Arise, brave villagers! Your words go to waste!
You have been distracted when you are in need of haste
Two thirds of the day is wasted in debate
Of a system hard to contemplate
Night and fear draw near at last
Our votes must very soon be cast.
I must applaud
The Only Real Estel for trying to get us back on track (even if he did name me as a suspect
). Instead of deciding who we should be suspecting, we are fiddling with new concepts of voting, just as I thought we would.
This raises some questions in my eyes.
Look at post 13 and above, and then 14 and below. Debate was just really getting started when suddenly,
Fordim appeared with lots of controversial ideas that plunged us into chaos and stopped names being named.
Now here's a question for you. These ideas are changes to the structure of how we vote, to the structure of... the g**e.
Obviously these should be put forward to the Hamlet Council [Werewolf Thread 1] rather than inserted into the middle of the debate here, so why were they placed here?
Secondly there is the nature of the ideas. As
Mormegil,
Firefoot ,
Phantom and I all pointed out, the idea is laced with flaws which could help the wolves. Are the ideas simply badly thought out?
Thirdly, there is the fiddling with numbers. Observe this quote:
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If we are lucky enough to catch a werewolf – and the odds are less than 1 in 50 that we will
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At first glance, an innocent typo. 1 in 50, 1 in 5, easy mistake. However, look carefully. The 0 key is neither near the 5 that preceded it nor the space bar that followed it. How could such a typo possibly be made? Perhaps the number was increased to strike fear into the less mathematically sound, increasing the appeal of Fordim's ideas.
Finally, if we presume that 1 in 50 is, somehow, a typo for 1 in 5, the numbers are still wrong. As I have stated, 3 in 14 is a slightly better chance than 1 in 5. Furthermore, I would look at the use of the word
less as another means to demoralise.
Having said all this, I would like to make a few points very clear. I myself am not convinced of
Fordim's guilt (I would say I am about 33% sure), but I am even less sure about the rest of the villages' guilt. I mention Fordim simply because I feel names must start being named soon, or we will leave it too late.
Additionally, I believe balance here is key. Consider my arguments, yes. Please also consider everybody else's arguments and create your
own ideas.
Also in the interest of balance, I look forward to getting a response from Fordim. I feel that I have missed something, and hope that his points can clear his name.
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If it is to be a gauge for us to discern werewolves who are reluctant to set it up, we should be at least casting a glance or two in the direct of the guy who be short. He has been rather adament about not liking the changes, so that could be looked upon as suspicious.
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Glancing at the ideas, I think they would help the wolves. However, I am now not so certain of the shortlisting idea. I will conduct some mind-wrenching mathematics later and display my findings later.
I am still adamantly against the Seer protection idea as the shortcomings have been very clearly demonstrated!