April UWOTM Competition Week 3
Well it's been an interesting week - no, I'm not talking about Trump threatening thermonuclear war while steaming in the wrong direction, or even Theresa May springing a no-notice election on us - I'm talking about the ding-dong battle at the top of the leader board between YaBasta and myself.
It may not be that obvious from the weekly tally, but being the guy who updates the results daily I've watched myself and the talented YaBasta swap positions at the top, sometimes daily, on at least one occasion this week twice on the same day. As you can see, we both share top billing at the end of week 3. I'm not sure how we will resolve a draw, perhaps I'll have to give that some thought.
I don't think Chrisf, harrypalmer, Wrenfoe, underconstruction or the handful just bubbling beneath are by any means out of contention yet - they've all got better chances of topping this board than Corbyn has of surviving as leader of the Labour Party past the end of June - so I expect a flurry of activity to keep the editors busy in the final dash. The month results will hopefully be posted sometime Sunday 30th April, in the evening if I've got enough time, but the good news is that moving it to a school night means I probably won't be (too) drunk when I push 'post'.
Just to remind all of the prize for the taking, it's the chance to balance a virtual mug on your avatar's noggin for a calendar month. Not much, agreed, but almost as long as Gareth Snell will serve as Stoke's MP. Whoever receives the award cannot win the next month, no matter how many FPs, NiBs, tickers, left alerts or hat tips they get. It's what we did last time around when Wrenfoe was sweeping the board month after month, so at least it provides a chance for everyone else to have a chance every other month if we end up with a writer truly on a roll. I'm musing proposing a handicap system as well - probably we need to run this for a few months to get some real data we can play with, but perhaps the golfers (if any) amongst us could suggest how it could work?
Anyway, here's the leaderboard at the end of week 3:
Now, the updated list of FPs and NiBs for this month, by author and title, both in alphabetical order. Apologies if I've missed any or if links don't work.
Adrian Bamforth
It may not be that obvious from the weekly tally, but being the guy who updates the results daily I've watched myself and the talented YaBasta swap positions at the top, sometimes daily, on at least one occasion this week twice on the same day. As you can see, we both share top billing at the end of week 3. I'm not sure how we will resolve a draw, perhaps I'll have to give that some thought.
I don't think Chrisf, harrypalmer, Wrenfoe, underconstruction or the handful just bubbling beneath are by any means out of contention yet - they've all got better chances of topping this board than Corbyn has of surviving as leader of the Labour Party past the end of June - so I expect a flurry of activity to keep the editors busy in the final dash. The month results will hopefully be posted sometime Sunday 30th April, in the evening if I've got enough time, but the good news is that moving it to a school night means I probably won't be (too) drunk when I push 'post'.
Just to remind all of the prize for the taking, it's the chance to balance a virtual mug on your avatar's noggin for a calendar month. Not much, agreed, but almost as long as Gareth Snell will serve as Stoke's MP. Whoever receives the award cannot win the next month, no matter how many FPs, NiBs, tickers, left alerts or hat tips they get. It's what we did last time around when Wrenfoe was sweeping the board month after month, so at least it provides a chance for everyone else to have a chance every other month if we end up with a writer truly on a roll. I'm musing proposing a handicap system as well - probably we need to run this for a few months to get some real data we can play with, but perhaps the golfers (if any) amongst us could suggest how it could work?
Anyway, here's the leaderboard at the end of week 3:
Adrian Bamforth
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