Community Event / Creation The Abrakadrabble big 100 Competition thread VOTING NOW CLOSED.

The first 100 Drabbles Super-duper Trooper Drabble poll SELECT YOUR 10 FAVOURITE DRABBLES

  • Space Station- Digital Duck- Species Profiling.

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Combat- Ian Philips- this is 100 words

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Maintenance- Cathy- Maintenance

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Cyborgs- Darren Grey- Taking Stock

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Zero-g- Cathy- Art and Death in Zero-g

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • And that's why I wear a Onesie- The Lone Gunman: Snuggles

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Distress call- Cathy- The Last Distress Call

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Contraband- Cathy- Loophole

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Glory of the Empire- Corinthian- Unimportant

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Mining- Corinthian- Mining Rights

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Accidents- Insanephoton - Accidents can happen...

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Exploration- Gavthomas- In too deep

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Thargoids- Cathy-Boundary of Good Taste

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • The Alliance- Cathy- In the Game

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Federation- psykokow- In a Tin

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Tourism- Cathy- We're Gonna need a bigger boat

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Slaves- STAB666- The nature of the game

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Obituarys- Darren Grey- Awaiting orders

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Duelling/Explosions- Darren Grey - Defending Honour

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Passengers- Cathy: Space Chase

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Moon and Stars- Musashi - A Moon With a View

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Revenge- Cathy: Mercy

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Asteroids- Luniticisi: Manic Mine

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Trumbles- Musashi: The Trouble With A New Hope

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Fear- Ian Phillips: Your Own Demons

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Fear- Gimi: Sleep

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Honour- Darren Grey: Honour and Adore

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Imagination- Cathy: Breathless

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Epic Battles- Gavthomas: The Art of War

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Epic Battles- Luniticisi: The Great War

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Out of fuel- Cathy: The Big Hungry Giant

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sabotage- Darren Grey: A form of protest

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Christmas Frank- A Moray crust, Miss to one and all!

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Christmas- Darren Grey: The Gift of the Magi

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Bureaucracy/New friends- Gimi:- Docking Clearance

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • A bit of Gore & Problem solved- Darkoba - Blood-and-Guts's solution

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • A new Species- DaddyHoggy - Seeing is believing

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Going Nova- Darren Grey - Thoughts of Sol

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Dancing- Garthyre - Snowflake

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Contagion- Yaffle - All that glisters

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Regrets- Slawkenbergius - #09004801

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Operation- The Lone Gunman - A slave to debt

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Metropolis (The City)- Gibbonici - Big City Dreams

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Gravity- Zieman - Panic

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Navigation- Rog - Glitter

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Fire/Hea- Frank - The Frog that Jumped Out of the Pot

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Bargain- nsanephoton - One Careful Owner

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Home- Psykokow - A Hero's Return

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Havoc- Yaffle - Intended?

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Zeitgeist- cassius - Fly the Friendly Skies

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Law Enforcment- Frank - With Police Work There's No Time for Pause

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Drink- T.j - Taking the ....

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • What I did on my Holiday- Frank - Detention

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • What I did on my Holiday- Luniticisi - A bit on the side

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Lost in the style of Douglas Adams Frank: - Flush-

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Family- The Lone Gunman – Teenage Rage

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Blip,Blip,Blip- Ian Phillips - Probe malfunction.

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Pew Pew- Philip Coutts - Vote for me or the Goat gets it!

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Ceremony- Ian Phillips - Dinner with the Captain

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Piracy... ARRRRR- Darren Grey - Man in the Middle

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Industrial Parts- Erik Marcaigh - Cargo Space Was Not a Problem

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Industrial Parts- Splendour - Updated Guide

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Industrial Parts- insanephoton - Just what the manifest says?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Talc, Splendour, Contacts- KalRyper : Dusty Space

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Vipers Bite- Erik Marcaigh - A Snake by Any Other Name...

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Solar Flares- Garthyre - Showstoppers

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Childhood- Frank - Childhood's Beginning

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Childhood- GT - A New Birth

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Run & Secrecy- Insanephoton - Dangerous Talk

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Opportunity- Rog - Career Move

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Death/Beef- Darren Grey - Forced Entry

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • My Way- GT - Regrets

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Special Forces- Frank - Who Dares Wins

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Special Forces- Rog - A Star Is Born

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Special Forces- MikeSnos - Sniper Tactics

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Special Forces- The LoneGunman - Recruitment Poster for the Very Err "Special Ones"

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Birthday Heroics- MrMogadon - BEST OF THREE?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dirty Work- Frank - Aerosol Spray

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dirty Work- azdour - Revenge is best served gold

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Discovery & 30 Years On- T.j - 30 years on

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • The Great Escape- insanephoton - Golden Ticket

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Love- Darren Grey - Sofia

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Ice- Frank - Dicing with the law

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ice- Psykokow - Deep Space mayday

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • It Only Hurts The First Time & Run- Bleke - Making it run again

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Supernatural- T.j - Ultimate revenge.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Psykokow and his marvellous magicical pumpkin Psykokow - The Robbery-

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Royals- Galactic midden - Sing for your supper

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Treason- Frank - The price of Love

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Time- Commander Iunno - Piracy Is Not A Victimless Crime

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Time- Galactic midden - A Battle for Time

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • Time- Erik Marcaigh - It was only a matter of...

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Ancient Artifacts, Premiere, Cascading System Failure Goose4291 - Premiere-

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Ancient Artifacts, Premiere, Cascading System Failure- Erik Marcaigh - Anna Kournikova

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Fish and Light- Frank - Asterozoa

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Power- Gibbonici - Power and Plebeians

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Power- MrMogadon - The Smart Money Knows the Difference

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Sightseers & Frustration- Frank - Thrills Without Spills

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Christmas 2014- Splendour - Christ Mass

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Christmas 2014- Erik Marcaigh - Arrival

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Sleepy- Frank - Meta Girl of my Dreams

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Smugglers- KalRyper - A clean act

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • City Lights- Simoof : Bill Of Defiance

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • The Roman Dwarves- CdrTwisted - In Therapy

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Roman Dwarves- DocStone - Crazy Roman

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • 2-1- KalRyper - The sum of our part(ner)s

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • 2-1- Frank - Seconds Out. Round One

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Fleet- Listeri69 - Listen Carefully.......

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • What I Found in Winnard's Hole - psykokow - Can't quite put my finger on it...

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The F Word, Fashion - Darren Grey - Killer Outfit

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Rogues - T.j - Rupert the Rogue's righteous response

    Votes: 4 23.5%
  • Paranoia or (Infamy, infamy They've all got it in for me.) - DocStone - Python Salvage Report: Crew

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • The Chosen few - Splendour - The Elite

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Cripple Mr Onion - Splendour - King Takes Pawn

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Disappointed - Frank - Little Boy Blue and the Man on the Moon

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Guide - Corinthian - First Time User Guide

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Mystery - Clef_Hanger - The Agatha Mystery Song (subtitled "He's Doing What?!!!")

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Mystery - CdrTwisted - Tam O Sharter

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Interdiction - Telakin - Going for the big fish

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Powerplay - Edith_The_Hutt - Feint to the left, stab to the right.

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Powerplay - Acaelus Thorn - Not the drones you are looking for...

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Powerplay - T.j - An ultimate powerplay

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Obituary - T.j -Revenge is a dish best served cold.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    17
  • Poll closed .
It might be a good idea to change the wording of the voting prompt, just to make it clear that the voters get to pick 10 boxes this time... something along the lines of "Select ten boxes".

I know what you've written is clear enough, but it changing the wording so that it's glaringly obvious might stop people just clicking the three votes out of habit.
 

Sir.Tj

The Moderator who shall not be Blamed....
Volunteer Moderator
It might be a good idea to change the wording of the voting prompt, just to make it clear that the voters get to pick 10 boxes this time... something along the lines of "Select ten boxes".

I know what you've written is clear enough, but it changing the wording so that it's glaringly obvious might stop people just clicking the three votes out of habit.


How's that?
 
I can read it, we will have an extended show Friday at any rate to fit things in, but a Collabra-drabble would be tough for me to 'visualise' like the last one, so it might need to be done live...
 
Ok and I have got all the musical interludes from the show to share with you here too.. you lucky people!! lol

[video=youtube;Xhg3K8F8SCc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhg3K8F8SCc[/video]

[video=youtube;xvWwguVWBP8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvWwguVWBP8[/video]

[video=youtube;oEOy5x0NFgs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOy5x0NFgs[/video]

[video=youtube;V-VbtWexops]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-VbtWexops[/video]
 

Sir.Tj

The Moderator who shall not be Blamed....
Volunteer Moderator
Great reading Kow and thanks for the abuse... :D

Ok folks we've got approx 1 day left so get your votes in.
 
I count a seven-way tie for first place at the moment, all with four votes each. A seven-way. That's like a human centipede in drabble form.
 

Sir.Tj

The Moderator who shall not be Blamed....
Volunteer Moderator
I count a seven-way tie for first place at the moment, all with four votes each. A seven-way. That's like a human centipede in drabble form.

I'm extremely glad you finished the sentence in a polite manner....

So come one folks if you haven't voted yet time is running out.

Let the shameless begging for votes begin.

Cue Frank...
 
Well you've got another thing coming if you think I'm going to resort to shameless begging.

<soulful puppy-dog eyes straight out of the screen at you>
Puh-leeeez vote for me!
 
I'm extremely glad you finished the sentence in a polite manner....

So come one folks if you haven't voted yet time is running out.

Let the shameless begging for votes begin.

Cue Frank...

I am often polite. Quite often.

Although I get less polite when people don't vote for me. Come on - vote twisted or the centipede gets it.
 
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I'm extremely glad you finished the sentence in a polite manner....

So come one folks if you haven't voted yet time is running out.

I've almost read the entire 100+ drabbles. Perhaps this evening I'll reach the end and can go to the vote. I've had to resort to keeping a note of not only the drabbles I think are outstanding (which is loads) but also the place in the thread I've reached before falling asleep from exhaustion each night :)
 

Sir.Tj

The Moderator who shall not be Blamed....
Volunteer Moderator
Last few hours of voting for this stage of the big 100 poll.

Place your votes for the top drabbles to go to the superduper final.

At the moment we have a 8 way tie on 4 votes with another 14 on 3 votes.

So at this moment in time there will be 22 going through to the final.
 
Last few hours of voting for this stage of the big 100 poll.

Place your votes for the top drabbles to go to the superduper final.

At the moment we have a 8 way tie on 4 votes with another 14 on 3 votes.

So at this moment in time there will be 22 going through to the final.

How did 2 vote TJ get 5 votes it's all a conspiracy I tell you :D
 

Sir.Tj

The Moderator who shall not be Blamed....
Volunteer Moderator
Congratulations to those who made the final and of course commiserations to those who didn't make it, Each Drabble was a worthy winner of their weeks and really do go to show how much of a brilliant and creative community we have here. :D

The final poll will be appearing soon so get ready for the grand final.

Good luck to everyone. :)
 
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