Ship Bracket 2020 - Final Five - A Little Nerd Music

Ship Bracket 2020 - Final Five

4/20/2020

by Christina

[EDIT 3 4/26 11:05AM PT]: Suspicious votes have been removed. Of note:

None of the individual IP addresses involved in these votes had voted more than 100 times
Votes were removed from the ships Destiel, Sanvers, and Lapidot.
Any banned IP address moving forward would be blocked and receive a pop up notification asking you to contact the person running the poll (ie: me)
Polls are reopened

[EDIT 2]: Polls currently on pause for analysis.

[EDIT]: Hi everyone! I've heard from multiple people that there's been some freezing issues in the Sanvers/Destiel poll that I've been able to duplicate on my end. So I've temporarily closed that poll to give it a little nap and hopefully it will be less cranky afterwards. The poll will reopen at 5PM PT and I have extended the deadline by one day to make up for it. Thanks

And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN! Notes for this round:

Polls close at 9PM PT on April 27th [UPDATED].
Please continue to share your favorite recs and quarantine activities.
I'll continue to eliminate any fraudulent votes.
Good luck!

36 Comments

❤️ Destiel ❤️

4/20/2020 09:10:13 am

Is Destiel bracket ok? Not working for me.

Can I vote now? 😢

Brienne of Tarth

4/20/2020 09:15:25 am

Hmm..shocking turn of events.

No one could have foreseen this.

🧐🤨

4/20/2020 09:18:28 am

Huh. I don’t understand.

4/20/2020 09:24:46 am

I just wanna vote. Savers can vote but not us. Hope fixed soon. 🙂

hunter x angel

4/20/2020 10:04:21 am

Anyone else having Destiel bracket load slow.

Our votes crawling and other side flying.

?

Kel

4/20/2020 10:54:55 am

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and

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https://www.omaha.com/entertainment/quarantined-at-home-weve-got-30-ideas-to-help-you-pass-the-time/article_94c21c0e-2b33-52d9-a4ba-d252d11c1ea7.html

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🙂😀

ALNM Mod Christina link

4/20/2020 11:03:22 am

Hi everyone,

Just a heads up that I am seeing suspicious votes in the Destiel/Sanvers poll that I will be diving in to and removing after my work day. It’s not even approaching enough to change the current leader, but should be removed and blocked nonetheless.

As for freezing, I can’t say I’ve had any issues on my end. There have been times I’ve had difficulties in past polls due to my own internet connection. The only advice I can give is to clear your cookies, check your internet connection, and make sure you don’t vote too quickly to confuse the system. I am always available via e-mail if you come across further unique issues.

Thanks!

4/20/2020 12:09:26 pm

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sweet Cheeses!!

4/20/2020 12:25:05 pm

Sanvers..what did you do?!

🤨😆

4/20/2020 12:29:48 pm

I know, right?

Sorry, Destiel. We put in a few votes, before they raced off into the distance. Maybe you’ll have a better chance once this is sorted out.

Meanwhile.... Lapidot had 53 000 votes in the last round.

And at the moment they have..1.

Hmm 🤔

4/21/2020 12:18:15 am

And now Lapidot has rocketed up to... 1.

I guess we know who contributed most of those “53 000 votes“.

And by that, I mean ... 🎩 .

What a great voter you are, Mr Blackhat dot com.

You should get a trophy.

Oh wait, you already paid for that.

🏆

Oathkeeper

4/21/2020 05:17:43 am

Okay, Here are the vote counts for Lapidot in every round.

250
660
100
53000
1

Soooooo..which is the odd one out?

🤦‍♀️🤦🤦‍♂️🤔🤭🤫

4/21/2020 05:23:52 am

Wait, don’t tell me! It’s that 100 votes, isn’t it? I thought there was something suspicious about those!

😏😉

Remember Zimbio poll 2018?

4/22/2020 08:25:09 am

Zimbio March Madness 2018

* SANVERS: Remove the cheating Bellarke votes!!
#disqualifybellarke

* ZIMBIO REMOVES FRAUDULENT VOTES BUT THAT INCLUDES 20 000 SANVERS VOTES *

* SANVERS: Not our cheating votes! Theirs!! 🤬

🤨

4/22/2020 09:25:10 am

actually zimbio took 40 000 votes off sanvers and 30 000 from clexa.

4/22/2020 07:16:40 pm

Let’s see..

RD 1 - Sanvers. 5825
RD 2 - Sanvers 9400
SWEET 16 - Sanvers 8000
ELITE 8 - Sanvers. 17 000
FINAL 5 - Sanvers 50 000 (so far)

Now, which of these is the odd one out? It’s a mystery, really!

🤨🧐🤔

4/25/2020 01:30:04 pm

Not so much a mystery if you look at what’s happening in the Karamel bracket.

I guess they got bored.

Hope Mr 🎩 didn’t charge them too much this year.

Caramel Muffin

4/23/2020 03:41:16 am

C’mon, don’t stop voting Karamel! Let’s get organised.

And something to inspire us....

Salted caramels

Ingredients

70g unsalted butter, plus extra for the tin
200ml double cream
½ tsp vanilla extract
150g golden granulated sugar
150g golden syrup
1 heaped tsp flaky sea salt
flavourless oil, for the knife

You will need
sugar thermometer or digital probe

Method

1-Butter and line the base and sides of a 20 x 30cm tin with baking parchment.

2-Pour the cream into a saucepan along with the butter and vanilla, then bring to a simmer. Swirl the pan to melt the butter, then remove from the heat.

