That's, fair enough.
I don't really buy this rationale, as it can be used to handwave any proposition that suffers any kind of loss. I don't think many people will care if we burn Signs, Silver, Outer Shadow or Bloodcasting away.A few things to consider about Follow Through.
First, the inverted build vote. We might have to vote after the Shattering Blow on what to keep from our various advancements, and that vote would be absolute hell. A lot of us are very invested in our favorite upgrades, and being forced into a fight over which to keep and which to discard would get divisive fast. I think the resulting argument could become very, very nasty, and that leads into my second point.
Shattering Blow doesn't just sacrifice Hunger's identity - it sacrifices the thread as well. There's a lot of people that are very, very put off by the Shattering Blow, who's participation in the thread might decrease or even disappear if Follow Through wins. And then the inverted build vote afterwards could drive away even more people as a result of the huge amount of salt such a vote would necessarily produce. We could lose a lot of participation if Follow Through wins, and for this quest in particular thread activity is very important.
In conclusion, I worry that Follow Through might cause enough OOC damage to kill the quest just as surely as Hunger actually dying. Maybe we'll handle the inverted build vote better then I think we will, or maybe Rihaku will just pick for us, but the concern about participation dropping because of salt over Follow Through is a real one I think.
What I'm seeing is people trying to hide away from reality of situation and hope that everything will work out, somehow. And then everyone will act surprised when option liable to kills us actually does exactly that.
Dunno what's more sad, fact that you waited for so long to "gotcha" me or that this is the best you could do lol.Is "option that has chance to fail has chance to fail" supposed to be some kind of hot take or something?
I don't really buy this rationale, as it can be used to handwave any proposition that suffers any kind of loss. I don't think many people will care if we burn Signs, Silver, Outer Shadow or Bloodcasting away.
That does bring to mind standard scene where a character, usually nobleman, is drowning because he refuses to let go off his possessions.
.. alright, that picture applied on ourselves has no right to be this funny.
I think many Shroud voters are recoiling from the visible costs of Follow Through. Which is fair, as they're immense and include the incineration of a large fraction of the thread's effort to date. By contrast Shroud's % death chance is hidden; the price tag isn't apparent, making it mentally more palatable. But yes, looking at this decision point, my priority is to not get fucked. The best chance I see here is burning re-rolls to thread the needle on Seize the Day, thus buying three weeks to scale up in the Realm of Evening.Honestly Seize the Day is pretty good. I was surprised it was as unpopular as it was, especially given the amount of people who are looking to just not get fucked here.
Personally I'm mentally split between Seize and Shroud, but since I didn't have a strong preference between them and my primary desire is 'not Follow Through' and voting for both options apparently makes your votes for each given option less valuable, I picked Shroud- which had more votes already- to maximize chance of 'not Follow Through'. That's probably a fairly common reasoning process, and is a problem with that 'voting for two makes your vote worth less' thing.Honestly Seize the Day is pretty good. I was surprised it was as unpopular as it was, especially given the amount of people who are looking to just not get fucked here.
Yes, if there's a risk of Follow Through winning, please ping me as well. I wish I'd been summoned prior to Hold the Line's victory rather than returning to see metaphorical fires as far as the horizon.I'm willing to switch to seize the day, bit am somewhat concerned that switching would increase the odds of Follow Through winning. Would someone be kind enough to ping/tag me if it gains a good deal of traction?
As Orm suggests, switching now and tactically switching later, if necessary, would probably be more prudent. I should be able to ping you.I'm willing to switch to seize the day, bit am somewhat concerned that switching would increase the odds of Follow Through winning. Would someone be kind enough to ping/tag me if it gains a good deal of traction?