Who has 100 votes? Episode #10 Voting Shift here!

[Judge Sam]

At the last Exile, I teased you about the next voting shift. I said that we cast 13 votes, with each person casting one vote each. That's pretty boring. I asked who would want to cast two votes instead of just one? A bunch of people said they did, so I gave everyone two votes to cast!

Then I said that two votes, while twice as fun, didn't seem that exciting. "Three votes?" someone suggested. Not to be outdone, I announced that someone would be casting in Exile #10...

One. Hundred. Votes.

Now that's entertainment!


As you expected, the trust lists you guys filled out the past two days determine who receives the honor of casting 100 votes at the next Exile.


I have officially tabulated all of the points, combining all of your trust lists into one max list. (Gretchen did not submit a list. Because not submitting a list would give someone an advantage, I wrote up a list for her. A list specifically designed to disadvantage herself as much as possible.)


And after combining all the trust lists... the person who will cast One Hundred Votes is...

Mirela!

Congratulations Mirela, you have won the ability to cast 100 votes at the next Exile! I'm sure your decision will have a significant sway in who ultimately ends up being Exiled, so make your choice carefully. Good luck.

[Judge Sam]

I. Introduction
II. Explanation
III. The List
IV. Reveal
V. Tallying the Vote

INTRODUCTION

This week the Burg Company will be governed by it's stockholders. All of you will become the stockholders. If you are unfamiliar, many companies are run by stockholders lead by a Board of Directors. These stockholders decide many things: who runs the company, the policies of the company, its budget, and provide accountability for the leaders and the company as a whole. They also discuss plans for the future and decide on corporate social responsibility issues such as human rights or global warming.


In running the business through all of these aspects, the stockholders are the final stop in making sure the business runs properly. When various policy adjustments, personnel issues, or budget decisions need to be made, the proposals come to a vote of the stockholders.


But not every stockholder has equal weight. After all, some people have more stock in the company than others. In these stockholder votes, the more stock you have, the more 'votes' you get. Simple as.


EXPLANATION

The vote this Episode will be decided by a vote of stockholders. Each of you will be given a different number of stocks, ranging from 100 to 501. Votes will be cast as normal. You are only allowed to cast all of your stocks towards one person - you may not split up your stocks. When I tally votes, I will add the number of stocks you have to the total of the person you want Exiled. The person with the most stocks, not votes, wins.

For example, imagine that the people with the following number of stocks vote as follows. People with 100, 260, 300, and 320 stocks vote for Andrew. People with 501, 440, and 200 stocks vote for Betty. People with 340 and 360 stocks vote for Carl.

Betty gets 501 + 440 + 200 stocks = 1141
Andrew gets 100 + 260 + 300 + 320 stocks = 1080
Carl gets 340 + 360 stocks = 700

Even though Betty only got 3 votes and Andrew got 4, Betty got more stocks so Betty is Exiled.


But how do we decide who gets how many stocks to cast as their votes?

THE LIST

Each of you will create a list ranking the other players based on how much you trust them. That list will be compiled and combined into one master list which will be posted publicly. The higher you are on the list (the more other players trust you) the more stocks you will get.


So, these players who are trusted more by the group (presumably these players may be Citizens? That's a line of thinking you'll need to explore yourself ), their votes will have more weight than those less trusted. However, everyone will still have votes and will still be able to affect the ultimate outcome of who is Exiled.


This is how you compile your list. Copy and paste the following section from within the lines into your confessional. Fill in the list and double check to make sure it is filled out correctly.

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TRUST LIST

[This was posted here: spies6.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=burg90999&action=display&thread=2012 ]

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REVEAL

Each list will be compiled into one master list. This master list will present who the group as a whole trusts the most and who they do not trust at all. Or so it would seem. Remember that other players may have agendas they seek to enact in their list-making - and that doesn't even consider the Spies' effect on the list. I will tally the list using a special mathematical formula which I believe most accurately reflects the wishes of the group. Considering this it is not possible to recreate the final list or 'catch lies' even if everyone posts their entire list since you don't know how I added them together. You are free to post your list publicly if you choose, however, you may not make a post in the Burg asking others to post their list to collect them all.

The list itself will have an effect on the game, so think about how your list may affect the greater one. The list will be posted after Imprisonment with the number of stocks each person receives attached to it. The number of stocks each person gets will be as follows:


1. 501 stocks
2. 440 stocks
3. 400 stocks
4. 380 stocks
5. 360 stocks
6. 340 stocks
7. 320 stocks
8. 300 stocks
9. 260 stocks
10. 200 stocks
11. 100 stocks



Post your vote in your confessional by the deadline as normal.

TALLYING THE VOTE

At live Exile, I will count the votes by adding together the stock numbers for each person who is chosen to be Exiled. The person with the most stocks against them is Exiled. In the event of a tie, we will have a revote between all tied players with the same rules in place. If that is a tie, the Tiebreaker will decide.

Every penalty vote you accrue gains you 100 extra stocks as a self-vote against yourself.

If you have any questions please ask.

[Judge Sam]

It is now time to reveal how many stocks each person has earned by being trusted by other people. As a reminder, here is how much stocks each person will receive:


~Most Trusted~
1. 501 stocks
2. 440 stocks
3. 400 stocks
4. 380 stocks
5. 360 stocks
6. 340 stocks
7. 320 stocks
8. 300 stocks
9. 260 stocks
10. 200 stocks
11. 100 stocks - Mirela
~Least Trusted~

Second least trusted, with 200 stocks is:




Gretchen!