3-In a separate pan, melt the sugar and golden syrup together, stirring occasionally. Once the sugar granules have dissolved, bring to the boil and cook until the temperature reaches 155C on a sugar thermometer. Remove from the heat and swiftly whisk through the cream mixture. Return to the heat and cook until the mixture reaches 127C, constantly whisking so it doesn’t catch.

4-Pour the caramel into the tin, tilting so it reaches the corners. Leave to set for 15 mins, then sprinkle with the salt. Leave to cool completely at room temperature (preferably overnight). Cut into squares using a very sharp, slightly oiled knife, then wrap each one in a square of baking parchment.

Marrish5ever

4/23/2020 03:47:51 am

And something savoury!

Asian caramel chicken wings

Ingredients

100g golden caster sugar
4 tbsp gluten-free fish sauce
1 green chilli, halved (optional)
small piece cinnamon
bark
small piece ginger
, finely chopped
juice 1 large lime
, plus extra for squeezing over
1kg chicken wing, tips removed and cut in half
To garnish
small bunch spring onion
, cut into 1cm lengths
large piece ginger
, cut into matchsticks
1 green chilli (seeds removed if you don't like it too hot), cut into rings
handful coriander sprigs
boiled white rice, to serve

Method

1-Put the sugar in a medium sauté pan with enough water to make it go sludgy. Place on a low heat and bring to the boil, then cook until you have a dark amber caramel (see tip, below).
2-At arms length, add the other ingredients, except for the chicken and garnish, and bring to a simmer – take care as it will spit. Once it has calmed down a little and you have a thick sauce, stir in the wings until well coated. Pour over 100ml water and simmer on a medium heat for about 30 mins, stirring every now and then until the sauce is a thicker consistency – add a splash more water if needed.
3-Turn down the heat and continue to cook, covered, for a further 15 mins, stirring occasionally, until the wings are lacquered and tender and the sauce is very thick. Turn off the heat and quickly stir through half the spring onion, ginger and chilli. Tip the wings and sauce onto a platter. Scatter with the remaining garnish and coriander, and serve with extra lime and rice.
Recipe

4/24/2020 04:00:37 am

Didn’t Lapidot have like 50 000+ votes in last round?

Now they have 0.. because that one vote is when I voted for them once by mistake.

Like. ??????? 🤔

which makes this seem not suspicious at all.....

4/25/2020 09:59:52 am

Well now they have over 3000 votes. I guess they WERE asleep.

Sure Jan.

4/25/2020 06:18:40 am

Oh look, Lapidot went from 1 to 1700 in a reaaaaaaaly short space of time.

Did the Sanvers shippers just wake up?

Let’s get Karamel through!

4/25/2020 07:07:22 am

YES YES, please keep vote Karamel!
two sg ships in the finale, it's even better than last year :D

4/25/2020 08:57:07 am

I love how you guys "grew" your little fandom to the size of Supercorp.

Your wins last year had an average of around 13 000 votes, with an upper votes count of almost 26 000.

And now this year you have an average of around 9 000 votes, with upper vote level of 50 000 votes.

Must have been one hell of a recruiting drive, eh? ;)

4/25/2020 08:08:26 pm

You say you guys can’t wait to meet Karamel in final, and yet here you all are doing your best to knock them out now...finally see them as a legitimate threat ?

So, it’ll be Sanvers vs “the basically Sanvers team B” in the final?

That sounds legit.

I’ll bet right now that the vote tally will read something like ..

Sanvers vs Lapidot. 100 000 - 0

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍

4/25/2020 09:38:25 am

And now the Karamel bracket has mysteriously frozen.

Always happens when other side begin voting in same bracket.

Sanvers, what the heck are you doing to the bracket? 🤨

Over to the Destiel bracket I guess. 😉

4/25/2020 11:48:04 am

Mod

Karamel bracket freezing again for some reason. Is it just me or is it something else?

Bueller?

4/25/2020 01:32:13 pm

i’m done ☹️

wuh?

4/25/2020 06:48:31 pm

wasn’t Sanvers at 50000 votes?

We had votes removed?

4/26/2020 12:07:51 pm

Oh Sanvers, look at what u done.

4/25/2020 08:33:03 pm

Oookay, what’s been going on in the Karamel bracket? Lapidot was literally 0 when I went to bed. And now..

Somebody said something about sanvers..why would they vote on our bracket, when they already won theirs?

Uh, coffee first before I work out what’s happening.

🥱☕️

4/26/2020 02:34:04 am

@EmilieVitnux

I think you dropped this..

🎩.com

Karamel Is Delicious

4/26/2020 07:53:27 am

Err, okay.

We tried. But there seems to be some feud going on between a couple of factions and we got caught in the middle.

At this point, I bow out and wish all the people voting the best of luck.

( I guess you benefit from this, Lapidot. Good luck in the final.)

😄😁

4/26/2020 09:06:25 am

dunno why Sanvers still voting

they already won their bracket and now have “chosen” who they will go against in final

and probably who they’ll defeat in final, since they only ones voting for lapidot it seems

😕

4/27/2020 10:05:24 am

Soooo... the final will be Sanvers vs L̶a̶p̶i̶d̶o̶t̶ Sanvers...

Sooo legit.

🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩👍

4/27/2020 10:50:52 am

* sigh * oh well, we tried.

But I seem to be the only Karamel voter left, and unlike that Lapidot (Sanvers??) lot, I actually need sleep occasionally.

Seya all at the next poll.

xoxo

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