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PseudoPod => About Pseudopod => Topic started by: deflective on February 14, 2011, 07:58:12 AM
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polls are polite, surveys are impersonal. pseudopod deserves a slaughterhouse.*
kill off the stories that don't deserve to live so you can feed them to your favourites. or maybe you just want to destroy something beautiful.
once a day, remove a point from one 2010 story and give it to another. if a story drops to zero it is dead,** crushed prose paves the path for the ultimate champion.
trash talk is encouraged and hopefully the moderators will give us a little leeway if people want to enthusiastically support their opinions.
* this is not official in any way. it's just a way to talk about pseudopod while we wait for that which can eternal lie.
**no afterlife, resurrection (by any means), or undead will be tolerated.
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3526.0) by Simon Wood (191)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3346.0) by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Set Down This (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3781.0) by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4420.0) by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3228.0) by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3364.0) by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] The Dark Level (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3451.0) by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3707.0) by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 3] Oil of Dog (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3937.0) by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 3] The Nimble Men (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4516.0) by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 2] Turning the Apples (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3267.0) by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3324.0) by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3426.0) by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] Gretel (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3469.0) by Camille Alexa (189)
[ 2] Wearing the Dead (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3490.0) by Alan Smale (190)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4447.0) by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4464.0) by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4600.0) by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4627.0) by Daniel Braum (219)
[ 1] The Blessed Days (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3245.0) by Mike Allen (176)
[ 1] The Tamga (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3282.0) by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 1] Fading Light (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3306.0) by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 1] Learning to Fly (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3379.0) by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3436.0) by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 1] The Radejastians (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3526.0) by David Nickle (192)
[ 1] Bed of Scorpions (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3560.0) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (193)
[ 1] The Hand You're Dealt (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3728.0) by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 1] The Mother and the Worm (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3827.0) by Tim W. Burke (198)
[ 1] Broken Bough (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3881.0) by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] The Horror of the Heights (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3937.0) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 1] Eye Spy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4019.0) by K. A. Dean (202)
[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4255.0) by Paul Haines (204)
[ 1] Gulls (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4256.0) by Tim Pratt (205)
[ 1] Corvus Curse (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4482.0) by Barry J. Northern (209)
[ 1] About 77 Degrees, West of Nassau (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4539.0) by Don Norum (211)
[ 1] Wendigo (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4562.0) by Micaela Morrissette (214)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4616.0) by Marie Brennan (218)
[ 1] Hoofprints in the Snow (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4616.0) by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
edit, our final top ten:
1) Oil of Dog (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3937.0) by Ambrose Bierce (200)
2) The Nimble Men (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4516.0) by Glen Hirshberg (210)
3) Papa Was a Gypsy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4447.0) by Shannon Celebi (207)
4) Acceptable Losses (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3526.0) by Simon Wood (191)
5) The Dreaming Way (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3364.0) by Jim Bihyeh (182)
6) Her Collection of Intimacy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4255.0) by Paul Haines (204)
7) Set Down This (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3781.0) by Lavie Tidhar (197)
8) Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3228.0) by John Alfred Taylor (175)
8) The Dark Level (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3451.0) by John F.D. Taff (188)
10) Is This a Horror Story? (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4420.0) by Scott Edelman (206)
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i'm taking this chance to lovingly kill off Gretel before someone else makes it suffer. it's out of its depth, i just mentioned it during the nomination process because of a couple deft analogies. i do like me some metaphor.
[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
+1[ 4] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 3] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
-1[ 1] Gretel by Camille Alexa (189)
[ 1] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 1] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 1] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 1] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 1] The Radejastians by David Nickle (192)
[ 1] Bed of Scorpions by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (193)
[ 1] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 1] The Mother and the Worm by Tim W. Burke (198)
[ 1] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 1] Eye Spy by K. A. Dean (202)
[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 1] Gulls by Tim Pratt (205)
[ 1] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
[ 1] About 77 Degrees, West of Nassau by Don Norum (211)
[ 1] Wendigo by Micaela Morrissette (214)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
[ 1] Hoofprints in the Snow by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
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good night Gretel (it's after midnight, so this is my vote for monday)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 4] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
+1[ 4] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
[ 1] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 1] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 1] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 1] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 1] The Radejastians by David Nickle (192)
[ 1] Bed of Scorpions by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (193)
[ 1] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 1] The Mother and the Worm by Tim W. Burke (198)
[ 1] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 1] Eye Spy by K. A. Dean (202)
[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 1] Gulls by Tim Pratt (205)
[ 1] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
[ 1] About 77 Degrees, West of Nassau by Don Norum (211)
[ 1] Wendigo by Micaela Morrissette (214)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
[ 1] Hoofprints in the Snow by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
-1[ 0] Gretel by Camille Alexa (189)
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Well I don't know where your starting numbers came from, but okay, I'll play.
I'd like to drown About 77 Degrees, West of Nassau and feed it's dead body to the Aztec God in The Blessed Days.
I mourn the early loss of Gretel just a bit, although she wasn't the love of my life or anything.
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[-1] to "Eye Spy"
[+1] to "Fading Light"
Might as well kill off the weak while we can.
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the starting numbers come from the 2010 nominations. every time a story came up (whether an official nomination or honorable mention) it earned a point.
the current standings:
[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 4] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 4] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
+1[ 2] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
+1[ 2] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
[ 1] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 1] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 1] The Radejastians by David Nickle (192)
[ 1] Bed of Scorpions by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (193)
[ 1] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 1] The Mother and the Worm by Tim W. Burke (198)
[ 1] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 1] Gulls by Tim Pratt (205)
[ 1] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
[ 1] Wendigo by Micaela Morrissette (214)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
[ 1] Hoofprints in the Snow by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
-1[ 1] Eye Spy by K. A. Dean (202)
-1[ 1] About 77 Degrees, West of Nassau by Don Norum (211)
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[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 4] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 4] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 2] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
[ 1] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 1] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 1] The Radejastians by David Nickle (192)
[ 1] Bed of Scorpions by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (193)
+1 [ 2] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 1] The Mother and the Worm by Tim W. Burke (198)
[ 1] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 1] Gulls by Tim Pratt (205)
[ 1] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
-1 [ 0] Wendigo by Micaela Morrissette (214)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
[ 1] Hoofprints in the Snow by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
Goodbye, "Wendigo"; I recall being quite unimpressed with you. And I loved "The Hand You're Dealt". The rest, I don't really remember enough to judge.
