phryne
Posts: 1351
5/22/2017
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We've done this before. 
I've decided to make this only about the Exceptional Stories of the last 12 months (aka the last 4 Exceptional Seasons), to avoid an unwieldy poll-monster with 23 options (or 24 with Flint). You can still see the results of last year's poll here; and also those of the very comprehensive poll about all Fate-locked stories by rahv7.
It would probably be best if only people voted who have played at least two thirds of these stories.
Here's the other poll.
edited by phryne on 5/31/2017
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
Exceptional Stories, sorted by Season and by writer ― Favours & Renown Guide
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phryne
Posts: 1351
5/31/2017
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 I've added a few stragglers' votes to the results and will consider these polls closed now! 
Favourite story (80 users have voted):
19 votes - 12:15 from Moloch Street, HOJOTOHO!
11 votes - Where You & I Must Go
7 votes - Final Curtain
6 votes - Persona Engine
Least favourite story (72 users have voted):
18 votes - 5 Minutes to Midday
15 votes - Clay Man's Arm
11 votes - Our Lady of Pyres
7 votes - Heart, Devil & Zee
6 votes - Century Exhibition
... and here are the results broken down in a handy table:
01. The 12:15 from Moloch Street (19-1)
02. HOJOTOHO! (19-3)
03. Where You and I Must Go (11-2)
04. The Final Curtain (7-2)
05. The Persona Engine (6-2)
06. The Calendar Code (4-2)
07. The Chimney Pot Wars (3-3)
08. The Century Exhibition (3-6)
09. The Heart, the Devil, and the Zee (3-7)
10. Our Lady of Pyres (0-11)
11. Five Minutes to Midday (5-18)
12. The Clay Man's Arm (0-15)
edited by phryne on 7/27/2017
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
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Skinnyman
Posts: 2133
5/22/2017
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Picking HOJOTOHO! even if both, among The Heart, the Devil, and the Zee, were the best ES I ever experienced!
The Heart had some delightful insights, The Century Exhibition was lovely written and The Chimney Pot Wars didn't have such a big conflict. Meh, I'm just a sucker for Urchins!
EDIT: Thank you for making these polls, Phryne!
edited by Skinnyman on 5/22/2017
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aegisaglow
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5/23/2017
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Man, trying to choose from this really made me appreciate how consistently Failbetter hits it out of the park. I went with The Final Curtain in the end, because how can you not love being stage manager for the King in Yellow (also: Parabola!), but the competition is fierce.
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Mx. Aglow. Glazier, hedonist, devil-teaser, Paramount Presence. Pursuing their Heart's Desire.
Ms. Lilian Leith. A lady of proper standing, which seems like an increasingly ludicrous thing to give a rat's ___ about. Known (to some) for her Light Fingers.
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Gul al-Ahlaam
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5/23/2017
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Got to say The Final Curtain, since it combined a lot of themes and story beats that I personally love to pieces. The 12:15 is a close second, though, for being so haunting and mysterious, and for throwing me for a loop! I'm a little surprised by how much people like the Urchins, based on this and other threads! I never thought much of them, myself.
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The Uncanny Hierophant.
The Jewel-Eyed Prince.
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