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Tenth Anniversary Deathmatch, first round, part 3
Yesterday's winners: Anne Rice (interrogating the text from the wrong perspective), My ponies hate you now, Strikethrough 2: Electric Boogaloo (in which Aja yells "Fire!"), and Crystalwank.

Time for the next round! Links to all the contestants can be found here for your reading pleasure.

Poll #593
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Chancery Stone
165 (59.8%)

Frosting/icing wank
111 (40.2%)

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Perhaps I have a special anus?
210 (78.4%)

Cousinjean
58 (21.6%)

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Please Lord Voldemort, join my ratings community
68 (24.2%)

Laptopgate
213 (75.8%)

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Msscribe
257 (90.8%)

Kittenmommy signs her posts
26 (9.2%)

Ready? VOTE.

ETA: This poll is closed as of 3/12/13, 9:50 a.m. EST. If you vote after that, it will not count.

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franzen
2013-03-12 01:31 am UTC (link)

I know Laptopgate is going to make it through this round (and sail through its first match), but I really hope it isn't in the finals. The original part of the wank -- the fact that people bought CC A FUCKING LAPTOP -- was and remains wanky and shady as hell. The rest of it is when FW went from "not the fucking fandom police" to some sort of collective consciousness in terms of "this is where the line is, you jackass." Shit got serious and it was the start of the climate change that evolved with post-Katrina donations (and BJR-related fallout).

It was a defining moment, but not a pleasant memory. I just remember the fucking endless comments and the sheer nastiness as everyone grew more entrenched in their positions. And there really wasn't anything redeeming about it, either, since CC has a career and Heidi -- is Heidi.

Maybe it foreshadows the start of spreading SJ norms. Or not. But it definitely was less of a "wank" and more of a "clusterfuck."

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	snacky 2013-03-12 01:49 am UTC (link)
	I did leave out Charitywank, since that was awful for all parties involved. But Laptopgate will have to battle a few other biggies to make it to the finals, so you still have hope. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bitca 2013-03-12 06:43 am UTC (link)
	Was Crystalwank left out because it was just too big to include? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	franzen 2013-03-12 06:50 am UTC (link)
	No, CW just won its match yesterday. So it's possible that after we finish the qualifying round, Laptopgate vs. Crystalwank will be a first or second round brawl. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	puipui 2013-03-12 06:54 am UTC (link)
	Crystalwank was in the last round, trouncing Dan Fogelberg's llamas. I'm dreading the day when I have to choose between Crystalwank and MsScribe. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	franzen 2013-03-12 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	If the brackets allow, that's probably the most fair final round. LotR vs. HP, each fielding their single biggest wank, each wank changing FW norms. The ultimate showdown between "stupid like a fox" and "crazy like a fox." And the armadillos. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	franzen 2013-03-12 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	That's true! I guess they're permanently merged in my mind due to how events unfolded. It's hard to vote. Laptopgate was huge and something embedded in FW history but it's ... not a happy memory. This circus is serving bread with FROSTING. To the Internet police! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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