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i think wendigo actually wanted to be fed to another story, the hand you're dealt would have assimilated it nicely
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i think wendigo actually wanted to be fed to another story, the hand you're dealt would have assimilated it nicely
Yeah, we can graft "Wendigo" onto "Hand"'s nutsac or something ;D
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I feel that we should take Trixie from Wearing the Dead and drop her in a vat and render her into Oil of Dog.
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"Acceptable Losses" squandered the chance to explore true, personal horror by introducing a ridiculous amorphous blob to hammer us with a moral conundrum none of us will ever face.
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"The Tamga" deserves more credit. A classic tale of what happens in the corners of the world in communities small and far away, where magic and gods and demons still exist. Plus -- Cheyenne Wright!!
[+1]
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As it is now past midnight, which seemed to be the turnover point before, I'm going to cast my second vote.
I believe that Tim Pratt's Gulls are prone to flying too high [-1] and shall be consumed by The Horror of the Heights [+1].
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bed of scorpions was one of the few pseudopod stories i actively disliked last year, there's some satisfaction in killing it off. set down this gets the point, it's performing much better than i expected it to.
the list after the last changes:
-1[ 6] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
+1[ 6] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
+1[ 5] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 4] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 2] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
+1[ 2] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 2] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
+1[ 2] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
[ 1] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
-1[ 1] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
[ 1] The Radejastians by David Nickle (192)
[ 1] The Mother and the Worm by Tim W. Burke (198)
[ 1] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 1] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
[ 1] Hoofprints in the Snow by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
-1[ 0] Bed of Scorpions by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (193)
-1[ 0] Gulls by Tim Pratt (205)
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I'm going to take one from The Mother and the Worm [-1] and give it to The Dreaming Way [+1]. I find Jim Biyeh's connected stories more compelling than Tim Burke's.
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I'll take one away from Hoofprints in the snow, a story I have no memory of whatsoever, and give it to Her Collection of Intimacy, just because I don't want that one to go just yet.
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a point is taken away from the radejastians (interesting premise but ultimately forgetable execution) and given to the nimble men (wasn't sure where to put the point but the simple, character driven ghost story appeals to me).
after the last day:
[ 6] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 6] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
+1[ 5] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
+1[ 4] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 2] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 2] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 2] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
+1[ 2] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
[ 1] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
[ 1] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 1] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
[ 1] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
[ 1] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
[ 1] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
-1[ 0] The Radejastians by David Nickle (192)
-1[ 0] The Mother and the Worm by Tim W. Burke (198)
-1[ 0] Hoofprints in the Snow by Nathaniel Tapley (218)
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Well if things keep going this way, I think we can finish off killing or promoting all the 1's today and get into the real point of this game.
I'll break up the Broken Bough [-1] and put it into building Ankor Sabat[+1]. I don't love Ankor Sabat, but I like it enough I don't want to see it die in the first round. Although I'll probably be the one to kill it off later.
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I would like to remove people oozing blood because of trans-dream-cycle-dimensional parasites in Blessed Days [-1] and add it to being rendered down completely into ooze by trans-dimensional predators in Fading Light [+1].
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In the same spirit, I would take those damn useless blackbirds from "Corvus Curse" [-1] and graft them to the taint of "The Hand You're Dealt" [+1]
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As you've moved to the taint from the nutsack, may I extrapolate that the story you feed to Hand tomorrow shall be grafted onto its asshole?
I like the pattern.
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OK. Not sure I'm allowed to do this, but I'd like to save Corvus Curse from an early demise by giving it +1, to the detriment of Wearing The Dead.
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sorry, dead's dead.
there ain't no coming back.
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Yeah, what is this, horror or something?
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Okay, new day. I'd like to take one from The Moon and the Mesa [-1]
and add one to The Blessed Days [+1].
I can't let one of the few stories that actually had me creeped out die so easily.
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We're going to take from a rat in Learning to Fly and give to a Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage. Kids do love their pets.
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there were a couple stories i was sorry to see go but i expect the high mortality to continue for several more days until we winnow it down to a dozen or so.
i knock off the snow-white heart (don't remember the story) in favour of acceptable losses (i spent a lot of time picking apart its logic but, in this case, that just means i thought it was worth spending time on).
+1[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 6] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 5] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
+1[ 4] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 4] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
+1[ 3] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
+1[ 3] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 2] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
+1[ 2] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 2] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 2] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 2] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 1] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
-1[ 1] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
-1[ 0] Learning to Fly by Garth Upshaw (183)
-1[ 0] Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell (199)
-1[ 0] Corvus Curse by Barry J. Northern (209)
-1[ 0] The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan (218)
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knocked one off of the evil-eater (generally passable story, just not best-of material) in favour of oil of dog (there's something about the story having a little age to it that makes it so much better).
[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 6] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
+1[ 6] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 5] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 4] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 4] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 3] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 3] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
[ 2] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 2] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
[ 2] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 2] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 2] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 1] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
-1[ 1] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
[ 1] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
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I'd like to knock off The Moon and the Mesa today. [-1]
And we'll put the point onto Papa was a Gypsy [+1]
I must admit, I don't really see the point of buffing up all the current leaders with this many stories still in the field. I love Oil of Dog, for example. I think it might be the one I want to win. But it is currently up with the leaders. So I look to knock off the weak and vulnerable, and protect the more vulnerable ones that I enjoyed.
I may prefer Oil of Dog to Papa was a Gypsy, but I do love a good murder chain-reaction and I like Papa so much more than the other currently 2-point stories. So I'd rather the finals be all stories I at least liked.
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...I can't believe I overlooked one of the most pointless and insipid stories ever to run on PP! Dock a point from "Set Down This" and put it to "The Hand You're Dealt".
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Charlie Harmer Looks Back [-1]
Get Along Gang [+1]
I'll take a well crafted journey into crazy over ghost redemption.
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New Day, I'd like to finish off Wearing the Dead [-1] because that is just gross.
Unlike bleeding out all over your sheets every night, which sounds romantic, The Blessed Days [+1]
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Set Down This [-1]
Wearing the Dead [+1]
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Set Down This [-1]
Wearing the Dead [+1]
I don't think that's a valid move, since wearing the dead was killed in the previous move.
