Check out the entire entry post HERE for descriptions on stories!
Each round winner will be given it's own separate story post.
The top 9 will duke it out for the actual awards!
Hopefully this helps people dig through the sudden MASSIVE INFLUX of stories. I didn't check any of them for quality, so I'm sure there are probably a few bad apples in there.
Art will be treated a bit differently. It will be broken into 3 polls, with 3 winners each, and one final poll with the best 6.
Round 1 Has already completed, you can find it, and the winners, below
Round 1 Art Voting
Entry 2, 4, and 5 Moving on to the Final round!
Rount 2 is Over!
Round 2 Art Voting
Entry 1, 6, and 7 Moving on to the Final Round!
Final Round Art Winners!
First place!( Full Comic HERE)
Second Place!
Third Place!
Round 1
The April Fools
Pink'd
Leaf-ing The Dream (Winner!)
A Cryptological Conundrum
Jack and Pie
Round 2
April Showers
Rainbow Dash's AWESOMELY RADICAL April Foal's Prank
Twilight's Last Gleaming (Winner!)
Pony of a Different Color
April Foals
Round 3
The Day the Pony Stood Still
The Bestest Pranksgiving Ever!
Yes I'm only doing this for the Ticket
Pinkie Pie’s Incredible Interplanetary Super Prank (Winner!)
Pride Goes Before Folly
Round 4
Mare of Misrule
That's How The Accursed Cookies Crumble // Part 2
Messin' With Celestia(Winner!)
The Unexpected
April Foal's Day, on Ice.
Round 5
First April 1st
Kick Roll'd
Big Dragon(Winner!)
April Foals Day With Sprinkles
I Shall Crush Them Beneath an Iron Hoof
Round 6
Pranks for Nothing, Pinkie Pie (Winner!)
Junior Pranksters Forever
All the Ponies I Call A Friend
The Prankster
Tale of the April Fool
Round 7
The Purple Menace(s) (Winner!)
Clerical Error
Day of Foals
Twilight Sparkle's Excellent Adventure
Late
Round 8
Follies of Fillies and Foals
Flutter Foal's Day
Magical Happy Sunshine Princess Ponies And The Enchanted Garden...
Revenge of the Allicorns (Winner!)
The Door
Round 9
Mushy Stuff (Winner!)
Fortress of Time
The April Fool's Day Festival
Pinkie's Fools
April Is The Foolest Month
41 kommentaari:
So it's April Pony Madness, eh?
VastaKustutaI'mlikingthisidea.jpg
Good plan!
VastaKustutaTime to break out the reading glasses, fez, pipe, and Beethoven.
VastaKustutaIt. Is. On.
~Scratch
Well my boss is doomed in the first round dude. I feel so sorry for you Darkon Shadows you poor unconcious eye monster dude.
VastaKustutaOh wow, I have a lot of reading to do...
VastaKustutaWhy does it feel like I'm the U.S. team starting in the same bracket as Brazil at the world cup?
VastaKustutaoh good, I was just going to not vote because I wasn't going to read all the stories, but I think I can read 9 of them.
VastaKustuta@l0x0r
VastaKustutaill bring the vuvuzelas
Time to read!
VastaKustuta>April Showers
VastaKustuta>Rainbow Dash's AWESOMELY RADICAL April Foal's Prank
Hoo boy.
I... think I might have a shot at my bracket. Maybe?
VastaKustutaI have to go against The Prankster??
VastaKustutaOf them all in my current bracket, I would find absolutely nothing wrong if I were to lose to this story! The music and the mood effects were a VERY clever touch and, I must say, it made the story PERFECT. Great, GREAT job with it-- I hope it goes far.
It might be a good idea to have a 'second chance' poll between the stories that come in 2nd in the various groups.
VastaKustutaThis will reduce the chance of a story that would have placed highly being knocked out the top story.
@Chakat Firepaw
VastaKustutaI endorse this idea. I simply cannot pick one of two or more great stories from the same bracket without being mentally divided, so this is a good game plan.
So...anyone got any opinions on the strongest/weakest bracket? Personally, I'm gonna have a lot of trouble deciding who to vote for in rounds two and six.
VastaKustutaAlso, I have a feeling the bracket I'm in will be pretty close (#1). All five of the stories there have totally different tones...should be interesting.
That's a horrible way of deciding.
VastaKustutaI actually have a complaint about the round set-up. I think the voting times should actually be extended to 24 hours each.
