bonesiii Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) The results of this poll will not be exactly binding, but I wanted to give people this opportunity to help decide. I will factor this plus the way each individual category goes, and how many categories have multiple entries. After round one ends (all the individual category polls, plus this poll), I'll have a final ranking poll (or rounds of polls if needed) which will be multiple choice, and the results of that might affect the number too (for example if there are less that get a lot of votes there than the number picked here).So, don't worry about picking a "final answer" on the number here, just what you're thinking right now. On the other hand, if you do feel strongly about a particular number, feel free to explain why in a post here. Please be aware that any number higher than half the number of categories is unlikely to be chosen, since there's so many more categories than in past contests, but I included the option anyways just to keep the poll fair. [Original wording of this poll said 16 categories, so 8 was half, but one category with one DQed entry had to be cut, so 15 now.] [uPDATE: The administration has decided to reduce the amount of time for voting due to little activity since the initial voting. The new deadline is Thursday, March 5.] Edited February 16, 2015 by bonesiii The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSkeletonMan939 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I went with four. This is quite possibly the last G1 story contest we'll ever have the privilege of holding, as well as the last G1 thing period, so I think having a healthy number of winners would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boidoh Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Why is 0 an option? Add me on 3DS: 0516-7750-0068Add me on Wii U: Boidoh "I am Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon." - Lloyd, Episode 4: Never Trust a Snake"I am Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon." - Lloyd, Episode 44: Corridor of EldersLike, Comment, And Subscribe for Nintendo Content - NinBoidoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Because: 1) It's hypothetically possible somebody thinks none of the entries are up to par. 2) As you know (), some are against any new additions to canon regardless. While it's extremely unlikely that zero will be accepted, heh, I still thought it best to include it. 2 The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALVIS Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I said three. It's the maximum number of short stories that have been canonized through similar contests, and hopefully it's few enough that only the really good ones will get through. (Personally, I don't have a lot of stock in this contest, since I didn't write "An Even Exchange" until after the submission deadline had passed. In another history, maybe...) "You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant." -- Harlan Ellison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Argh. My memory says that only 1 entry meets my high quality standards, there can be only 1. My memory is being a jerk. Um... This poll title references math, so the logical thing would be to take 5, since that's a third - the top 33% of exceptional writing and all that. But that may be too broad for a contest...I'll compromise and go with 3. Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mersery Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I voted 4 for the reasons cited by the SkeletonMan939. "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary TNT Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I said more than half. Mainly because this could very well be the last expansion to the old canon ever. If that's the case, then I would want the most expansion I could get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahiSpeak Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I voted for four. One half of me wanted to vote for five because, being perhaps the last contest, I think there should be a good sized pool of winners. It is also just a good, round number. The other half was drawn towards three winners, which is just a common course of action. Four winners was my compromise, as fourth place does sometimes get recognized, but not usually fifth. Bionicle Story Group (BSG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boidoh Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I voted 7. This is gonna be the last of the BIONICLE. Might as well make it count. Add me on 3DS: 0516-7750-0068Add me on Wii U: Boidoh "I am Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon." - Lloyd, Episode 4: Never Trust a Snake"I am Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon." - Lloyd, Episode 44: Corridor of EldersLike, Comment, And Subscribe for Nintendo Content - NinBoidoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meta Knight Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 'Twas a good ride, friends, but now, it's over. (probably) The last of the gen 1 canon is upon us, and how much it will be all depends on what we vote here. Think long and hard before you hit that vote button. Godspeed to us all. :e: Stay vigilant, my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exitium Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 As a contestant, I'm naturally inclined to vote for the largest number possible to give myself a better change of winning, . Instead I've decided to vote for three because I'd rather see quality over quantity. Four is fine too, but I do feel like this is a contest, not a canon approving committee, so only the best entries should win. Either way, I'm excited that the polls are finally up! Library Memory (Memoirs of the Dead Entry, vote here!) Nowhere Current Status: Complete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikiturbo Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I'd say three also. It's a good, even (actually odd) number that allows for a fair amount of fan input without overwhelming canon with ideas from anyone. It'll force voters to be more selective and hopefully narrow down the range of entries that make it. Not Tikicrazy. Not Tikiloco. Just plain ol' Tikiturbo. Check Out My S&T 7 Entry: "Teacher" Below http://www.bzpower.c...?showtopic=7740 KINGDOM HEARTS Fan? PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyWharrgarbl Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I went with "more than half" because, first off, I thought there was going to be one winner per category. I know this isn't the case now, though. I also thought that, well, it's the last contest for old gen. It does no real harm to have more winners (outside of some possible inconsistencies), and since these will be the last things to be added to canon, well... I'm all for being flooded with new canon before moving onto the new gen. I understand this will be an unlikely outcome, though, so I'm not too fussed about the number. More than