Snow Dog wrote:The vote on sabie is getting strong, despite Russti's misgivings. And I can see why. It's an itch that has to be scratched.
LizKeen wrote:Ugh, every time I try to post something goes wrong.
I'm going to vote for Sabie today because this has been going on for days and I'd just like to end it and I haven't felt good about her since Day 1.
Russ you confound me today.

The itch doesn't have to be scratched! It doesn't have to end!
Come on, guys!!! Why all the resigned, "Well, it's been coming" votes?? No one's making you do anything! And as I said yesterday (this was meant to be one of my main points) nobody is making you do anything in this game! You could literally slap a vote on anyone you want, and you're being held back by convention and tradition.
Well the baddies have us by the balls this game, and convention and tradition are the vicegrips. They're squeezing harder every day, because we've been trained to look for role hints (cases on Boogs and sabie being examples) even where there are none. We've been trained to look for insincerity (Hedge and, again, sabie being misguided examples), and we've been trained to look for disinterest.
The baddies aren't stupid; they're not going to fit into our little boxes of what is bad because they've seen it done just like we have. It's evolution, survival of the most adaptable. That's why Made lamented that baddies always win here: they change their game up, and we follow the same old patterns, waiting for them to fall in our lap.
I have a strong suspicion that the baddies have been very involved this game. Why wouldn't they be? Unlike the civs, they are the only ones who can earn rupees for themselves. They get no rupees if they don't participate, whereas civs still might get a cool new role, and they keep everything they earn. It's simple economics!
So we need to think differently here. Lynch people who have done everything, never missed a vote, been gung-ho about contests, and whatnot.
I would at least think llama would get this. Not only does it involve economics, but it's along a similar line of thinking to the Llama Gambit. Baddies won't just say "Hey guys, come lynch me!" We need to force them into mistakes, make them react instead of reacting to them.
And at least, I'm asking that you guys not vote someone "just because" or because they've been talked about for days. Not only is that poor strategy, it's no fun! Vote someone you really think is bad, even if you have no case whatsoever, or only have gut feeling to go on! That's the way real discussion starts.
9 votes for sabie based on this "case" is utterly ridiculous. It means the divs have given up on finding leads of their own, and I'll be ashamed of all of us if it goes through like this.