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**The Saucepan Man** · 04-27-2006, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Esty

Well, Saucy, if you plan to make good on the idea of voting for the same character every day, the snores won't all be yours!

One person (or, at most, two people) voting for the same contestant each day until he or she goes is not boring. That happens frequently in these shows and is my general chosen modus operandi. What is boring is for everyone else to simply vote the same way each day, which (however satisfying for them) removes any element of excitement from the "contest".

The situation is easy to remedy, though. Either Smith is voted off and the game can move on, or people stop voting en masse for the same character just to save him (which is hardly justified, given that only two at most are voting for him) and the snorefest becomes a proper contest.

The third option, as far as I am concerned, is simply to opt out and leave you all to your cosy arrangements. Which, as I said, is a distinct possibility the way things are going.

The 1,000 Reader · 04-27-2006, 05:52 PM

++Niggle.

Why? Because For is Niggle and he made a reference to a certain Japanese craze and has tainted the forums.

Bêthberry · 04-27-2006, 09:23 PM

'Tis far, far easier to work Dorkins into a parody than Smith of Wootton Major.

So we are here on a Dorkin plane.
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where insensed wills clash by night.
And Diamond counts the chads by day.
Fall as they may.

For this alone, it must be a double vote.

++ Matthew Arnold

++ Herbert Dorkins

And if the howls of the mer-dogs singing keep me up tonight, I may come to regret this vote.

Diamond18 · 04-27-2006, 10:55 PM

Ah, I love the smell of controversy in the morning. A mini kafuffle arose when some found fault in the voting style of others, but at the end it did not change the result any:

Herbert Dorkins: 4 votes

Smith of Wootton Major: 2 votes

Mew, the Seagull: 2 votes

Niggle: 1 vote

And so, Herbert was spanked with a battledore until his bottom bled and he died from blood less.

Day the Eighteenth finds 29 contestants remaining:

Farmer Giles of Ham

Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith

Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle

Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)

Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
The Barrow-wight
Goodman Maggott
Fíriel

Roverandom

Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Mew, the Seagull
Moon-dog
Mer-dog
Uin, the Whale

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Egbert Dorkins

littlemanpoet · 04-28-2006, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

The situation is easy to remedy, though. Either Smith is voted off and the game can move on, or people stop voting en masse for the same character just to save him (which is hardly justified, given that only two at most are voting for him) and the snorefest becomes a proper contest.

The third option, as far as I am concerned, is simply to opt out and leave you all to your cosy arrangements. Which, as I said, is a distinct possibility the way things are going.

In other words, "THEY need to change but not ME."

There is a fourth option: realize you can't get Smith (because there are too many who love the character {not LMP but the story character}) and move on to a more realistically removable candidate. Then the game can go on with more interesting possibilities. Why not give it a try?

As for my vote today, I have no problems with evicting....

++ Mew

Tuor in Gondolin · 04-28-2006, 09:19 AM

+ + The Wizard Artaxerxes

Leave him in now and he might find
his arrogant soulmate (Saruman)
and together in Middle-earth they might
"Cry havoc and loose the dogs of war" (or whatever).

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-28-2006, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lmp

In other words, "THEY need to change but not ME."

Precisely. After all, it is THEY that are wrong, not ME.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lmp

There is a fourth option: realize you can't get Smith (because there are too many who love the character {not LMP but the story character}) and move on to a more realistically removable candidate.

So why not abandon the "contest" and simply appoint Smith the winner without further ado?

+ + SMITH OF WOOTON MAJOR

Anguirel · 04-28-2006, 10:17 AM

Quite. Smith for winner!

++SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR

Oh, I seem to have voted for Smith to go by accident. What a disaster. Everyone, vote for Smith and you might persuade me to change my vote. How does that sound?

Celuien · 04-28-2006, 10:31 AM

++ MEW
Messy animals, seagulls. 'Nuff said.

**The Saucepan Man** · 04-28-2006, 10:40 AM

Celuin (and others - you know who you are), why not save yourself the time of visiting this thread simply by arranging a standing vote, as follows:

+ + Whichever one littlemanpoet votes for

04-27-2006, 05:52 PM	#2
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	++Niggle. Why? Because For is Niggle and he made a reference to a certain Japanese craze and has tainted the forums. __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains

04-27-2006, 09:23 PM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	'Tis far, far easier to work Dorkins into a parody than Smith of Wootton Major. So we are here on a Dorkin plane. Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where insensed wills clash by night. And Diamond counts the chads by day. Fall as they may. For this alone, it must be a double vote. ++ Matthew Arnold ++ Herbert Dorkins And if the howls of the mer-dogs singing keep me up tonight, I may come to regret this vote. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-27-2006, 10:55 PM	#4
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	End of Day the Seventeenth Ah, I love the smell of controversy in the morning. A mini kafuffle arose when some found fault in the voting style of others, but at the end it did not change the result any: Herbert Dorkins: 4 votes Smith of Wootton Major: 2 votes Mew, the Seagull: 2 votes Niggle: 1 vote And so, Herbert was spanked with a battledore until his bottom bled and he died from blood less. Day the Eighteenth finds 29 contestants remaining: Farmer Giles of Ham Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham) Gram, his dog Chrysophylax Dives The Miller The Parson Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith Smith of Wootton Major/Leaf By Niggle Master Cook Rider Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie Smith of Wootton Major Nell Queen of Faerie Niggle The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems) Goldberry Badger Old Man Willow The Barrow-wight Goodman Maggott Fíriel Roverandom Roverandom The Wizard Artaxerxes Mew, the Seagull Moon-dog Mer-dog Uin, the Whale Mr. Bliss Mr. Day Archie Teddy Bruno Egbert Dorkins __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

04-28-2006, 09:19 AM	#6
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	+ + The Wizard Artaxerxes Leave him in now and he might find his arrogant soulmate (Saruman) and together in Middle-earth they might "Cry havoc and loose the dogs of war" (or whatever). __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

04-28-2006, 10:17 AM	#8
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Quite. Smith for winner! ++SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR Oh, I seem to have voted for Smith to go by accident. What a disaster. Everyone, vote for Smith and you might persuade me to change my vote. How does that sound? __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

04-28-2006, 10:31 AM	#9
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	++ MEW Messy animals, seagulls. 'Nuff said. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

04-28-2006, 10:40 AM	#10
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Celuin (and others - you know who you are), why not save yourself the time of visiting this thread simply by arranging a standing vote, as follows: + + Whichever one littlemanpoet votes for __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!