Whoa... a surprise elimination!!!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

The theme last week was one of surprises, with an extra elimination and a shift in the deadlines.

Trust there to be one more surprise to add to the mix.

The person with the lowest amount of votes was lordrexfear, by a single vote.

However gnomeangel decided to use her special powers. BOTH of them.

She used her nullify power to take out popfiend's immunity.

Then she used TOPSY TURVEY to turn the results upside down to take out the person she referred to as one of the strongest players in the game.

Which means it's time to say goodbye to

popfiend!!!

Which just goes to show, you never can be sure what is going to happen next!!

Comments

[sera-bella.livejournal.com]

Whoa... I never saw -that- coming.

[shannon-elaine.livejournal.com]

Now that was some strategic planning!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

tell me about it!

I thought that either of the other folks with the nullifer power were going to take Topsy Turvey out before it was used! But when they decided not to do so, it was only a matter of time before it was used!

[sera-bella.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and it's finally starting to get down to the nitty gritty of it too, but I expected it to hold until at least the final 10 or so.

[bettybaker.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness gracious! Popfiend really has been one of the strongest players in the game--and Gnomeangel displays some strong tactical gameplay there. I'm glad to see Lordrexfear still in the game, and sorry to see Popfiend go.

[pseudonymjones.livejournal.com]

Homygod.

That was excellent. High fives, gnomeangel for totally making the most of your superpowers.

[tryslora]

Wow. I'm seriously impressed by the planning. Great strategic move. I'm sorry to see popfiend go, but I'm in awe of how it was done.

[drewshi.livejournal.com]

Well played. Well played. Ouch!

[zebrapix.livejournal.com]

Oh. Man.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

technically all powers are only good until the top 25, but I get your meaning.*g*

[sera-bella.livejournal.com]

Oooh I think I missed that fact somewhere. ;)

That'll teach me to only read what's pertinent at the time ;)

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Indeed it's too bad.. popfiend was definately a strong contender, and a good writer.

I gotta say, I'm not all that surprised, from a strategical standpoint. Alas those are the dangers of being an early front runner - when there are magical privedges floating around. The guy leading the pack tends to have a target painted on his back.

[anchasta.livejournal.com]

Woah...dude! What a play...!

Popfiend! Buddy! Good run, man!

Thanks everyone...

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

http://popfiend.livejournal.com/1234409.html

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I was explaining to my husband how that would happen last night!

Wow - just... Wow.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I have two things to say about this:

1) Much kudos to gnomeangel for being cunning, evil and entertaining in equal measure !

2) Much kudos to popfiend both for the weeks of very fine blog posts and for taking his exit very gracefully.

<applause @ both>

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

I'm glad someone is glad. :)

[bettybaker.livejournal.com]

It needed to be said. =)

Wow... just... wow

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

One vote too... well, that's gratifying. I feel now that for popfiend and for gnomeangel that I really need to knock the "Open Topic" out of the ballpark here.

One vote and I was almost out of here. That's what I get for slacking and also not doing a big reminder or voting for myself (I can't remember... I know I didn't have any of my other accounts vote for me.)

Well, thanks for the save... I hope I make it worth it, even though it really wasn't for me.

[pseudonymjones.livejournal.com]

I'm glad, also. I went, "Awww," when I read this post, before I got to the "HOWEVER..."

[tru2myart.livejournal.com]

:folds her arms: I can't say that I like it, not that I have anything against lordrexfear, I just dislike the "powers of elimination" thing.

Meh, I'm just not a power player that's all. Too damned nice.

[sera-bella.livejournal.com]

Definitely a great strategy, I just didn't expect it to happen quite yet. But I did say at the beginning, he was too strong for his own good.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

heh, I still remember the first time you won "extra votes" and used them to save someone, not thinking about the fact that you would be eliminating the person with the *second* fewest votes!!

After that you used the remaining votes equally so as to not change the outcome!

you have *zero* "go for the throat" skills!*g*

Then again, you also won. So maybe there is something to say for that. We'll see how this plays itself out.

[rebellibrarian.livejournal.com]

Which just goes to show, you never can be sure what is going to happen next!!

And it also goes to remind us that this is a game of strategy and the best strategy to win is to take out the competition.

This is not a contest to find the best writer - it's a contest to find the person who can stay in to the bitter end. Some weeks it's the writing ability (or maybe it's more the popularity/approachability of the writing) that makes the difference & some weeks it's magic powers that rule...

It is hugely disappointing to me to see popfiend go.

[tru2myart.livejournal.com]

:nods: I remember that too. God I hated that feeling! I fretted and regretted for weeks afterwards.

If I were a part of a pack of wild dogs I would have had my throat ripped out ages ago. :D