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Competition: Variations on a theme 3 (Cinderella)

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    #122
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,474 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    It'd be a great challenge, I'm definitely up for it.

    My stories (for the competitions) are pretty much written by the middle of the month, and then I have around 10 days to tweak, edit and adjust. Putting something up that is raw with minimal editing would be a new experience for me.

    Count me in (assuming the date/time are right).


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    #123
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    Great! How does 3am Saturday morning suit people?


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    #124
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Antilles wrote: »
    Great! How does 3am Saturday morning suit people?

    Suits me better than any other time to be honest... I work nights and sleep days, so thats an ideal time for me... Can't see many going for it though...


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    #125
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I'm usually awake at that hour, so it's fine for me.


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    #126
    Mr E
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    I'm game. :D

    (I fear Señor Antilles was joking though!)


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    #127
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    I love the 1 hour write-off idea. I'd be free most days, so I'm 90% sure I'll be available.


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    #128
    pickarooney
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    We have a new leader!


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    #129
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    4-way tie at the moment :) Those percentages in the poll make no sense though.


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    #130
    Mr E
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    4 people on 6 points (out of a total of 18 voters). 6 into 18 is 3, or 33.3%.
    Just as well you're Creative Writing mod, not Maths mod.

    /ducks :p

    No comments on some recent votes though... are you going to weed those out from the final count?


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    #131
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Mr E wrote: »
    4 people on 6 points (out of a total of 18 voters). 6 into 18 is 3, or 33.3%.
    Just as well you're Creative Writing mod, not Maths mod.

    /ducks :p

    You're doing that waiter with the 3 pounds change trick! The total percentages add up to 211 - 4 stories have a third of the votes each.
    I suppose it's supposed to mean 1/3 of all voters chose went for this?

    No comments on some recent votes though... are you going to weed those out from the final count?

    I'll hunt them down and try get them to comment before the week is up.


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    #132
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,474 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    pickarooney wrote: »
    You're doing that waiter with the 3 pounds change trick! The total percentages add up to 211 - 4 stories have a third of the votes each.
    I suppose it's supposed to mean 1/3 of all voters chose went for this?

    Hmmm... maybe its just as well I'm not maths mod either. :)


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    #133
    Daemos
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    You're doing that waiter with the 3 pounds change trick! The total percentages add up to 211 - 4 stories have a third of the votes each.
    I suppose it's supposed to mean 1/3 of all voters chose went for this?
    Correct, because in multiple choice polls the percentages will never add up to 100%. Let's look at it small-scale. A poll with three options. Person A votes 1 & 2, B votes 1 & 3, C votes 2, D votes all three.

    1 = 75% of people voted for it
    2 = 75% of people voted for it
    3 = 50% of people voted for it

    So in multiple choice polls the percentages don't say the % of votes the options got, it's the % of people who voted for it :)


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    #134
    Antilles
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    Yes, but even if you were right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus *two* plus one plus one.


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    #135
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Okay, we've successfully turned this thread into Maths Corner :rolleyes:

    What do you mean Antilles?


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    #136
    Wantobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 554 ✭✭✭Wantobe


    All this math... my head hurts. Sorry, 3am? Kidding, right? If not, count me out- unless the prize really is a car or something.:pac:


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    #137
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    We need at least 5 people and a suitable timeslot. For me that timeslot would need to be between 8.30 AM and 5.30 PM, Monday to Friday, but if anyone else wants to drop teh flag and collect the PMs that's cool with me.


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    #138
    Mr E
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    Bank Holiday Monday, some time during the day?


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    #139
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    What date is that? No bank holidys here until August.

    I'm confused... I can only count 14 individual voters (and 13 comments) yet the poll says there have been 20 voters. If we count each individual vote there are 36, so where is this 20 coming from?


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    #140
    ToasterSparks
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    Can't we just trust the computerised percentages? :)


    This Monday would be okay, but I'm sure people might be up to something for the Bank Holiday weekend. Maybe wait til voting is over in the Cinderella thread and wait until the weekend after?


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    #141
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    ToasterSparks wrote: »
    Can't we just trust the computerised percentages? :)


    This Monday would be okay, but I'm sure people might be up to something for the Bank Holiday weekend. Maybe wait til voting is over in the Cinderella thread and wait until the weekend after?

    Definitely wait for the voting to finish.


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    #142
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Personally I think a bank holiday is a bad idea for a competition - surely its one of the least likely days for people to free...
    I'm not gonna suggest and alternative time, because times that suit me don't suit the rest of the world - I'm just gonna have to come to terms with the fact that 9to5ers ultimately have the world designed in their favour...


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    #143
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Alternatively....
    Whoever wants to enter, PM me a time when you can set an hour aside. I'll confirm if I can be there. At the appointed time I'll send you the outline and expect a PM back 60 minutes later.
    It should all be done within a 24-hour timeframe to keep the suspense factor though.


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    #144
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    That could work...


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    #145
    Antilles
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    Haha I was joking about the 3am ;)

    BTW pickarooney, any chance we could advertise this competition like we did the last one?


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    #146
    pickarooney
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    Antilles wrote: »
    Haha I was joking about the 3am ;)

    BTW pickarooney, any chance we could advertise this competition like we did the last one?

    Not really I'm afraid. There's only one site announcement possible at any time. Maybe ToasterSparks can tweet it (did I say that right?)


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    #147
    ToasterSparks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭ToasterSparks


    pickarooney wrote:
    Maybe ToasterSparks can tweet it?

    I could. I'm still updating, but I'm not sure if there's any point! Twitter is very overrated... :/



    Also, I was thinking some time we could try writing a story where someone writes a couple of paragraphs, then pass the story on to someone else to continue the story until we reach an end. Less a competition and more a fun project, but I thought I'd mention the idea.


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    #148
    Antilles
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    ToasterSparks wrote: »
    Also, I was thinking some time we could try writing a story where someone writes a couple of paragraphs, then pass the story on to someone else to continue the story until we reach an end. Less a competition and more a fun project, but I thought I'd mention the idea.

    Count me out of that one - hate collaborative writing!


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    #149
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Just in case anyone is wondering, the last vote in the thread does appear to be included in the total even though the voter's name doesn't appear.


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    #150
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    Dublin141's vote? That username is showing up fine for me.


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    #151
    Antilles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    So, is there a plan to continue this with a VOAT #4? Its been ages since I submitted my story and I'm itching to do another one :D


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