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And now Serena is in the lead. Someone is just trolling us at this point lol.
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The other half is apparently watching blatant voting manipulation with glee!
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This is where I will lock it in:
Hannah 78%
Serena 22%
I can't wait to see how the vote in part 6 turns out. Hopefully, the new poll software is in place for that one...
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HikerAngel wrote: Okay, with a lot of other irons in the fire and the voting pretty much out of control anyway, I'm going to go ahead and cut this one off where it stands, so that I can write a bit on this one tonight and tomorrow.
This is where I will lock it in:
Hannah 78%
Serena 22%
I can't wait to see how the vote in part 6 turns out. Hopefully, the new poll software is in place for that one...
No kidding, When I just checked, it was 48% for Hannah to 52% for Serena...
Imagine having to turn these votes into a story live. It would seem like the xinth devices had explosive moodswings.
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The next vote will be something else entirely. At least, that’s the plan. Sometimes things turn out different as I write...njae wrote: Will the next vote be another power redistribution? Because this vote felt line the final one with the devices destroyed and the confrontation with Siphon ongoing.
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HANNAH | |||||||
POWER | RND 1 | RND 2 | RND 3 | RND 4 | Siphon | RND 5 | Total |
Strength | 143 | 923 | 7776 | 39045 | -23944 | 43808 | 67751 |
Invulnerability | 143 | 480 | 7776 | 39045 | -23722 | 43262 | 66984 |
Speed | 36 | 101 | 4062 | 11817 | -8008 | 14042 | 22050 |
Flight | 36 | 29 | 4062 | 11817 | -7972 | 13817 | 21789 |
Laser Eyes | 25 | 11 | 3202 | 7841 | -5540 | 8051 | 13590 |
X-Ray Eyes | 25 | 15 | 3202 | 7841 | -5542 | 8052 | 13593 |
Superbreath | 25 | 20 | 3202 | 7841 | -5544 | 8056 | 13600 |
Telepathy | 54 | 24 | 2820 | 8745 | 0 | 0 | 11643 |
Telekinesis | 54 | 18 | 2820 | 8745 | 0 | 0 | 11637 |
Total | 541 | 1621 | 38922 | 142737 | -80272 | 139088 | 242637 |
SERENA | |||||||
POWER | RND 1 | RND 2 | RND 3 | RND 4 | Siphon | RND 5 | Total |
Strength | 268 | 1523 | 1183 | 70825 | -36900 | 17036 | 53935 |
Invulnerability | 268 | 452 | 1183 | 70825 | -36364 | 16824 | 53188 |
Speed | 74 | 937 | 1008 | 20970 | -11495 | 5461 | 16955 |
Flight | 74 | 383 | 1008 | 20970 | -11218 | 5373 | 16590 |
Laser Eyes | 51 | 83 | 111 | 11038 | -5642 | 3131 | 8772 |
X-Ray Eyes | 51 | 82 | 111 | 11038 | -5641 | 3131 | 8772 |
Superbreath | 51 | 89 | 111 | 11038 | -5645 | 3133 | 8777 |
Telepathy | 162 | 481 | 80 | 21793 | 0 | 0 | 22516 |
Telekinesis | 162 | 374 | 80 | 21793 | 0 | 0 | 22409 |
Total | 1161 | 4404 | 4875 | 260290 | -112905 | 54089 | 211914 |
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Since eagle-eyed Revan (kudos, my friend!) caught onto a little hint of things to come, the reveal relevant to the completely insignificant and innocuous little detail that he may have noticed will come in this chapter rather than the subsequent one.
(Unfortunately, even though I will happily take credit for it, the idea behind this one actually came from ElF a couple of episodes ago because, well, he's much smarter than I am! I was smart enough to steal a great idea, at least...)
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I'm not going to reveal the winning vote this time until the story posts on Sunday.
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It feels good to finish this story! Now on to bigger and better things...
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HikerAngel wrote: Okay, the final episode has been submitted, now that ElF has helped me out with his edits. I hope it's a satisfying finish. Two options, #1 and #3, were within one vote of each other. You'll have to stay tuned on Sunday to find out which option won...
