school run character survival poll!

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so here's the thing: when i started working on school run, i had it in mind to keep with zombie flick tradition. that is, to start with a group (in this case, of grade-school kids) and then kill them off one by one in horrible and entertaining ways until the sun sets on (or a rescue chopper comes for, whatever) a lone survivor at the end.

and i specifically wanted the protagonists to be kids, because kids vs. zombies is something i haven't seen before.

but when i told people about my plans i'd get these shocked reactions--i couldn't possibly do that. how could i do that? apparently you just don't feed kids to bloodthirsty mutant hordes, not even fictional cartoon kids that don't exist.

and so i am putting things to a vote. if enough people vote to save the kids they get a reprieve. you won't get to vote for or against individual characters, just how many survive. the poll will be on the sidebar of this blog until the end of june. vote now people, the lives of these children are in your hands.

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 19, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    to be honest, wala pa kong "emotional connection" kung baga sa mga kids except dun sa bida :)

    so ok lang sa akin kahit sino dun. make us "love" them first then maybe i'll change my mind.

    pero kawawa naman, mga bata lang sila. hehehe...

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  2. macoyApril 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    kung emotionally attached na ang mambabasa sa karakters, mas matindi ang reaksyon pag pinatay ko na sila, nye he he >;D

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  3. UnknownApril 19, 2010 at 12:25 PM

    yun nga. hehe!

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  4. macoyApril 19, 2010 at 2:19 PM

    well that's just a *better* reason to kill them!

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  5. MikoApril 19, 2010 at 10:19 PM

    If I were you, I'd listen to my wife :p

    But then again, I love debating with my significant other and doing things just to spite her a little bit :D

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  6. macoyApril 20, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    pinagpasyahan nalang naming hintayin ang resulta ng poll, hehe

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  7. UnknownApril 20, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    kill them! Kill!


    :)

    p.s. Seriously.

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  8. MikoApril 20, 2010 at 10:01 PM

    Wow, amicable settlement :D

    I noticed that "kill 'em all" is now tied with the traditionalists. Any way of cheating on this one with flying voters? :p

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  9. macoyApril 20, 2010 at 11:05 PM

    @chris: chris! ikaw ba si ginoong chris costello?

    @miko: all's fair. but the poll's cookie-protected, so you may need some skillz to affect your desired outcome.

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  10. apol sta mariaApril 21, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    macoy! sobrang exciting ng school run :D gawa ka na lang ng 2 magkaibang endings tapos exclusive ang bawat isang version sa isang comic convention.

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  11. macoyApril 21, 2010 at 1:07 PM

    salamat apol! oo nga, napag-isipan ko rin yan. hm...

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  12. MikoApril 24, 2010 at 1:25 AM

    Variant covers? I like :D

    By the way, I think I found a work around the cookie issues. I really want to save thoses kids; although that would be cheating and that's bad :p

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  13. macoyApril 24, 2010 at 4:28 AM

    would it have anything to do with internet cafes? or office pc's maybe?

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  14. MikoApril 24, 2010 at 6:09 AM

    Actually, any PC would do. Honestly, I don't have the "skillz" but you gave me an idea how to do it :p

    Just scratch 2 votes less from "they're kids! you *can't* hurt them!"

    Those are my bad...

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  15. UnknownApril 25, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    @macoy Yep!

    :)

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  16. macoyApril 25, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    @chris: okay, you get double voting power then. thanks for dropping by!

    @miko: hehe wag ka na makonsyensya, poll lang yan.

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  17. leroyApril 26, 2010 at 8:20 PM

    surprise us. :)

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