The Syndicate

Looks like whoever they are, they decided to break the Mexican standoff. Vomps voted for LT "just because," and DH voted for "tie breaking." Does the lack of explanations here seem pingy to anyone else?

Not entirely sure how that happened, but glad it did! No one reposing in any sort of afterlife.

As to the shield, I don't see anything wrong about voting for yourself. Maybe if it's a tie, we can all hold the shield together!
*Samwise*SHARE THE LOAD*samwise*

Not going to be around at poll end, so think I'll vote now. Although BF went after me, the aggro of his tone makes me think civ... He-Man's been sending me more pings the more I read, so I'll go with my gut.

blindfaeth wrote:
To be fair, there is a difference between "your theory is logically sound but I don't think it's a good way to look in that direction and here's why:" and "WHY YOU WANNA LOOK AT NON-STRIDOR VOTES BF? HUH?? HUH??!! WHUT IF CIVVIES WANTED TO WIN THE RACE TOO YO?"

That's a mite reductio ad absurdum of my position, don't you think?

Meanwhile, on other reasons to boot people, let us always remember the dreaded "real life" as a reason for inactivity. It's not like I spent my whole day in the lab or anything... But I do agree that failing to defend at all is suspicious.

thellama73 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:I still like the idea of voting off non-participants, not for any strategic reason, but to make the game more fun. However, Boomslang's defensive response to the Stridor theory struck me as a little suspect.

That's an interesting observation re: Boomslang, care to elaborate?

He seemed annoyed that people were suspecting the non-Stridor voters as baddies. Since he is a non-Stridor voter, if he were a baddie he would probably react as such. On the other hand, he may just be a fearful civvie who happened not to vote for Stridor (a position I can certainly relate to.) Still, the tone in the post seemed a little desperate to me.

"Desperate" is a little much, don't you think? I was just saying there were legitimate reasons for either option for any player on any team. Vehicle choice is a good data point, but as Sock points out, the probability isn't overwhelming if we make the "one bad per team Stridor" assumption.

As to blindfaeth, you're right, no one was saying "lynch based only on vehicle choice." But in all your posts thus far, your reasons for lynching have been:

1. Vehicle choice.
2. "You don't agree with my vehicle choice theory."

thellama73 wrote:

blindfaeth wrote:it's also possible that the baddies are trying to dissuade us from thinking my theory is a good idea, which is what I think is happening

Or that's what they want us to think!

WIFOM much? Both the info and the prize were tantalizing alternatives, I just chose to roll the bones on the big money. Which didn't work out for me, but eh.

Can't argue with Sock's math. Wind Raider is gonna get you there statistically faster, and a reward for one player exclusive is probably gonna be good.