Vote - Week 9

[clauderainsrm]

This week's topic was "Sucker Punch".

Life decided to pull a sucker punch of its own, by taking out two old friends and heavy hitters,  with a bye-out.

Goodbye toalycewilson  and eeyore_grrl

Second Chance is starting soon. So I hope we will see you there!

In the meantime though, it's time for the rest of you...

To face the Gatekeepers.

Yes. The topic Sucker Punch was in fact a sucker punch.

For those of you who have never experienced this before, it's a like a Contestant Only poll. Except that you don't vote.

It's like last week, except you don't get your friends to vote for you.

Don't let that stop you from reading, and commenting on each other's work though - or sharing your favorite pieces. It may not impact the voting, but it's still something that's very important to be doing for each other.

It's a special panel that I personally put together, to read, to decide on their favorites, and to send me a list. I compile those lists (like I do with the Contestant Only week) and eliminate people accordingly. :)

We will be losing a minimum of 5 contestants, with a maximum of 8.

I've given them until Thursday at 8pm EST to send me their lists. The results will be posted soon after that.

Good luck to everyone.

Comments

[murielle]

Oh no! Can't believe alycewilson and eeyore_grrl are leaving! This just gets harder and harder.

And on top of that a Gatekeeper week! And a minimum of five being eliminated. (Headdesk!)

[bsgsix]

5-8 is a wide range of eliminations from an already-dwindling group! But it was bound to happen. Tis the season?

I look forward to seeing what the Gatekeepers say! That's always fun (truly - that sounded sarcastic, but I mean it, because I know most are former and wonderful Idol writers and champs)!

In the meantime, with nothing to click and nothing to check - all fine by me - I'm going to put my efforts into my replies, hope people don't hate me for my post, and get started on the first TRUE action for cancer: an oncologist at a brand-new hospital who has given me a 50% survival rate for the next 5 years. I'll take it. Life is precious, so yeah. 50% over 5 years sounds pretty decent. <3

[sonreir]

Minimum of...*five*? Jesus, Gary!

Ouch, I say. Ouch. :(

[onecheapdate]

FIVE?! Yikes!

[reidharriscooper]

Oof... but I did what I did and either it swings and sucker punches or misses and lands in the wall.

[eeyore_grrl]

ARGH!!!! I totally flaked the deadline. :-(

Thanks for letting me play everyone!

[hwango]

Well, dang. I guess I'm happy I gave up and used that last bye? I think I would have been freaking out if I'd managed to throw something together at the last minute and then had to worry about that thrown-together-at-the-last-minute entry being voted on by the Illuminati.

[megatronix]

Woah!! I should've maybe expected the sucker punch round to have a sucker punch element to it, but I admit, I didn't suspect a thing. Gatekeeper rounds - I forgot about those. I'm crossing my fingers this week for sure.

And best wishes to alycewilson and eeyore_grrl. It's been great playing with you all!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe we're losing 5-8. But I guess I can since Second Chance is starting!!

I love LJ Idol, always interesting!

[dmousey]

Am very sorry to see Alyse and Eeyore-girl go. Two very strong writers, please play second chance. I enjoyed reading both of you.

And WHYyyyy? 🐌Gary, why? Were we playing too nicely? Just had to go and stir up some drama, huh? Silly snail. 😆✌

Figures its gatekeepers, I almost byed, but rushed this entry in. I hope it makes the cut. 🐀🐭💜✌

[rayaso]

This was a good week to use a bye. This is harsh! I took the bye because our children are home for Christmas and because I had nothing for this prompt. I wish luck to all of you!

[tjoel2]

Wow! Losing 5 to 8 people. Yikes.......

Still deciding if I want to do Second Chance or not.

[bewize]

The fun continues! A minimum of 5 is high, but I guess it's time to speed this train into the side of the mountain right on up! ;)

[the_eternal_overthinker]

I have enjoyed reading both alycewilson and eeyore_grrl. It's sad to see them bye out :/ Hoping they'll jump back in for SCI.

Ah! Well...Twists each week is making this interesting.