I've been meaning to find a fun way of giving away a gold membership for a while, but hadn't really come up with anything good.
I thought of a silly idea just now, only slightly (ok, very) self-serving, so here goes...
I noticed recently that I have a few stories that are in the low-to-high 20k views, that is, potentially within striking distance of becoming "famous" w 30k views sometime in the hopefully not-too-distant future.
So, whoever guesses which one goes famous first will win a gold membership. Since there's not that many stories to choose from, you'll also have to guess the date that the story goes famous.
So, if you guess the wrong story, you're out of the running, no matter how accurate your date is.
If more than one person guesses the right story, then the person guessing closest to the date wins. (There's no sense in picking the same date as someone else, as ties will go to whoever posted their guess first). If two people are the same number of days away, but in opposite directions, then the earlier date gets the win. e.g., One person guesses 10/3. Another person guesses 10/5. The story goes famous on 10/4, and no one guessed 10/4, then the 10/3 guess wins.
So, post your guesses in the thread, and I'll periodically collate the guesses and make them easier to see at a glance. I suppose I should close the voting in a week or so, so that no one waits and poaches the right answer a day or so before it becomes the right answer. I'll close the voting on Sunday 9/17.
The stories are the following. I'll post how many views they have now to the nearest 100, but I'll let you all decide about other things, such as when they were published (and therefore how slowly or quickly they may be accruing views), category, etc etc.
Dirty Martini: 23,400
The Corruption of Kat: 25,200
Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander: 25,900
Cougar Clickbait: 20,700
Jenny Gets an A and a Three Way: 25,500
My Wife's Thong: 26,700
The End of Kristina: 26,500
Only those stories will be considered for guesses.
There's no catch, so feel free to guess. Post your guesses (story, and date) as a response in this thread.
I'll have to check w Nicola, but I'm assuming that if you've already got gold, then your membership can be extended, and if you've got platinum but want to play, that you can simply give the gold membership to a friend in whatever manner you choose.
Have fun!
(if you see any flaws in my rules, or loopholes or whatever, please let me know, and I'll edit this post).
Guesses:
10/14/17 - The Corruption of Kat - browncoffee
10/21/17 - The Corruption of Kat - noll
10/31/17 - Cougar Clickbait- VirgoGo
11/4/17 - The End of Kristina - prettywild
11/4/17 - The Corruption of Kat - dlcalguy
11/15/17 - The Corruption of Kat - lilbit2006
11/17/17 - The Corruption of Kat - Mustang67
12/9/17 - Dirty Martini - HeraTeleia
12/12/17 - The Corruption of Kat - Burquette
12/20/17 - Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander - ShamelessFlirt
1/5/18 - Dirty Martini - Denim_Daisy10
1/8/18 - The End of Kristina- Rune
1/12/18 - Jenny Gets an A and a Three Way - bill11
1/13/18 - Jenny Gets an A and a Three Way - Tylwyth_Teg
2/6/18 - The End of Kristina - kylie_kained
3/18/18 - Dirty Martini - Emily260
(Good luck)
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Get your guesses in!
Dirty Martini: 23,400 - 23,700
The Corruption of Kat: 25,200 - 26,000
Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander: 25,900 - 26,000
Cougar Clickbait: 20,700 - 21,800
Jenny Gets an A and a Three Way: 25,500 - 25,800
My Wife's Thong: 26,700 - 26,800
The End of Kristina: 26,500 - 26,600 Quote by prettywild
My god you all have such patience, picking dates next year...as my membership is up soon I'm picking....
The End Of kristina on remember remember the 4th of November 2017
Get Reading people!
Hey! I'm going for 30k for my 30th x start at the beginning of Kristina, it's worth the read hehe x
10/14/17 - The Corruption of Kat - browncoffee
10/21/17 - The Corruption of Kat - noll
10/31/17 - Cougar Clickbait- VirgoGo
11/4/17 - The End of Kristina - prettywild
11/4/17 - The Corruption of Kat - dlcalguy
11/15/17 - The Corruption of Kat - lilbit2006
11/17/17 - The Corruption of Kat - Mustang67
12/9/17 - Dirty Martini - HeraTeleia
12/12/17 - The Corruption of Kat - Burquette
12/20/17 - Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander - ShamelessFlirt
1/5/18 - Dirty Martini - Denim_Daisy10
1/8/18 - The End of Kristina- Rune
1/12/18 - Jenny Gets an A and a Three Way - bill11
1/13/18 - Jenny Gets an A and a Three Way - Tylwyth_Teg
2/6/18 - The End of Kristina - kylie_kained
3/18/18 - Dirty Martini - Emily260
I suspect the winner will be noll, based on the pace of views accruing to Kat in the last week, and some hopeful arithmetic, but we'll see! Quote by oceanrunner
quick update. Kat's numbers are flying up at an astonishing rate (even faster than I can hit refresh, that is).
But then again, I never said vote manipulation was frowned upon. Vote Early, Vote Often!
[walks away, humming, "Chicago is my kind of town...]
Dammit!
I'll get in touch w Nicola so you can sort out your prize and how it will work, H
thanks for playing, everyone!