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Post by mark687 on May 4, 2021 14:29:29 GMT
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Post by sherlock on May 4, 2021 14:47:22 GMT
For some reason I had to follow the link via the Twitter app for the quiz to actually load. 🤷♂️
Anyway, nice idea.
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ljwilson
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It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on May 4, 2021 15:22:22 GMT
Lovely idea..but tempting to vote for one i don't have.
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Post by Star Platinum on May 4, 2021 21:08:07 GMT
Looks like something fishy is going on.
Nekromanteia went from 10th to 5th in the last few minutes.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 4, 2021 21:17:16 GMT
Something is wrong Nekromanteia is currently amassing votes in an unnatural manner it has had more than 20 votes in the last 10 minutes If it continues at this rate it will be in 2nd place in half an hour (First place will take a lot longer)
edit - when I started typing this I was going to say how surprising it was that Nekromanteia had 12 votes when I voted but, before posting, I had another look and the surprise at seeing how much the votes had increased led me to rewrite (and in the meantime Star Platinum posted first)
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Post by ollychops on May 4, 2021 21:21:20 GMT
Who the hell in their right mind would vote for Nekromanteia? I thought that story was pretty much hated by everyone? (And rightly so)
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 4, 2021 21:27:37 GMT
Who the hell in their right mind would vote for Nekromanteia? I thought that story was pretty much hated by everyone? (And rightly so) My guess is some "troll" or similar deliberating sabotaging the vote using some automatic routine to vote for it or something it's currently in 4th place with 160 votes edit 178 votes
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Post by grinch on May 4, 2021 21:57:49 GMT
Yeah, someone just clearly is having a laugh when it comes to Nekromanteia. Although, I’m sure it does have its fans somewhere.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 4, 2021 22:19:10 GMT
looks like someone is taking action of some sort but, so far, a change for the worse - vote count reset and the Nekromanteia votes continue putting it at first place with 41 votes
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Post by Star Platinum on May 4, 2021 22:19:31 GMT
So the poll was rebooted and now nekromanteia is leading with 43 and boy that time forgot has 3rd with 23 votes.
They need to ip lock the poll
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 5, 2021 11:43:57 GMT
votes were restored and votes for Nekromanteia have slowed down current standings 1st Spare Parts - 872 votes 2nd - the Kingmaker - 379 votes 3rd - Nekromanteia - 361 votes 4th Peterloo Massacre - 344 votes 5th Fanfare for the common men - 234 votes 6th Timne in office - 228 votes 7th circular time 194 votes 8th and you will obey me - 140 votes 9th the boy that time forgot - 136 votes 10th Omega - 114 votes 11th Creatures of Beauty - 105 votes
lowest place goes to 5 stories with 4 votes each (Kiss of death, whispering forest, Exotron, Time reef and Three's a crowd)
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Post by grinch on May 5, 2021 11:53:58 GMT
lowest place goes to 5 stories with 4 votes each (Kiss of death, whispering forest, Exotron, Time reef and Three's a crowd) Crikey, three of those are among my favourite stories! I really love Time Reef and Marc Platt as a writer but I feel like it’s low ranking might be just because of how weird the premise of that story is.
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Post by mrperson on May 5, 2021 15:35:41 GMT
I bit my lip and voted:
The Peterloo Massacre Creatures of Beauty Acquitaine Cobwebs
And then I immediately tried to change a vote. So many more outstanding ones. Equilibrium, The Mutant Phase, Spare Parts, The Kingmaker, Son of the Dragon, The Council of Nicea, Warzone/Conversion, Ghost Walk, The Eye of the Scorpion, etc.
Can someone tell me why Nekromantia is in 2nd place with 465 votes? Is it really just this forum that generally doesn't like that one? (Edit: I see others feel the same). I wonder if it's some jerk using a VPN/cleared cookies/cleared cache/etc to try to avoid getting caught double-voting (assuming that might work).
