04-02-2003 06:29									#1
	Story Contest Round 15: Finals Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Congratulations to all who made it this far!

"Postmortem 2000 Years" by vovansim
"A Cradle of Thorns" by Lazarus and the Gimp
Crossing the Rubicon by Civ3King

Pax Americana by Centauri18
My Dinner With Xerxes by Jeremy 2.0

	04-02-2003 06:39									#2
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Cool, I made the finals after all.

	04-02-2003 09:07									#3
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Wow I made it..... However in rooting for Postmortem. great story, I loved it.

	05-02-2003 05:37									#4
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I had to vote for Xerxes- it had a fastmoving style. The beginning was blah, but then after the firstr 2 pages- it really improved!

The converstaions were short and sweet

	05-02-2003 05:45									#5
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:sigh: I'm the only one who voted for my story. Okay, I can live with that.

	05-02-2003 05:46									#6
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I wonder who voted for my story...

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	05-02-2003 06:32									#7
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Centauri you still have 6 days left

and I voted for you in the semifinals

	05-02-2003 11:08									#8
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I know, I've just never been good with losing, that's all.

	05-02-2003 11:29									#9
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It seems that you lose more of these than you win, unless you're friggin OsWolf, that guy won a ton not too long ago

	05-02-2003 11:46									#10
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That's true.

	05-02-2003 23:43									#11
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Postmortem or Cradle....... I loved those stories. It's tough.

	06-02-2003 03:28									#12
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Ive gone with Postmortem but it was indeed tough, and it goes to show the great standard of work there is on this forum.

Every one of these stories is a winner to my mind but alas we have to choose, and there can be only one!

	06-02-2003 10:00									#13
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Thanks, Chrisius. This is yet another close one, it seems. Another runoff maybe?

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	06-02-2003 11:00									#14
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Maybe. Not very many people voting this time, huh?

	08-02-2003 02:31									#15
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Well, 17 people so far seems like quite a bit to me. Taking into consideration how some of the previous contests went.

Now, I am wondering here. We have a three-way tie for first. If things stay the same, are we still going to have a two-day runoff? It doesn't seem too fair to me, since the finals should have four stories, and then the runoff would have three stories, yet only two days to vote. Maybe if that is the case by sunday, you would consider lenghtening the period for this particular runoff, dc?

	08-02-2003 05:44									#16
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hehe...guess who broke the tie.....mwahahahahaha

I had to randomly pick from three that I really liked.

I reserve my right for confidentiallity!!

	08-02-2003 06:10									#17
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It would be really funny if we have another runoff for two stories with six votes each. Come on, people, one more vote for me, and one more vote for CivKing

	08-02-2003 07:47									#18
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Heh, looks like were tied vovanism. I was rooting for your story, but I don't know now.....

	08-02-2003 08:04									#19
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Xerxes might still gain another vote in the two days left. Biting your fingernails already, King? Wait till the runoff if it comes...

	08-02-2003 09:26									#20
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quote: If things stay the same, are we still going to have a two-day runoff?

Hmm... I seem to have been neglecting the rules... the last run-off was held for 7 days- and civman's first runnoff was held for 7 days as well???

I suppose if it happens twice, we may as well change the rules to 7 days

(3 way tie for first with 5 votes...)
Only 4 days to go...

	08-02-2003 09:30									#21
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OK, this is not funny any more. I said that Xerxes might gain another vote, and there and then somebody voted for it! Eek!

Tell ya what: postmortem will get three more votes.

And DC, it's three days. The drama gets more intense...

	09-02-2003 15:15									#22
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This current situation does not surprise me one bit, there is some quality reading here and it is hard to choose.

I had expected laz's story to get a higher share of the vote and would of voted for it myself if it were not fot vovansim's great Postmortem 2000 Years.

Even then it is still a very hard choice and this only proves that this forum is alive and well and producing the best fiction and drama Ive seen, and of course comedic works as well.

	10-02-2003 23:21									#23
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Thanks for the comments, CM. Frankly, I'm surprised to have got this far with what is a modular story rather than an evolving drama that draws the reader into a developing story. Think about it- people's favourite TV shows tend to be serials or series with a common core rather than a selection of loosely-linked one-offs, and that's entirely understandable.

The fact that two people voted for it even at this level is reward enough. Thanks for that- it makes the effort all the more rewarding.

Best of luck to all involved.

	11-02-2003 06:58									#24
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Oh no! 3-way tie

I'll see about getting another poll up- if the nominations thread is moving ahead- I'll wait until I can do a news item... but if the nominatiosn thread is stagnating, I'll see if mark will publish a short piece... I'll wait until tommorrow to decide...

My gosh a historical last-round-tie

-Congratulations to all who voted/participated

	11-02-2003 08:10									#25
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud My gosh a historical last-round-tie

Doubly so, DC. The first time there are two consecutive runoffs, and the first three-way tie. It's a pity it's not a tie of six votes each. It was such an interesting trend, and now it is broken.

	11-02-2003 10:08									#26
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Well, I suppose fourth-place is better than nothing.

	01-03-2003 02:03									#27
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Well, I am going to be away for the next week, and most likely will not post anything, or even visit the forums. So, please don't start the the runoff if it will expire before next monday - 10th of March... I would like to see it in progress, and not just the final votes.