A sequel to /Joshua/who-will-manifold-run-over-in-the-t
It turns out we left behind our backup flux capacitor in the timeline where we were stranded! We need to go back and get it! Unfortunately that means going through the Time Tracks again, and more people will have to get run over. If the trolley runs over someone, they suddenly die of an aneurysm and that timeline has to deal with the consequences.
If someone is run over, their name resolves Yes. If they aren't run over, their name resolves No.
Each name has been paired with another name, and presented as a poll. These polls will resolve N/A, and all mana you spend on them will be returned to you. But at market close, I will tally everyone who holds Yes and No shares in each poll and use this to determine who is run over by the Time Trolley by popular vote (# Yes holders vs # No holders).
The individual names then resolve Yes or No accordingly.
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3.00Make your closing arguments! I'll resolve sometime tomorrow
@Arky I think I counted them last time, so yeah for consistency I guess they count as a yes holder or no holder
@Joshua sorry, I can't follow you. Why should acc count?(I think it is the only bot) Why is it consistent when a random bot has a vote? Am I allowed to vote with my bots as well to manipulate?
@Lion I think most people checking the positions tabs to bet on the likely winner wouldn't be checking for whether the people holding positions are bots or not, so it's more in line with trader expectations to not differentiate when I'm resolving. If I was gonna not include certain accounts I think I should have said that up front.
Is it likely to make a difference?
@Joshua Thanks. I get your point now. I am not really involved in the markets, it's probably fair. If you ran a third round, I think excluding bots and alts would be a good call. [btw: I'd love to have a third one, please.] While the discussion about Luther vs Tolkien was a pretty long one with good arguments made for Luther, I'm happy with every outcome. This might be the one people thought about the most as well. I just would like to have a fair one about what people really think and not influenced by random bots.
@PlasmaBallin We have a discussion under Joshua's original post where I disagree. Feel free to join. A friend of @shankypanky agrees with your opinion as well.
@Weezing I think it's more likely that Petrov's counteractual replacement would make the same choice, so I'll vote to run him over instead of vasily.
@Weezing I think without Arkhipov a nuclear attack on US ships would have been very likely, while there was still a chain of command that would decide whether or not to launch nuclear missiles in Petrov's case.