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aye, sorry Millenium_King. the points take effect immediately even though the list is only posted once a day. hopefully, once the list is down to a manageable ten or fifteen stories, everyone will track their own changes and it will be obvious which stories are still alive.
i've killed off Charlie Harmer looks back (dead man walking anyway) in favour of set down this (this way i don't have to track its point change, yay!)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
[ 6] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 6] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 5] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
[ 4] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
[ 4] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
+1[ 4] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
+1[ 3] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 3] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
+1[ 3] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
+1[ 3] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
[ 2] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
[ 2] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 2] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
[ 2] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 1] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
-2[ 0] Charlie Harmer Looks Back by Brendan Detzner (185)
-1[ 0] Wearing the Dead by Alan Smale (190)
-1[ 0] The Moon and the Mesa by Daniel Braum (219)
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i've killed off Charlie Harmer looks back (dead man walking anyway) in favour of set down this (this way i don't have to track its point change, yay!)
Now that is reasoning I can get behind.
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I'm going to give one more point to Her collection of intimacy, at the expense of the horror of the heights.
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Give one to The Nimble Men, taken from The Tamga.
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [-1] (yeah, I have it in for this one.)
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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Clearly, The Hand You're Dealt [-1] deserves to be a Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage [+1]
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My bad.
+1 Is this a Horror Story?
-1 Set Down This
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+1 The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
-1 The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
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+1 Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
-1 The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
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I'm going to kill off The Tamga and give that point to The Dreaming Way. I'll also help out Deflective by retallying.
[ 7] Acceptable Losses by Simon Wood (191)
+2[ 7] The Nimble Men by Glen Hirshberg (210)
+1[ 6] Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman (206)
[ 6] Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce (200)
+1[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage by John Alfred Taylor (175)
+1[ 5] The Dreaming Way by Jim Bihyeh (182)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism by Richard Marsden (181)
[ 4] The Hand You're Dealt by Frank Oreto (196)
+1[ 4] Papa Was a Gypsy by Shannon Celebi (207)
-2[ 4] Set Down This by Lavie Tidhar (197)
[ 3] The Blessed Days by Mike Allen (176)
[ 3] The Dark Level by John F.D. Taff (188)
[ 3] Fading Light by Simon Strantzas (179)
[ 3] The Getalong Gang by Barrie Darke (180)
+1[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy by Paul Haines (204)
[ 2] Ankor Sabat by C. Deskin Rink (186)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! by Tony Richards (215)
[ 2] Turning the Apples by Tina Connolly (177)
-2[ 1] The Engine of Desire by Livia Llewellyn (195)
[ 1] The Evil-Eater by Peadar Ó Guilín (208)
-1[ 1] The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (200)
-2[ 0] The Tamga by Maura McHugh (178)
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I believe Papa Was a Gypsy should have gotten +2 rather than +1, putting it at 5 points.
Also wow, why all the hate on Set Down This. Calling it pointless seems a bit harsh, considering how much interesting discussion there was about it. With 5 pages of discussion, I don't see how it can be uninteresting. Now maybe that turns out to not be award-worthy, but you guys seem to have it in for this one hardcore. I don't know that I actually loved the story, but it is one of those ones I've found myself thinking about day after day and I really think there is a lot to it. That said, I don't like defending leaders this early in with this type of a game.
Sorry Horror of the Heights, I have to pull a Batman at this point: I won't kill you, but I'm not going to save you either.
-1 to the Engine of Desire, +1 to The Blessed Days
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [-1] (die, STD, die!)
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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Also wow, why all the hate on Set Down This. Calling it pointless seems a bit harsh, considering how much interesting discussion there was about it.
Pointless and insipid.
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I believe Papa Was a Gypsy should have gotten +2 rather than +1, putting it at 5 points.
Double checked. It only got +1 between the tallies, and was at 3 last tally.
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aye, the math works out. fonts don't transfer with cut/paste so i've cleaned up the list to make it easier to track, anybody that wants additional story information can find it in the first post.
i had originally wanted to take the point from the horror of the heights and give it to oil of dog, these two stories serve as an excellent example of the difference between speculative fiction that ties itself to a particular moment in time (the early age of flight) and specfic that remains fresh a century after it's written.
but it looks like a little work's needed to keep set down this alive for the top ten and it's worth it. the footage coming out of egypt & bahrain makes it more relevant than ever and i don't want to see a story generally popular in nominations die early because of a vocal minority.
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 6] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 5] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 5] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
+1[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 3] The Dark Level (188)
[ 3] Fading Light (179)
[ 3] The Getalong Gang (180)
[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 2] Ankor Sabat (186)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! (215)
[ 2] Turning the Apples (177)
[ 1] The Evil-Eater (208)
-1[ 0] The Engine of Desire (195)
-1[ 0] The Horror of the Heights (200)
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i don't want to see a story generally popular in nominations die early because of a vocal minority.
Isn't that what this is all about?? Vocal minorities??
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+1 [ 5] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-1 [ 1] The Evil-Eater (208)
Even Gods kneel before the Decari!
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-1 to The Getalong Gang because nothing actually happened. I'd have liked it better if the guy actually killed his kids and then maybe wasn't sure, instead of just ending it by deciding to go along with everything.
+1 to Set Down This, to help stem the point-bleed.
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [-1] (you know, most stories your age die... why don't you?)
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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Isn't that what this is all about?? Vocal minorities??
what this is about is whatever you make it about.
if you want to be a vocal minority and feed one pet story then no one's saying you're wrong to do it, but other people may make this about stopping you.
today i turn to turning the apples (a solid story that added a nice touch of scifi to pseudopod, but not top of the list material) and use its gifts to strengthen set down this.
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 6] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
+1[ 6] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 6] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 6] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 5] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 3] The Dark Level (188)
[ 3] Fading Light (179)
[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
[ 2] Ankor Sabat (186)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! (215)
-1[ 1] Turning the Apples (177)
-1[ 1] The Evil-Eater (208)
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I'm going to take a portion of The Hand You're Dealt [-1] and render it into Oil of Dog [+1]. It's got more than enough spare parts.
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what this is about is whatever you make it about.
if you want to be a vocal minority and feed one pet story then no one's saying you're wrong to do it, but other people may make this about stopping you.
Guess I should have put in a smiley. I wasn't saying I was going to do that.
I'll give [-1] to "Is This A Horror Story?" There's no doubt it's a good piece but I'd rather something else win. And so [+1] to "The Dark Level".
