40,000 books ! {plus SciFi vs Romance DE duel}

Post by **Kvetch** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:16 pm

Incidentally, I partially blame this thread for an irritating mental image that kept distracting me in my exam:

Geordi LaForge saying to Data "that is so non-non-heinous" a la Bill and Ted.(to the backdrop of a scene from one of the movies - just after Data pushed some one in Holo-deck water, or something.)

Post by **laurie** » Sat May 13, 2006 9:27 pm

Romance: 5296 (+44)
SciFi: 5026 (+21)

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:03 am

Romance: 5300 (+4)
SciFi: 5070 (+44)

Post by **laurie** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:33 am

You're taking advantage of the "can't add new authors" glitch, KT

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:41 am

Ummm... so there are no romance books left for authors already in the database?

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:01 pm

Romance: 5300 {0}
SciFi: 5098 {+28}

Did someone else just bang in 10 SF books, or did I lose count of what I was doing?

Post by **Darb** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:04 pm

/me queues Twilight Zone music, to further muck with KT's brain.

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:06 pm

The sad part is it's going to seem like a "victory" to get within 200 books of Romance.

Post by **Darb** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:11 pm

Now now, let's not have any of this defeatist talk. The gap is less than 5%, and we have almost a 2k lead on the nearest genre in 3rd place.

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:27 pm

Then what kind of jaws will we snatch victory from?

Post by **laurie** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:21 pm

Kilgore Trout wrote:Then what kind of jaws will we snatch victory from?

You know the answer to that, KT - you won't.

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:31 pm

Romance: 5329 {+29}
SciFi: 5172 {+74}

Post by **Darb** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:44 pm

I think I'll be doing linkdev for a little bit, before returning full force to scifi vs romance.

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:56 pm

Yeah I've been a bit distracted as well.

But neither category has advanced in over 14 hours (i.e. since I went to bed this morning

).

Post by **Darb** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:51 am

Perhaps a 1 week truce (for SciFi vs Romance) is in order, so that we can collectively put a serious hit on the LinkDev effort ?

We've made good progress on linkdev, but there's still a ways to go ... we're probably only about 20-25% done (that's a guess). More hands would make the task go faster.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:08 pm

No! How could SciFi give in? I tell you what, if you manage to produce a (long) compelling ST script for a reason to halt, I'll consider pitching in

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:51 pm

No one gave in. At the time Brad called for a truce, the trend was in SciFi's favor.

At time of truce request:
Romance: 5329 {+0}
SciFi: 5203 {+31}

Both sides advanced by one book, but then SciFi fell back due to the Velgarth reclassifications.

Current status:
Romance: 5330
SciFi: 5196

... which makes one wonder in etitameh is a Romancian operative (j/k).

Post by **laurie** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:08 pm

Kilgore Trout wrote:... which makes one wonder in etitameh is a Romancian operative (j/k).

Someone is, because I didn't add that book.

Post by **Darb** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:33 pm

GENRE = Star Trek TOS {Rated PG-13}

Spoiler: show

Post by **laurie** » Fri May 26, 2006 6:47 pm

Spoiler: show

I'm not in 6th grade anymore, Brad.......

Nor am I a

Spoiler: show

The

Spoiler: show

part is good!

Kilgore Trout · Post by **Kilgore Trout** » Mon May 29, 2006 1:47 pm

Since truce was called:

Romance: 5331 {+2}
SciFi: 5210{+7}

Careful, guys. You don't want to incur the wrath of the Romancians.

This is okay as both are fairly steady. Not to discourage data entry, but if someone has an urge to bang in a whole bunch of SF (or Romance), how about helping with LinkDev instead?

Post by **clong** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:22 pm

I have been clearing up a few books-no-genre entries as I have been doing linkdev related research.

Post by **Darb** » Tue May 30, 2006 6:50 pm

Romance: 5331
SciFi: 5239 {+29}

Post by **Darb** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:26 pm

Romance: 5337 {+6}
SciFi: 5270 {+31}

Post by **StefanY** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:30 pm

I'm embarrassed that all of those 6 romance were from me!! However it was just to complete an author, HONEST!!

And I did add 20 of those Sci-fi's!!