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Old August 18th, 2012, 11:31 pm
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Forgive a newcomer a stupid question. Where do we go to vote?

Another question: is there a deadline for voting? Coz I haven't had time to read the 14 entries yet...
Vote here: http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=131647

I think the deadline is the 20th..


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Old August 19th, 2012, 6:07 am
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Vote here: http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=131647

I think the deadline is the 20th..
Thanks, RikuStark (is that "Stark" as in "Winter is Coming"?) - I went there and it seems no one has voted yet? Very confusing.

Anyway, I'll do my best to read the entries before the 20th.

ETA - OK, I now understand why that thread seemed empty of responses/votes.

Some of the entries are really creative, and some very moving, aren't they? (I'm allowed to say that, aren't I?)


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It's a moderated thread, you can't see your posts or anyone else's till the mods release them. It's done this way for anonimity reasons.


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Old August 19th, 2012, 1:26 pm
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We´ve 11 people who voted so far, so if you haven´t done so... please do!


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We´ve 11 people who voted so far, so if you haven´t done so... please do!
I stayed up until all hours to read the entries and have voted.

Will the results be posted after the 20th? I'd really like to know who wrote the stories that I liked best.


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Old August 19th, 2012, 8:36 pm
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Yep we will post the results as soon as possible after the deadline is over.

And thank you for voting!


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Missed voting. I read over some of the entries, but not all of them. Gah. I am sorry.


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Thanks to all who voted!

Results of the first challenge*
Entry 1: baseballblondie (4 votes)
Entry 2: SpaceCadet (1 vote)
Entrey 3: Zaffyra (3 votes)
Entry 4: Lprdgecko (2 votes)
Entry 5: Rikustark (7 votes)
Entry 6: HP_Ber (4 votes)
Entry 7: MmeBergerac (2 votes)
Entry 8: ccollinsmith (10 votes)
Entry 9: HMN (2 votes)
Entry 10: leah49 (0 votes)
Entry 11: mirrormere (5 votes)
Entry 12: MrSleepyHead (5 votes)
Entry 13: HPitty23 (1 votes)
Entry 14: gelowo93 (5 votes)

First Place: ccollinsmith
Second Place: Rikustark
Third Place: mirrormere, MrSleepyHead and gelowo93

Congrats to the ccollinsmith for winning the first round.

Everyone has done a great job

The awarded points will follow as soon as possible.

Don't be daunted if you didn't place as high as expected, the amount of people that voted wasn't that high. There will be plenty of time to make up for lost ground.

To those who didn't participate, you can still join the next challenge which will be posted later today.

* The results can also be found at the entries thread.


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Congratulations ccollinsmith! Thank you to the two people who voted for me


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Yea, I got 0 votes!


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Wow. Thanks, guys. I was just hoping someone would like my story.

Congratulations also to RikuStark, MrSleepyHead, mirrormere, and gelowo93!!! Great job, guys!!!

Limiting the voting to just 4 stories was hard, and I had to make some tough choices. So thanks, everyone for submitting some really cool stuff!


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Yea, I got 0 votes!
Sorry Leah... You were 5th on my list (really and truly!)

Congrats to ccollinsmith, RikusStark and the other winners. Outstanding job!

Actually, congrats to all the entrants. I really enjoyed reading the stories. A lot of imagination and creativity. Some of them were really moving, too.


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Thank you guys for voting for my entry. I can't believe I got second! Again, thank you!

Congrats to ccollinsmith, mirrormere, MrSleepyHead and gelowo93!


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Congratulations to the winners. Everyone did a great job.

The next challenge is up:

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Sorry Leah... You were 5th on my list (really and truly!)
Thanks. I figured I wouldn't do well being that I wrote my entry in like thirty minutes. I wrote it like I would really write a diary entry (well, I don't write the Dear Diary or sign it). I really do write that this is all I have to write and then continue on for paragraphs or come back in a few hours adding more.

Congrats to the winners and to everyone. I did enjoy the entries, well, the ones I did read, and I plan on going back and reading all of them.


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Congrats to ccollinsmith, mirrormere, MrSleepyHead and gelowo93!

It was tough to choose just 4.


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