Author Topic: slaughterhouse 10 (Read 44000 times)

stePH · **Reply #75 on:** February 25, 2011, 06:23:09 PM

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.

eytanz · **Reply #76 on:** February 25, 2011, 06:36:18 PM

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.

Fenrix · **Reply #77 on:** February 25, 2011, 07:56:28 PM

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.

deflective · **Reply #78 on:** February 25, 2011, 08:55:29 PM

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.

stePH · **Reply #79 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:23:10 PM

+1 The Hand You're Dealt
-1 Set Down This (set it down already)

deflective · **Reply #80 on:** February 26, 2011, 04:14:11 PM

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)

stePH · **Reply #81 on:** February 27, 2011, 03:27:25 PM

-1 Set Down This
+1 The Dark Level

There... the attack continues, but not boosting The Hand You're Dealt too much. Happy now?

deflective · **Reply #82 on:** February 27, 2011, 04:13:44 PM

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)~~

eytanz · **Reply #83 on:** February 27, 2011, 04:31:10 PM

The hand you're dealt -1
Is this a horror story? +1

JoeFitz · **Reply #84 on:** February 28, 2011, 03:19:40 AM

-1 Oil of Dog
+1 spirit of nationalism

stePH · **Reply #85 on:** February 28, 2011, 03:14:19 PM

-1 Set Down This
+1 The Hand You're Dealt

deflective · **Reply #86 on:** February 28, 2011, 04:00:32 PM

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)

Fenrix · **Reply #87 on:** February 28, 2011, 04:47:31 PM

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.

Swamp · **Reply #88 on:** February 28, 2011, 04:49:31 PM

[+1] The Nimble Men
[-1] The Getalong Gang

eytanz · **Reply #89 on:** February 28, 2011, 05:15:58 PM

Let's narrow the field:

[-1] The getalong gang
[+1] Oil of dog

deflective · **Reply #90 on:** March 01, 2011, 04:48:15 PM

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)~~

eytanz · **Reply #91 on:** March 01, 2011, 04:50:13 PM

[-1] Spirit of nationalism
[+1] Her collection of intimacy

stePH · **Reply #92 on:** March 01, 2011, 05:12:05 PM

-1 Set Down This
+1 The Hand You're Dealt

Fenrix · **Reply #93 on:** March 01, 2011, 06:37:20 PM

[-1] Spirit of Nationalism
[+1] Acceptable Losses

kibitzer · **Reply #94 on:** March 02, 2011, 01:30:07 AM

[+1] The Dark Level
[-1] Is This A Horror Story?

Fenrix · **Reply #95 on:** March 02, 2011, 02:38:08 PM

I'm going to finish off The Blessed Days [-1] and transfer the point to Oil of Dog [+1]

stePH · **Reply #96 on:** March 02, 2011, 03:16:30 PM

-1 Set Down This
+1 The Hand You're Dealt

deflective · **Reply #97 on:** March 02, 2011, 04:48:15 PM

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)~~

Umbrageofsnow · **Reply #98 on:** March 02, 2011, 06:13:53 PM

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.

Umbrageofsnow · **Reply #99 on:** March 03, 2011, 08:51:54 AM

Another day, another... something.

Set Down This [+1]

The Hand You're Dealt [-1]