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Post by ollychops on May 5, 2021 15:49:25 GMT
Can someone tell me why Nekromantia is in 2nd place with 465 votes? Is it really just this forum that generally doesn't like that one? (Edit: I see others feel the same). I wonder if it's some jerk using a VPN/cleared cookies/cleared cache/etc to try to avoid getting caught double-voting (assuming that might work). It's not just this forum that don't like it, I've seen a lot of dislike for it on both Reddit and Twitter, and not to mention Peter Davison made a point of being vocal about his dislike for it at the time. I think it's a troll (or perhaps, a group of them) thinking it's funny to use a bot or something to vote up the story. I know it's pretty much a meaningless poll and it's mainly for a bit of fun, but it's more about the principal of voting for that story for a laugh that bugs me.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 16:14:56 GMT
It originated from GB, partly as a joke partly to see if BF would finally address the story as its problematic (doesn’t even have a content warning). If they are embarrassed by it why not exclude it from the list? Why even give it the chance to be in the limelight as if has. I think thats the point as it were
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Post by ollychops on May 5, 2021 16:42:04 GMT
It originated from GB, partly as a joke partly to see if BF would finally address the story as its problematic (doesn’t even have a content warning). If they are embarrassed by it why not exclude it from the list? Why even give it the chance to be in the limelight as if has. I think thats the point as it were Well, it's pathetic and ruins the poll for everyone else. Yeah, the story is problematic, and should have a content warning but I'm not sure doing this is going to change anything. The story is almost 20 years old, so if they haven't addressed it yet, I doubt they will. That's also presumably why they haven't excluded it from the list, because people would be asking why they hadn't included it, and they probably assumed no one would vote for it given the fact it's been universally panned.
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Post by agentten on May 5, 2021 16:50:23 GMT
I'll be shocked if Spare Parts doesn't win the 5th Doctor poll.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 17:03:51 GMT
It originated from GB, partly as a joke partly to see if BF would finally address the story as its problematic (doesn’t even have a content warning). If they are embarrassed by it why not exclude it from the list? Why even give it the chance to be in the limelight as if has. I think thats the point as it were Well, it's pathetic and ruins the poll for everyone else. Yeah, the story is problematic, and should have a content warning but I'm not sure doing this is going to change anything. The story is almost 20 years old, so if they haven't addressed it yet, I doubt they will. That's also presumably why they haven't excluded it from the list, because people would be asking why they hadn't included it, and they probably assumed no one would vote for it given the fact it's been universally panned. I mean i’m just a messenger lol. I dunno if it won which i doubt, no ones insane enough to refresh their cache enough times to beat spare parts but BF would have to address it i guess. Kinda dumb but i think it comes from a wider idea of people being annoyed by BFs marketing and not addressing things and the like. I think theres a reason this was picked and not masquerade or the boy that time forgot.
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Post by ollychops on May 5, 2021 17:06:20 GMT
Well, it's pathetic and ruins the poll for everyone else. Yeah, the story is problematic, and should have a content warning but I'm not sure doing this is going to change anything. The story is almost 20 years old, so if they haven't addressed it yet, I doubt they will. That's also presumably why they haven't excluded it from the list, because people would be asking why they hadn't included it, and they probably assumed no one would vote for it given the fact it's been universally panned. I mean i’m just a messenger lol. I dunno if it won which i doubt, no ones insane enough to refresh their cache enough times to beat spare parts but BF would have to address it i guess. Kinda dumb but i think it comes from a wider idea of people being annoyed by BFs marketing and not addressing things and the like. I think theres a reason this was picked and not masquerade or the boy that time forgot. Don't worry, I won't shoot the messenger. To be honest, even if it does place high, I don't think it'll change anything. BF would probably quietly put a content warning on it and that'll be it.
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on May 5, 2021 17:21:06 GMT
It originated from GB, partly as a joke partly to see if BF would finally address the story as its problematic (doesn’t even have a content warning). If they are embarrassed by it why not exclude it from the list? Why even give it the chance to be in the limelight as if has. I think thats the point as it were I've been on GB and it doesn't surprise me. Many on there just harp on about how crap the MR is in general, but they still bought it every month. 3's and 2's out of 10 are dished out like confetti, so I've stopped visiting the site. A bit naff to pull the Nekromanteia stunt on the poll.
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