Vote - Week 14

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Hey kids!

Guess what time it is????

"POLL TIME!!!" you shout.

Ah, but what kind of poll?

What about a CONTESTANT ONLY one???!!!

You betcha! You asked for it - you got it!

Sure, you didn't technically "ask for it" but you are getting it anyway!!

For those who have never went through a contestant only round, here's what you do.

Read the entries. You can find them at http://community.livejournal.com/therealljidol/428897.html

If you are a current contestant send me an email clauderainsrm@gmail.com with the names of your 50 favorites of the entries from the week.

I will add them to the vote tally and send you a receipt when I have officially received and recorded them.

(Note: Before anyone asks - it's one vote per person who is participating as a contestant. Which means if you are participating under more than one ID, you get one vote. If (for whatever reason) there is more than one person writing (sometimes happens with multiples and writing accounts) you get one vote.)

This continues until I have heard from everyone OR Tuesday Feb 22nd at 9pm EST, whichever comes first.

How many are we going to lose this week? At least 6 but no more than 15. (People have been through this before know there is a "cut-off" point, a fracture in the votes that is clear when you see it, but I can't predict where it is going to be, so it's a rough guideline.)

If you are not a current contestant - read the entries anyway, and comment. After all, comments are the votes for a writer's soul. :)

Unfortunately, it looks like apisanthrop, azuriyuu and clintiskeen did not make it to the finish line for this week, and did not have any extra byes to spare. Which means that they have bye-out and are leaving us before we even get started. Hopefully everything is OK with you, and we will see you around.

As for the rest of you - good luck, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Comments

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Wow...just what I needed this week *sigh*

So does immunity still count in this? Will it go into play if we were to be eliminated?

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

All special powers count.

[snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com]

Eep! My first contestant-only voting round. Exciting! (And by 'exciting' I pretty much mean 'terrifying', lol.)

Good luck to everyone! :)

[dreamchaser.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling the same way!! *shudders*

[lilycobalt.livejournal.com]

This was not the right week for me to have spent only half an hour on my entry. Then again, the only alternative was dropping.

Good luck, everyone!

[serpentpixie.livejournal.com]

<-- this perplexes me - some weeks I've spent hours on my entry and other weeks I've literally written in in, like, ten minutes and there's never been any correlation between time spent on entry and votes received.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

(http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/java_fiend/?action=view&current=images-6.jpg)

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the LOL. :)

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

Ah, the contestant only vote. No poll to refresh. What a bummer.

Wishing the best for everyone.

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

"Your 50 favorites" - does this mean that we must vote for exactly 50, no more no less?

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

You can vote for up to 50, but no more than that.

[redvelvetgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yipes!

It's going to be so weird without a poll to watch. Good luck everyone!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I hate not having a poll to refresh! *pouty*

Good luck everyone!

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

*gulps*

[talon.livejournal.com]

you'll make it, dear, if I have anything to say about it :P

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Wow...I am just starting to read and honestly, I have to say this is one tough vote. Only 50? Can't I just vote for every body? I haven't read one entry I haven't liked so far! Ugh! This is going to be very,very tough....

Nice job everyone!

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

I agree. I..it's going to be hard to "cut it down" to fifty.

[the-vernacular.livejournal.com]

I have a question, are we still competing in tribes or is this for everyone overall? Like, say, if someone is the lowest vote in Tribe 1 but somehow 15 other people are lower in tribe 2, would the person in Tribe 1 still be at risk, or would all the people in Tribe 2 go first?

If that's not giving away too much, that is!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

It's overall.

[serpentpixie.livejournal.com]

Oh, yikes :/
I wanna vote for everybody!!

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

I knew we were due for a cull, but it doesn't make me any less nervous. Without a poll to keep refreshing, I'll be forced into lots of lji meta entries!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Gary. Gary. I still love you. But you might have to sleep on the couch until Tuesday. Just saying. I'll leave you some blankets.

