Excellent! I just finished catching up on everything, and haven't found much to respond to. There are a few key things I'd like to add real quick, and a couple people worth a nod of my head.
[spoil]Beginning with Pervis, all you have done was attack my character. You knock me for using logical fallacies when your entire post is pure ad hominem. But that's cool with me. I have no qualms leaving it up to the reader to decide which of us is right about the validity of my posts, and the integrity of my character.
Spleen, you have proven to me to be the best debater on the THE/BD team. You have even proven to be better than Badlap in my opinion, which is saying something. I'm honestly impressed.
Xinryr, you offer a unique and entertaining twist on these debates. Keep it up, you've got potential.
AK, I disagree with you, but that's fine. Consider what I say in regards to Lethal Touch for more information.
Pajuno, as far as I'm concerned, that first post hit the nail on the head. You are one of my favorite players in this world, and I am pleased to see that you understand where I was coming from.
Grummit, as always, a very insightful post.
Lethal Touch, I totally agree with you. While I would argue that it is silly for THE to think everyone should just take their word that Friar wasn't a spy, and that it really was just a one time thing for no apparent reason, I also agree it makes no difference at this point, and don't care either way. This thread is a current state for Decide, for all its fighting, despite how others may choose to see it, and it is for the fact that Decide happened to be fighting Friar this week that I added him, and nothing more. I thought I had emphasized the fact when I posted his stats separate from all the others, but for some, it simply wasn't enough.
Pure Loonimus, good post, and I totally agree.
Badlap, after everything I have done with this thread, and posted about it, the fact you still believe this is a war thread alone indicates an unwillingness to see the bigger picture. You are wrong at any rate, but I will debate it no further.
And finally Angry Chuck: MF has a lot of respect from me for holding on like they have. And it is for this reason that I added them to the stats. Despite getting attacked for a long time by several top tribes, you have refused to quit, and I honor that.[/spoil]
And finally, I will leave everyone with something to consider:
Everyone that has read my posts know what the purpose behind this thread was. It was not to make Decide look good or bad, it was to simply put into perspective what all Decide is doing. Whether you think its good or bad, Decide is fighting several enemies at once, that is a fact no matter how anyone spins it, and I think that has been proven here. I don't foresee this thread taking over the others, so that was the only success here really... except one other. I did have a slight experiment going with this thread. It was a personal thing, and not an actual goal per se, but it has been worth acknowledging.
I really did want those stats to be as unbiased as possible, to give every reader the opportunity to show what they would do to make them biased. Most of what I saw throughout were players using this thread to attack myself. Notice that when someone calmly, or reasonably asked that I alter the stats to make them unbiased, I did so. Notice also that most of my adversaries did not do this, they instead tried to blame me for these flaws, to degrade me, to attack me. Hence, they seem more interested in attacking me for the stats being flawed, then to rectify the problem, though they claim that all they want is to see stats made unbiased. They put words in my mouth, twisted my posts, and did everything they could to attack me on this thread.
So in short: For the experiment, I set out to post a calm, unbiased report of Decide's current state to see who would try to turn it into something more, and how they would do this, and while I was not surprised with the fact that some people did this, I was shocked to see how jumpy and eager they were to turn this into something that it wasn't, and do the same to me. They seem so intense about this attack, that I can't help but feel there is something behind it. To put it blatantly, they are simply trying too hard for there not to be something going on. So why? Am I a threat to them? Did I strike gold? Meh, its up to you all to decide. The truth is, we may never know, but it was interesting to see nonetheless.
So was this thread a trap? Not entirely, it really did serve its original purpose in showing the current state of Decide, but as far as all social experiments go, it was in that I set up a situation with the intention of studying a human reaction. But then again, had I told everyone that I was experimenting with them in advance, well, much like placebo, it would have effected the results, and I must admit that I am honestly pleased with said results.
This is my interpretation of this thread and nothing more, I encourage every reader to take the time to read the posts, and study the results to base their own opinions.
On that note, its time I hit the road. No need to worry about me anymore THE and BD, I've done the best I can to help my friends with what time I had. And I thank DN for letting me hijack one of their accounts. Best of luck to all tribes, as always, have fun.
