🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Jul 17, 2006 05:07 PM UTC:
This is not a divide and conquer technique. Multiple candidates from the same party can split the vote in a plurality election, such as is common in United States politics, but this poll is a ranked ballot condorcet poll. The condorcet method is not subject to the same problems as plurality voting, and in particular, multiple candidates from the same party will not split the vote in a condorcet election. Since the condorcet method is not used in most, if any, political elections, you are probably unfamiliar with it, and I would suggest reading more about it.
The purpose behind giving separate entries to different presets on the same page is to allow the participants of the tournament to democratically decide which of the very similar games they prefer to have in the tournament. There is no reason for anyone to split their votes among very similar games unless they have strong preferences for one over the other. I will not be changing this poll to fall in line with your suggestions.
This is not a divide and conquer technique. Multiple candidates from the same party can split the vote in a plurality election, such as is common in United States politics, but this poll is a ranked ballot condorcet poll. The condorcet method is not subject to the same problems as plurality voting, and in particular, multiple candidates from the same party will not split the vote in a condorcet election. Since the condorcet method is not used in most, if any, political elections, you are probably unfamiliar with it, and I would suggest reading more about it.
The purpose behind giving separate entries to different presets on the same page is to allow the participants of the tournament to democratically decide which of the very similar games they prefer to have in the tournament. There is no reason for anyone to split their votes among very similar games unless they have strong preferences for one over the other. I will not be changing this poll to fall in line with your suggestions.