Results - Week 16 Tie-Breaker

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I apologize for the delay in posting. It was a combination of wanting to triple-check (given how close/back-and-forth the totals were and more to the point, because opportunity came knocking right after I hit "close". Opportunity in the form of an old friend who volunteered to set up a computer connection for me. :)

Everything got done, but between those two, I couldn't post before now.

Today we are saying goodbye to yako. Not sure what she wants said, and what she doesn't, but I think that the evolution from Second Chance contestant to full fledged Idol contestant was a remarkable one and well worth people giving it a shot on going back to read if they missed it the first time.

I know she will be around, in one form or another, but I hope that yako herself continues to Home Game.

Congratulations to copyright1983 - now get to work on this week's entry!

Comments

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I won't be home gaming until I get voted out under this account :P

For those who aren't on my friends list and thus are likely unaware, yako was my second account in the main game. If you checked when the account was created, you might note that yako was actually my very first LJ before I switched to this one :)

Thank you to everyone who supported my writing over there. I re-started that account for Idol for two reasons:
a) I was concerned I was going to get voted out earlier than this point and I wanted a backup
b) I wanted to at least use some of the prompts to write more children's stories about "Penny & George the penguins" for my eldest son. Read my SCI re-introduction post to find out where they started (http://yako.livejournal.com/8070.html).

I'm curious now, would anyone be interested in me moving the types of things I wrote over there to my only remaining journal in the competition? I have more photos from family trips to the US I wouldn't mind sharing, and I'm considering writing another Penny & George story at some point, too. I still had a lot I wanted to write there that I probably won't share on this account, but that's how these things work, I guess.

I also wanted to publicly thank theafaye for all the helpful advice she provided me for the majority of the non-fiction pieces I wrote under yako (I think Nimbus was the only non-fiction piece I wrote there I didn't ask for her feedback on). I could not have done that without her.

Congratulations to copyright1983. You were a worthy opponent in this tie-breaker, and in other circumstances, I would have voted for your entry because I did like it.

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

Cool to use your very first account like that. Well, you are still here and we just need to keep it that way. Grin!

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I was surprised I remembered the password, it'd been so long since I'd logged in there!

Yeah, I'm thankful I'm still in the game at least. This whole thing made me realise I do not wish to face another tie-breaker situation!

[copyright1983.livejournal.com]

Wow, if I'd known I was going up against *you*, I would've been more nervous than I already was!

Still, that was a great battle--as Gary alluded to, the lead changed hands several times in the final hours. (Not that I was, you know, obsessively refreshing or anything.)

Off to come up with another entry...

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

LOL as flattering as that is, I'm not sure I deserve it. Most of the race was very tight!

I couldn't sleep from 4am to 5am. I had tracked your journal to see if you'd request help, and then freaked out when I discovered you did. From that point forward I knew it was going to be a race of who could drum up the most support :P (I'd rather not have to go through that again! I mean, clearly I don't have enough friends since I lost haha)

So yes, I was obsessively refreshing, too XD

I'm lucky I still have a bye... I'm *very* tempted to use it, let me tell you! I'll probably still write something, though I am a little thankful I'm not going to feel the pressure of writing two. I would have though!

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome!

It was always going to be a hard fought tie break - both entries were really strong. Sorry to see yako go, but congrats to copyright1983 for winning through to write another day.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

<3

Yeah, I can't be too bitter about going out because he did have a very good entry to compete against. It was clear that the voters agreed about that even before request for votes was asked by either of us.

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had no idea it was you. It always amazes me that anyone finds time to write under more than one account.

I liked the children's stories.

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how I managed to find the time for it either, to be honest, but it was fun!

It was a little difficult posting some of the nonfiction without giving up my identity, to be honest. I tried to stick to stories that I haven't really told too many people about, but even then, I had to be vague in the tie-breaker entry (had I named Australia and Malaysia instead of being non specific, it would have given me away). And with the photos, I figured I've changed enough since the childhood pictures that people who didn't know it was me weren't likely to recognise me.

I'm glad you liked the children's stories. As I mentioned, I'm definitely tempted to try that again under my main account!

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Sorry to see your yako alt go! Personally I loved your Penny and George entries, as well as the other more recent ones. I think the fact that you did so well through SCI and the main game demonstrates that others thought so too.

Congratulations to copyright1983!

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

Aww, it's okay! I can just move those sorts of things over to this journal now. I was thinking of re-posting them here (backdated) anyway so I can link them amongst my Idol reference post and make some things friends only so I don't have to link them to another journal and keep them public.

Just because people won't get a double dose of me every week now doesn't mean they won't still get to have the same things I could've/would've written there. :)

I'm really glad people liked Penny & George so much, though! Because that's something I was seriously considering publishing at some point.

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

Bummer, I liked yako. I hope you home game it. Congrats to copywright1983.

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

Congrats to copyright1983! What a surprise to me to learn of the alt situation for yako. I keep forgetting that somebody may be writing on more than one account.