by Christina
[EDIT 3] It seems like some of the polls ended early, but I have no way of telling which ones. So I'll be reopening all the polls for three hours starting at 12PM PT/3PM ET today. Then the next round of polls will open tomorrow at 12PM PT. Thank you to those of you who have reached out with kindness in their hearts, I can't tell you how appreciated it is. This podcast and website was started with one of my best friends, and we came up with the ship bracket together as a way to create a more interactive experience with our listeners. Since her passing, ALNM is one of the strongest connections I still have with her. This first round has been rough for me, but I'm working to remain open about the future of the bracket dependent on how the rest of it goes. So I will not let myself make a final decision about next year until the bracket is completely over.
Some things to look forward to in the rest of the bracket:
[EDIT 2]: This will be the final year for the ship bracket. Reminder that first round of polls close at 9PM PT. There are no bots I can see, no cheating that I can see, and only so much control I have through a third party site running the polls. Friendly requests for help I will continue to respond to and assist via e-mail and comments below.
[EDIT]: We're about an hour into the ship bracket, and it looks like I'm already getting hate mail and threats in my inbox. So I've removed CAPTCHAs and I guess I'll just add them to polls if people start cheating. I'll figure out if I'm going to put any different restrictions on it tomorrow. Just leave a comment if you have any other problems with the polling, cause I'm going to ignore the inbox for a bit for my own mental health. Thank you to everyone in the comments being nice about everything.
And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN! A couple notes:
Good luck, have fun, and share your ship love/recs/anything else you think of in the comments!
70 Comments
788
3/2/2020 09:29:55 pm
Mod,
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Em
3/2/2020 09:34:24 pm
Hello dear mod,
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Els
3/2/2020 09:39:51 pm
er, captcha not letting me vote on half these brackets. I go through the captcha windows and then tick box but vote button not working.
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SD
3/2/2020 09:45:34 pm
Oh no! The dreaded captcha!
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caramel muffin
3/2/2020 09:59:15 pm
I know! I was hoping to avoid captcha in polls this year. This is why I quit doing Zimbio.
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Kateo
3/2/2020 10:06:02 pm
Mod
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DEAR MOD ...THANK YOU!!
3/2/2020 10:19:12 pm
Oh thank you for removing captcha! That thing was driving me bonkers.
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788
3/2/2020 10:50:01 pm
Thank you, dear mod (captcha can be borky like that sometimes)
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Kateo
3/2/2020 11:01:54 pm
Thanks mod for removing captcha. Back to voting!
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Em
3/2/2020 11:08:58 pm
Thank you mod!
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SD
3/2/2020 11:18:53 pm
Thanks for removing captcha. I was going to see those buses and crosswalks in my sleep. 😱
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Els
3/3/2020 12:35:57 am
Captcha gone? Thanks lovely mod. 💕
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Rat Squad
3/3/2020 02:06:10 am
I come bearing Mulder/Krycek fic recs!!
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Marrish5ever
3/3/2020 02:36:09 am
Have some Marrish fic recs!!!!
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James
3/3/2020 04:17:33 am
It was the reboot movies that got me into Kirk/Spock. And the plethora of great fic helped too.
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Marrish5ever
3/3/2020 04:58:12 am
Okay, it's time. Marrish shippers, grab your coffee and snacks and get ready.
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Lydia x Jordan
3/3/2020 05:06:07 am
I may have added a little something to my coffee. ;)
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Kate Byrne
3/3/2020 05:10:35 am
LETS GO!!
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Hellhounds And Banshees
3/3/2020 05:17:00 am
MORE COFFEE!!
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caramel muffin
3/3/2020 06:01:36 am
Uh guys....
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Emelie
3/3/2020 05:47:46 am
Mod,
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Brienne of Tarth
3/3/2020 06:22:53 am
Wow. Look at the Sanvers vs Crisana bracket.
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Oathkeeper
3/3/2020 06:29:55 am
Sanvers is truly a miraculous ship ! 😉 😇
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The Pack Survives
3/3/2020 06:37:02 am
I take my black hat 🎩 off to them!
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Long Tall Sally
3/3/2020 06:41:08 am
I heard she can turn water into wine 🍷.
Sanvers wears a Black Hat dOtCoM
3/3/2020 07:00:55 am
I touched the Sanvers ship bracket and I CAN SEE!
Sai
3/3/2020 07:04:04 am
Is the Marrish bracket still frozen for anyone else?
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Deb
3/3/2020 07:34:57 am
I haven’t voted for two hours and still can’t vote on that bracket.
