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13 Jan 2020 21:43 - 13 Jan 2020 21:44 #66408 by Revan
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Oh you tease! 

And now Serena is in the lead. Someone is just trolling us at this point lol. 
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13 Jan 2020 23:27 #66415 by HikerAngel
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Hey, the tease is half my fun! ;)

The other half is apparently watching blatant voting manipulation with glee!

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14 Jan 2020 21:56 - 14 Jan 2020 21:56 #66428 by HikerAngel
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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... :)
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15 Jan 2020 07:17 #66443 by njae
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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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15 Jan 2020 09:56 #66445 by Whatever
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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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15 Jan 2020 13:15 #66448 by HikerAngel
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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.

The next vote will be something else entirely. At least, that’s the plan. Sometimes things turn out different as I write...

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15 Jan 2020 20:17 #66453 by HikerAngel
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Here is where things stand. Hannah has the edge physically, but Serena has almost double the Hannah's mental power:
HANNAH
POWERRND 1RND 2RND 3RND 4SiphonRND 5Total
Strength143923777639045-239444380867751
Invulnerability143480777639045-237224326266984
Speed36101406211817-80081404222050
Flight3629406211817-79721381721789
Laser Eyes251132027841-5540805113590
X-Ray Eyes251532027841-5542805213593
Superbreath252032027841-5544805613600
Telepathy5424282087450011643
Telekinesis5418282087450011637
Total541162138922142737-80272139088242637
SERENA
POWERRND 1RND 2RND 3RND 4SiphonRND 5Total
Strength2681523118370825-369001703653935
Invulnerability268452118370825-363641682453188
Speed74937100820970-11495546116955
Flight74383100820970-11218537316590
Laser Eyes518311111038-564231318772
X-Ray Eyes518211111038-564131318772
Superbreath518911111038-564531338777
Telepathy16248180217930022516
Telekinesis16237480217930022409
Total116144044875260290-11290554089211914
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17 Jan 2020 02:29 #66468 by HikerAngel
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Well, Superstarter 6 has been submitted. It's a little shorter than the last couple, but that's okay because I'm gearing up for the grand finale next week! :)

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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23 Jan 2020 16:02 #66561 by HikerAngel
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Okay. Voting is a wrap. Two of the options were very close, so I let it go as long as I could. I'm going to think about where to take this story, given the voter's choice today, and write it tonight in one sitting.

I'm not going to reveal the winning vote this time until the story posts on Sunday. :)
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24 Jan 2020 14:59 #66590 by HikerAngel
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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...
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24 Jan 2020 15:19 #66594 by Woodclaw
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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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26 Jan 2020 20:24 #66639 by Revan
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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. 
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26 Jan 2020 21:31 #66640 by Woodclaw
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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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26 Jan 2020 22:05 #66641 by HikerAngel
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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. 

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.

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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29 Jan 2020 18:13 #66650 by Bolt527
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+1 on alternate ending. 

I'd really like to see what would happen if Hannah breaks bad.

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29 Jan 2020 22:34 - 29 Jan 2020 22:35 #66651 by barber
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Yeah we need superstarter 7b where Hannah is in a class of her own
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29 Jan 2020 22:39 #66652 by Revan
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barber wrote: Yeah we need superstarter 7b where Hannah is in a class of her own

She mentioned on her site that an alternate ending is in the works, so wish granted! 

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30 Jan 2020 03:07 #66653 by HikerAngel
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Yes, working on an ending with option one. I’ve been a little busy this week, and most of my writing has been for contests which need entries in January. Also, the daily flash fiction contest on writing.com is giving out double prizes this week, so I’ve written for it every day. I wrote a little on novel #3 but hardly any on novel #2. Those, along with Superstarter 7b and a horror story...and maybe a chapter in one of my interactives will be my priorities over the next few days.

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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31 Jan 2020 18:21 #66667 by HikerAngel
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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! :)

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31 Jan 2020 18:51 #66669 by barber
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You forgot to mention a preview is up on your blog!  hikerangel.com/2020/01/31/superstarter-alternate-ending/
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31 Jan 2020 18:57 #66670 by Woodclaw
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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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10 Feb 2020 21:40 #66747 by HikerAngel
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ElF and Au Goose have helped me out with beautiful covers a number of times, so I hate to keep asking them for favors. Woodclaw informed me that Superstarter can have a cover now that it is in the library of multi-part stories, and it appears that most such stories do have them.

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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