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The Dark Level is the scariest tale of Man's search for Parking that I've ever heard, I was about to give it some love myself, just for solidarity, but I'm worried about the top pulling too far ahead of the pack as I keep focusing on the bottom. Maybe tomorrow.
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy, the best Southern Gothic Horror since Pigeons From Hell.
And I'll counteract some of the top-end boosterism I've been complaining about here:
[-1] The Nimble Men to level off the top (I prefer Acceptable Losses, I don't hate Nimble Men, but I don't think it needs to be significantly out front).
Note to whoever chooses stories: podcasting Pigeons From Hell would be a great 300th episode special. Ideally with Ben Phillips' lovely accented reading from Gypsy and Ol. can. [/sucking up]
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [-1] (haven't they killed you yet?)
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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The Hand You're Dealt [-1]
The Dreaming Way [+1]
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-1 to turning the apples for the kill and +1 to set down this to hold position.
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[ 7] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 6] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
+1[ 6] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 6] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-1[ 5] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 5] Set Down This (197)
-1[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
+1[ 5] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
+1[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
[ 3] Fading Light (179)
[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
[ 2] Ankor Sabat (186)
[ 2] Man, You Gotta See This! (215)
-1[ 0] Turning the Apples (177)
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Ankor Sabat [-1]
Her Collection of Intimacy [+1]
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[-1] Ankor Sabat
[+1] The Blessed Days
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[-1] Blessed Days
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
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when points get to the bottom they go to the top, from man, you gotta see this! to acceptable losses.
+1[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 6] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 6] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 6] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 5] Set Down This (197)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
+1[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 3] Fading Light (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
-1[ 1] Man, You Gotta See This! (215)
-2[ 0] Ankor Sabat (186)
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[-1] Papa Was a Gypsy
[+1] The Nimble Men
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [-1]
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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-1 to Is This A Horror Story
+1 to Papa Was a Gypsy
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Another day, another... oh, you get the idea.
Set Down This [-1] (shhh... there, there, it will be over soon)
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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-1 The Hand You're Dealt
+1 Oil of Dog
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man, you gotta see this! is gone (one of those stories where the plot hinges around a logical error: how does a mezmerizing picture spread accross a computer network to the point it ends civilization?) to shore up set down this.
[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[ 8] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 6] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 6] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
-1[ 4] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 3] Fading Light (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
-1[ 0] Man, You Gotta See This! (215)
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-1 Acceptable Losses
+1 Spirit of Nationalism
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [-1] (don't struggle, it's for the best)
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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Set Down This -1
The Dreaming Way +1
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one from fading light to set down this
[ 8] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[ 7] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
+1[ 7] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[ 7] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 3] Set Down This (197)
-1[ 2] Fading Light (179)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
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-1 Spirit of Nationalism
+1 Set Down This
Maybe we should post about this fight in the Set Down This thread and try to get wider participation for or against it.
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-1 The hand you're dealt
+1 The dreaming way
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For the record, I don't really care if "The Hand You're Dealt" wins (although I thought it was a kick-ass story). I just want to see it outlive "Set Down This". Once that's done, I'm out.
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Well, personally I think that "The hand your dealt" deserves to outlive quite a lot of the stories on this list, but I don't think it should win, and I feel it's benefitting inordinantly from your campaign against "Set this down". Hence, I'm shaving off some of its points.
For the record, I'm really tempted to help kill "Set this down" just because I'm tired of the back-and-forth about it, but I didn't listen to it and I therefore don't want to vote (+ or -) for it.
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The Hand You're Dealt was good but not better than (most of?) the stories I've given points to. I just don't want to see it get disproportionately far ahead of the pack.
I was not moved much by Set Down This, but I also didn't have as visceral a negative reaction to it as some. I'll dock it points for stories that I think are more worthy and representative of what makes PseudoPod awesome. I'd be happy with just about any of the current pack leaders winning.
I'm also not adding or removing points from anything I haven't listened to yet. My listening is very intermittent, as it gets focused around long bouts of watching cars or road trips. The short story format works so much better with the method and time I have available to consume audio fiction.
I need to finish relistening to one last story so I can vote in the second poll. I like how this thread has received a lot of the debate that might have shown up in the poll threads.
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polls don't create discussion (take a look at last year), that's why slaughterhouse is here.
all of my voting so far has been oriented towards making sure we have a winner in the next couple months. if things begin to look like they're dragging out we can decide if we want the bottom stories to automatically lose a point each day.
i'm not too concerned about stories getting voted higher than their popularity deserves since it's just a matter of time before they're torn down, but i am trying to keep the four stories that were popular during nominations alive until the top ten.
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+1 The Hand You're Dealt
-1 Set Down This (set it down already)
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fading light is fading fast and the dung beetle in set down this makes the ball a little bigger.
+1[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 8] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 6] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
+1[ 4] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
-1[ 1] Fading Light (179)
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-1 Set Down This
+1 The Dark Level
There... the attack continues, but not boosting The Hand You're Dealt too much. Happy now? :P
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fading light goes out, set down this is bumped back into place
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 8] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
+1[ 5] The Dark Level (188)
[ 4] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 4] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
-1[ 0] Fading Light (179)
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The hand you're dealt -1
Is this a horror story? +1
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-1 Oil of Dog
+1 spirit of nationalism
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-1 Set Down This
+1 The Hand You're Dealt
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set down this maintains position, the blessed days loses a point (for a story about a world changing event told by an omniscient narrator it was a little sparse on analysis. eg, what happened when the blood was scientifically tested? was everyone bleeding their own blood? was it even human?)
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 7] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
-1[ 7] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] The Dark Level (188)
+1[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 4] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 3] The Blessed Days (176)
[ 2] The Getalong Gang (180)
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I'll echo Deflective's [-1] The Blessed Days with a [+1] to Set Down This. I forgot the awesome outro music, and I want to help keep stePH involved.
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[+1] The Nimble Men
[-1] The Getalong Gang
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Let's narrow the field:
[-1] The getalong gang
[+1] Oil of dog
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another -1 for the blessed days and +1 for set down this. just a safety buffer, we've seen how quickly it can drop.
i'm sorry to see the getalong gang die, the story has a second layer that went largely unappreciated. sure we have the crazy guy going through life in quiet hell but, on the other side, his wife and son are living with the belief that they have his love and can make him happy. this is a horror common to the human condition, no matter how close and important somebody is to you it's impossible to actually know what you mean to them.
you might be going through life in an elaborate ruse that could blow up at any minute. or you might never find out, dieing without knowing your entire life was a sham.
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 8] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[ 8] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 7] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 7] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
+2[ 6] Set Down This (197)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] The Dark Level (188)
[ 5] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-2[ 1] The Blessed Days (176)
-2[ 0] The Getalong Gang (180)
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[-1] Spirit of nationalism
[+1] Her collection of intimacy
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-1 Set Down This
+1 The Hand You're Dealt
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[-1] Spirit of Nationalism
[+1] Acceptable Losses
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[+1] The Dark Level
[-1] Is This A Horror Story?
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I'm going to finish off The Blessed Days [-1] and transfer the point to Oil of Dog [+1]
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-1 Set Down This
+1 The Hand You're Dealt
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her collection of intimacy maintains position and set down this slows its fall.
+2[ 9] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
+1[ 9] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 8] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 6] The Dark Level (188)
[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-2[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-1[ 5] Set Down This (197)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 0] The Blessed Days (176)
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Returning from the dead I shall give a point to Papa Was a Gypsy [+1] and hope it helps my elaborate vengeance plot.
[-1] The Hand You're Dealt. It has gained an absurd number of points from the anti-Set Down This campaign.
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Another day, another... something.
Set Down This [+1]
The Hand You're Dealt [-1]
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Another day, another... whatever.
Set Down This [-1]
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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her collection of intimacy loses another point to set down this
[ 9] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 8] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
[ 8] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 6] The Dark Level (188)
+1[ 6] Set Down This (197)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
our elimination rate has slowed dramatically. in order to crown a champion in a timely fashion the lowest ranked story (or stories) will begin to lose one point every day.
this will start a couple days from now, let us know if you see a problem doing this.
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[-1] The hand you're dealth
[+1] her collection of intimacy
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[-1] The Hand You're Dealt
[+1] The Dreaming Way
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Another day, another... reverse Steph.
Set Down This [+1]
The Hand You're Dealt [-1]
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Another day, another sausage.
Set Down This [-1]
The Hand You're Dealt [+1]
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-1 to the hand you're dealt (wooo! good ol' fashioned bum's rush), +1 to oil of dog
+1[10] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[ 9] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 8] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 6] The Dark Level (188)
[ 6] Set Down This (197)
[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 5] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-3[ 5] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
+1[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
stories in last place start to automatically lose a point tomorrow.
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I like to look at stories that are even in points and give from what I felt was a weaker story and give to the stronger.
[-1] The Hand You're Dealt
[+1] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage
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"Set Down This" is now two points above "The Hand You're Dealt". This is a crime against everything in the universe worth living for.
[rage quit]
Fuck this, I'm out.
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Fuck this, I'm out.
Hey, alright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrriBr-46_I&feature=player_detailpage#t=82s)
edit: crap, youtube time links don't work very well do they? If it doesn't take you there, go to 1:22. Goddamnit youtube.
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+1 Her collection of intimacy
-1 spirit of nationalism
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Both good war stories, but I find the pacific a more compelling setting than freezing winter in Russia.
+1 Acceptable Losses
-1 Spirit of Nationalism
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Fuck this, I'm out.
Hey, alright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrriBr-46_I&feature=player_detailpage#t=82s)
edit: crap, youtube time links don't work very well do they? If it doesn't take you there, go to 1:22. Goddamnit youtube.
Looked more like 1:27 or 1:28 to me. But hey, alright.
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-1 to the dark level and +1 to spirit of nationalism.
this lines up spirit of nationalism, the hand you're dealt, and is this a horror story? so they all lose a point. it also looks like we've had our first player elimination, the slaughterhouse ain't for the faint at heart.
[10] Oil of Dog (200)
[ 9] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 9] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 8] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
+1[ 6] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 6] Set Down This (197)
-1[ 5] The Dark Level (188)
+1[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-2[ 3] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-2[ 3] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
-1[ 3] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
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[+1] The dreaming way
[-1] The nimble men
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[-1] Oil of Dog
[+1] Is This a Horror Story?
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
Leveling out the top, to match the leveling out the bottom.
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the dark level loses a point to acceptable losses.
+1[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 9] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 9] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 7] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 6] Set Down This (197)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
+1[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 2] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-1[ 2] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
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+1 Oil of dog
-1 Bird in a wraught iron cage
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[-1] Papa Was a Gypsy
[+1] Nimble Men
Nimble Men was more internally consistent and had fewer flaws. It was stronger by hiding details and giving us just enough of a glimpse. In Papa - why did she have to kill her little brother? Why did she wander around for quite some time after being impaled through-and-through by a thrown sharpened stick? So I'm going to have to keep Nimble Men above Papa.
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
I like The Nimble Men too, so I don't want the points to come from there. The Dreaming Way didn't really impress me though. Both Papa Was a Gypsy and Nimble Men I found to actually be scary. And Oil of Dog is probably my favorite, for what that is worth.
Now let me defend Papa for a moment:
She absolutely didn't have to kill her brother, there was no reason for it. That was kind of the point, to my reading. She killed him because she was completely out of control and was making increasingly less justified decisions and hurting even the things she loved for no good reason. Also, the main character didn't get impaled by a sharpened stick. It was the Grandmother, she died (we thought) and then wasn't dead due to being evil and magical and diabolical and whatnot. The whole thing was a sort of Xanatos Gambit by Grandma.
Here is a bit of a thing I wrote after first listening:
You're never sure how in-control Elma really is, until the end, but you can vaguely feel her slipping, especially any of her thoughts involving power. I like all the ghosts, and the seeming ghostly chain-reaction, set off by Mama at the beginning, where Elma is increasingly more and more haunted. You really get a feel for everything spiraling out of control. ... Celebi has created a great (if hard to understand motivationally) villain by the end of the story, and the smaller ghost and charm level supernatural elements were entirely necessary. But why not leave it at that, with the possibility of interpreting the whole things as psychosis + superstition, rather than firmly committing to the supernatural?
That said, the ending is actually pretty good, Elma's emotions are perfectly described, you really feel for her, and the final line about love is great. Overall, Elma is an extremely well-drawn character, and the Southern Gothic setting is pretty well done too. I just wish we'd learned a bit more about Regina.
