Discussion -- 75 Word Challenge -- APRIL

[The Procrastinator]

A big fat thanks to juelz4sure and The Spurring Platty for the votes, and another to those who were so kind as to list my runty story.

The vote numbers don't seemed to have helped with the dead heat problem. Who will win???

 

[The Procrastinator]

digs is in the lead by a nose...

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thanks for the vote, StilLearning!

 

[Glitch]

digs is in the lead by a nose...

As we enter the final hour digs has the advantage, but will it hold to the flag.


Could there be a last minute flurry of activity. Has digs done enough to claim victory. Or could HareBrain pull it back and force a tie break.

 

[Gary Compton]

Okay, I pasted every story into Word and not the writer’s names. I read them and deleted stories I didn’t like and doing that 3 times I ended up with 3 – halleluiah.

It would seem I followed the pattern of the discerning on these forums but sorry to Digs

Feel guilty about knocking you off the top.

 

[Ursa major]

So, another tie-break. Quelle surprise!

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

In a possibly unprecedented development, each of our leaders voted for the other.

So I guess they only have themselves to blame that they're tied.

 

[Ursa major]

The Tiebreaker poll is now up:

APRIL Tiebreaker Poll
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[Warren_Paul]

Hard choice, but I leant towards Digs.

Congrats to both Digs and HareBrain.

 

[Culhwch]

Many thanks for the votes High Eight, digs and Chris, and for all the mentions.

 

[digs]

Holy nutballs! I did not expect to be in a tiebreaker with the illustrious HB...I expected to crush him outright.

Jokes!

Thanks for the votes everyone, I'm stunned. As for you, Gary...*shakes fist*

 

[The Procrastinator]

A very hard choice. I tossed a coin. No I didn't. Yes I did. No I didn't.

In the end, though, I had to pick one, and it was digs.

 

[Abernovo]

Congratulations to HareBrain and digs! Both excellent stories.

Commiserations to Aun, pipped at the last by one vote. A three-way tie would have been something to behold. Even more difficult for voting, though.

Thank you to The Judge for her vote, as well.

After some deliberating, I've gone for HB. He was one of my original votes and I'm sticking with it. That said, it wasn't easy. The more I read these entries, the more I like them both.

 

[Perpetual Man]

As Procrastinator said, a very hard choice3, but I read them a couple of times each, and the one that tickled my brain just a little more than the other was digs.

 

[HareBrain]

I hope it won't be another nine months before his next one.

I might take this back.

Thanks Gary, TJ, digs and Bob S for my last four votes. Congrats to digs, and to Aun as well for a very close-fought race: another nitrous oxide can on that trolley and you might have done it.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Really hard, but I had shortlisted HB, so I'll stick with that one. Oh, the tension and there's still the300 worder to go. My nerves, my poor nerves....

which just brought it to 50/50....

 

[crystal haven]

Both stories were on my shortlist. My vote has gone to HareBrain, as he got one of my votes last time.

 

[Hex]

Thanks, Gary

I voted for digs last time, so I'll stick with it. Both brilliant stories, though.

 

[Glitch]

Both stories are excellent.

But I'm sticking with HareBrain as I voted for him in the first round.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Both stories are excellent. That's why I voted for both of them in the first round...aaaarrrgggh! What do I do now?