@Mentor:
In post 33, Mentor wrote:Mmm.. not quite. I asked because I'm not sure what's acceptable or not and I wanna follow the mod rules,
but that doesn't mean I'm not concerned with who's voting who.
I think that's a pretty big leap to take without actually asking me what I thought about any of the votes.
Wrong.
Before your statement above, this is what you posted showing that you were more concerned about the ability to vote than what those votes were:
In post 24, Mentor wrote:Well I don't know. I thought everyone had to confirm first. I'm not sure where the game begins.
That is, you only voiced concern about whether the votes counted, not the substance/intent behind those votes.
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Ultimately, it doesn't matter whether the voting "counts" or not. People are voting. If the mod doesn't tally them because 10 people haven't confirmed, that doesn't detract from the fact that the votes have been placed in fairly typical RVS fashion. Whether or not these votes are actually going to be put up on the scoreboard does really affect the circumstances.
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You say:
In post 35, Mentor wrote:The mod hasn't officially announced the start of the game so are all these votes actually meaning something or are people just joking around with each other? It's important for me to understand the basis and intention of a vote if I'm going to evaluate whether it's worthwhile or not, don't you think?
But I have a hard time believing this.
Looking at the typical RVS activity is hard enough - people usually joke around, and so you have to attempt to decipher natural joking (town) from forced joking (scum). I typically find it to be a lost cause.
But here, you're saying that if you understood whether these votes are counted, you would be able to further differentiate between natural/forced RVS play based upon whether the votes counted? I'm doubtful.
BUT WAIT! The layers go even further: it's not whether the votes actually counted, it's whether the people thought their votes counted - which isn't really answered by your concern of whether the votes actually count.
Poking just beneath the surface of your justification for asking about the procedure over form reveals a confusing mass of logic.
"This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is 'actually' innocent." In re Davis, 557 U.S. 952, 955 (2009) (Scalia, J., dissenting).