Week 6 "Bye-out" Eliminations

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Well this is a first.

And considering that this season is the first for the byes, that means it is an LJ Idol first as well!

4 people missed the deadline and would have been given an auto-bye.

However, they had already used both of them.

Which means all 4 of them have been eliminated.

astriana_
flutterbychild
tygress
med_kitty

have left the building.

They will be missed in the competition, but hopefully they will stick around.

There are currently (and I don't have the sheet open at this point, so this is from memory, which might be faulty) 28 people on the verge on of doing the same! Which means this entire game could shift within a week! You just never know which way things are going to bounce next!

I certainly didn't expect any of these 4 to be out at this point in the game! But you never know...

Comments

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity...

1. Why has noone else commented yet....is it nap time from all the cookies?

2. How many people haven't used ANY byes?!

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

It's about to be nap time over here. Must... have... caffeine!

Also, good question. I've been forced to use both thanks to real life, but it's going to calm down after finals are over, and then the usual mad writing will resume.

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there are people who know...I'm just too lazy to figure it out on my own!

(mmmmm...caffeine...)

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, indeed.

(Okay, I replied just to use the yummy icon.) :)

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

It looks delicious!

*bummer about using a dummy journal for this thing is the lack of my cool icons!*

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

Also...I think....if you get voted out but haven't used any byes that week...you should have the option of using a bye after the vote (kind of like an immunity idol) man...that would make things interesting!

[sushimustwrite.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that would make things interesting. It could also make the game last longer if everyone in a given week chooses to use some sort of immunity bye.

Maybe after top fifty (I think that's when our chances to use our byes end) people with extra byes can do something with them. That'd definitely shake things up.

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

::shake it up baby...twist and shout::

Wait...where was I...oh yeah...on the hunt for caffeine...

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling! Hope you did well on your finals!

[sircaliban.livejournal.com]

1) I took a nap.

2) I haven't used any byes yet.

[wildcatwrites.livejournal.com]

1) You suck (that's mespeak for I'm so jealous of you right now)

2) Me either.

:)

[sircaliban.livejournal.com]

Don't be jealous.. my whole family is sick.. kids are coughing up a storm.. and I am the one that is the 'least' sick of everyone. The nap wasn't voluntary.

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

I have a tentative count of 42 people who haven't used their byes, assuming I haven't overlooked anything...

26 who have used both.

35 who have used one.

For a current total of 103...but again, I could easily be off by a few.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

My spreadsheet shows:

44 with 2 left
38 with 1 left
27 with 0 left

For a total of 109 players... so I think I have too many people!

I am not counting manually... I have a special page that shows a 1 if the player took a bye or 0 otherwise for each round. Datamining gives me the counts of 0 / 1 / 2 totals. Only problem is I have to make sure I remove the sum entries for people who are out of the competition.

Does anyone have a summary list?

ETA: I just datamined the entries I have this week and it looks like 109 might be the right number. Again, anyone who wants to confirm the "auf'ed" list, please do!

[johnmill79.livejournal.com]

I was really kinda forced to use both of mine! I'm glad they were instituted this season though, it's a good way to not be bumped out of the competition due to some life emergency.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

Damn, that's too bad.

[missinfinity.livejournal.com]

Does any one know exactly how many people are still in at this point?

[anchasta.livejournal.com]

Aw! That sucks! Hope all is well with you four!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

Sorry to see them go....

Yeah I know real life bloody happens...

I'm taking my last Bye this week...*keeps fingers crossed that I'll survive a while longer*

[http://users.livejournal.com/astriana_/]

Yep, I just couldn't make it happen this time around, but I'll still be lurking. Hey, I lurked for the previous three seasons, I can do it for one more! :)

Good luck to those of you who are still in the game!

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

I am sad when people go away :-(

[med-kitty.livejournal.com]

Awww...Thank you. I do appreciate the sweet comment. Unfortunately this is our busiest time of the year at my job so time has been too short. I realized this afternoon around 1:30 that I had forgotten to write my post. I was very upset with myself. But there is always next season. See you then, don't worry I'm not going far.

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

Question... what happened to pete_wisdom and when?

I think I missed something in my week of no internet.

[kithan.livejournal.com]

He withdrew this week. He posted in his own LJ about it, but I don't think he posted anywhere on here.

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update. :)

So, by my count, we have 108 people left. 104 when voting is over.

27 with no byes left
39 with 1 bye left
42 with both byes left

let's consult the sheet

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

# contestants - correct
# no byes - correct
# 1 bye - 38
# both - 43

if you want to send me your sheet I can cross check where the difference is...

Re: let's consult the sheet

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

Interesting...

I try to double check the byes every week with the voting poll.

Here's my spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pQTxQ5f5DX7MymFFudcSDZQ

[Edit: Looks like they do match. Not sure where I had the numbers wrong earlier...]

Re: let's consult the sheet

[taybar19.livejournal.com]

This is what I have

2 Byes Left 43
1 Bye Left 39
0 Byes Left 26