Event Autumn 2023 One-shot Public Vote Hub

[lisianthus]

Apologies for the wait! It's time to vote now~

From now until the end of the judging period (which should be around a week from now), please feel free to vote for the fics you thought were the best out of this year's collection, in terms of Best Overall and Best Usage of Theme.

Please take care to not vote for yourself if you were an entrant, but you're free to vote for anyone else if you entered!

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Here are the polls:

• Best Overall Public Vote
• Best Usage of Theme

Here are the entries:

• Knockout Gimmick: The Trials and Tribulations of... by @beryllium
• Feast of the Wolf by @airmail
• The Promise by @Hydrogenium
• Big Dragon Week by @Torchic W. Pip
• Snatcher by @Blanc
• Pearls from Beyond by @LightningTopaz
• LoZ - The Kakariko Festival by @Greninjaman
• Night of the Coquecigrue by @Viridian Beedrill

 

[Greninjaman]

Well, I have placed my vote. I wonder who is going to win this year.

 

[mastermind lissi]

I’ve voted! The one i voted for i actually read a while ago and enjoyed without knowing there was a whole competition…

(edit: will there be a winter one? I want to enter next time you do one)

 

[Greninjaman]

Like I said last year, I don't really care if I win or not. The fact that my entry got a vote means that the person liked it that much. All that matters to me is that people enjoyed reading it.

 

[LightningTopaz]

Likewise, I'm not expecting to win anything--I'm just glad someone liked it.

 

[Welkamo]

Time 2 read all of the fics now ahhhhhhhh

 

[mastermind lissi]

Wait how often do you do this? When’s the next time I can enter?

 

[Welkamo]

Wait how often do you do this? When’s the next time I can enter?

The past year or two, it's been once a year around Halloween, with a review week event in February. But maybe,,,,, there could be more. I for one would love to do a review exchange thing around the holiday season.

 

[LightningTopaz]

@Torchic W. Pip

I'd love a review exchange for the holidays myself...

 

[Greninjaman]

At the moment, we got a tie for first place. That can certainly change.

 

[lisianthus]

Something I didn't think of: in years prior, I don't think we've had this (edit: in terms of public voting, judging had this before), but would anyone want to also vote for Best Usage of Theme as well? It'd sadly require resetting the polls in order for them to sync up properly, but I figured that it'd be good to ask those interested.

(the judges are discussing everything!(^.^)/~~~)

 

[Welkamo]

Something I didn't think of: in years prior, I don't think we've had this, but would anyone want to also vote for Best Usage of Theme as well? It'd sadly require resetting the polls in order for them to sync up properly, but I figured that it'd be good to ask those interested.

(the judges are discussing everything!(^.^)/~~~)

Is that a category the judges are using? If so, then yeah

 

[Greninjaman]

Something I didn't think of: in years prior, I don't think we've had this (edit: in terms of public voting, judging had this before), but would anyone want to also vote for Best Usage of Theme as well? It'd sadly require resetting the polls in order for them to sync up properly, but I figured that it'd be good to ask those interested.

(the judges are discussing everything!(^.^)/~~~)

Why not? That sounds interesting.

 

[lisianthus]

Here we are! Thanks for being understanding, everyone o7

The polls!

Best Overall Public Vote
Best Usage of Theme

 

[mastermind lissi]

Did the votes reset with the new threads?

 

[Viridian Beedrill]

Did the votes reset with the new threads?

Looks like it. I checked the results and there are much fewer votes overall than before.

 

[lisianthus]

Looks like it. I checked the results and there are much fewer votes overall than before.

Sadly that's correct, migrating the votes would have proved really tricky — if it was later in the voting period this wouldn't have been considered, but because there's still quite a bit of time left to vote it'll likely even out — apologies and thanks for understanding!

 

[Viridian Beedrill]

Just curious, what happens in case of a tie? I noticed the old poll was in a tie before being reset and one of the new polls is currently in a tie, so I started wondering how things would work if the final result was like that.

 

[lisianthus]

Just curious, what happens in case of a tie? I noticed the old poll was in a tie before being reset and one of the new polls is currently in a tie, so I started wondering how things would work if the final result was like that.

Hmm, I don't think I'd see much of any reason for us to not have co-winners? We're a bit off schedule as it is (_ _;) and it'd be preferable to get this wrapped up before December ehehe, so I don't think a re-vote would exactly be in our future? In a previous contest (our Summer 2020 one), we had a tie as well, so I believe precedent will take hold here! (^.^)/~~~

Additionally, does this coming Monday/Tuesday (PST) feel alright in terms of cutting off votes for the public polls with everyone? Just wanting to make sure we give any prospective voters enough time~

 

[Greninjaman]

I think that is a good point to close the polls.