Littlemanpoet wrote:
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However, five or six? That may spread things too thin, maybe? I don't know.
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But if we only spread them among, say, three or four, then chances are that all those voted for will be innocent. And if all those voted for are innocent, the votes end up telling us nothing. It seems to me that five or six is the optimal number - enough that we're likely to include a wolf and not enough that we allow the wolves a great many 'safe votes'. But I certainly did not mean to suggest that we adopt any such arbitrary number as an absolute standard. I merely suggest that we aim, rather approximately, for the 5 - 6 range.
I think people may be worrying a bit too much about the false Seer. True, his/her presence may lead to confusion. Certainly it would be better not to have a false Seer. But bear in mind that a 'dream' from the false Seer is no more likely to be wrong than a random guess by a bewildered villager. As long as we all bear the existence of the false Seer in mind, I think we should get along all right. I certainly don't see any call for a moratorium on talking about the Seer; though I would, again, advise the Seers themselves to stay completely hidden. Note also that, at least in my opinion, the chief value of the Seer is to be gotten after the Seer has died (after a long and fruitful life, I hope) - and when either Seer dies his or her true nature will be revealed to us.
02-20-2006, 10:06 PM
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