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Mithalwen · 04-18-2006, 11:28 AM

That I would second whole heartedly - as you might expect!

Kath · 04-18-2006, 11:35 AM

If the deadline is 2pm GMT I will have to vote extremely early most days. As in about midnight the day before. The 4am GMT deadline would work a lot better for me I think as I can vote much closer to the deadline.

But if it's easier for you Diamond I'm ok with 8am.

Diamond18 · 04-18-2006, 11:35 AM

One good reason not to have retractable votes, methinks.

(I'm leaning toward non-retractable. Much as a I appreciated them in Mith's game, I think non will be more mod friendly.)

A good death scene would probably take me 40 minutes to write. I type like the wind. So assuming my brain is working....

Nogrod · 04-18-2006, 12:21 PM

Definitely 8AM, if one can have a vote for it. (10PM would be here in Finland something like 6AM: so if I would like to catch up with the writing of this bunch, I would have to wake up at 4AM the latest - and then stay awake the whole day.) Well. If the game is good, one might think about it...

Retractable votes have their pro's and con's. They can be misused, surely, but they also make it possible for everyone to vote with thought in the end. F.ex. in Farael's game right now, there have been occasions, where someone has had to vote early, because s/he has not been sure, whether s/he's able to come back - and not voting is bad sport anyhow. Then it's nasty to hang around the game at the last minutes (as it has turned out possible to be there) and see, how differently - with additional information - one would have voted.

Lalaith · 04-18-2006, 12:48 PM

Oh and I'm not a fan of retractable votes. I'm a P not a J, but not that heavily P that I can deal with such fluidity...(for further explanation see my enneagrams thread...)

Mithalwen · 04-18-2006, 12:53 PM

Well I am generally a fan of retractable votes but since I am going to have to vote early and certainly won't be able to pop back, it doesn't make any odds to me in this game.

Valier · 04-18-2006, 01:27 PM

Well I would totally vote for the 10pm time. I am NOT a morning person and 8 in the morning is awfully early for me to get up and have a coherent vote/reasoning. But if the majority rules, that's ok I guess.....

Perhaps we should have retractable votes for the people who might be able to sneak on before the deadline.

Nogrod · 04-18-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Valier

Perhaps we should have retractable votes for the people who might be able to sneak on before the deadline.

I might be happy with this kind of arrangement - if it could be made somewhat reasonable and simple. Say: one possibility to retract a vote / day? I don't know, whether demanding a reason for it (uncertainty about the possibility to come back before the deadline) would make it complicated (where to state the reasons, how to believe them etc.)?

Maybe just plain: 1 chance to change the vote?

04-18-2006, 11:28 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	That I would second whole heartedly - as you might expect! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

04-18-2006, 11:35 AM	#2
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	If the deadline is 2pm GMT I will have to vote extremely early most days. As in about midnight the day before. The 4am GMT deadline would work a lot better for me I think as I can vote much closer to the deadline. But if it's easier for you Diamond I'm ok with 8am. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

04-18-2006, 11:35 AM	#3
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	One good reason not to have retractable votes, methinks. (I'm leaning toward non-retractable. Much as a I appreciated them in Mith's game, I think non will be more mod friendly.) A good death scene would probably take me 40 minutes to write. I type like the wind. So assuming my brain is working.... __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

04-18-2006, 12:21 PM	#4
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Definitely 8AM, if one can have a vote for it. (10PM would be here in Finland something like 6AM: so if I would like to catch up with the writing of this bunch, I would have to wake up at 4AM the latest - and then stay awake the whole day.) Well. If the game is good, one might think about it... Retractable votes have their pro's and con's. They can be misused, surely, but they also make it possible for everyone to vote with thought in the end. F.ex. in Farael's game right now, there have been occasions, where someone has had to vote early, because s/he has not been sure, whether s/he's able to come back - and not voting is bad sport anyhow. Then it's nasty to hang around the game at the last minutes (as it has turned out possible to be there) and see, how differently - with additional information - one would have voted. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

04-18-2006, 12:48 PM	#5
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Oh and I'm not a fan of retractable votes. I'm a P not a J, but not that heavily P that I can deal with such fluidity...(for further explanation see my enneagrams thread...) __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

04-18-2006, 12:53 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Well I am generally a fan of retractable votes but since I am going to have to vote early and certainly won't be able to pop back, it doesn't make any odds to me in this game. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

04-18-2006, 01:27 PM	#7
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	Well I would totally vote for the 10pm time. I am NOT a morning person and 8 in the morning is awfully early for me to get up and have a coherent vote/reasoning. But if the majority rules, that's ok I guess..... Perhaps we should have retractable votes for the people who might be able to sneak on before the deadline. __________________ grand return?........

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