CONFLUENCE - 36 hours

[DuPont]

Frankly, I always used to err on the side of caution and put 'secret' when proposing these sorts of issues. What I discovered is many people would call for 'open' ballot measures and were almost never called out and certainly never seemed to pay any sort of penalty. So now, once I see one person post an 'open' ballot, I do the same. I'm tired of being a sucker.

[JonDoe]

Frankly, I always used to err on the side of caution and put 'secret' when proposing these sorts of issues. What I discovered is many people would call for 'open' ballot measures and were almost never called out and certainly never seemed to pay any sort of penalty. So now, once I see one person post an 'open' ballot, I do the same. I'm tired of being a sucker.

Same here.   On the rare games I am even on the council.

[VballMichael]

Another crucial drop that unbalances a game. The Druid/Elf drops while owning 2 regions and 2 high council spots. Yes, it is turn 20, so not considered an "early" drop, but still unbalancing for an event outside of the game.
I really wish folks would ask for a sub from the standby list rather than just drop if they need to leave for some reason while they are still a major part of the game balance.

[DuPont]

Ugh. Yes, I totally agree. Somebody would have been quite happy to take over that position, I'm sure.

[RELLGAR]

I would have!

[Acererak]

Why wasn't Uncle Mike advertising it widely as "very playable" and making sure someone took it over? No consistency in drops and standby makes for bad player experience.

[Strongwill]

He might of been a little busy, doing everything else in Alamaze?

[JonDoe]

More likely the player just did not mention he was dropping. I think most would rather the dropped position gets filled rather than go all human.

[DuPont]

I suspect there just was no warning. Certainly, it was a very viable position. Probably even one that even had a chance of victory.