Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

[Dan Tobias]

His stories appear in a number of different sites simultaneously, so any mod objection on one site wouldn't stop their publication elsewhere.

 

[macdjord]

Lets end this talk. I know I started it, but now I'm asking everyone to end it. Thanks.

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Respectfully, you are neither a moderator nor the OP. You are free to drop out of the discussion, but you have no right to tell anyone else to drop the subject, so long as it is not in violation of the rules.

 

[Dan Tobias]

Though everybody does have to abide by the site's rules, including non-politicization. Discussion here so far has been "meta-political" more than "political", but it's a fine line.

 

[january1may]

On on the other hand, there ain't nothing like Trump Card!

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It Gets Worse is also pretty nice, as well (and Alea Iacta Est isn't that far behind).

I decided that I could not be a fan of Slippery Slope after reading the first 5 or 6 chapters, but I'm willing to re-read it later (eventually, probably after the political calm-down happens), since by now it seems to be yet another example of the "nice if you slog through the beginning" type of story.

 

[RobotGuy76]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Trump Card - 4

 

[Ack]

Okay, here's Trump Card. Whoo.

And thus: Voting is CLOSED.

 

[Ack]

Thanks, as always, for voting.

Voting points this round: 1385

Announcements
Throne3d 's vote counting system is awesome.

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.

Spoiler: Inactive Stories plus Vote Totals

Really Bad End 185
MirrorVerse 1140
Bait & Switch 1164
Junior Hero 140
Nemesis 161
Slippery Slope 221

Spoiler: Posted Stories Not on the Voting List

Afraid of the Dark [0] (Danny is an expy of John Wick. Taylor just went through the Locker. Be very afraid.)
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.)
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.)
Greg Veder, Conquering Hero [0] {NSFW} (Greg actually gets to be the hero and get the girl. Will be short.)
I'm HALPING! [0] (Taylor has a new friend. He's a cute teenage boy, who also happens to be an Endbringer. Cue hijinks.)
It Gets Worse [0] (Taylor has a pre-emptive power designed to rain down havoc on anyone trying to harm her or anyone she cares for. Coincidences get somewhat ridiculous at times.)
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.)
Price of Blood [0] (Taylor's power is responsible for hundreds of deaths. Shadow Stalker is now working for Coil. Things are actually looking up.)
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.)

Spoiler: Still in Development

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:
Malcanthet - I'm HALPING is not in the voting list. Really. (I'm writing a chapter for it anyway, but you can't vote for it).
Also, I see that you've voted twice. I'm cancelling your first vote.
neersighted - You put a 5-point vote for Hostage Situation instead of 2. I've corrected that.

On to the main event.

Alea Iacta Est 243
All Alone 621
Confrontation II 797
Danny & Taylor 0 (1499)
Hostage Situation 437
I, Panacea 534
Meet the Heberts 281
NSW 951
One More Trigger 259
Recoil 1346
Trump Card 164
War Games 591
Wyvern 1281

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

Slippery Slope will be posted alongside the regular chapters. is currently on hiatus due to ... events. Will return at some future point. Hopefully soon.

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Well, it's Danny & Taylor next After that, it looks like Recoil and Wyvern, in that order.

Also, I'll be writing a chapter (as mentioned above) for I'm HALPING! as well as Price of Blood.

Check out Jim Starluck 's spreadsheet for a reasonable prediction.

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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) If you vote for a story that is not on the voting list, those point(s) will go to the story that got the least number of vote points that round.
6) [current situation] I will be pruning the list.
6a) Each voting round, I will be dropping the story that has garnered the fewest vote points for that round.
6b) That story will be removed from the voting list but not abandoned; it will keep its current total of vote points.
6c) Voting for stories that are not on the voting list will not increase their vote point totals. Those votes will instead be lost.
6d) If a story reaches the top of the list with the least amount of vote points for that round, I will update it then remove it from the list.
6e) When I have a) pruned the list to an acceptable size, and b) finished a few of the current fics, I will look at bringing stories back on to the list.

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Vote format looks like this:

[X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] War Games - 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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Thank you.

Voting is OPEN.

 

[EJH]

[X] Confrontation II - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] Trump Card - 1

 

[Aleh]

[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] Trump Card - 4
[X] War Games - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] Hostage Situation - 1

 

[mouse]

[X] Confrontation II - 6
[X] War Games - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3

[ ] Yet Another Way
[ ] Another Way
[ ] It Gets Worse
[ ] I'm HALPING!

