Vote - Week 8

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

A few words from clauderainsrm:

The power of “Yes, And” compels you to go forth and seek out the best and brightest of LJ Idol and vote to keep them in the competition!

But before we do that, there is some business to handle:
We lost some folks to drops
dreamsofspike
elvagreenfield
muchtooarrogant

and some to Bye-Outs
thenodrin, 10wordwritings, dont_be_first, jfargo, ewok_626, lilmissmagic71, p_m_cryan and stacyrocks

It’s definitely a talented group of people - and I hope that we will see them in the Home Game, and that they will consider coming back when a second chance to get into competition comes around.

As for the rest of you, the contestant with the fewest votes in each of the tribes will be leaving this week, so make sure to get out there, and say “YES” who has submitted something that makes you want to see what they will be coming up with next!

Read. Comment. Vote for your favorites!

The poll will close Monday May 12th at 10pm EDT. Good luck to everyone!

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Comments

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Well damn it.

This week was rough and I completely missed the deadline even though it was #1 on my to do list.

I'll be sticking around. Sorry to see so many of us go.

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Aw, missing it like that is the worst. Sorry it happened to you.

[stacyrocks.livejournal.com]

I crumbled under the pressures of life and leave as I'm out of byes. Regardless, I had a great time, and appreciate all the time and effort EVERYONE puts in. This is incredible!

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Sadness! But good that life is busy. :D

[mistearyusdiva2.livejournal.com]

I almost got squashed under the weight of Real Life. But somehow the writing mind pulled me out in one piece. Glad then that I managed without a bye. Good luck.

[copyright1983.livejournal.com]

Given that we had extra time, I was fully expecting a contestant-only vote. Glad (?) to be proven wrong.

Sorry to see the drops go. Good luck to everyone else!

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

That's what I though, too. In fact, I had started using "maybes" on my spreadsheet, which I only do when Gary limits the number of people we can vote for.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Holy crapballs!

Where is the "Do not like" button?

The numbers...

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Redemption: 10 contestants / 1 bye = 9 entries
Tribe 1: 50 contestants / 10 byes = 40 entries
Tribe 2: 50 contestants / 12 byes = 38 entries
Tribe 3: 55 contestants / 15 byes = 40 entries

At least folks are dropping & byeing out evenly, I guess!

Re: The numbers...

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

*gets hypnotized by your icon*

@.@

Re: The numbers...

[zhent.livejournal.com]

actually, if you take a look at crochet_all_day's entry, he's dropping out... So Redemption only has 8 entries.

Re: The numbers...

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Kitty. O_o

Re: The numbers...

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks for doing this.

[p-m-cryan.livejournal.com]

Yet again I had to spend my time cleaning up other people's messes, literally and figuratively, at home and at the bookstore, so did not get to carve out any time for me this week.

It's been fun. I'll try to home-game.

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[ellakite.livejournal.com]

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crap.

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CRAP.

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*C*R*A*P*!

you will be missed, dear one.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I, for one, am thankful the reading period is during the weekend this time around -- at least now I have a fighting chance to actually comment!

[aimercat.livejournal.com]

i'm just hoping we don't go back to the 4-day writing window come next monday when the new topic goes up because I'm going to be out in the ocean on a cruise for 4 days with no communication with the outside world. I'm out of byes and well, i wouldn't be able to get to a computer to use one anyway.

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Very sorry to see Dan muchtooarrogant go.

[muchtooarrogant.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Dan

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

When did we lose luscious_purple and locknkey? They aren't on this week but they were on last week's poll.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

I thought Gary said at some point they both dropped...maybe he mentioned it in either last's week's poll or the week before?

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

And I have that bhyphen is on a gift bye this week, is that correct?

[bhyphen.livejournal.com]

A gift bye?! YES. And just when I was seriously considering dropping out!

[monkeysugarmama.livejournal.com]

WHAT! Ewok is gone? And LilMissMagic and MuchTooArrogant? That breaks my heart. Y'all are awesome!

And, the loss of Dontbefirst surprises me. I thought they would hang in until they were voted off. I kinda found their niche fascinating.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I don't say "go read so and so", especially during a vote.

But since they have announced a sacrifice anyway, if you are interested in more of the DBF story, check out crochet_all_day's entry.

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Oh, so sad to see muchtooarrogant go. :(

[muchtooarrogant.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Dan

Recommendations

[rayaso.livejournal.com]

It is very early in my reading, but there are five entries (one solo, one group) that really stand out, for a similar reason. These writers manage to convert the improv, real-time game of "yes, and" into written form, but in different ways and with great writing. lrig_rorrim, kathrynrose, porn_this_way, and whipchick wrote four fantastic stories around the same opening line, so that each of the stories shares some elements, but each is very different and worth reading as a separate entry. halfshellvenus, on the other hand, attacked the prompt with a "build it yourself" story, so that the reader controls the next part of the "yes, and" game. These entries all share wonderful writing, but the writers are especially creative in structuring their entries. Spouse alert: halfshellvenus is my wife, but I don't have to say nice things about her. No way, uh uh, no siree, no sleeping on the sofa for me.

Re: Recommendations

[whipchick.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com]

http://ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com/283044.html
http://ashgaelsonaria.livejournal.com/284274.html

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I'm always sorry to see bye-outs and RL sacrifices, but especially disturbed that we won't see where elvagreenfield's fascinating universe was headed.

Home Game? Don't leave us hanging!

[elvagreenfield.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry!! I've just been super busy (it was always a concern for me with the amount of volunteer work I do and 100 young people had to take priority over idol) - I do intend to home game and maybe second chance if it comes along. I see potential in this story so I'll keep writing it for sure.