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bird in a wrought iron cage -1, the nimble men +1
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[10] Oil of Dog (200)
+2[ 9] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 6] Set Down This (197)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-2[ 4] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
[ 4] The Dark Level (188)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 1] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-1[ 1] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
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[+1] The hand you're dealt
[-1] The dark level
Brining the hand you're dealt up from the brink, because even though I felt its ending let it down, it deserves to last longer than the spirit of nationalism (which is a perfectly decent story, mind you, but not much more than that).
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[+1] The hand you're dealt
[-1] The dark level
Brining the hand you're dealt up from the brink, because even though I felt its ending let it down, it deserves to last longer than the spirit of nationalism (which is a perfectly decent story, mind you, but not much more than that).
It definitely deserves to outlive "Set Down This". But it's not a fair world, and almost nobody ever gets what they deserve.
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[-1] Papa Was a Gypsy
[+1] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage
I listened to Papa twice and I still missed the other person getting stabbed. The author created great mood and had florid descriptions, but I found the action scenes lacking. And the back half of the story requires good action writing.
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[-1] Her Collection of Intimacy
[+1] Set Down This
I can't let that whole campaign be over, I do like this story. Not so much for Intimacy.
I also want to defend Papa, but I'll take the one that is behind for now.
I also found Dark Level to be an effective story, but it falls apart too much on second listening, what with the footsteps and the nonsensical and over-the-top foreshadowing and the 80's horror flick scream. So that is another one I'm not going to save, but I can't stand to be the one to kill.
Not to be a jerk Fenrix, but where do we draw the line between listener comprehension and good/bad writing? I just re-listened to that scene, and I don't really see how you could have come up with the MC being stabbed. I believe you, I just find it a really strange misinterpretation to have had. Once again, not trying to be an ass about this, but did you listen to the story while driving?
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the hand you're dealt loses a point to the nimble men.
my attempt to keep the original top four stories alive for our top ten has failed. there are probably two main reasons for this. first, 90% of our voting has come from half a dozen people so our tastes are strongly represented. second (and more interestingly), polls and nominations do not allow people to vote against stories so controversial stories have a much rougher time in slaughterhouse.
i can't keep spirit of nationalism alive for the top ten but i can let it be (tied for) first runner up. i was hoping that all three war stories would survive since they represent their time periods well (traditional ghost story for napoleonic times, oldschool scifi during wwii, and free form, almost plotless, representation of modern warfare). it would have been interesting to choose between them.
gentlemen, our top ten:
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[10] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[10] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
+1[ 7] Set Down This (197)
+1[ 5] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-1[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 3] The Dark Level (188)
-1[ 0] Spirit of Nationalism (181)
-1[ 0] The Hand You're Dealt (196)
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I really should have just killed the spirit of nationalism in order to give The Hand You're Dealt the edge. Oh well.
[+1] Her collection of intimacy
[-1] Bird in a wraught iron cage
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
Still liking the Southern Gothic over the modern Native American mythology.
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grr...
I hate you all, an' sheeit!
>:(
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[-1] Set Down This (for stePH)
[+1] The Dreaming Way
With regards to Papa Was a Gypsy, I take no umbrage to your criticism. I'll stand by my comment of the action scenes needing more oomph. If I listened to it more than once and I drifted off both times, the action scenes aren't capturing me.
I think it's worthy of inclusion in this final/top ten list. I thought enough of it to listen to it more than once. However, I don't think it is strong enough to be in the top five.
Jim Biyeh's work is great, and I think The Dreaming Way is the best of the three published in PseudoPod. I recall the comments for his stories trending strongly positive. But the active poll players/responders don't reflect that lveel of appreciation. This is a hill worth defending.
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Fair enough.
We all seem to have our favorites. Honestly, at this point it looks like my preferences are doing fairly well, with the exception of my poor, deceased Blessed Days. It is too bad more people aren't playing, I suspect the winner of this will be all of our consensus third place or so.
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Or the consensus will line up with the poll (at least where it stands now) and give us Oil of Dog, Acceptable Losses, and The Nimble Men as the top three.
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in order to line up the bottom four stories, the dark level gains a point and her collection of intimacy loses one. we may yet finish at the same time as the poll.
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[10] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 8] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 6] Set Down This (197)
-2[ 3] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-2[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 3] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
[ 3] The Dark Level (188)
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Her collection of intimacy +1
Bird in a wraught iron cage -1
(Sorry, edited my post because I realised I just reversed Deflective's move and I am trying to never play the opposite of another player's move)
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[-1] Set Down This
[+1] The Nimble Men
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[-1] Acceptable Losses
[+1] The Dreaming Way
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Set Down This
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Take a point away from Papa Was a Gypsy and give it to Nimble Men
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[-1] Set Down This
[+1] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage
I don't think Bird should go down alone on the bottom - lonely in the fire. It it goes down, it should clutch to unlife and drag others down with it.
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I haven't posted today, so I think I'll repeat yesterday's move:
Her collection of intimacy +1
Bird in a wraught iron cage -1
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
[+5] Papa Was a Cambot
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the dreaming way loses a point to bird in a wrought iron cage because... well, because what Fenrix said.
+2[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[10] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[ 9] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-2[ 6] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 5] Set Down This (197)
+2[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 2] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-1[ 2] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 2] The Dark Level (188)
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the dreaming way loses a point to acceptable losses
[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[10] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 5] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 5] Set Down This (197)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 1] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-1[ 1] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
-1[ 1] The Dark Level (188)
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The dreaming way +1
The nimble men -1
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One up for Acceptable Losses
One down for Is This a Horror Story
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[-1] Set Down This
[+1] The Dreaming Way
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
It looks like the Set Down This haters have won, despite stePH's ragequit. Haters gonna hate.
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I'm not going to just reverse your latest play, so I'll take it from Set Down This instead. :)
[-1] Set Down This
[+1] The Dreaming Way
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+1 to oil of dog and -1 to her collection of intimacy
i think that set down this is around the right level. my personal list would have it above a couple of higher stories and below a couple stories that were already eliminated. nobody gets their ideal list.
is this a horror story? was eliminated before the other two stories this round thanks to Ocicat.
+1[11] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[11] The Nimble Men (210)
[10] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[ 9] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
+2[ 7] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-2[ 3] Set Down This (197)
-1[ 0] Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (175)
-1[ 0] The Dark Level (188)
-1[ 0] Is This a Horror Story? (206)
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I'm waiting for stEPH to come back and finish off Set Down This.
