CCC #44 Voting Thread on "Death To Santa!"

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#51  Edited By Geth

It was close, real close.

But, @batkevin74 won me over.

"Santa convulsed like a bowlful of epileptic jelly"

Just wow

@cbishop add vote if you will, good sir

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Joshmightbe gets my final vote @cbishop

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#54  Edited By stumpy49er

@lichter Nice gif. Really sets the tone. I was a bit confused at times what was happening but the details were great. Hope to see more from you on here, you're clearly a very good writer.

@admirallogic Very imaginative. As I said before I loved the white ninja/Jack Frost vs. Fire Santa battle. Plus Santa's fiery reindeer and elves made really cool images in my mind.

@geth Definitely one of the top stories. You turned Santa into a real bastard. Love it. Loved the Luchadore. Santa drinking the Coca-Cola was great. Being a Fallout fan, I'm sure you were tempted to call it Nuka Cola. ;)

@joshmightbe Really cool story and great motivation for killing Santa. The idea of dead eyed, smiling elves is very creepy.

@cbishop Hilarious! Loved it. No April Fools or 4th of July reps? Punxsutawney Phil? I didn't even think of the Easter Bunny until I read wildvines comment.

@the_impersonator Really good action and I certainly felt for the protagonist.

@4donkeyjohnson Nice prose.

@batkevin74 As always another great entry. Gethin seemed like a hard son of a gun. Very much your type of character. However, it's one thing to kill Santa but the reindeer? I will say though, I absolutely loved the 'what's in the box' (se7en) reveal.

@impurestcheese I really love that you went in a completely different and very historical direction for this. Good action as always. Great story.

@boschepg Good job bringing Black Pete and Belsnickel into the story. I hadn't heard of these characters until I started doing research for this challenge. Glad you used them. Good story. Hope to see you in these challenges more.

@thespiritstalker Very cool story. Evil kids are always the creepiest.

@wildvine Loved the blending of religions. Also, really liked how it wasn't a revenge killing or any of the various other greedy, righteous, psychopathic motivations for killing Santa but instead being a mercy killing. Stood out from the rest. Kind of a nice way to end all these death to Santa stories.

All that said my top contenders are cbishop, geth, batkevin74 and Lichter. All really great entries.

In the end I have to vote for the one that was the most entertaining. Makes it easier to read if I'm enjoying it as I'm reading it.

My vote goes to @cbishop. You've got a great sense of humor. I recently re-read your Star Wars entry from 3 years ago, 'Why Wookies can't be Jedi's?' (I voted for you back then) and man, when you write comedy, you really crack me up. :) This was no exception.

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@stumpy49er: Cool thanks for the feedback

#beingdifferenthasntpayedoff

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@wildvine: Tell me about it, was hoping the hours of reaserch would pay off, obviously not this time

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@stumpy49er: Thanks, that's much appreciated. I do have a lot of fun with the lighter stuff. :)

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So when do we learn who wins?

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So when do we learn who wins?

In about a week from now

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I actually liked all of the stories this time around (even 4dj's super short poetry- it made me laugh). Some of them went to really dark places, which is not unexpected for tales of murder. This time though, gotta give the vote to @wildvine. I just really liked the mixing of Norse mythology and holiday spirits, and that thing of pulling Thor's hammer out of Santa's bag was a really great oh-that's-cool moment. Nice job.

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@wildvine said:
@impurestcheese said:

#beingdifferenthasntpayedoff

#iknowright

#Youdohaveonemorevotethanmeandcheese.

Bro, that is not a winning attitude. Ya gotta want all the wins brother. Ya gotta live a Rocky-style montage every day. Ya gotta crack some raw eggs, and then think twice cause that would be gross to drink, and pour it out for a tall glass of healthy orange juice, brother. Ya need that vitamin D. Oooh yeeaaahhhhh!!!!

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Slowly plodding my way through these...I think I chose a good topic because we've got some awesome entries!

Now @tommythehitman and @knightofthechronicle and @project_worm if you get time in the next four or so days to read and vote in this, and come play in the next one, that'd be great! :) Same with you @time_phantom

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@wildvine said:

Bro, that is not a winning attitude. Ya gotta want all the wins brother. Ya gotta live a Rocky-style montage every day. Ya gotta crack some raw eggs, and then think twice cause that would be gross to drink, and pour it out for a tall glass of healthy orange juice, brother. Ya need that vitamin D. Oooh yeeaaahhhhh!!!!

