The Halloween 2024 Official Contest Support Thread!

[Actingup]

I seem to have remained unswept so far.

I've noticed in previous contests that the sweeps never hit every story simultaneously. Well. Until the last one!

Maybe the three Kims sufficiently intimidated everybody who was planning to mess with your votes. I'm certainly as scared as hell of them.

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Noticed some score changes on my submissions too, probably a result of a sweep. Good luck to everyone!

 

[TheLobster]

I'm happy for y'all and everything but, uh, I cannot say I share the same experience with the recent sweeps.

My vote count didn't change, and at the same time the score managed to drop from above 4.7 to now 4.67. No idea how it is possible.

Well, here's to hoping that the final sweep manages to bump the numbers some

 

[Bassytian]

I've noticed some changes to the scores on mine as well. My first entry lost 3-4 votes and my rating went up half a star almost. My other one lost 2-3 but the score didn't go up all that much.

I don't expect to win a cash prize, but I'm happy with how well mine have done. Especially my first one, oh my god the support I have gotten from that one alone! I feel like a winner anyway!

 

[Jorunn]

If sweeps were not a mystery - it would be SPOOKY!

 

[Erozetta]

Mine jumped from a 4.78/133 to a 4.9/126. That's the first significant change in score I've ever seen from a sweep in my stories.

 

[OtterlyMindblowing]

There it goes. Lost one vote, gained 0.03 on the rating. Some random dude really did just hand me a one for no reason.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

Mine jumped from a 4.78/133 to a 4.9/126

Congratulations on (presumably) winning the contest! Awesome!!!

 

[Erozetta]

Congratulations on (presumably) winning the contest! Awesome!!!

Oh that is highly unlikely.

I was just pointing out that the final scores are impossible to know until all voting tallies are finalized as even a few low votes being swept can have a huge impact on final score.

 

[MillieDynamite]

It's All Hallow's Eve, eve. I don't know what that has to do with anything other than tomorrow is Halloween.

 

[Fatdog25]

And the results are in:

https://www.literotica.com/s/halloween-story-contest-2024-at-literotica

Congratulations to the winners!

 

[Erozetta]

Congratulations on (presumably) winning the contest! Awesome!!!

*Comes back with tail between my legs*

Thank you.

 

[OtterlyMindblowing]

Drat, maybe next time

 

[MK_Whimsy]

Congrats to the winners! This was fun to partake in.

 

[WriterPerson314159]

*Comes back with tail between my legs*

Thank you.

Congratulations!

 

[WriterPerson314159]

Does anyone know if the results are tabulated beyond the top 3, other than clicking through all 222 stories to find out? I'm really excited with how my story was rated, and while it didn't win, I'm kind of curious how close it was, and if there's a shortcut to finding out other than lots of clicks, I'd like that.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Congratulations to the winners and well done to all who participated.

 

[Nellymcboatface]

Congratulations to Erozetta, Mynt_Eleven and ChasBozwell30...

And everyone else, what a fabulous line up of monsters, ghosts and ghouls...
And now the hard part, trying to catch up on all the stories I've not had chance to read.
Certainly the ones I have reflect some great talent out there.

Well done everyone.
Nelly.

 

[TheLobster]

I'm happy for y'all and everything but, uh, I cannot say I share the same experience with the recent sweeps.

My vote count didn't change, and at the same time the score managed to drop from above 4.7 to now 4.67. No idea how it is possible.

Well, here's to hoping that the final sweep manages to bump the numbers some

Yep, it did. Ended up with 4.78, not too shabby I’d say

Congratulations to the winners!

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Congratulations to all the winners, and to everyone who participated.

There were so many good stories this year.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Mine jumped from a 4.78/133 to a 4.9/126. That's the first significant change in score I've ever seen from a sweep in my stories.

Lot of that going on.

Congratulations to you and the other winners; Mynt_Eleven and ChasBozwell30.

My story jumped from a 4.66 to a 4.86. Not quite enough. But there's always next time. I've already started y entry for next year.

 

[Erozetta]

I feel like I should apologize 'cause there were way more deserving stories submitted and something clearly went wrong in the universe for me to have placed instead of them.

So, thank you, and I'm sorry.

 

[Bassytian]

Congrats to the winners!

My first one is currently sitting at 4.72/141 and my other is 4.38/21. Not winning scores but I’m proud.

 

[Bassytian]

I feel like I should apologize 'cause there were way more deserving stories submitted and something clearly went wrong in the universe for me to have placed instead of them.

So, thank you, and I'm sorry.

Don’t apologize, you won for a reason! I haven’t had a chance to read every entry but I’ll definitely check yours out. I’ll get to the others eventually.

 

[CiaoSteve]

Gutted!!! This morning (uk) I was 4.96 with 28 votes and this evening I am 5.00 with 20 votes and obviously under the threshold to qualify. Never had a sweep like this before.

Congrats though to the winners and their deserved entries.