[MN-dip] Count me in. Hey, how about a random pick of countries instead of the first come method we now use?

[Louis Duhon]

Sounds fair enough to me, but then I'm easy to please.

-Louis

On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 10:59  AM, Ry4an Brase wrote:

> I think that really needs to be proposed before the sign up starts.  Is
> the guy at the end of the list going to agree to it? Yeah.  Second to
> the bottom? Yup.  And so on until it's just the guy who signed in first
> and doesn't want to be the one guy insisting on keeping the current
> system because poltiical ill will carrys over.
>
> I don't think we've had any problem w/ those picking last doing worse.
> Indeed, in our only game that went to an actual conclusion, the person
> who picked last won.  What's more I think Jim's idea of having early
> registration rewarded by preference has helped to get us sign up.  When
> I've organized games in the past without this 'carrot/stick' system
> we've have 10 maybes the night before and turn-out varying wildly the
> next day.
>
> I make a point to never be the first one to register because I'm the 
> guy
> that send of the "Go" message, and with me out of the running 
> everyone's
> got fair opporunity to take first.  What's more we've definately not 
> got
> a consensus within out group as to what is the best preference list.  I
> know my choice (usually third) always seems to get a "Really?!" 
> reponse.
>
> So, in general I'd say I'm in favor of keeping the current system, but
> I'd be happy to agree to modifying it so that an anonymous, hidden vote
> is taken before the game.  The vote could be of the same sort we do for
> draw proposals (with a black & white army), so that no one knows how
> many voted for or against unless it's unanamous 'for'.  with the issue
> at hand being whether or not to ignore the signup order for that game
> only.  What I won't want to do is put the one or two people at the top
> of the list in a position where they have to either yield something 
> they
> were promised or argue with the majority.
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 10:32:47AM -0500, Tom Woodhouse wrote:
>> Count me in.  Hey, how about a random pick of countries instead of the
>> first come method we now use?  Granted this is self-serving since I
>> never seem to be first; however, it might be nice to scramble it up a
>> bit.
>>
>> Tom Woodhouse
>
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