So far we have the ERE in the lead, Iberian factions and Templars tied for second 2 points behind, and France in third place. :charge:
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So far we have the ERE in the lead, Iberian factions and Templars tied for second 2 points behind, and France in third place. :charge:
I'm glad there is going to be another round of voting. I'll definitely vote different than before. How many are you cutting out for next time? Half of the factions? Any that get at least half the votes?
I'm amused that Iberia is doing so well. For all the votes, there is very little conservation about it. People are talking far more about France but it has less votes. ^_^
BTW, go Templars go!
Actually, I think Cecil mis-voted for Iberia, intending it to be cast for France.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I got out of his post.
I forgot about that, but I thought he only forgot to vote for France. So, 5 other people (besides me) voted for Iberia. I only voted for them because they were not the HRE. In the second voting round, I'll be more specific.
I had a couple of ideas about how to do the next round. My original plan had been to take the factions garnering the highest number of votes (as of this moment perhaps anything with 5+) and hold a final poll to choose one from them. In this case I'd keep this poll open a few more days, to ensure everyone possible gets to vote on it, before starting the next one.
I could also do it in a couple more stages, cutting out the lowest half or so of the factions for the next poll. In this case I could do the second poll sooner, since it seems pretty obvious which factions will stay on the bottom. Then, if none scored a decisively victory in poll #2, a third and final one would be done with the top 2-3 factions.
Either way I was thining of eliminating the ability to choose multiple factions in the next poll, so we're all forced to pick the one faction we prefer most.
What do you guys think?
Just my thought:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
If your going to do 3 polls total, let the second one be multiple choice. Then make the last be one choice.
If your going to do 2 total, then have the 2nd be one choice.
If we had time, I'd say we should do a game of "save my next faction for KotR 2.0" Just leave HRE out of this poll and put up a new one 24 hours after this one got posted. Then do a new poll every 24 hours taking off the least popular faction. It could be fun. :D
Poll number three would only occur if there wasn't a decisive victory in number two, something more likely if the next poll had at least half of the factions left (possibly watering down votes as they spread out). I suppose I could do a multiple choice poll with the top 50% of factions from this one tonight or tomorrow, then the third non-multiple choice if none achieved a decisive lead in that one. :yes:
I thought of a save my faction game, but figured we'd want to decide the faction relatively soon incase players wanted to mix up the rules a little to match the faction.
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Originally Posted by Privateerkev
Figure just let everyone vote once per 24 hour poll. Most of us are on at least once every 24. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zim
The save my "insert name here" game has turned out to be more fun than I thought. ^_^
Heh, well then it would become an issue of geting permission to put up that many polls (or switching to a format like the save my avatar game that would reward ability to always be online ot vote more than popularity of faction. :clown:). And it would still take a week and a half or so (week or less if I still cut the bottom 50% from this poll). Anyway, I won't be ending this poll for a while no matter what happens, so we have plenty of tie to discuss it. Noone gave me the title of "Lord of the Faction Polls" (someone should have. :clown:) so anyone's input is welcome and just as important as my own. :yes:
Alright, so far potential candidates for the chopping block are HRE (shockingly :clown: ), Hungary, Scotland, Milan/Venice/Sicily, Denmark, Poland (:cry:), Kiev/Novgorod , The Moors, Turkey, and Egypt. Fans of these factions better get votes in for them! :beam:
I was mainly joking about the "save my faction" game. I would certainly play if it were started but I don't expect a huge turnout.
I went with the Romans.
As for them being an absolute monarchy... good gods no! The ruling Basileos sure would've loved to rule with an iron hand, but the fact is that it was pretty much a derived form of patrician families resembling ancient Rome ruling from large landed estates which... well is a feudal system in everything but name (and that oath-swearing business I guess :inquisitive: ). Add to it land grants to soldiers from elite cavalry units and terribly huge administration whose titles represented power (and tended to be accompanied by, you guessed it, more land grants), I'd say the Romans slyly created their own version of a feudal system though it was somewhat different from what was happening in Europe during the same age. Though in Rome, the power was supposedly centralized into the hands of the Basileos, he still had to rely on the great families and their beneficiaries. Think of it as Senators with titles. The astonishing number of coups and attempted coups gives a general idea of the "centralization" of power at the time. Mind you, most history books gleefully ignore everything from social administration to basic economics of the Roman Middle-Ages and concentrate on its military and diplomatic aspects...
And for that matters, the Seljuk's of Anatolia followed suit as well. It was basically the only viable societal and economic system for nearly as long as mounted warriors were the staple of military tactics.
Uh... me love Rome mmmkay?
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I think you mean England and not Poland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
But only one faction has more than 50% of the vote and that is ERE.
Actually I meant to include both since they were at 4 votes at the time. :oops:
When I said the bottom half I meant the half who received the lowest number of votes, not all of those that received under 50% of the votes. Much as I'd like to declare the Romans the winners, I'm guessing people who voted for other factions that ended up on the bottom will want to change their votes. :yes:
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Originally Posted by Privateerkev
Well there are 15 choices. So half is 7 or 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
6 choices have 5+ votes.
4 choices have 4 votes
5 choices have 3- votes
So, you can decide the cutoff is 5 votes which narrows it down to 6.
Or, the cutoff is 4 votes which leaves it at 10.
Or split up the ones that got 4 votes.
Or do something else. ^_^
Assuming no more votes for the poll, I'd be inclined to include all of the factions with 5+ votes in the next one. There's still time, though. If another faction or two ends up with 5 votes they'll make it in as well. :yes:
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Originally Posted by Privateerkev
Figures another person would vote while I typed that. Ok, all factions that currently have 5+ votes are making the second poll.
Yeah more keep voting. Up to 19 people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zim
Currently, if 5 is the cutoff, that leaves 9 factions. Which is pretty much half.
My thoughts exactly. I'd rather have a bit over half make it than a bit under half, especially when a third final poll can always be done for the top contenders.
New poll is up and this one is closed. :2thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Privateerkev