zero, hopefully. c: Memoirs of the Dead entry: The Unknown Turaga, a tale from the late Chronicler Kodan's journal. Strakk's Best Friend, the story of a confusing yet somehow canon friendship. Terrible Comics, a collection of comics that are terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I also thought that, well, it's the last contest for old gen. It does no real harm to have more winners (outside of some possible inconsistencies), and since these will be the last things to be added to canon, well... I'm all for being flooded with new canon before moving onto the new gen. I understand this will be an unlikely outcome, thoughIt's probably unnecessary to say this due to the last line in this quote, but just for the record, I think quality issues could do harm beyond consistency issues, and voters' expressing of that in their voting and posts will be factored in choosing the final number (hopefully the later ranking poll will basically cover it, but we'll see). That's somewhat subjective, but not entirely. The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Makao Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I went with 5, I'd say 3 as a minimum. This is the final farewell to generation one, we should ideally choose as many winners as possible. Last of the Matoran Universe (please read and review) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takhamavahu Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Why can there not be one from every category? Why is it so ridiculous to have more than half accepted, let alone one from each when this may be the last addition to the old canon we ever get? Flash Fire Adaptive Armour Where They All Are Tobduk Nikila Iron Wolf Artakha Adaptive Armour 2 Helryx Lariska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 It's a contest. There has to be some filtering of quality. 1 Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSkeletonMan939 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Why can there not be one from every category? Why is it so ridiculous to have more than half accepted, let alone one from each when this may be the last addition to the old canon we ever get? Some categories have only one entry in them. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Why can there not be one from every category? Why is it so ridiculous to have more than half accepted, let alone one from each when this may be the last addition to the old canon we ever get?I didn't say it was "ridiculous" (I often point out that's a bad argument; it means "able to be ridiculed" which could apply to anything from a different POV), but it would be inconsistent with past contests. In both A Thousand Years Untold contests (the ones most relevant here, being S&T story-writing contests), I set the number of categories from the start, and it was way smaller than the total number of protagonists entrants used in this contest. Here the theme required a "to be determined" way of categorizing. I noted in the rules that the polls might have narrower categories than what I ended up using. I could have forced a smaller number on the polls according to that, but I decided it would be best to judge each character individually first, since obviously no two entries for the same character can win; that's the logical place to start in determining the final categories. And I decided it would be too arbitrary to add other groupings in later, so it's based on popularity instead. Presuming voters are concerned with quality, this is probably the best way to do it all things considered. And if I forced there to be one per protagonist, there'd be a whole bunch of entries ushered in without giving people the chance to vote at all. Ungood. The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Makao Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Why can there not be one from every category? Why is it so ridiculous to have more than half accepted, let alone one from each when this may be the last addition to the old canon we ever get?I didn't say it was "ridiculous" (I often point out that's a bad argument; it means "able to be ridiculed" which could apply to anything from a different POV), but it would be inconsistent with past contests. In both A Thousand Years Untold contests (the ones most relevant here, being S&T story-writing contests), I set the number of categories from the start, and it was way smaller than the total number of protagonists entrants used in this contest. Here the theme required a "to be determined" way of categorizing. I noted in the rules that the polls might have narrower categories than what I ended up using. I could have forced a smaller number on the polls according to that, but I decided it would be best to judge each character individually first, since obviously no two entries for the same character can win; that's the logical place to start in determining the final categories. And I decided it would be too arbitrary to add other groupings in later, so it's based on popularity instead. Presuming voters are concerned with quality, this is probably the best way to do it all things considered. And if I forced there to be one per protagonist, there'd be a whole bunch of entries ushered in without giving people the chance to vote at all. Ungood. How many categories only have one entry? You could always group a few of those together. Last of the Matoran Universe (please read and review) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonesiii Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 To what advantage? If the math of the results is about the same this way, there's no cause for complaint to stick to this way. And I mentioned that possibility in the post you quoted, and said it would be arbitrary and is unnecessary. 1 The Destiny of Bionicle (chronological retelling of Bionicle original series, 9 PDFs of 10 chapters each on Google Drive): Part 1 - Warring with Fate | Part 2 - Year of Change | Part 3 - The Exploration Trap | Part 4 - Rise of the Warlords | Part 5 - A Busy Matoran | Part 6 - The Dark Time | Part 7 - Proving Grounds | Part 8 - A Rude Awakening | Part 9 - The Battle of Giants My Bionicle Fanfiction (Google Drive folder, eventually planned to have PDFs of all of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I've gone for four. I was inclined to go with three, a number used in previous contests, but as others have stated before me, this will most likely be the last (worthwhile, at least) addition into our story, so an extra story cannot hurt Twitter: @enkindle_this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon~ Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 4, if not less. So i went with 3 -- theres bound to be 3 cool stories among the entries Archon *** "For one to truly feel alive, the person must kill oneself a little bit each and every day." Check out my MOC, one of the new generation of Toa on Spherus Magna! ***Toa Kyraan*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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