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| | I’ve finished tallying the ratings, and, while it was once again very close, the winner this round is . . .Team Schmoop!Congratulations to Team Schmoop, and my thanks to everyone who wrote, read and rated this round! *♥s you all* Thanks so much for playing!(If you’re keeping track, Team Angst is in the lead, but Team Schmoop is making a comeback. It’s Team Angst - 11 and Team Schmoop - 9.)Tags:round 020, winners All the fic for this round have now been posted to the comm. If you haven’t already done so, please do read them! Also, please take a moment to rate the fic. The polls are linked from each fic, and on the off chance you’ve read but forgot to rate, you can find the polls here.Polls will remain open until midnight Tuesday, March 2nd (which technically translates to, when I get up Wednesday morning *g*).Remember, please, that you may only rate each fic once, and authors may not rate their own fic.Thank you.Tags:round 020 Title: You're Everything I Know That Makes Me BelieveAuthor: mercilynnPairing/Characters: David/ColbyRating/Category: PG/SlashSummary: The table's set and candles are lit, now he just has to wait for Colby, who should be walking through the door at any moment if Don has held up his end of the bargain.Read itRate itTags:fic: schmoop, round 020 Title: The murderers of Amita.Author: Keenir.Beta: Mustangcandi.and Babnol.Pairing/Characters: David Sinclair, Amita Ramanujan, Larry Fleinhart, Terry Lake, Colby Granger, Charlie Eppes.Rating/Category: Mature, Gen. (brief het references)Spoilers: s1, Harvest, Janus List.Summary: David Sinclair has everything – a lifetime of experiences, access to all sorts of places, friends galore – and that is his problem.Notes: between each .*. is a different reality, a place where history went just slightly different.Warnings: I killed Amita right before the story began.The quote is from the book Perfect Rigor: [A Genius] + [The Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century] by Masha Gessen.Historical references:a) MOL was a parallel development alongside NASA – President Johnson intended for them to be spies in space, manning the cameras which required complex math to aim and work.b) More than one ethnic group was declared to be eligible for the full benefits of citizenship by the US Congress – at the dawn of the 1900s, it was the Syrians. In the second half of the 20th century, it was the Asians.( Read more...Collapse )_This fic was written for the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge at numb3rswriteoff. After you’ve read the fic, please rate it by voting in the poll located here. (Your vote will be anonymous.) Rate the fic on a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being the best) using the following criteria: how well the fic fit the prompt, how angsty [or schmoopy] the fic was, and how well you enjoyed the fic. When you’re done, please check out the other challenge fic at numb3rswriteoff. Thank you!Tags:fic: angst, round 020Mood:contemplative Title: Nothing Like a Good VacationAuthor: JelsemiumPairing/Characters: David Sinclair, Colby GrangerRating/Category: Gen/T (for some potty language)Word Count: 2,354Spoilers: NothingSummary: Colby talks David into a camping trip.Notes/Warnings: Not really, unless you count the usual 'don't drink and read'. Please go here to rate this story on schmoopiness, adherence to theme and general reading enjoyment! **( Schmoop for Nothing!Collapse )**Tags:fic: schmoop, round 020 Below are all of the rating polls for Teams Angst and Schmoop for Round Twenty. Authors, please remember to link to this post, or directly to the relevant poll itself (by clicking on the Poll #xxxx link), in your fic post.**Rating Reminder:1. Your rating will be anonymous.2. You do not have to rate one fic over the other. You are rating each fic on its own merits.3. Rate each fic on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the best) on the following criteria:-how well the writer used the theme-how angsty (or schmoopy) the fic was-how much you liked it4. Please only vote once in each poll. Authors, do not rate your own fic.5. Rating for all stories will remain open for two days following the posting of the last story, including pinch-hit fic.( The Polls:Collapse )**Tags:round 020 It’s almost the day we’ve all been waiting for, the first day for fic postage this round! A couple of posting reminders for the Authors so things run smoothly for all of us.**These rules are not optional, so authors please review them before posting your fic.**Rules:1. Your subject line should read: Theme (Team Angst) or Theme (Team Schmoop), as the case may be. (That’s it, no title or any other information, just your theme and team name.)2. Use a header with at least the following information:3. You must include a link to the rating polls post, or directly to the poll itself for your theme in your fic post. The rating polls will be posted to the comm momentarily.4. If you post the fic here at numb3rswriteoff please place the fic itself behind a cut. If you post the fic in your own journal you must link to it here and include the following blurb in your journal:4a. If you post the fic in your own journal, please include the prompt and the team you’re writing for in your header so that the folk reading your fic may properly rate it.5. Your fic must focus on David