Wapsi Forum Game: Ruler of Island Cafe 296

[Jabberwonky]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[8] Bia
[10] Brandi
[17] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[10] Dietzel
[13] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[0] Mayahuel === ELIMINATED ===
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[6] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[11] Tina
[10] Tsillah[/quote]

[jwhouk]

The next poster should remove Mayahuel from the quoted list.

[MerchManDan]

Done.

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[8] Bia
[10] Brandi
[17] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[10] Dietzel
[14] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[5] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[11] Tina
[10] Tsillah[/quote]

[shadowinthelight]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[7] Bia
[10] Brandi
[17] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[11] Dietzel
[14] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[5] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[11] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[Mark N]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[7] Bia
[10] Brandi
[18] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[11] Dietzel
[14] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[4] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[11] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[Dave]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[7] Bia
[10] Brandi
[18] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[11] Dietzel
[14] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[3] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[MerchManDan]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[7] Bia
[10] Brandi
[18] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[11] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[2] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[shadowinthelight]

No use trying to defend Thup.

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[6] Bia
[10] Brandi
[19] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[11] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[11] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[2] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[jwhouk]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[6] Bia
[10] Brandi
[20] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[11] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[12] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[1] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

"FINISH HER."

[Dave]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[6] Bia
[10] Brandi
[20] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[12] Phix
[13] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[0] Thup (aka Nü Gui)
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

Thup is off the island. Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.

Oh, could the next voter passing near Japan toss this shiny crystal thingie overboard when you're sailing over the Marianas trench?

[Jabberwonky]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[5] Bia
[10] Brandi
[20] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[12] Phix
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

So long, Thup...

[jwhouk]

Part of me is thinking 10 points might have been a high number to start with, but we do have a couple of weeks to go. It's been my past history that games like this could conceivably take months.

[shadowinthelight]

Sneaky jwhouk, it looks like you double voted for Bud and Phix in your last round so one of them needs a point deducted aside from the normal downvoting.

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[4] Bia
[10] Brandi
[21] Bud *
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[12] Phix *
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[Mark N]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[3] Bia
[10] Brandi
[22] Bud *
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[12] Phix *
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[jwhouk]

Oops. My bad. I fixed the vote.
[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[2] Bia
[10] Brandi
[21] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[13] Phix
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[12] Tina
[10] Tsillah

Note to self: this game is really hard to play on an iPod touch.

[Dave]

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[1] Bia
[10] Brandi
[21] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[13] Phix
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[13] Tina
[10] Tsillah

Somebody gets to de-rezz a Titan! Any takers?

[GuySmiley]

I think I might give this a go.

[10] Alan
[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[1] Bia
[10] Brandi
[21] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[12] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[13] Phix
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[13] Tina
[9] Tsillah

I'll let someone else take care of Bia.

[Atomic]

[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[0] Bia -- Pfft she's gone!
[10] Brandi
[21] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[11] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[13] Phix
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[14] Tina
[10] Tsillah

[Dave]

Atomic, it looks as if your ballot-change, and GuySmiley's, crossed in the mail.

I think the results of your having up-voted Tina, and down-voting Bia, should be:

[10] Amanda
[10] Atsali
[0] Bia -- Pfft she's gone!
[10] Brandi
[21] Bud
[10] Castela
[10] Darin
[12] Dietzel
[15] Euryale
[10] Jacqui
[10] Jin
[12] Katherine
[10] Kevin
[10] Lily
[10] Monica
[10] Nudge
[13] Phix
[14] Shelly
[10] Suzi
[10] Tepoz
[14] Tina
[9] Tsillah

[Dave]

Part of me is thinking 10 points might have been a high number to start with, but we do have a couple of weeks to go. It's been my past history that games like this could conceivably take months.

Since the voting is symmetrical (one up-vote and one down-vote), even a two-way voting war can result in an indefinite deadlock. The game isn't guaranteed to terminate, no matter how long you let it run.

One way to improve the chance of termination, is to debalance the voting. At some point, you change the rules, so that each voter has one up-vote, and *two* down-votes per day.

If you make this change when there are a total of N points showing on the board, you guarantee that you'll have chosen a winner after N-1 votes take place. There's no way to get into a 2-way Lanthian Standoff.