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Emelie
3/3/2020 09:35:33 pm
Mod, the Marrish- Elu bracket is frozen again.
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Kate Byrne
3/3/2020 09:37:47 pm
Not just me then?
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Sai
3/3/2020 09:41:15 pm
It’s weird that it happens only when the Elu side started voting again. If they’re over voting, how come OUR side of the bracket froze.
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Marrish5ever
3/3/2020 09:54:15 pm
We were within 500-600 votes when The Elu count suddenly came back to life. Now I can’t vote.
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Lydia x Jordan
3/3/2020 10:01:45 pm
I should have tried voting before I had my coffee. Gosh darn it.
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Caramel Muffin
3/3/2020 10:28:30 pm
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The Pack Survives
3/3/2020 10:47:54 pm
Let’s hope no 🎩 were involved this year.
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Brienne of Tarth
3/3/2020 11:07:44 pm
How is Elu getting that many votes so quickly and not getting frozen out?
dd
3/3/2020 11:14:33 pm
Their fandom is called SKAM . . . 😂🤣🤣
Hellhounds And Banshees
3/4/2020 01:53:03 am
Did someone get bored and start turning all the brackets into ties?
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Emelie
3/4/2020 01:57:58 am
* whistles innocently *
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Caramel Muffin
3/4/2020 02:15:41 am
Someone had one too many snickerdoodles. Put the cinnamon-y goodness down!!
Brienne of Tarth
3/4/2020 06:49:10 am
Has anyone seen a 🎩 ?
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Oathkeeper
3/4/2020 07:05:08 am
Like the “miracles” performed in zimbio in the last few years by Clexa, Sanvers, Supercorp, and Posie?
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Lia
3/4/2020 07:34:18 am
Don’t forget Swanqueen, and Newtmas.
The Pack Survives
3/4/2020 07:42:36 am
Lol
Zimbio. ..don’t know her
3/4/2020 08:30:51 am
“remember last year and
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Emelie
3/4/2020 10:21:33 pm
Mod
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Marrish5ever
3/4/2020 10:44:16 pm
What’s that line that Stiles says?
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Brienne of Tarth
3/4/2020 10:53:47 pm
According to their own twitter accounts, they’re voting once on YOUR bracket at same time as you’re voting. That leads to you miscounting and voting more than you should..and wallah..you’re frozen out while they can still vote.
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Emelie
3/4/2020 11:00:20 pm
😡🤬☹️🤨🤭
Kate Byrne
3/4/2020 10:33:07 pm
... Marrish bracket frozen again, but elu numbers still going up.
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Sai
3/4/2020 10:36:20 pm
Again?
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Caramel Muffin
3/4/2020 11:28:29 pm
* looks at frozen Marrish bracket *
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Marrish5ever
3/5/2020 01:15:35 am
I think I’ll join you now. I was able to vote again, only for the bracket to freeze again before I voted 25 times.
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Emelie
3/5/2020 01:21:51 am
oh look, elu can still vote.....😡🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
ReyloRules
3/5/2020 01:45:50 am
Mod
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Emelie
3/5/2020 02:56:01 am
Something to keep us busy until the bracket unfreezes...
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3/5/2020 09:38:04 am
Just for everyone’s clarification, there have been no freezes of the polls on my end. Whenever there is a complaint I test a vote for each side and have no problems. The 25 vote limit is not a setting, just past experience. The best advice I can give is to give time between voting sets and maybe delete your cookies?
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788
3/5/2020 03:29:37 pm
Thanks Mod!
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3/5/2020 11:03:46 pm
FYI: was just digging through the FAQs of the poll service provider, and discovered the cooldown period when you get frozen out is 4 hours.
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788
3/6/2020 02:21:39 am
Mod
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Marrish5ever
3/6/2020 08:15:44 pm
Umm, Mod
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BB
3/6/2020 08:23:22 pm
Mod,
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Brienne of Tarth
3/6/2020 09:10:21 pm
Sanvers still here?
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BB
3/6/2020 09:17:03 pm
mod
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BB
3/7/2020 03:11:21 am
Mod
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788
3/7/2020 05:53:49 am
Mod
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BB
3/7/2020 07:23:09 pm
Ur welcome, mod.
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BB
3/7/2020 11:25:43 pm
More Sterek recs!
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BB
3/8/2020 05:35:55 am
More Sterek recs (because you can never have enough Sterek! 😉)
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Kia
3/8/2020 09:53:46 am
❤️ Destiel recs ❤️
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