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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.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.
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 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.
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.
[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.