and/or Colby, and may be gen, het or slash.6. Your fic must be at least 500 words long. There is no maximum length.7. No WIPs. Your fic must be complete.8. Your fic must stand alone. It may be part of an ongoing ‘verse, or a sequel, but it must be able to stand on its own so the reader is not required to read/have read previous parts to properly rate it.9. This is Numb3rs challenge, so crossovers should generally be saved for the Crossover round.10. You must post your fic by midnight the day it is due.Tags:round 020 Fic are due this week, beginning Friday, February 26! If you lost track of it, you can find out which date you are required to post your fic RIGHT HERE.Remember, fic must be posted on your assigned day.Tags:round 020 As always, this posting schedule was developed using the tried and true method of drawing themes out of a hat eeny, meeny, miny, moe. *g* **Authors, please comment here to let me know that you’ve seen this post and are aware of your posting date, and that you’ve reviewed the rules below. Thank you!**Posting Schedule:Feb 26 - Nothing (jlm110108, jelsemium)Feb 27 - Everything (rodlox, mercilynn)Feb 28 - Anything (cerealkiller0, jestana)Rule Reminders:1. Your fic must focus on David and/or Colby, and may be gen, het or slash.2. Your fic must be at least 500 words long. There is no maximum length.3. No WIPs. Your fic must be complete.4. Your fic must stand alone. It may be part of an ongoing ‘verse, or a sequel, but it must be able to stand on its own so the reader is not required to read/have read previous parts to properly rate it.5. This is a Numb3rs challenge, so your fic must take place in the Numb3rs ‘verse. Please save crossovers for the crossover round, or more crossover-appropriate rounds, such as future!fic or recurring characters.6. You must post your fic by midnight the day it is due.I’ll post a reminder closer to the 26th. In the meantime, happy writing! *g*Tags:round 020 Wow, I am so sorry you guys! I can’t believe I forgot to post the themes! *head desk* TeamsAngst:rodlox - Everythingcerealkiller0 - Anythingjlm110108 - Nothing_Schmoop:mercilynn - Everythingjestana - Anythingjelsemium - Nothing_Pinch-Hit:_None**Themes:**Following are the three themes for this round of the Angst vs Schmoop Challenge::AnythingEverythingNothingOne person from Team Angst, and one from Team Schmoop, will write the same theme. Themes will be given on a first come, first served basis. Comment here to claim your theme! If themes are not claimed by midnight next Sunday, February 14th, I will arbitrarily assign the remaining themes. Once all the themes have been claimed (or assigned by default) I will post a posting schedule. (Keep in mind, the sooner all the themes are claimed, the longer you’ll have to write. *g*)Posting: Fic will most likely be due beginning Friday, February 26, but I may start earlier if there are scheduling conflicts, so if anyone will be unavailable (ie, away from the internet) any day during the week beginning Monday, February 22, please tell me now, before I create the posting schedule! Once the schedule has been created it will not be changed. Thank you.Tags:round 020 Welcome to February 2010 and our twentieth round here at numb3rswriteoff, which is all about Colby and/or David! You may write Colby(/anyone), David(/anyone), Colby & David or Colby/David; your story may be gen, het or slash, it’s up to you.So *rubs hands together greedily*, if you’d like to play this round, comment here and tell me which team you’d like to write for, angst or schmoop.We need at least 6 people to sign up, 3 for each team, but we’ll take more than that if we can get them! We’ll also need pinch-hitters, so you can sign up for that, instead, if you like.Teams will be created on a first-come, first-served basis. That means, if we get 10 people who want to write for Team Schmoop and only 5 willing to write for Team Angst, and no one wants to switch over, we’ll be cutting off the teams at the first 5 people to respond for each team.Sign-ups will be open through midnight Sunday, February 7th. (Please note that there is a shortened writing period this month. Fic will most likely be due some time during the week of February 21st; depending on the number of people we get signing up I may be able to start it a few days later. If you will not be able to post AT ALL during that time period, please do not sign up.)Also, please do not sign up if you are ineligible to participate in this round. (See the Rule Reminder below.)Any questions, ask them in comments here or e-mail me at spikedluv @ livejournal.com.Please, please pimp this out! The more people we have playing, the merrier. *g* Posting Rule Reminder: Unless you have requested an emergency extension beforehand, you must post your fic on the day it is due. Part of the challenge is meeting that deadline. If you do not post your fic on the day assigned, you will not be eligible to participate in the next round. Please read the rules on the community profile for more information. Thank you.Please note that the time stamp on your post/announcement here at numb3rswriteoff will be used when determining whether a fic has been posted on the day it is due.TeamsAngst:rodlox1cerealkiller0jlm110108Schmoop:mercilynnjestanajelsemium2_Pinch-Hit:_1 Wherever needed2 Will switch if necessaryTags:round 020 Top of Page | | 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