It feels good to finish this story! Now on to bigger and better things...
Working on it right now.
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You did a good job keeping the final outcome hidden for as long as possible through some twists and turns.
I found myself looking forward to the new chapter every weekend as well as checking the polls. Even though those became batshit crazy during later chapters, haha.
I really hope you'll do more stories this way, if you enjoyed writing this way of course but from your comments I think you had a lot of fun with this as well.
And finally hearing the final poll ended up 1 vote apart may finally put the complaint to rest that this community is mostly populated with evil ubergirl fans. If this were true we wouldn't have seen this ending come out on top.
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Revan wrote: And finally hearing the final poll ended up 1 vote apart may finally put the complaint to rest that this community is mostly populated with evil ubergirl fans. If this were true we wouldn't have seen this ending come out on top.
I wouldn't bet on it, but I'm optimistic.
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Thank you so much, Revan! The fact that you and others were into it kept it fun and kept me going. I may do another story like this someday, but I'm taking a break for a couple of days from "super" stories and writing some different stuff. I wrote a poem and a fantasy/historical fiction story yesterday. I'm going to do a horror story today because the prompt is too juicy to resist (I get to kill one of the judges . Maybe a mystery too for a different writing contest.. Next week I'll get to the two novels I have in progress, and I'm sort of toying with a sequel to one of my recent "super" stories. Some have asked for an alternative ending for Superstarter with option #1 that very nearly won. I may do that as well.Revan wrote: Just read the finale, and although I personally voted for a different option I really enjoyed it.
You did a good job keeping the final outcome hidden for as long as possible through some twists and turns.
I found myself looking forward to the new chapter every weekend as well as checking the polls. Even though those became batshit crazy during later chapters, haha.
I really hope you'll do more stories this way, if you enjoyed writing this way of course but from your comments I think you had a lot of fun with this as well.
And finally hearing the final poll ended up 1 vote apart may finally put the complaint to rest that this community is mostly populated with evil ubergirl fans. If this were true we wouldn't have seen this ending come out on top.
For now, though, enjoying a couple of days of writing purely for myself.... and maybe one of my friends who has had a rough week...
Also, Woodclaw, I've got to say that I freaking LOVE that quote in your signature.
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I'd really like to see what would happen if Hannah breaks bad.
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She mentioned on her site that an alternate ending is in the works, so wish granted!barber wrote: Yeah we need superstarter 7b where Hannah is in a class of her own
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My science fiction contest entry is a bit superwomanish, but toned down a bit from the kind of things I tend to write for this site. It feels a little compressed, but I had to squeeze it into the 2k word limit, so...
www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/2...51-The-Human-Element
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Those that messaged me with requests for the alternate ending, thank you for the feedback. I was feeling a bit guilty since I apparently swung the vote to Serena singlehandedly in Superstarter 6. Who would have thought one tiny little vote would make that kind of difference. Without my vote, it would have been a tie.
This chapter, however, truly is the end of Superstarter.
Thank you so much to everyone who participated and voted. This story is as much yours as it is mine. Besides, it made the whole thing a lot of fun!
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HikerAngel wrote: The alternate ending (a "what if" featuring Option #1) has been submitted. Hopefully, it will be posted on Sunday.
Those that messaged me with requests for the alternate ending, thank you for the feedback. I was feeling a bit guilty since I apparently swung the vote to Serena singlehandedly in Superstarter 6. Who would have thought one tiny little vote would make that kind of difference. Without my vote, it would have been a tie.
This chapter, however, truly is the end of Superstarter.
Thank you so much to everyone who participated and voted. This story is as much yours as it is mine. Besides, it made the whole thing a lot of fun!
I just got the notification. Unless something weird happens, this will go up on Sunday.
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Now I can use my mad Microsoft Paint skillz to make the worst cover you've ever seen...
...Or if someone here that is more artistically inclined feels inspired to do one, I would be eternally grateful. I can't afford to pay your for it, so it would have to be strictly pro-bono.
No worries if you can't. As I said, I can slap a mean bit of text over a royalty-free stock photo with the best of them.
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