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Vote - Week 21

A few words from clauderainsrm:

Welcome to Week 21, aka the Intersection, aka the new Merged Tribe! That's right, we've come a long way, but we are finally at the point of being one group!

One of these folks will become the next LJ IDOL! If that's not exciting, then I need to get out of the house more, because it seems pretty darned exciting to me!

The week was, as previously stated, an Intersection. Contestants, who normally work by themselves, were forced to pair up, which never fails to produce some interesting results, which in the best cases, elevates the work of them both in the process. They were given two topics, "Bridge" and "The Straw That Stirs the Drink". One of them had to write one, and the partner tackled the other.

Some people have been wondering how the poll is going to work.

I have an answer for that, but first - there's another question to be answered. We had an odd number of contestants, which means there was going to be an "Odd Man Out"/last person picked for dodgeball/the collective nightmare of Livejournal. This time, we actually had a volunteer to be that person: the_day_setup. There was some speculation on what was going to happen to him as a result of that.

Of course, he will be eliminated immediately. . .

Oh, wait... no he won't. That was my inside voice!

In fact, he has several options on the table. From the person not picked, to being the most powerful figure in the competition at the moment.

He has until Wednesday, April 4th at noon EDT to send an email to me at clauderainsrm@gmail.com selecting one of the following options:

- Individual immunity (being safe from the vote - good for this round only) and an immunity to hand out to one other team (good for this round only)
- Topsy Turvy (the ability to "flip the poll" upside down. The team with the HIGHEST votes will be going home. Good until the Top 40)
- Individual immunity (this round only) and the ability to bring one contestant eliminated between now and the Top 40 back, INCLUDING self.

Any one of those options is enough to tip whatever someone has perceived to be "the way things are", and considering how fluid that has been anyway, it's enough to really make a mark on the season. Which one will be pick? Who knows? I'll find out when he tells me! You will find out shortly after that!

As for the actually poll, the vote totals of the partners will be added together. The duo with the lowest combined total, will be eliminated*. (*Unless of course Topsy Turvy is played!)

The poll will close Thursday, April 5th at 9pm EDT, so make sure to get out there and read, comment, and vote for your favorites!

Good luck to everyone!





Poll #1830961 LJ Idol, Season Eight, Week Twenty-One- Merged Tribe
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 188

The Ballot:

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____hejira's entry
18 (1.0%)
_messy's entry
24 (1.4%)
alephz's entry
30 (1.7%)
alien_infinity's entry
34 (2.0%)
alleyalligator's entry
21 (1.2%)
alycewilson's entry
29 (1.7%)
basric's entry
39 (2.2%)
baxaphobia's entry
33 (1.9%)
beldarzfixon's entry
30 (1.7%)
cemetaria's entry
30 (1.7%)
cheshire23's entry
25 (1.4%)
copyright1983's entry
20 (1.2%)
dblicher's entry
32 (1.8%)
dizzydog's entry
23 (1.3%)
drjeff's entry
40 (2.3%)
dslartoo's entry
21 (1.2%)
ecosopher's entry
34 (2.0%)
ellakite's entry
35 (2.0%)
everywordiwrite's entry
30 (1.7%)
frecklestars's entry
33 (1.9%)
halfshellvenus's entry
29 (1.7%)
imafarmgirl's entry
27 (1.6%)
jacq22's entry
27 (1.6%)
java_fiend's entry
45 (2.6%)
jem0000000's entry
22 (1.3%)
karmasoup's entry
29 (1.7%)
kickthehobbit's entry
24 (1.4%)
lawchicky's entry
32 (1.8%)
lrig_rorrim's entry
29 (1.7%)
m_malcontent's entry
29 (1.7%)
magicmarmot's entry
21 (1.2%)
marjory's entry
23 (1.3%)
medleymisty's entry
28 (1.6%)
michikatinski's entry
30 (1.7%)
milk_and_glass's entry
34 (2.0%)
minnesattva's entry
29 (1.7%)
mstrobel's entry
40 (2.3%)
myrna_bird's entry
33 (1.9%)
n3m3sis42's entry
40 (2.3%)
notodette's entry
32 (1.8%)
pixie117's entry
47 (2.7%)
porn_this_way's entry
38 (2.2%)
rattsu's entry
30 (1.7%)
robina1984's entry
16 (0.9%)
sarcasmoqueen's entry
27 (1.6%)
similiesslip's entry
35 (2.0%)
sketchybrunette's entry
24 (1.4%)
sonophax's entry
18 (1.0%)
the_day_setup's entry
22 (1.3%)
theafaye's entry
31 (1.8%)
thephantomq's entry
28 (1.6%)
tigrkittn's entry
30 (1.7%)
vaudy's entry
24 (1.4%)
whipchick's entry
44 (2.5%)
whirlgig's entry
29 (1.7%)
xo_kizzy_xo's entry
32 (1.8%)
xreesex's entry
27 (1.6%)
yachiru's entry
31 (1.8%)
yuniebaby's entry
21 (1.2%)


Comments

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copyright1983
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:23 am (UTC)
First? (And don't you mean April, not March?)

