Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!

[TeChameleon]

Think I need to vote for "Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside".

[Manga Shoggoth]

Think I need to vote for "Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside".

Tallied.

I have to admit that I'm slowly coming round to the "vote for as many as you want" rule - it does seem to handle large numbers of titles better.

[Spamotron]

Tallied.

I have to admit that I'm slowly coming round to the "vote for as many as you want" rule - it does seem to handle large numbers of titles better.

It's been mathmatically proven that approval voting is objectively superior to plurality. Check this out.

[WanderingMist]

It's been mathmatically proven that approval voting is objectively superior to plurality. Check this out.

All voting methods are simply mob rule under different names. Approval simply gets a higher percentage of the mob.

"Democracy is three wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner." -Benjamin Franklin

[Agi Hammerthief]

it will not be „Epic“ it will be in future Mechanisburg.

[Radar]

All voting methods are simply mob rule under different names. Approval simply gets a higher percentage of the mob.

"Democracy is three wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner." -Benjamin Franklin

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

[Shining Wrath]

Clearly, rather than democratic "mob rule" we should be ruled by the technocratic elite! A.K.A., Sparks! Look how well that works out in Europa!

I wonder what's going to happen when the Dreen see this creature. Is it possible that this one is a lot bigger than they expect? Are they going to "Nope!" their way out of the battle once they've seen it?

Also, why do the Dreen need the lantern at all?

[Divayth Fyr]

Clearly, rather than democratic "mob rule" we should be ruled by the technocratic elite! A.K.A., Sparks! Look how well that works out in Europa!

I wonder what's going to happen when the Dreen see this creature. Is it possible that this one is a lot bigger than they expect? Are they going to "Nope!" their way out of the battle once they've seen it?

Also, why do the Dreen need the lantern at all?

I dunno if they need the Lantern specifically, but they mentioned they cannot get through the temporal blockade. And since the creature is in the middle of it...

[Gez]

I like those, with the "countryside" one being my fav of the lot.

Girl Genius XXXIII: Are you one of the things I need to fix?
Girl Genius XXXIII: Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside
Girl Genius XXXIII: The problem is that they're all insane
Girl Genius XXXIII: She's still got it! We're all very proud!

[Manga Shoggoth]

I like those, with the "countryside" one being my fav of the lot.

Girl Genius XXXIII: Are you one of the things I need to fix?
Girl Genius XXXIII: Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside
Girl Genius XXXIII: The problem is that they're all insane
Girl Genius XXXIII: She's still got it! We're all very proud!

Tallied.

It's been mathmatically proven that approval voting is objectively superior to plurality. Check this out.

Thanks for the link - that was interesting.

We had one "office expert" at work who hated First Past The Post, and had come up with some marvelous and complicated system of voting, and was throughly deflated when I pointed out to him that it had to be easy enough to implement and simple enough for everyone to understand. That last bit is a very difficult bar to clear.

[HeeJay]

A very simple fix to most problems in first-past-post is the French presidential election model:

If anyone gets >50% of the vote, they're the president.

If that doesn't happen, there's a second round, but the only candidates are those who came in first and second in the previous round.


(But that's academic, we're voting for a thread title, not for who has the nuclear launch codes...)

[Fyraltari]

A very simple fix to most problems in first-past-post is the French presidential election model:

As a French, I wouldn't say that.

[Shining Wrath]

Kjarl is asserting himself vis-a-vis the Dreen. "By the spiral" probably tells us something about Dreen religion.

I wonder if the larger castle will share the smaller castle's appreciation for the Agatha statues?

[HeeJay]

Castle Heterodyne should have a side gig as a relationship help columnist.

"You screwed up and made your girlfriend mad at you? Erect gigantic statues of her on her lawn!"

[Anonymouswizard]

Castle Heterodyne should have a side gig as a relationship help columnist.

"You screwed up and made your girlfriend mad at you? Erect gigantic statues of her on her lawn!"

But that's already Higg's job!

[Deliverance]

Kjarl is asserting himself vis-a-vis the Dreen. "By the spiral" probably tells us something about Dreen religion.

I wonder if the larger castle will share the smaller castle's appreciation for the Agatha statues?

Probably. The castle, big or small, is really keen on the Heterodyne being respected in general and also on suitors proving their worth.

Statues all over the place ranging from the merely tall to the gigantic of the Heterodyne, erected by a suitor with a obsessive fixation on the Heterodyne? Now, that's showing some proper respect; Wulfenbach might even be in competition with the Skull-Queen of Skral for best-suitor-ever.

https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/com...?date=20080827

[Manga Shoggoth]

OK, I have a go-live starting tomorrow afternoon and going on to stupid times on Saturday morning, which means I will either be monitoring the thread closely out of sheer boredom, or ignoring it totally due to blind panic.