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Papa Was a Gypsy
in the StePH tradition of singlemindedly going for your goal.
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-1 The nimble men
+1 her collection of intimacy
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I'm waiting for stEPH to come back and finish off Set Down This.
What part of "rage quit" did you not get?
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the time has come for set down this, the point goes to oil of dog.
our list has become pretty small, everyone that wants to could start tracking their own changes. just include any untracked changes since the last time the list was posted.
[11] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[11] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[10] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 6] The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-2[ 1] Set Down This (197)
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[11] Acceptable Losses (191)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
+1 [11] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[10] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 5] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 1] Set Down This (197)
Evening up the bottom and the top. I'll be glad to see Dreaming Way and Her Collection of Intimacy gone, but then the top 4 are awfully hard for me. This will require serious thought for tomorrow.
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Since I'm not gonna just reverse your play
[11] Acceptable Losses (191)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[11] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[10] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 6]The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 0] Set Down This (197) for stePH
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-1[ 0] Set Down This (197) for stePH
Don't bother, m8... it's already outlived far worthier stories for too long.
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[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[11] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1 [10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[10] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 6]The Dreaming Way (182)
+1[ 6] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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Hmm.... At the moment, there's one story in the top four I haven't heard (papa was a gypsy). I should probably find time to listen to it soon or I'll have to stop participating.
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[11] Oil of Dog (200)
-1 [10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[10] The Nimble Men (210)
+1 [ 7]The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 6] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
I should probably give Her Collection of Intimacy a listen. I haven't made any plays for or against stories I haven't listened to, but since we're down to the last six...
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both set down this and is this a horror story? have been eliminated now. these are another two stories that i wish came head-to-head at some point. they had a lot of similarities, both works were almost plotless and focused on exposing the reader to the reality of horror instead of creating something new. is this a horror story? was a lot shorter tho.
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[11] The Nimble Men (210)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
-2[ 5]The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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[11] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[10] The Nimble Men (210)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[ 6]The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
I love Jim Biyeh's stuff. The Nimble Men was good, but there wasn't really much to the story, I felt... two guys step out of their plane, stand around, and freak out.
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Okay crap what's the actual score now? There are three different numbers :P
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Follow the score from the post above yours; it's the final one (Deflective's one also includes the daily -1 to the lowest scorers).
Also, you voted -1 for acceptable losses but your post was about the nimble men. Which one did you mean?
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Yeah I saw that. Fix'd. When I first copied a list, Nimble Men was where Acceptable Losses was. So when I changed it, I put the -1 in the same place :P
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[+1] The Nimble Men
[-1] Her Collection of Intimacy
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[-1] The Dreaming Way
[+1] Oil of Dog
Voting for my favorite now, because it deserves to be in the lead.
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+1 [12] The Nimble Men (210)
-1 [11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 5]The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[9] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 5]The Dreaming Way (182)
+1 [ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
-1 [9] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[9] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1 [ 6]The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 9] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-2[ 4]The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1 [10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1 [3]The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1 [9] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1 [5] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[3]The Dreaming Way (182)
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her collection of intimacy loses one to the dreaming way
[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 9] Acceptable Losses (191)
-2[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[ 9] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
+1[ 4] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 8] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1 [3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[11] Oil of Dog (200)
[10] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1 [4] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 4] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[12] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[12] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[ 9] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
-1[ 3] The Dreaming Way (182)
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+1[13] Oil of Dog (200)
[12] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 3] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[+1] The Nimble Men (210)
[-1] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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+1[14] Oil of Dog (200)
[13] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 8] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 6] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 2] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
It pains me to not support her collection of intimacy, but I figure either Deflective will give it its point back, or else there will finally be a gap between the lowest two stories. Either way, I get something I want, and this way I can start helping Oil of Dog get its rightful victory over the perfectly decent but unspectacular Nimble Men.
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+1[15] Oil of Dog (200)
[13] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 6] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 3] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 2] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
What Eytanz said, but slightly differently.
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yeah, i'm still playing the game so it moves towards a timely finish. i have no issue with which story takes fifth or sixth place, but i want the stories to move down together instead of each one taking four days separately.
[15] Oil of Dog (200)
[13] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
+1[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
-2[ 1] The Dreaming Way (182)
-1[ 1] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
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Down with Her Collection of Intimacy up with Nimble Men.
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[15] Oil of Dog (200)
[14] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 7] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[6] Acceptable Losses (191)
+1[ 2] The Dreaming Way (182)
[ 0] Her Collection of Intimacy (204)
Giving a point to the dreaming way just so that there's actually a substantial difference between the 5th and 6th places.
Edited to correct a point missing from the Nimble Men.
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with the elimination of her collection of intimacy we remove the last story that started the contest with one point.
[15] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[15] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 6] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 1] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[15] Oil of Dog (200)
[15] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 7] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 5] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 1] The Dreaming Way (182)
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[15] Oil of Dog (200)
[15] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 6] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 6] Acceptable Losses (191)
[ 1] The Dreaming Way (182)
Sorry I missed a few days defending you dearest story.
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+1[16] Oil of Dog (200)
[15] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 5] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 5] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 0] The Dreaming Way (182)
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+1[17] Oil of Dog (200)
[15] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 5] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 4] Acceptable Losses (191)
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+1[18] Oil of Dog (200)
[15] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 4] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 4] Acceptable Losses (191)
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[18] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[14] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 5] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 4] Acceptable Losses (191)
Honestly, I'm super-happy with these top 4. I don't know if they are my top 4 stories for 2010, but they are damn close. All deserve to be recognized. That said, Oil of Dog is my absolute favorite, and I intend to make sure that it wins. But if Papa is going down, he's taking the rest with him.
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+1 Nimble Men
-1 Oil of Dog
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My move plus Ocicat's
-1+1[18] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[15] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 4] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 4] Acceptable Losses (191)
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so, i've been trying to decide who to throw my support behind, oil of dog or the nimble men. i liked the story oil of dog better, but is it fair to support a story by Ambrose Bierce in a smaller venue? ultimately the decision was simple, this is slaughterhouse and, whatever the source, stories stand on their own merits.
the nimble men was particularly enjoyable because it spent time simply getting to know the characters. in short stories we usually speed along, jumping right into the plot because there's only so much space to play with. it was nice to spend a page or two getting to know the players before they were thrown into the mix.