I couldn't decide if I should read that in the voice of Kool-Aid-Man or Hulk Hogan... Kool-Aid-amania, brother! OH YEAHHH!

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@cbishop: Do it in Randy Savage's voice, works much better

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@ladychristine: You trying to evangelise us here in the FF section? Hope not or Satan, Tyr and The Flying Spaghetti Monster will eat your imaginary friend

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#72  Edited By BumpInTheNight

@batkevin74 said:

@cbishop: Do it in Randy Savage's voice, works much better

O.O You're RIGHT! :D

Edit: Oops, forgot I was in the BITN alt. :}

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@ladychristine: You trying to evangelise us here in the FF section? Hope not or Satan, Tyr and The Flying Spaghetti Monster will eat your imaginary friend

lol, I had just seen the posts while in my BITN alt, switched to cbishop, and >poof< they were gone. lol

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@cbishop: Do it in Randy Savage's voice, works much better

Thank you!! I was totally thinking of the Macho Man when I wrote that.

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What a hard choice but I'm going with @geth

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@batkevin74: wow lol thanks

I honestly didn't expect it to be this well-received

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@geth said:

I honestly didn't expect it to be this well-received

Hope you've got a theme picked out, just in case- deadline is close! :D

In the meantime, the only voters have been the contestants so far, so hey @tommythehitman, @waezi2, @princemarvel, @knightofthechronicle, @project_worm, @time_phantom, and @tim_drake4444, would you please vote so we have some non-contestant input this go-round? I know Batkevin' gave some of you callouts already, but the deadline is closerrrr, so please help us out, and thanks. :)

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@cbishop: Aye, Captain! I'll do my best to get through 'em.

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i like lichter

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We got about 10 hours give or take until this ends. Time for a last minute round up of potential voters to either cement victory or created CHAOS!

@tommythehitman and @waezi2 and @time_phantom :)

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@turoksonofstone and @donovan_montgomery, this is real last minute, so may not reach you in time, but if you have time, can you read and cast a vote for your favorite? About 45 minutes left, give or take. Thanks. :)

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About one hour forty minutes and we're done!

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*checks votes*

*checks watch*

*looks up*

Is it hot in here?

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@geth: It's just you. lol

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@geth: Congrats on the win.

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And we're done!

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Congratulations @geth on your win! Accept your trophy, collect some accolades and get ready to bring us contest number 45 some time soon.

Well done everyone, excellent turn out

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@batkevin74:

:D

So, uhm, never hosted a CCC before. Any tips for what kinda setup I should have guidelines-wise?

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@geth: Up to you really. Usually you just start a new thread, @wildvine to pin it so it moves to the top of the FF forum.

Choose your topic, set the parameters of the story comp eg 7000 words based on this picture etc etc. Set an end date, usually two-three weeks and then sit back and relax until it comes time to set up the voting thread. Any questions me, or @cbishop or @wildvine can help out.

Also have a browse of the previous winners thread because the idea you might have eg Ninjas could've been done, which ninjas have been, it was the very first one.

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@geth: WOOT! Congratulations, Geth! Nice trophy. ;)

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@cbishop: lol you know for damn sure I saved that trophy XD

@batkevin74: Alright, nice. Semester tests start tomorrow, so I'll have something up by this weekend at the latest.

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@geth said:

@cbishop: lol you know for damn sure I saved that trophy XD

Psht, I always do! ;)

Wildvine made me a Walk of Fame star for my fifth win and it's still on my profile page. :D

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@waezi2: Ah cool thanks for the vote Waezi

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@cbishop said:
@geth said:

@cbishop: lol you know for damn sure I saved that trophy XD

Psht, I always do! ;)

Wildvine made me a Walk of Fame star for my fifth win and it's still on my profile page. :D

I forgot all about that actually.

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@geth: It's been a week, bout time you fired up the next contest. Or like the Miss America/Miss Universe pageants it'll default to Ms Uzbekistan who'll take your place in a scandal that will tarnish your career forever. So chop chop :)

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@batkevin74: I was just screaming at myself today that I had to do it by tomorrow

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@geth: It's been a week, bout time you fired up the next contest. Or like the Miss America/Miss Universe pageants it'll default to Ms Uzbekistan who'll take your place in a scandal that will tarnish your career forever. So chop chop :)

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@batkevin74: I was just screaming at myself today that I had to do it by tomorrow

Yeah, don't make me, Lichter and Wildvine fight over the tiara... Wildvine's got that hammer- it might hurt. :}