- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
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- He/Him/His
The vote will end, as ever, when Boney is able to begin writing. We've had larger than 10-vote swings many times over the course of the vote.Edit: Should Boney close the vote or does something not Loremaster have a chance to win?
You may be unaware that this is an argument Boney has already shot down as being isomorphic to "never do Waystones":the waystone project will be available in the future people is my argument against the waystone project being our main job right now to be honest.
There will always be time-sensitive opportunities. If there's one you want now that won't stick around then by all means argue for it, but if their existence in general makes Waystones not a possibility now, then it will never be a possibility.
This is an argument that has no end point. There can always be more funding, better contacts, more prestigious bona fides. If someone wants to do the Waystone Project then the way to achieve that is to do the Waystone Project, not eternally pursue some ideal start point. The best time to start the Waystone Project is 4500 years ago, the second best time is now.
Speaking as someone who prefers Waystones to Markgraf: if Markgraf wins, I will oppose efforts to "smuggle in" Waystone research to the new job. We will have enough on our plate trying to wrangle Sylvania and find time for our own research (AV, Divine magic, Windherding, all the loot we picked up in the Chaos Wastes); trying to prioritize preparation for a job we didn't pick and might never pick seems like a complete waste of time.But if the vote ends up going to Markgraf it's not unreasonable for the waystone voters to then look for ways to use the position to prep for waystones - look into geoengineering etc. partly for its immediate use and partly as preparation.