Alright people, the day has been saved. It's time to read this topic and figure out
what the hell is going on. Apologies for wordswordswords - I was trying to work on NaNoWriMo when I got told to replace, so I'm in a rambling mood. :V
Immediately reading over D1, I'm very confused by the interactions between Neo and HW. In
25 HW basically rages at Neo about bussing way too early and then doesn't actually drop a vote, instead keeping it on PX (who from what I've read thus far looks like the obligatory clueless newcomer). Saying words and not actually staking a claim to them with a vote = scummy. It doesn't help that in
29 he states again that he's being serious with the accusation...but evidently
not serious enough to be worth a vote. He changes later, but only after a long, convoluted argument with Neo which basically gives him no choice but to hang on.
Then what happens? He
drops the case and jumps on Pesco for hypocrisy. Hypocrisy which, really, I'm not seeing - Pesco said that the Neo/HW argument was useless fluff with the 'you guys post too much' point, so this just feels like a bad excuse to jump away from Neo. I'm wondering about a Neo/HW pair here based on the way they sort of swerve around each other here.
Next post of note to me is PX's
73, for being very unoriginal and copycopycopypeoplearevotingPescosolet'svotePesco. Then later he explains why
Neo is the scummiest player around and, uh...keeps his vote on Pesco?
HW throws out some nice hypocrisy in 83.
Prod votes are scummy because they allow scum to place their vote on a player without giving out a proper case on them or holding onto opinions. They are not even proper methods of pressure because when the target returns you're obligated to remove your vote and have effectively just gone through a stretch of time without doing anything of note.
So what exactly does your vote on Pesco count as, then? You were effectively prodding him for his lack of contribution, while moving away from your earlier 'serious' Neo case.
OK, looking over the current cases on Polly/PX. Firstly, if I have learned anything from Kefit and Alice screaming at me when Town loses for the umpteenth time because we lynched a 'lurker', it's that
lurking on D1 is not in and of itself bad. The only problem I have with him is in his hammer post, when after his explanation for why he suddenly doesn't like Pesco he says
Considering he'll be lynched regardless, this doesn't really change anything.
Then why did you say it? If you think he's scum, surely this line is totally unnecessary for you to write. It's a semantics point, though, and IMO not enough to really earn him a vote.
Of the two cases tied up front right now, I prefer PX based on 73 which is blatant I THINK NEO IS WORSE THAN PESCO BUT I WILL VOTE PESCO ANYWAY. What has me cautious, though, is that Neo and HW have both dropped votes on him, because I am still very uncomfortable with their interactions early D1 and their movements afterward.
HW: ATTACK FOR JOKEVOTE BECAUSE I AM SERIOUS EXCEPT APPARENTLY NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO VOTE AND OH LOOK PESCO DID SOMETHING PETTY BETTER DISREGARD THIS ENTIRELY.
Neo: JOKEVOTE, GET CAUGHT UP IN PETTY DEBATE, PROCEED TO DO NOTHING FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE DAY, JUMP ON POPULAR WAGON AT END OF DAY, THEN JUMP ON NEWBIE FOR LURKING WHEN ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE IS LURKING AS WELL.
Since it's already late in the day and I want to get a lynch from this,
##Vote: NeoSerela. I'd like HW, but I'm not sure how likely it is given the current rate of activity. :|