Green Room - Week 10 - Day 8

[clauderainsrm]

Second Chance's first poll comes to an end tonight! Only you can save your favorites! Make sure you do it, before someone else saves theirs!! *cue dramatic music* https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1026480.html

There's also one more day for the main competition's poll - with that same advice - https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1026883.html *cue even more dramatic music*

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*cue the most dramatic music of all*

I mentioned this elsewhere, but I did have a dream about our Final 10. Some of it is fuzzy, and of course I won't name names... and most importantly, my dreams don't vote - and I vote for everyone. So I can't determine how this is actually going to shake out. My only reluctance of saying is that I then put targets on people. But as long as you keep in mind that I'm just discussing a dream...

And of course, all of this is utter speculation based upon this dream. Which means it's completely meaningless other than to... *cue dramatic music that goes beyond even the most dramatic music* get you thinking "does he mean ME???" :)

Based solely upon this dream:

- 1 "high profile contestant" (who people think has a great chance of winning) drops/byes out before the Top 20. Another before the Top 15.

- There is at least 1 "flame out"/melt down before the Top 10.

- Before the Top 5 there is a dramatic finish resulting in a shocking elimination. (or they decide to quit. Either way it's on the home stretch of the game and it causes a shake up)

- At least 3 members of the Top 10 are going to be from Second Chance.

- 1, possibly two, members of the Top 4 aren't on anyone's radar as winner picks right now. There's a good shot, if they get there, that one of them actually wins this thing.

(Which, to be fair, that's usually the case - it's either "underdog triumphs and finishes strong with surprise ending OR "Goliath does what is expected, and crushes their competition". :D )

*cue disco music and opens the dance floor*
*shoots disco music*

Comments

[sonreir]

You shot the music, so now there's a...panic...at the disco?

(I'M SORRY, okay, well, not really.)

[sonreir]

With my obnoxious joke out of the way, I have to say...

I would be totally OK with a Top 10 that had three members from Second Chance. I think it gets a bad rap, personally. I seem to remember in other seasons there was a lot of bias against it, because if you're coming in from Second Chance you haven't had to "do" as much (writing-wise). I can see and respect the argument in that.

At the same time, though...you're coming in with that bias against you. You have to write your ass off if you want to be able to make it out of Second Chance and into the main competition, let alone if you want to make it into the Top 15/Top 10/Top whatever.

If you manage to come in from Second Chance and make it that far, it's because you have serious talent, and I can't help but admire that. :)

[spilledink562]

There definitely is some bias those of us coming in from Second Chance will have to overcome. I saw it a lot when I was part of the community many moons ago. And I can respect the argument, to be sure.

My only counter to that really -- and this is my first time playing SCI, so take it for what it's worth -- is that the field is smaller, the eliminations come quicker, and we don't have as much cover to coast through the early rounds of the main game. We have to hit the ground running and running hard.

Which I think, is going to make this fun and interesting. of course, I could get knocked out tonight and can quit running, so just ignore me. :-)

[spilledink562]

It's interesting to see how much has changed while I was away -- and how much hasn't changed about the game and the community. There's a lot to be said for change and for continuity.

And also, Gary, maybe you should lay off the spicy food and/or hallucinogenics before bedtime. Your dreams are weird, dude.

[bsgsix]

They'd make for one hell of a screenplay, though. The Final Ten. I'd give it a go if I knew the names. ;)

[reidharriscooper]

What a dream!

[tjoel2]

Exciting predictions!

[halfshellvenus]

This doesn't sound like a dream at all-- it sounds like carefully calculated speculation!

Unless you meant, 'In my dream of dreams, this is how it will go...'

Or, 'Wait, I've had this dream before. Or was it Season 9?'


;)