At least if I go out it's on a post people seem to have been enjoying. I'm okay with that.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

Eeep! I'm out of town winter camping and only have internet access on my iPhone at meals (wifi in the dining hall but zero cell service), so I apologize if I don't read/comment until Monday or Tuesday. (I'll be back late Sunday but may need some time to recover since I have most certainly aggravated my RA and fibro with too much fun and snow.)

Good luck, everyone... I hope to see you on the other side!

[vaguelyclear.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm no longer angry at RL for forcing me to use my last bye this week >.>

Good luck, everyone!

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

Man, that IS good timing, in a way. Now you don't have to worry like the rest of us!

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

And away we go!! Wheeee!

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Oh well. This will probably do my OCD poll-refreshing a bit of good...

[tentaclecore]

Bwahahahaa, never have I been so thankful to insomnia for keeping me a wreck for three plus days straight. NEVER. HAVE. I. EVER.

♥s to everyone.

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping out three bye-out players are all alright.

[joyfulfeather.livejournal.com]

What about voting for ourselves? Do we put our own names on our lists? Is it not allowed?

[tigrkittn.livejournal.com]

Why not? We vote for ourselves when there's a poll (at least I think most of us do!)

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh no. I should have been keeping a list while I was reading. Now I have to go back and re check posts.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Ack, that's my issue too!

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

OK, I don't know if anyone will answer this. I will try to go count soon but anyone know right off the bat..how many contestants wrote this week? How many do we have all together? How many took byes?

It would really help (I need to count) if I knew how many wrote..

Hm..deciding is so hard. I need to make good list..not only of votes but also ...lots of details.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

89 entries if I calculated properly. 95 contestants, 6 byes.

[drjeff.livejournal.com]

Ah, I seem to remember being ELIMINATED in one of these last year. :)

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

But what is it you doctors say, something like "learn from the past but believe the best about the future" and "past failures aren't always repeated"

Come on...entries about kids for the win! Think positive:)

[the-vernacular.livejournal.com]

Is there a list somewhere of the full contestant list right now? I was using the poll from last week but then I realized that there are eight new SCI contestants and I'm not 100% sure who they are.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

a_cheese_fan
abangaku
agirlnamedluna
alephz
amazingwriter23
amenquohi
amorphous_mess
applespicy
arielchan
attheonesix
basric
beeker121
beldar
belgatherial
bewize
black_aspect
cheshire23
ckocher
comedychick
copyright1983
dakotawitch
diagnou
dizzy_writing
douchejuice
drjeff
ecosopher
edincoat
ellakite
emo_snal
esteletheque
faerie_spark
furzicle
hammaboo
i_17bingo
imafarmgirl
intrepia
java_fiend
joeymichaels
joyfulfeather
kate_spencer
lawchicky
lilyinchains
liret
locknkey
lordrexfear
m_malcontent
maizing_grace
marjory
misalady
momebie
mstrobel
myrna_bird
nialyind
nishi_kaze
oldscratchx
onda_bianca
phoenixejc
pixie117
puppetmaker40
ravenshrinkery
redvelvetgrrl
roina_arwen
ryca
sdaisyk
secretlysidhe
serpentpixie
shadowwolf13
shanns_ljidol
similiesslip
sketchybrunette
snarkerdoodle
so_small
solstice_singer
soprano1790
spydielives
superhappytime
supremegoddess1
talonkarrde88
tamaraland
team_jesse
thaliontholwen
the_o_writes
the_vernacular
theafaye
tigrkittn
tijuanagringo
tough_doll
vaguelyclear
walkertxkitty
wookiewife
wyliekat
xo_kizzy_xo
yachiru
yako
zhent

The byes:
edincoat
furzicle (undeclared)
momebie (undeclared)
nishi_kaze
puppetmaker40
vaguelyclear

(Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about the undeclared byes; I don't want to accidentally not read an entry)