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I think 1 and 3, combined. So basically we do the things like no 1, and the judges pick one of the users. The selected user gets +3 vote bonus.

And we would need someone who has not voted or has barely looked at it. SOMEONE who knows why he/she is actually voting.

Before any further action is taken though, we need someone to tip the scales, someone who doesn't actually frequent the lounge yet has the patience and (probable) skill for literature.

...WWhiteSShadow, I'll go get him.

Even if someone does tip the scales, they'd need to be two people.

I feel kind of bad for liking Lobotomizer's entry more because I was called here to help finish this battle lol. I can choose to not vote and let ErrorBlender win, but I feel like this would be very unfair for Lobotomizer.

I'm going to speak here as a layman. I don't write, nor do I know how to write. If I'm talking garbage, then please call me out on it lmfao. What's worse, these stories would be the only ones that I've ever read that was made in the tournament.

Anyways, it looks to me like Lobotomizer has better writing skills. I didn't notice the weird, "She... She... She..." that you see when you read three sentences back to back that all starts with the word "she" (or something else) on his entry. I also felt like Lobotomizer delivered the theme better than Error did. Error's version sort of just hinted that there were voices that urged them to kill, but then the characters proceed to act as if they actually weren't affected by those voices by casually brushing these voices as just voices, instead of being carnal impulses. Lobotomizer showed it better imo. Kalena was told to control herself, so she managed to not dwell on those voices, while Blanc periodically shows brief signs of murderous intent. He made the theme a big part of the story.

I also think Lobotomizer portrayed the characters better. Basing from the stories, I'm assuming that both characters are supposed to be in it for a greater purpose, other than just duking it out for senseless violence, and Loboto adding a bit more substance and dialog to the story made me like his portrayal of the characters better.

So I'm going to vote for Loboto.

EDIT: OH MY FUCKING GOD THE POLL'S CLOSED I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS I READ THOSE STORIES FEELING LIKE IT WAS AN OBLIGATION ONLY TO FIND OUT I WAS TOO LATE JESUS CHRIST DEVI NEVER EVER FUCKING DO THAT TYPE OF SHIT TO ME EVER AGAIN OH MY GOD I EVEN MADE A HUGE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND AUDACITY TO MAKE THIS POST.

CHRIST NEVERMIND EVERYTHING I SAID ERRORBLENDER WINS.

Thanks Smile. All we really want is CnC or stuff like it :D then votes come next. Its nice that you came up and did it, I'm sure Lobotomizer would appreciate it as well.

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Thanks Smile. All we really want is CnC or stuff like it :D then votes come next. Its nice that you came up and did it, I'm sure Lobotomizer would appreciate it as well.

yeah but... devi went to me asking me to vote here yesterday and I felt kind of bad for not doing it so I made it a point to do it today. I read your stories even though my eyes are a bit sore from being on the computer a long time.

Sorry I'm just kind of venting my frustration at this point, so forgive me for telling you stuff you don't really need to know lol.

I think the mods can manipulate polls one way or another, but even if the vote for Lobster did register, Error wins by an extra point.

IMO it all falls to the judges now.

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I think the mods can manipulate polls one way or another, but even if the vote for Lobster did register, Error wins by an extra point.

IMO it all falls to the judges now.

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Oh and I'm sorry for bringing this up now, but I'm partially inclined to not accept anything short of a TWO-point lead. I feel that if a single point more happens right now, it'll be because of a certain bias against the tie. So a ONE-pt lead will be negligible at this pt. Are you guys fine with that? If you are, kindly pick which of the 3 choices above would you prefer we settle this.

so yeah there's that.

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yeah but... devi went to me asking me to vote here yesterday and I felt kind of bad for not doing it so I made it a point to do it today. I read your stories even though my eyes are a bit sore from being on the computer a long time.

Sorry I'm just kind of venting my frustration at this point, so forgive me for telling you stuff you don't really need to know lol.

Thanks for pressing on to read them Smile. :) Really, the comments make it worth the wait. [I suppose, xD]

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I think the mods can manipulate polls one way or another, but even if the vote for Lobster did register, Error wins by an extra point.

IMO it all falls to the judges now.

I recall Hewitt saying he needs a two vote lead. If Smile's vote is registered, I'd only have a one point lead and it would lead to 1 and 3 in the choices Hewitt had made.

I am willing to accept Smile's vote for Loboto simply because he actually came here to talk about why, showing that he actually did take his time to read something even if it was against his will, as oppose to some 2 strangers who just came probably because they needed to resolve a tie situation. The justification is that this battle actually sat for a long while before people started voting on it, so I would say it is within the time frame.

But once again, I wanna hear from both competitors on this.

If smile's vote pushes through we will go into overtime...

Its fine with me to add Smile's vote.

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I am willing to accept Smile's vote for Loboto simply because he actually came here to talk about why, showing that he actually did take his time to read something even if it was against his will, as oppose to some 2 strangers who just came probably because they needed to resolve a tie situation. The justification is that this battle actually sat for a long while before people started voting on it, so I would say it is within the time frame.

But once again, I wanna hear from both competitors on this.

If smile's vote pushes through we will go into overtime...

<3 <3 <3

Also, if the polls are redone, can we just quote our explanations that we made here? Because I don't think I can add anything more to what I said. I felt like an elementary science teacher trying to teach a rocket scientist how to make a rocket while making my explanation lmfao.

I can't reach loboto right now, but I kinda got this vibe from him that he would've wanted 1 or 3 as well. I do not wish to drag this longer than it has to be so, I'll just go ahead and accept Smile's vote, and the decision to let us judges take care of it. I ask that the participants wait awhile while we sort things out. Since this is so sudden: I'm going to find a 3rd party wildcard judge so me and acute can judge this thing fairly. Worst case scenario, we'll have a champion next week. Best Case? The day after tommorow or this weekend.


In the future, while I appreciate Smile's cnc, I'm going to severely frown upon rallying in future events. This isn't targetted towards Smile per se, but the magical +2 strangers who suddenly appeared after I just made the announcement of a possible tiebreaker (or rather the people who goaded them to vote like devi and GT). While there is now no way to verify if they were legit, I do know that they suddenly just appeared out of nowhere when it was clear that this event was coming to an end. How those people decided which moderately long reads were better is beyond me. Either way, disregarding or taking those +2's into account, we still have a 1-pt lead situation.


Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hm. Thought his ended the 24th.
Damn.
I'm smack dab in the middle of a long day, so no promises on me reading these both today and leaving an intelligent reason as to why, but if not today you can expect my two cents tomorrow, even if the judges have already decided and they're just going down a wishing well.

EDIT:
v Heh, didn't say it as an egocentric thing, just brought it up in the off chance you were still considering holding out for a few people

Let's hope you fare more than Azure, Crank.

Also I finally got hold of Loboto, so he knows this is going down legitimately as well.

And apologies in advance for not making this Finals poll public. Acute screwed up but I only noticed it like halfway in and just didn't bother. What I didn't expect though was that this would end in a potentially epic tie (not as epic as my 11-11 though winkwink)