Well then, j'ai retourné.
My post was longer but now I'll just have t do it, in a short period of time and at great expense (35546 wight-pounds, that's 71092 wight-bucks for you Americans).
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Ok, now to the main part of the post. Why did some reps with very little posts get picked and who picked them?
Phantom obviosuly doesn't count, as he is
phantom and posts more than anyone else. He has the village in the palm of his hand. Of course, even he is in the hands of the Modesses.
Boro posts 26 posts, so I won't focus on him.
Nogrod had 15 posts, but was definately still a large presence.
Legate posted 17 posts and was definately not a submarine.
Ilya made 4 posts then. But she is new, so no-one knows how she plays werewolf it's okay to give her a chance to see what she can do, what sort of stuff she's made of. She also seemed pretty innocent.
It's these next ones that worry me.
Brinniel makes 11 posts. Almost all her posts are one liners. In one she comments on the discussion of restriction of reps, and she has one other substantial
post. You can see her posts
here.
But let's see what the people who voted for her said:
Aganzir votes on general principles. She says she votes
Brinn because
Brinn probably won't get many votes, and
Agan finds her trustworthy most of the time (as well as sometimes suspicious). She then goes on to say that she wants to spread out executive power.
My guess is that she hopes that
Brinn turns out to be innocent, and then if she is then she can be a voice of reason. So, it is faith and hope in
Brinn's innocence. When she voted, Brnin, had only made 4 posts. The first is connected with discussing how mant reps there should be. Next there are two one liners and a post count. How is that enough to decide whether she should be a rep? I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with anything about Brinn, what I'm saying is she didn't really give much information. She didn't say what she thought of anyone, and those posts aren't really enough (in my mind anyway) to see whether she's innocent or not. These are her posts if you're interested:
Greenie votes next, saying that she finds
Brinn sensible, innocent, ans knows she will now become a rep because of the vote.
Now
Greenie has given us a list, and said that she likes
Brinn and votes for her. She is one of the players she agrees with and likes, and at least this way she is sure to get someone she wants to be a represntative. There is still the element of hope, though.
Next up:
Aganzir. She gives two posts and goes away. They don't contain anything really substantial except a vote and a comment on her not being around at the deadline. It seems a consequence of RL that she posted less than normal, so I'n not blaming her. Here are her posts:
Post 1 and
Post 2. So who voted her then...
Shasta votes, almost out of the blue, and doesn't give a good reason (or any, for that matter).
I don't really know what to think about this, except that he's probably just voting based on past experiences.
Brinn votes, saying that she wants to spread out votes. Understandable.
Well, this whole thing has shown me that a lot of hope and faith in the players was involved in these votes, but then again, that is sort of the idea. If we were certain of everyone's roles it just wouldn't be as fun. It has also made me much less suspicious of the voters of these two, and it seems I under-estimated the number of peoples' posts (and at first I forgot that the Deadline crossed into the next day for me.
Ok, well I'll leave you for now. I'd better catch up on all the posts I missed while writing this.