Comments on 'Winners by the Numbers'Oh for goodness' sake! Don't you know that most of you are supposed to totally biff the challenge and let one person stand out as the obvious winner? There's no way to subjectively choose a winner, so I'll have to use numbers.
20 entries, nice and even. So let's eliminate the odds.
That didn't help much. Let's add the remaining designation numbers and take the average.
11. Well, there's a paradox. I already eliminated #11.
But wait, K is the 11th letter.
Only 3 entries have K in the title and author's name. And they are all ficlets I was strongly considering in the winner's pool. Aha! Therefore, the winners are as follows.
Making it Count by John Perkins: Really a great, stand-alone, intense story with a surprise ending.
Ask the Wonderball by Eckhouse: I hate to award winnership when it's already featured and sequeled, but it was a darn good example of how ominous a number can be.
In the Dark by Mistress Elsha Hawk: Loved it, very emotional, and I've seen a newly blind person do this.2008-06-14T23:59:24Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/33871Comment on Winners by the Numbers<p>thanks! I feel like I won a lottery though, what if I titled it something else??? I always appreciate a Nod, even if it’s only chance. :)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=708752008-06-14T23:59:24ZMistress Elsha Hawkhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawkComment on Winners by the Numbers<p>I’m not worried about winning, I just enjoyed the challenge. Definitely a fun one; keep ‘em coming :)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=701982008-06-12T10:12:27ZWolfechuhttp://ficlets.com/authors/wolfechuComment on Winners by the Numbers<p>Wow, thanks! I’ll take it even if it wasn’t based on merit.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=697052008-06-10T21:01:20ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21Comment on Winners by the Numbers<p>Well, it’s all in the numbers and the numbers have chosen three excellent stories by three excellent writers. Congrats!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=696962008-06-10T20:42:56Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on Winners by the Numbers<p>Thank you for the recognition. I’m still amazed at the life Wonderball has. Kudos for a thought-provoking and Ficlet-provoking challenge.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=696932008-06-10T20:35:16ZEckhousehttp://ficlets.com/authors/eckhouseComment on Winners by the Numbers<p>Haha PPP , I seriously had a hard time picking winners and thus the idiot-math method of selecting winners. Consider your consolation prize awarded, for persistence if nothing else. And this was an amazing field of entries.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=696892008-06-10T20:32:04ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Winners by the Numbers<p>Congrats to the winners! This was one of the better challenges. It’s a pity I don’t spell my name Ana Kristina… ;-)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=696602008-06-10T19:47:02Z♠Ana Cristina♥http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78Comment on Winners by the Numbers<p>Good choices. But what about pi? which is approximately 22/7 = 11.2/7 and since 11 is the winner and 2 and 7 were used in your original challenge I should at least get a consolation prize.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33871?basename=696582008-06-10T19:46:36ZPyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunk