The 2024 Prompt Selections: Single-eliminations bracket #1

[brightknightie]

Here's our first bracket! Vote here (below under the cut) no later than 6:30am (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, March 13. At that time, I'll close this poll and post our second round, which will be a little more than half the length of this first round.

All FKFicFest community members are invited to vote! What do you want to read or to write?

(For those playing switchbladeeyes's "FKFicFest Madness," our 9 "bye"s will come into the second round as follows: the winner of match 1 faces the rank 1 prompt from the results previously posted ("Finding out the truth"), the winner of match 4 the 9th ("Take a third option"), match 5 the 8th, 6 the 4th, 11 the 5th, 12 the 2nd, 17 the 7th, 18 the 3rd, and 23 the 6th, per the 55-contestants bracket on PrintYourBrackets.com.)

Poll #30908 2024FKFicFest_Bracket01

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 12

1

Play
4 (33.3%)

Bureaucracy
8 (66.7%)

2

“Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.”—W. Clement Stone
7 (58.3%)

Haberdashery
5 (41.7%)

3

“Forever – is composed of Nows”—Emily Dickinson
9 (75.0%)

Tears in the rain (apologies to _Bladerunner_)
3 (25.0%)

4

thicker than water
10 (83.3%)

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.”—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
2 (16.7%)

5

Taste
8 (66.7%)

“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”—Bram Stoker, _Dracula_
4 (33.3%)

6

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”—Søren Kierkegaard
6 (50.0%)

“Time cast a spell on you, but you won’t forget me. I know I could have loved you, but you would not let me.”—Fleetwood Mac, “Silver Springs”
6 (50.0%)

7

“the crazy longing that time will never tame"—Jackson Browne, “You Love the Thunder”
4 (33.3%)

Keep silent in a silent house
8 (66.7%)

8

Remembered only later
11 (91.7%)

The shape of water
1 (8.3%)

9

“People have an annoying habit of remembering the things they shouldn't.”—Christopher Paolini, _Eregon_
10 (83.3%)

“Understanding is a three-edged sword.”—J. Michael Straczynski, _Babylon 5_
2 (16.7%)

10

“Man fears the least which he knows the best.”—Sir John Fenwick
9 (75.0%)

“Better days are shining through"—Bruce Springsteen, “Better Days”
3 (25.0%)

11

Go the long way
8 (66.7%)

“They're sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone.”—Billy Joel, “Piano Man”
4 (33.3%)

12

Bend it! (rules, roles, genders, jobs, species, etc.)
7 (58.3%)

That's a wrap!
5 (41.7%)

13

“There's always some reason to feel not good enough”—Sarah McLachlan
9 (75.0%)

“the world was his and everywhere he moved he was the center of the universe.”—Laurell K. Hamilton, _Narcissus in Chains: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel_
3 (25.0%)

14

Time travel (real, flashback, dreams, etc.)
7 (58.3%)

“I'd rather be lucky than good.”—Lefty Gomez (and many others)
5 (41.7%)

15

“Never thought I'd say this, but...”
8 (66.7%)

“Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me, The Carriage held but just Ourselves — And Immortality.”—Emily Dickinson
4 (33.3%)

16

A perfect match
7 (58.3%)

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”—Albert Einstein
5 (41.7%)

17

Stop and smell the roses.
6 (50.0%)

LaCroix is amused with a thief.
6 (50.0%)

18

“The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.”—L.P. Hartley, _The Go-Between_
5 (41.7%)

Target
7 (58.3%)

19

habit
10 (83.3%)

What happened to André?
2 (16.7%)

20

Changing landscape
8 (66.7%)

clarion call
4 (33.3%)

21

It's complicated.
8 (66.7%)

What does the moon see?
4 (33.3%)

22

Make a wish, then blow out your candles.
7 (58.3%)

Crimson silk
5 (41.7%)

23

swan song
5 (41.7%)

A study in shades of crimson
7 (58.3%)

Comments

[switchbladeeyes]

Are you able to share a screen shot of what the bracket looks like for you?

(No big deal if that's not possible or it's just too much work to share that.)

[havocthecat]

Brackets are fun to see as they're slowly winnowed down, if possible!

[switchbladeeyes]

I created a template for personal brackets. Hoping I didn't mess it up!

Bracket form for 55 contestants

[brightknightie]

Here's the specific bracket I'm using from PrintYourBrackets.com: PDF of 55-contestants bracket. All the numbers match up (the bracket numbers here on this morning's post, and also the numbers of the rankings on last night's post).

I hope that helps!

I just now got home from work; I see that you've updated your post. I will go take a look now and see if I can help.

Re: Bracket form for 55 contestants

[switchbladeeyes]

I think I'm the only one interested in playing (which is fine, but it doesn't need to suck up anyone else's bandwidth). I probably could have explained the game better than I did ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Bracket form for 55 contestants

[brightknightie]

I'm pretty sure that we have some folks who are wholly new to the idea of brackets. That, plus the very short leadtime I gave to this gameplay, have likely negatively affected turnout for your side game. If we do this again next year, I imagine that interest will be higher!