Quote Originally Posted by Renata View Post
No, I'm saying that all of us revealing our factions and then playing from there would not be as revealing of people's motivations as you think. Faction members would still be trying to whittle down opposing numbers whenever they could get away with it. Royalists would still be hiding their motivations.

All it does is remove the fun of trying to hide your own faction alliances and to ferret out connections between other players.
In secrecy our convention cannot help but indulge in tyranny, against the genuine pressing needs of the country.