+1[19] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[14] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 3] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 3] Acceptable Losses (191)
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+1[20] Oil of Dog (200)
[14] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 3] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1[ 2] Acceptable Losses (191)
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[20] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[13] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 4] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 2] Acceptable Losses (191)
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[20] Oil of Dog (200)
[13] The Nimble Men (210)
-2[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 2] Acceptable Losses (191)
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[20] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[14] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 2] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 1] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
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[20] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[13] The Nimble Men (210)
+1[ 2] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
[ 2] Acceptable Losses (191)
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the final rankings seems pretty obvious now, but maybe there's a voting block out there just biding their time for the final sprint.
+1[21] Oil of Dog (200)
-1[12] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 1] Acceptable Losses (191)
-1[ 1] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
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+1[22] Oil of Dog (200)
[12] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 1] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
-1 [ 0] Acceptable Losses (191)
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-1[21] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[13] The Nimble Men (210)
[ 1] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
Just for the principle. Jeez I slack off or a couple days and Nimble Men gets no respect. The Slaughterhouse is definately a game of endurance. You have to be pretty diligent.
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[21] Oil of Dog (200)
+1[14] The Nimble Men (210)
-1[ 0] Papa Was a Gypsy (207)
I'm out. I'm happy with whichever of these win. Nimble Men is a classicly inspired ghost story with compelling characters. Oil of Dog definately bowled me over, and has me looking for a reasonable priced collection of Bierce.
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now slaughterhouse becomes a true abattoir.
+1[22] Oil of Dog (200)
-2[12] The Nimble Men (210)
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guys? guys?! fine, just leave me here to do the work...
if no one takes up the cause of the nimble men today i'm going to declare oil of dog the winner. people will have a few days to contest it but i don't see any reason to drag the gruesome details out over a week.
+1[23] Oil of Dog (200)
-2[10] The Nimble Men (210)
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I'd be fine with that. PseudoPod succeeded in making me break down and buy the full collection of Ambrose Bierce short stories.
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i give you the top ten stories of 2010, chosen by trial.
1) Oil of Dog (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3937.0) by Ambrose Bierce (200)
2) The Nimble Men (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4516.0) by Glen Hirshberg (210)
3) Papa Was a Gypsy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4447.0) by Shannon Celebi (207)
4) Acceptable Losses (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3526.0) by Simon Wood (191)
5) The Dreaming Way (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3364.0) by Jim Bihyeh (182)
6) Her Collection of Intimacy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4255.0) by Paul Haines (204)
7) Set Down This (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3781.0) by Lavie Tidhar (197)
8) Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3228.0) by John Alfred Taylor (175)
8) The Dark Level (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3451.0) by John F.D. Taff (188)
10) Is This a Horror Story? (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4420.0) by Scott Edelman (206)
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i give you the top ten stories of 2010, chosen by trial.
1) Oil of Dog (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3937.0) by Ambrose Bierce (200)
2) The Nimble Men (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4516.0) by Glen Hirshberg (210)
3) Papa Was a Gypsy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4447.0) by Shannon Celebi (207)
4) Acceptable Losses (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3526.0) by Simon Wood (191)
5) The Dreaming Way (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3364.0) by Jim Bihyeh (182)
6) Her Collection of Intimacy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4255.0) by Paul Haines (204)
7) Set Down This (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3781.0) by Lavie Tidhar (197)
8) Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3228.0) by John Alfred Taylor (175)
8) The Dark Level (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3451.0) by John F.D. Taff (188)
10) Is This a Horror Story? (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4420.0) by Scott Edelman (206)
That "Set Down This" is on the list at all, invalidates the whole thing.
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it invalidates your whole face!
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it invalidates your whole face!
Use caution. That face has some extra body parts grafted to it.
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it invalidates your whole face!
Use caution. That face has some extra body parts grafted to it.
OH SNAP! :D
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i give you the top ten stories of 2010, chosen by trial.
1) Oil of Dog (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3937.0) by Ambrose Bierce (200)
2) The Nimble Men (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4516.0) by Glen Hirshberg (210)
3) Papa Was a Gypsy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4447.0) by Shannon Celebi (207)
4) Acceptable Losses (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3526.0) by Simon Wood (191)
5) The Dreaming Way (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3364.0) by Jim Bihyeh (182)
6) Her Collection of Intimacy (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4255.0) by Paul Haines (204)
7) Set Down This (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3781.0) by Lavie Tidhar (197)
8) Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3228.0) by John Alfred Taylor (175)
8) The Dark Level (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=3451.0) by John F.D. Taff (188)
10) Is This a Horror Story? (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=4420.0) by Scott Edelman (206)
That "Set Down This" is on the list at all, invalidates the whole thing.
dude, seriously, we all get that you didn't like this story. but this whole thing was a quasi-democratic process. clearly of the people playing, enough of them thought 'Set This Down' was a good enough story for it to end up in the top ten. Your vehement dislike for it does not make the entire process invalid. No-one didn't ask for your top ten, the point was for the community (or a small portion of it, anyway) to decide the top ten in a slightly different way than simply voting for favourite stories. You're well within your rights to disagree, i personally would have liked to have seen Spirit of Nationalism up there because I loved that story, but I'm not saying that its absence invalidated the process.
Fiction is personal and individual; what one person likes, other people will hate. Please accept this and stop acting like a child. Your opinion is not fact, you have every right to dislike something, but you cannot say that a quasi-democratic process is invalid because the majority of people taking part in that process disagree with your opinion.
for the record, I didn't take part because I was still working through the archive for 2010, so I hadn't listened to all the stories on the list. I didn't take part in nominating for the polls either for the same reason.
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Fiction is personal and individual; what one person likes, other people will hate. Please accept this and stop acting like a child. Your opinion is not fact, you have every right to dislike something, but you cannot say that a quasi-democratic process is invalid because the majority of people taking part in that process disagree with your opinion.
[fingers in ears]
CAN'T HEAR YOU, CAN'T HEAR YOU, LA LA LA LA LA! :P
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for the record, I didn't take part because I was still working through the archive for 2010, so I hadn't listened to all the stories on the list. I didn't take part in nominating for the polls either for the same reason.
That's your call. When I made my nominations I was about 75% complete on 2010, but I had heard enough stories to pick the three best of those I also hadn't consumed all the stories on the slaughterhouse list, I just avoided making moves for or against stories that I hadn't listened to. Also, the "best of" lists helped me to focus what to move up in my queue.
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each to their own.