Just in case of the latter, here are the current votes... A distain for Heathen British Magic is in the lead, but has close challengers and if all goes badly this weekend I might be considering some ranting and menacing:

Spoiler: VOTES!

Show

Title	Votes	Proposer and Voters
Girl Genius XXXIII: Heathen British magic holds no sway here!	6	MPHJack7, locksmith of lo, Shining Wrath, Rockphed, Kantaki, Divayth Fyr
Girl Genius XXXIII: Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside	5	Shining Wrath, runeghost, Rodin, TeChameleon, Gez
Girl Genius XXXIII: The Monsters Here Are Citizens	4	Rockphed, Agi Hammerthief, DavidSh, Devlerbat
Girl Genius XXXIII: UNCOUTH MURDER HOBOES	4	Shining Wrath, HeeJay, Rockphed, Wingnutx
Girl Genius XXXIII: [To be fair], I absolutely intend to replace it with my own madness	3	Shining Wrath, wingnutx, Adaon Nightwind
Girl Genius XXXIII: Are you one of the things I need to fix?	3	HeeJay, Shining Wrath, Gez
Girl Genius XXXIII: Incremental change is quite acceptable!	3	HeeJay, Shining Wrath, Manga Shoggoth
Girl Genius XXXIII: It's absolutely not my fault - but everybody's got to run! Now!	3	HeeJay, Adaon Nightwind, locksmith of lo
Girl Genius XXXIII: Observe my mighty clank army and tremble!	3	HeeJay, Shining Wrath, Rodin
Girl Genius XXXIII: Seriously, how does anybody get anything done without a personal spy network?	3	HeeJay, Shining Wrath, locksmith of lo
Girl Genius XXXIII: The problem is that they're all insane	3	Shining Wrath, Agi Hammerthief, Gez
Girl Genius XXXIII: Ah, Blackmail. Always Useful.	2	Rockphed, runeghost
Girl Genius XXXIII: She's still got it! We're all very proud!	2	Shining Wrath, Gez
Girl Genius XXXIII: 12 Yards of Patterned Silk Chiffon	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: A Ridiculously Overpowered Triumvirate	1	HeeJay
Girl Genius XXXIII: Aaaa! Run!	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: All will surrender to the harvest	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Always Finding Something	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Behave yourself	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: British Super-science, on the other hand, appears alive and well	1	Ailurus
Girl Genius XXXIII: Dot's because now ve iz fighting Jagers	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: Elaborate Dark Science Princess Ensemble	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Fanciest Airship Chronicles	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Heh heh. Ho ho. Hee Hee. Yes.	1	Manga Shoggoth
Girl Genius XXXIII: He's a Heinous Blaggard.	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: Humongulous is still in the fight	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: I did mention she still hates you, right?	1	Ailurus
Girl Genius XXXIII: I tell you he is up to something	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: I tell you something is going on	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: I'm bigger than you! Run!	1	wingnutx
Girl Genius XXXIII: I'm not the one lying there dead, so I win	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: It's the End Times!	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: It's the future. Everybody wears these.	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: I've got so many notes!	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: I've got to read more poetry	1	Manga Shoggoth
Girl Genius XXXIII: I've never needed to crank this baby up to 11 before, so this is for SCIENCE	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: Lets go see the treasure	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Mad Science Refrigeration!	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Make your mother angry	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: My girl here's wearing catnip pants!	1	wingnutx
Girl Genius XXXIII: My money's on the kid.	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Nooooo! I forbid it!	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Not Those Things Again	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Now I will eat the shortbread!	1	WanderingMist
Girl Genius XXXIII: Oooh, Tricky. She's an Autumn.	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Seventy Three Sisters	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: The Hated Sun	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: The Wingnut and her Monkey	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: This is for Science!	1	The Glyphstone
Girl Genius XXXIII: Three Other Reasons	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Title generation engine	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Twenty Princess Pile-up	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: We Are All Princesses Here	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Well.... Some days it is easier than others	1	halfeye
Girl Genius XXXIII: What did Agatha say to them, anyway?	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: Woe betide any who dares harm you	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Won't you pour me some tea?	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: Would Their Majesties Like Some Cake?	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: You Are On my List!	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: You will remember the ice	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: You'll need me	1	Rockphed
Girl Genius XXXIII: You're going to kill it? Heh heh. Ho ho. Hee Hee. Yes.	1	Shining Wrath
Girl Genius XXXIII: Tentacular Depravity	0

[hajo]

My votes for the next thread:

* Seriously, how does anybody get anything done without a personal spy network?
* The Monsters Here Are Citizens
* It's absolutely not my fault - but everybody's got to run! Now!