Whoof. Let's see if I still remember how to do these...
So, after three weeks of grinding away at this, I've finally admitted sort of defeat and posted up a relatively short chapter for NSW. Really Bad End is next in line, although Alea Iacta Est made a determined effort to pip it at the post.
Well, at least
Alea Iacta Est is secure in its consolation prize; it's liable to win Vote 91 by a margin of more than
200 votes, which is just nuts. Possibly the biggest margin we've seen to date, though I'd have to double-check that. After that,
Trump Card is also fairly secure for Vote 92, though not to the same extreme -- a mere 60 votes.
The next there are progressively more wobbly.
All Alone is projected to take Vote 93 by 30-some votes,
Slippery Slope to take Vote 94 by 20-some, and
Meet the Heberts to take Vote 95 in the teens. It's possible these might be shaken up a little, since they're a few rounds out, but only time will tell.
The pattern repeats itself in the next four votes after that:
Recoil looks to have a solid, 119-vote margin for Vote 96, then
Confrontation II has a mere 40-vote margin in 97,
I, Panacea is down to
11 votes for Vote 98, and
Security! is currently holding onto Vote 99 by its fingernails: only 4 votes difference between it and its nearest competitor. If we see any upsets there, it's more likely to be Security! than anything else, which would hand the vote to long-running
Danny & Taylor. If Security! holds on, though, D&T may get pushed back by
Wyvern, which looks much more confident to win Vote 100 by 60+.
I'm going to skip the rounds-to-win thing this time because I don't have a lot of time; it's still on the spreadsheet, though, so you can check it there if you want -- see my signature.
Accuracy for Vote 90 was 96.69% overall, with an average difference of 16 votes. Most accurate was a tie between
Bait & Switch and
Meet the Heberts, which were both exactly on-target. Least accurate proportionally was
NSW, cruising at a mere 77.59% of predicted votes after its recent win. Just give it a little time, it'll be up for more action soon. Least accurate in raw vote count was a tie between
Recoil and
Trump Card, two of the strongest stories in Ack's stable, which both took home 60 votes more than anticipated.
As for my own vote:
[X] Meet the Heberts - 6
[X] NSW - 5
[X] Security! - 4
[X] War Games - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] Recoil - 1