Third least trusted, earning 260 stocks:







Boris!



8th most trusted, getting 300 stocks to cast:












Khaled!




7th most trusted, getting 320 stocks:
















Roxy!




6th most trusted, receiving 340:
























Georgia!




5th most trusted, receiving 360 stocks to cast:



























Levi!





4th most trusted, with 380 stocks... we're getting up there... is:
































Kirsten!






Third most trusted of all of you, with 400 stocks, that's four times what Mirela gets, is:


































Pete!




And second most trusted, with a whopping 440 mega-stocks is:













































Jenya!



That means with a monumental 501 stocks to cast is Jason, the most trusted person in the Burg!

Congratulations to Jason, Jenya, Pete, and all the others for receiving your stock totals. Recall that you must spend all your stocks towards one person, and the person with the most stocks, not votes, will be Exiled.

Good luck.


~Most Trusted~
1. 501 stocks - Jason
2. 440 stocks - Jenya
3. 400 stocks - Pete
4. 380 stocks - Kirsten
5. 360 stocks - Levi
6. 340 stocks - Georgia
7. 320 stocks - Roxy
8. 300 stocks - Khaled
9. 260 stocks - Boris
10. 200 stocks - Gretchen
11. 100 stocks - Mirela
~Least Trusted~

[Judge Sam]

Oh I forgot to mention, the total number of votes is 3601. If you wanted to go for a majority (a majority is not required), then you would need 1801 or more votes. Although it might appear so at first glance, that doesn't mean you need Jason's vote haha you could get it with 1820 say with 440+400+360+320+300.

[Judge Sam]

The following is a partial transcript from the fifth Union meeting. To read the first transcript click here and to read the second transcript click here.


"Fancy seeing you here."

"I know! It's been awhile."

"Why haven't you been coming to the meetings?"

"Oh you know, life gets busy slaughtering the lawn faeries and all that."

"That's too bad because I'm interested in hearing how your whole voting shift idea is turning out! Does it result in a more fair way to determine who to Exile?"

"That's the ultimate question... but fairness is so hard to define."

"So catch me up. What were your thoughts and ideas behind the previous two voting shifts?"

"Well in Episode #6 I decided to make them vote using a system called Forum Mafia."

"What the hell is a forum?"

"Er... it's kinda like a public bulletin board where everyone writes things on it. And it's gigantic, and you can write on it from anywhere even your own home."

"Oh yes, I remember when you made us vote like that. First, you brought us all into a room. Then you forbid us from talking to each other."

"That was pretty funny."

"The only way we could communicate was to all write on the same chalkboard on the wall. And we had to write sequentially down the board until we reached a conclusion."

"Yes... that was a unique system."

"That was so weird, what kind of group makes decisions without talking to each other, leaving notes behind on a giant chalkboard? That's insanity. That's no way to catch bad guys. Where the hell did you get that idea from?"

"Well, you know, I have it on good authority that that exact method is how every other Union in the country makes their Exile decisions."

"Whaaaaaaat?!? You serious?"

"Crazy, I know."

"So how did that work out?"

"Couldn't really tell. You all were already decided on an Exile candidate. And like I said earlier, no voting shift is going to make a 20-1 vote intriguing. We didn't really get to see what would happen since it all ended in a supermajority so quickly."

"Bummer. Well I guess if we want to see how that voting shift works we could, as you claim, just go to every other Union in the country and watch them do it that way."

"True. The one after that was more interesting... the consensus decision making one."

"Now that one was a good idea. I'm surprised we hadn't thought of it before, it's so simple. What was your motivation behind that one?"

"Well, in a perfect world, the group would just come together in rational discussion and harmoniously come to a consensus on what they want to decide. Through calm, labored discussion, a mature facilitator who guides the discussion, several other roles to keep things pertinent and advancing smootly, and the goodwill of everyone involved, it should work."

"So what went wrong?"

"We don't live in a perfect world."

"Bummer."

"Besides all the lofty expectations that may or may not have been met, the biggest problem was time. Calm discussion takes a lot of time, especially when there's so much to discuss and only one person can talk at a time."

"Yeah I remember that. I got up at 6:00 AM, was at work by 7, worked till 5, then had to attend the most boring meeting all night before crawling into bed! That was terrible!"

"And that was just the first night of discussions. Turns out a lot of people had a lot of things they wanted to say. It wasn't clear how all that discussion morphed into a consensus decision."

"Also while we tried to have everyone's voices be equal, life just doesn't work that way. Some people are pushier than others, voice their opinions louder. Some aren't willing to bend, others cave in too quickly. People can take control of the meeting and guide discussion away from where it should be. It's just a convoluted mess."

"Yeah. I'm beginning to think that maybe that's an inevitability. Maybe the problem isn't the voting system, maybe it's ourselves."

"Oh don't say that quite yet! Because I've got a brand new system to try!"

"Well go on, tell me about this one."

"Okay, so I think I've isolated the problem with all the other systems. Every other voting shift had one thing in common. Something basic, something we just assumed was the way to go. Something that shouldn't necessarily be the case."

"And?"

"Every other shift had this property: one person, one vote."

"Well duh! That's the cornerstone of democracy!"

"Or is it? Why should everyone have equal votes when not everyone contributes equally? Why should a suspected Spy have the same amount of votes as a confirmed citizen?"

"Well, democracy and all that..."

"You'd be surprised. Almost all companies don't make their decisions that way, including this one."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Not everyone has the same amount of stake in the company, so each gets a different amount of 'votes' to cast."

"Well that's interesting. I wonder if that would apply here..."