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indigo196 (258)    Apr 10, 2007 - 04:01 am | Edited on Apr 10, 2007 - 04:28 am

We all, apparently, had to deal with down-voting. I went from 88.8 (highest rating) to 85.6 and 4th highest rating in just six votes. CanadaDave was in second with 88 when I last looked and he fell all the way to 86.7 and second. You should be happy though you finished with the highest rating and went from either 4th or 5th highest rating to the highest in roughly five hours. » Login to reply to this  jacobvandy (1636)    Apr 10, 2007 - 06:37 am i had 89.5 at one point, so close! i wanted the little highlighty thingy. :P » Login to reply to this  indigo196 (258)    Apr 10, 2007 - 06:53 am Yeah it was nice when I was up at 92.5 -- but that was short lived. I don't remember any special highlight though. » Login to reply to this  indigo196 (258)   Apr 10, 2007 - 05:33 am I agree Darrellwu -- I trust the editors. I really pushed to get friends and family to vote for me this round though and started as soon as the article was published. » Login to reply to this  darrellwu (24)   Apr 10, 2007 - 04:56 am | Edited on Apr 10, 2007 - 04:57 am I don't think I got downvoted at all, but as I didn't really start plugging the link to friends until late my rating was also never especially high, so I suppose no one bothered to nerf my rating =P. I think that in the end we'll just have to trust the editors to make sagacious decisions. In round two I was in the bottom half vote-wise but still finished second, so I'm trying not to stress too much about the voting process. » Login to reply to this

DaugWok (85)    Apr 10, 2007 - 12:53 am

Tell me about it. :) » Login to reply to this  hipcheck (301)   Apr 10, 2007 - 01:33 am my lowest rating for this cluster is an 8. those 1s are tough to avoid... » Login to reply to this

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CanadaDave (303)    Apr 10, 2007 - 08:43 am

Nice job with the stats, man. :) Care to make any projections? You were almost dead on last time.. :) » Login to reply to this  OgreFade (150)   Apr 11, 2007 - 12:01 am I was 100% this round. The results matched with the % results of the matrix. » Login to reply to this  OgreFade (150)   Apr 10, 2007 - 11:46 am As close as it is, it would be very presumptuous for me to try to predict. The contestants are significantly closer this round than Round 2. I also have no idea how much the challenge round has influenced this round. In the earlier rounds the current editors also gave an impression of what they thought of the articles, where as this round they simply gave an overview. I would possibly hazard a guess if I had their impressions. As it is, I reserve my prediction for myself. After this thing is over you're more than welcome to solicit a copy of my spreadsheet. I hope I manage to get a spot, I'd love to have the flexibility to look for new work/quit my job (see my challenge round article) and find something else. I feel I can put together a phenomenal submission on the build for next round. In the end its up to them. Let the chips fall where they may. » Login to reply to this

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indigo196 (258)    Apr 10, 2007 - 05:33 am

I certainly hope my voters aren't zombies. This round is the first round I really pushed to have people come vote -- I normally don't like to push -- and I had my parents, brother, wife, in-laws, guildmates, and friends from various forums voting this round. I too am amazed at how many people were willing to register in order to vote. » Login to reply to this

hipcheck (301)    Apr 10, 2007 - 01:35 am

those "other" considerations have not yet cleared my PayPal account... » Login to reply to this  DaugWok (85)   Apr 10, 2007 - 08:48 am Well, I was thinking of writing style, research, personality, etc. I guess I left the door open for bribery and blackmail, though. And sexual favors. » Login to reply to this  hipcheck (301)    Apr 10, 2007 - 10:31 am that last one is all taken care of, but feel free to liberally engage in the first two. » Login to reply to this

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Knuckles (1565)    Apr 09, 2007 - 05:50 pm

Well only few (6.5) hours until the end of the voting. This is much more exciting than the round 2 vote and that was quite something. I just hope the FiringSquad staff won't torture us (you) by talking their time to vote. The articles have been up for 4 days or so, so they must have made up their mind by now. /plug: I have just added hints to all question in this week game quiz./End plug Link: http://www.firingsquad.com/matrix/blog.asp/39357/444 » Login to reply to this

DaugWok (85)    Apr 09, 2007 - 10:59 am

I think I am going to be sick from stress before this is over. The highs, the lows, the horror... » Login to reply to this  indigo196 (258)   Apr 09, 2007 - 11:08 am | Edited on Apr 09, 2007 - 12:40 pm Well I hope not... I got sick this morning and it was not pleasant. » Login to reply to this  indigo196 (258)    Apr 09, 2007 - 11:56 am | Edited on Apr 09, 2007 - 12:40 pm Corrected the statement above to not be so... um... well... » Login to reply to this  CanadaDave (303)    Apr 09, 2007 - 11:06 am I'm sorry, man - I really don't know what to do with that comment. I'll just pretend that you meant that your hot water ran out or something. :) » Login to reply to this

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