Good luck, everyone!

Edited at 2012-04-03 01:23 am (UTC)
mstrobel
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:24 am (UTC)
Or he has 11 months to email Gary ;)
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n3m3sis42
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:33 am (UTC)
Eeeeeevil.
milk_and_glass
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:35 am (UTC)
Oh, wow. Things are really starting to heat up, now. DOOOOOOM isn't over yet!
roina_arwen
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:38 am (UTC)
DOOOOOOM is Never over, LOL.
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robina1984
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:42 am (UTC)
Okay, so where do I get the "I hate Gary" t-shirts? Might as well look snazzy while freaking out over here!
clauderainsrm
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:26 pm (UTC)
You can purchase them in the lobby.
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dblicher
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:43 am (UTC)
I kinda like it that we're all one tribe. Makes me want to invite everybody over. 59-person Seder, anyone?
xo_kizzy_xo
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:46 am (UTC)
Do you have a big enough table? Should I call a supplier?

I haven't been to a Seder in years...
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ecosopher
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:48 am (UTC)
Ugh.
michikatinski
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:49 am (UTC)
Agreed.
kickthehobbit
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:55 am (UTC)
oh man...
talonkarrde88
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:51 pm (UTC)
You're in for a big big big day!
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similiesslip
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:58 am (UTC)
I need to count more carefully..did all 59 make it?
tigrkittn
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:44 am (UTC)
Yes. One was late but got in anyway, so we're all present and accounted for.
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similiesslip
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:00 am (UTC)
My other question is, Gary wrote that Topsy Turvy could flip so the TEAM with the highest votes could go home..does that mean we will be in teams until the top 40? Because that part could be read that way...
medleymisty
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:02 am (UTC)
Yeah - I had the same thought.
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kathrynrose
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:04 am (UTC)
That thing about the top vote getterss going home is just wrong.
halfshellvenus
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:37 am (UTC)
I agree. I would hate to see that be a choice.

OTOH, it's the one choice that doesn't benefit the_day_setup in any way.

Choice #3, now... That one is tempting!
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tigrkittn
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:40 am (UTC)
Topsy Turvy is strategic, but evil. Using it is surely a way to put a target on your back, since a lot of people would see it as a bad result.
similiesslip
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:49 am (UTC)
Good point. That would make others want to vote you out, probably.
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medleymisty
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:50 am (UTC)
Yeah - I was thinking that if it was me, the topsy turvy thing would be a great trick to pull. But it would also be a pretty troll-y thing to do and would quite possibly make people mad at you. So I'd probably just laugh and joke about doing it but then go with one of the others for real. Probably the third one.
jem0000000
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:15 am (UTC)
You don't necessarily *have* to use it. But I would go with the third one, too. :)
the_day_setup
Apr. 3rd, 2012 03:00 am (UTC)
I am speechless. Think I'm gonna have to have a drink or three on this one tomorrow night.
similiesslip
Apr. 3rd, 2012 03:21 am (UTC)
Hey, you won some pretty nice options:) Celebrate!
jacq22
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:13 am (UTC)
How fiendishly evil.....am hiding under the table with a bowl of jello.

I am actually in a 'cheats' mood today am making red velvet cup cakes and brownies from, ......oh the shame....... a packet. I hide my head, but I am very tired, grandson might come, have ironed for way too long, and worked on other mundane tasks, yet I just want to paint. Life can be cruel.
michikatinski
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:51 am (UTC)
May I join you? I'll bring extra jello. And cookies. And tissues.
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vaguelyclear
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:48 am (UTC)
I'll be honest - if I had those three options, I'd pick Topsy Turvy. NOT because I am a horrible, horrible person, but because it could really shake things up and make the rest of the contest interesting, and who doesn't like interesting?

Good luck, everyone! :D
jem0000000
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:14 am (UTC)
I would want the one with the bringing someone back. But topsy-turvy would totally be my second choice. :)


Edited at 2012-04-03 05:21 pm (UTC)
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michikatinski
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:56 am (UTC)
This whole topsy turvy business makes me extremely unhappy and anxious (and I'm not even one of the ones likely to be booted out by it). Boo. I sure hope that's not the option that's chosen.

Gary, you evil, evil man. *sigh* And yet I keep coming back for more........

michikatinski
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:57 am (UTC)
(Gary, I don't really think you're evil. You're just really good at making yourself look that way. :P )
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jem0000000
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:13 am (UTC)
Okay, last unsolicited link to my table of partners! Now completely updated.

http://jem0000000.livejournal.com/359598.html
impoetry
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:15 am (UTC)
Ha, well with all of these possibilities, I'm no longer bummed that I got voted out last week! TOPSY TURVY!

Lol I think I had an entry in my first season called 'Turvy Topsy'. It was a Billy Wylde story of course. :)

Good luck everyone and try not to sweat all the potential doom ( I know, easier typed than done). Don't forget the free cookies.




Oh, I brought cookies. :)
jem0000000
Apr. 3rd, 2012 05:50 am (UTC)
Do the two-person teams get divided by two to make the combined total, since the_day_setup has no partner? Or is that why there's two immunity options?
clauderainsrm
Apr. 3rd, 2012 10:49 am (UTC)
He is completely on his own.

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everywordiwrite
Apr. 3rd, 2012 07:17 am (UTC)
Wait, is the poll-flipping good for one round only? I read that as it would be flipped for EVERY round from now on till the Top 40, which would a) be evil and b) discourage people from trying to write well. In that case, it seems a lot more intriguing as a possibility.

Good luck, everyone!
xo_kizzy_xo
Apr. 3rd, 2012 08:18 am (UTC)
I'm pretty sure it's a one-time use. If used strategically, though, it could be a major game-changer ;)
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sarcasmoqueen
Apr. 3rd, 2012 12:06 pm (UTC)
I'm going to blame my lack of understanding on being sick... I'm so confused! Will we know which option he chooses before the poll closes?
And did I read that half of us may go home this week?
clauderainsrm
Apr. 3rd, 2012 01:39 pm (UTC)
I hope you feel better soon. Until you do though, I’ll answer your questions! ;)

He has until the day before the poll closes to let me know what option he is taking. Once that happens, I’ll announce it. So, yes, you will know before the poll closes.

No. Not half of you going home – it’s the duo. Which means we are losing one pair/two contestants this round.
n3m3sis42
Apr. 3rd, 2012 02:58 pm (UTC)
It's sad that my first thought when I read this post (well, actually my second because my first was "WTF, Topsy Turvy?!!") was that it was odd for "only" two people to be eliminated this week. But yay for that! :D
jem0000000
Apr. 3rd, 2012 06:04 pm (UTC)
I thought that was low, too. Is he lulling us into a false sense of security?
whipchick
Apr. 3rd, 2012 04:44 pm (UTC)
I clearly suck at intersection--I'm reading in the car and noticed everyone else put a link to their partner in their entry! I should be able to edit that in later today, sorry basric!

I'll offer in my defense that between Friday morning and now I've done two all day and a half day rehearsal with 97 kids, a rehearsal with my team for reality tv tomorrow, opened the kids' show (they were awesome and nobody died) beta-ed five entries and fought the backstage internet going in and out and my own writer's block, and I'm on the last two hours of a 15-hour overnight drive.

LJIdol, you're worth it! Thanks for being an amazing community of writers that makes me want to work no matter what!
jem0000000
Apr. 3rd, 2012 06:54 pm (UTC)
*hugs*

You just had to be different....
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jacq22
Apr. 4th, 2012 11:31 am (UTC)
Am slightly crazy, have been out for a drink, so have wine in my system, and am listening to music on U tube with my son, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues.

Sometimes being old does not preclude love of music. Onto Muddy Walters, Howlin Wolf......better get my pills and rock to bed.

Edited at 2012-04-04 11:32 am (UTC)
iridesce57
Apr. 5th, 2012 06:55 pm (UTC)
Been a while since I've seen Moody Blues in a post -

On the threshold of a dream .. indeed
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alycewilson
Apr. 6th, 2012 12:28 am (UTC)
Don't know if anyone will see this, but there was some extraordinary writing this week. However, I read most of it on my phone and didn't want to sap the battery by commenting. I'll try to comment tonight after I finish work on some of my faves.
similiesslip
Apr. 6th, 2012 12:58 am (UTC)
Intersections really did bring out some great writing. It must help to have people to bounce ideas off etc. I know my partner was helpful!
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