Voting - Week 29 Round 1

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

A few words from clauderainsrmme:

The Final Four.

People thought the task impossible. They proved them wrong.

They not only got in all the entries - got in some incredible entries, they blew the time frame I gave them out of the water. Not for one or two rounds, BUT ALL 4 ROUNDS!!!!

Anyone who thought they weren't up for this challenge clearly wasn't paying attention this season - and they have no idea what they are in for - fortunately for those people, they get a second chance to meet them... because here we have 16 entries a piece from 4 contestants.

*64 entries* for you to read! Which is why I kept stressing for you to keep up with your reading!!!

I was thinking about this on my way home from the dentist and running errands - about how people tend to get out what experiences what they put in. I'm not just talking about Idol, I'm talking about everything... but at this moment in Idol I'm really hoping the Final Four were able to get something out of this last round - not only accomplishing "the impossible" but shattering the idea of deadlines that the outside world might put on them to accomplish it... (ok, getting a little misty eyed about them here...sorry...)

I gave the Final Four a challenge, and now that challenge is coming home to the rest of you.

Each topic has it's own poll. So it's *16 polls of 4 entries each*.

Before anyone asks, yes, you can (AND SHOULD) vote in all 16 polls.

I strongly urge you to sit down and read these entries and vote for your favorites. Because they all have written their hearts out for you, and deserve to be read.

16 polls? What is going to happen????? (*sits and waits for the giggling to die down* *looks over at Charlie, waits some more*)

Well, Final Four - Sixteen SWEET entries (as I've called them), and I asked if [anyone knew how we would handle this]. Yes, that's right - we're doing brackets!!!

Week 29's voting is going to be handled like this:

Vote for your favorites for each topic. Each Topic is marked on the top line.

The top TWO vote getters for each topic will advance to the next round.
(The top two finishers of Topic A.1. will face the top two finishers of Topic A.2...and so on...)
And so it goes until one contestant has been eliminated *COMPLETELY* from the polls.
This could, in theory, last one round of voting. It could last *5*.

The person eliminated will, of course, be the one eliminated this week.

None of these contestants are anything less than kick ass. So I don't envy this decision at all.
The person who leaves us will be going out as *4th out of 155* and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that whatsoever... (sorry, they really do rock don't they???)

So it's really important to get your vote in for the entries you want to see go forward.

The deadline for this Round of Voting is Sunday June 8th at 8am EDT. So you best get reading (if you haven't all ready - NOW!)

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Comments

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

So, wait. I'm sorry, I don't have a sports background, and I'm pretty sure that's how this is set up, but does that mean that if someone rocked fourteen of the entries, but they didn't happen to rock A1 and A2, that they're out?

Someone tell me I've misunderstood, and then pretty please draw me a picture.

Thanks!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the confusion. I thought I simplified it, but maybe I only did that for those pesky voices in my head.*g*

Treat each poll as it's own thing. The top two vote getters for each one move on.

So no, as long as you get a Top 2 slot in *any* of the polls, you are still in the running and move on to the next stage.

That make any more sense?

I think it will make *a lot* more sense once you actually see it play than me trying to describe it, but I'll keep trying if I'm still confusing.*g*

[whisker-biscuit.livejournal.com]

This is a ridiculous way of having a contest. I've been one of judges in real contests, and the process of voting at this level, in my less-than humble opinion, was crap.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I am **so** glad I set up that 4x4x4 spreadsheet now!

Read / Voted / Done.

Good Luck Everyone!

[unsold-capacity.livejournal.com]

4x4x4? You have a cube? :p

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Would've been easier for you, and the voters, to make one 16-question poll with four options per question, methinks. :) (And is it supposed to be only one selection per question, or as many as you think make the grade? i.e., check boxes or radio buttons?)

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be check boxes. Vote for as many of them as you want.

I did consider doing that method but ultimately decided the benefits of this system outweighed the liabilities. (mainly because of all the requests I received from contestants and voters over the past week or so asking that they be allowed to vote for each entry, with a focus on each topic.)

[porcelain72.livejournal.com]

Uh...yeah. I can't in good conscience ask my f-list to vote in 16 separate polls. I'm just going to ride it out and see what happens.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It's all in one entry, so there's only one place to point them.

[dabhug.livejournal.com]

Whew! Done!

[faeriegigi.livejournal.com]

wow...done!

[tulip-in-yellow.livejournal.com]

You have got to be kidding me.

[soopageek.livejournal.com]

I had a dream last night where Gary was on a motorcycle attempting to jump a swimming pool filled with sharks. Jayyyysus.

[bretzysdude.livejournal.com]

CRAP! Got a lot of reading to do. Busy with kids and work, believe me.

Oh well, I've got tomorrow afternoon and evening.

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! That's all I have to say.

No wait, crazy too.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

Not only did I read every entry, but I also made a list...and I checked it twice...and then I through that shit out the window, remembered who was naughty and nice and voted accordingly.

[sparkybish.livejournal.com]

So they wrote 16 entries possible for nothing?

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

what do you mean?

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Done! OMG.

I had pre-read, and that was still a chore.

Not as hard as actually writing them was, I'm sure.

[rightnow.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

But I do have to say, there were some entries that made me want to vote a whole bunch of times for that one entry because it was...er...OMG totes awesome. *gags self with entire place setting*

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I don't like this format... because I have nowhere near enough time to read all those entries. :-/

[kenakeri.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness I've been reading and making notes as I went along. If I had to read all of these now, it would take me the rest of the month.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I think that was the point in determining this particular voting arrangement. In a perfect world with so many entries, what you did is what you're "supposed" to be doing.

But there's also truth in the "not reading but voting" discussion upthread.

[firesign10.livejournal.com]

Done!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Polls are now closed. I'll take a look at the votes/totals and announce the next set of brackets!!

Thank you everyone for taking the time to show your support!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

OK. I'm checking over the votes, because... grap...whoa...

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

I have already figured out who is out this week.

It's simple math.

To the 4th place finisher, you are a magnificent writer and I look forward to our continued interacting on LJ.

*Applauded their efforts*