyvern - 1
     
    [X] Recoil - 6
    [X] Wyvern - 5
    [X] Reality Intrudes - 4
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
    [X] I, Panacea - 2
    [X] War Games - 1
     
    [x] Recoil - 6
    [x] I, Panacea - 5
    [x] Alea Iacta Est - 4
    [x] Hostage Situation - 3
    [x] Wyvern - 2
    [x] One More Trigger - 1
     
    [X] Wyvern - 6
    [X] I, Panacea - 5
    [X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
    [X] Hostage Situation - 3
    [X] One More Trigger - 2
    [X] Confrontation II - 1

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    [] First Telkan
     
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