Seriously... what? And thank you. · 2:54pm Apr 21st, 2020
So I started my morning routines and during some work downtime checked FIMFiction. Found I had three new favorites for Worshiping At The Altar Of Knowledge, my old Imposing Sovereigns II entry. It didn't place in the contest, but I was (and still am) pretty happy with it.
I checked its stats back in February when FanOfMostEverything mocked up Magic: The Gathering cards for the entries and got a bit of a surprise. I was thrilled to find it had managed to make double-digits in the rating, which turned into a Discord discussion about how Wilson Scores work (the answer is darkest black magic). Out of idle curiosity I checked again today and..
I'm not even sure how to react to that.
The difference even in the top 200 rated fics is razor-thin (ChudoJogurt experimented and the difference of a single downvote is 27th to 134th), but I'm still absolutely blown away. I'm a relatively new author around here and only mid-tier - this perplexes me in how it even happened. But I also won't complain.
So - thank you all for your support, your time and your smiles. I'm glad to have entertained so far, and hope I continue to do so.
Yeah, it’s kind of incredible to watch when this sort of stuff happens. My own Trouble in Tiatarta became my first story to break the Top 1,000. It had a backslide after that but since then it’s been steadily climbing and is closing in now on the Top 500. Just a few more votes...
The grace of Twilight makes all things possible.
In all seriousness, congrats.
So what I’m hearing is that you’d like me to downvote your story so you aren’t feeling this intense pressure anymore? Just kidding, congratulations!
You deserve it! The story had a fun concept and you executed it wonderfully.
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You joke, but half the reason I screenshotted that ranking is because any second now it's going to get vote-bombed.
Neat. Congratulations on the high rankings and learning black magic!
Nice work! Who knows, maybe it will climb even higher!
Just checked and it was ranked 4th. Congrats!!