 

[1986ctcel]

[X] Danny & Taylor - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5 (traded with Navrin for Danny & Taylor)
[X] NSW - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3 (traded with Navrin for NSW)
[X] Meet the Heberts - 2
[X] Trump Card - 1 (traded with Navrin for Meet the Heberts)

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

 

[Gaemnomut]

[X] Trump Card - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] NSW - 2

I'm looking forward to the next Alea Iacta Est chapter.
Andrea is awesome in Recoil, and she continues to be entertaining as an adult.

 

[WindCall12]

[X] I, Panacea - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Danny & Taylor - 3
[X] NSW - 2
[X] Meet the Heberts - 1

 

[SilverEagle2121]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] Trump Card - 1

 

[Navrin]

[X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
[X] Danny & Taylor - 5
Traded with ctcel for Alea Iacta Est
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] NSW - 3
Traded with ctcel for Wyvern
[X] Trump Card - 2
[X] Meet the Heberts - 1
Traded with ctcel for Trump Card

 

[anwan7]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Trump Card - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] I, Panacea - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] Danny & Taylor - 1

 

[Mafketel]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Trump Card - 4
[X] Confrontation II - 3
[X] Wyvern - 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1

 

[Caerwen]

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

 

[GW_Yoda]

[X] All Alone - 6
[X] Confrontation II - 5
[X] Trump Card - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] Meet the Heberts - 1

[] Another Way
[$] Price of Blood
[] It Gets Worse

 

[Dr. Mercurious]

[X] All Alone - 6
[X] Confrontation II - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1

 

[Pyro Hawk]

[X] War Games - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] I, Panacea- 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] Confrontation II - 1
[] Alea Iacta Est
[] Trump Card
[]
Hiatus
- MirrorVerse

 

[Dan Tobias]

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

Up for voting and I'd like to see it, just not quite enough to get a vote this time...
[] Hostage Situation
[] One More Trigger
[] All Alone

Not up for voting but I'd still like to see it:
[] Entanglement
[] Price of Blood
[] Slippery Slope
[] MirrorVerse
[] I'm HALPING!
[] It Gets Worse
[] One Bad Day

 

[Drizztgeass]

[X] Meet The Heberts - 6
[X] NSW - 5
[X] Danny & Taylor - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] Trump Card - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1

 

[cl20]

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

 

[Prustan]

[X] Wyvern - 6
[X] I, Panacea - 5
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 4
[X] All Alone - 3
[X] Trump Card - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1

[] It Gets Worse
[] Price of Blood

 

[GladiusLucix]

[X] Meet the Heberts - 6
[X] War Games - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Danny & Taylor - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1
[] NSW
[] Confrontation II
-Hiatus'd-
[] Bait & Switch
--From Ack's list of other stories
-Waiting for a spot on the list-
[] Conflict
[] Entanglement
[] Fuck Worm!
[] I'm HALPING!
[] It Gets Worse
[] Yet Another Way
-Not Even Started Yet-
[] The Centre Cannot Hold
[] Dinah Alcott, Ruler of the World
[] EverYthiNg YoU kNow iS WroNg
[] Hostile Takeover
[] Parallel
[] Library Blues (working title)

 

[Acererak]

[Χ] 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

 

[SuperBearNut]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Confrontation II - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Trump Card - 3
[X] I, Panacea - 2
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 1

 

[Twilight666]

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

 

[Jim Starluck]

Well, it's Danny & Taylor next After that, it looks like Recoil and Wyvern, in that order.

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Yup. And I finally gave in and manually corrected my spreadsheet to stop pulling up stories on hiatus.

We're now looking at:
Vote 131: Recoil by 90+ votes
Vote 132: Wyvern by almost five hundred votes
Vote 133: NSW by 110+ votes
Vote 134: Confrontation II by 90+ votes
Vote 135: I, Panacea by 60+ votes
Vote 136: Trump Card by 30+ votes
Vote 137: War Games by 40ish votes
Vote 138: Alea Iacta Est by 110+ votes
Vote 139: Recoil by 140ish votes
Vote 140: Hostage Situation by 160+ votes



My vote, as usual:

[X] Meet the Heberts - 6
[X] NSW - 5
[X] Danny & Taylor - 4
[X] War Games - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] I, Panacea - 1