VastaKustutaThis is why: Consider different timezones. People are going to sleep/work/whatever else in combination and possibly completely miss out on the chance to vote. That's why most posts and events tend to end in 24 hours, not 12. That way, everyone would have a chance to vote daily.
I realize it would take longer but it's a more fair way of deciding. Obviously someone whose round is running while the world sleeps is going to have less chance of getting ahead.
Opinions?
ahh, I was just hoping to slip quietly into the crowd with my dumb half-baked thing; I just used this as an opportunity to finally kick myself into writing a fanfic at all, as I've been wanting to. Now it's gonna be even more embarrassing!
VastaKustutaReally, there are loads of awesome, really great fics in this. I've only read a few and skimmed through a few more, but several I've seen are good enough to easily deserve a prize of some sort. I'm actually very glad this gives an opportunity for more than just one fic to "win" in a way, and I wish the best of luck upon everypony.
@Tinker Jet
VastaKustutaI tend to agree. 24 hours would be easier to deal with, though I do realize that would stretch this event over a week.
I'm also not quite sold on the whole round structure. It's fine for selecting the winner, but not so great for identifying runners up. Which isn't to say I have a better idea, aside from a giant poll (and I'm gonna need a few days to finish these all -- I'm only a third done yet!)
I'll modify it some when I get home. I'm still at work.
VastaKustutahoo boy, this first round is gonna be tough for me...
VastaKustutagood luck to all!
If you guys have any ideas to run this better let me know in email. I'm always open for suggestions. I just figured this avoids any bias on my part.
VastaKustutaJust adding my two bits. A longer voting period + having the second place entries get -something- would be awesome.
VastaKustutaLike, maybe the first place stories could get their own posts and all of the second place stories get one post together? Iunno. I just figure it'd suck for someone to come in second and get completely ignored. There's a lot of talented work their.
Regardless, good luck to everyone! I wish you all the best.
@Daffodil
VastaKustutaIgnore that "Longer voting periods" thing. Didn't notice it was changed to 24 hours.
@Daffodil
VastaKustutaI was going to give each poll section it's own post to discuss it during the poll. I figured this might give those 5 stories some air time, then the winner would get it's own post for ultimate air time.
I really didn't think people would be this interested in it. I expected only a few entries. I wish I could give every one a post, but having 46 separate story posts would be the same as having them all in one spot anyhow just due to how spammed it would be.
Interesting... I can't wait for tomorrow!
VastaKustutaI can't believe there were forty six entries. What the hell is wrong with all of us? XD
VastaKustutaMy compliments to my honorable opponents, who have churned out some incredibly good fiction today. May the best pony win!
And thanks to the great and powerful Trixie for organizing all of this, and in their spare time no less. You are a scholar and a gentlepony.
@The Great and Powerful Trixie!
VastaKustutaHehe. Well, you saw what happened with the 300 word event... and now you've added actual prizes!
Honestly, I don't think we need any encouragement to write this stuff...
@The Great and Powerful Trixie!
VastaKustutaI propose that there be a wild card entry! Who's ever story was the most voted on (by actual numbers, not percentages of the section active at the time) which DID NOT win would also be in the final analysis.
In my opinion this should be the "wild card" entry.
Of course it's your blog. You run it as you see fit.
*insert Rarity: "You musssssst!"
How come there are only 45 stories in the bracket, and not 46 like there should be?
VastaKustutaI'm pretty sure I know who I'm going to vote for in every bracket but the 7th. That one is gonna be tough.
VastaKustuta@Sind
VastaKustutaone of the stories got demoted. i never got to read that one, but apparently it was some questionable content.
So... it's gonna be almost 2 weeks of voting for a 1 Day event ?
VastaKustutaNot complaining, but it seems the time frame is a bit large, no ?
@nova_25
VastaKustutait was originally going to be held in 12-hour voting periods, but people thought that it wouldn't give some ponies a chance to vote in some brackets.
i wonder which stories are gonna end up in the Filly Four (Friendly Four?)
VastaKustutaAll right, Wild Card round. I have a second chance!
VastaKustuta> Pink'd
> April Showers
> Mare of Misrule
...son of a cuss. XD
Is there going to be a vote for the picture entries, at some point, too?
VastaKustutacan you add the story descriptions to this page?
VastaKustutaI like to know what the story is going to be before i start reading it.
@Anonymous
VastaKustutaAll the stories have descriptions on the main April Fools page.
*le gasp*?
VastaKustutaWhat is this, reddit?
I'm just now getting around to reading these.
VastaKustutaI was happy because I thought they would be funny.
My surprise when I read round 1 #1, and then round 2 #2 back to back.
Depressing...