Are polls too powerful?

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Are polls too powerful?

Yes! They need to be struck mightily with the nerf stick.
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45%
No, polls are fairly well balanced. Leave them as they are.
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Its not the polls that are out of balance, its the sticky threads that are the problem.
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Are polls too powerful?

Postby mynazzaraxxsyn » Fri Dec 19, 2003 6:44 pm

With all the newly made polls around the board I think its high time we look closely at balacing them. They're running rampant, pretty soon there is going to be nothing left on the BBS execpt for polls.

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Postby Gurns » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:39 pm

Polls are too powerful! They've led to an emphasis on the horse-race rather than the issues, short-term easy "fixes" that only make long-term problems worse, a search for the popular rather than the responsible! I say get rid of... Oh, you mean on the BBS! Who cares?
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Postby Todrael » Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:22 pm

Polls don't do anything.
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Postby Ragorn » Sat Dec 20, 2003 2:02 am

Serious polls are a very clear way to get the opinion of the playerbase. Frivilous polls like "what is your favorite kind of cheese" should probably be kept to general discussion.

You can sour grapes on polls all you want, but just by having a look at the most/least powerful class polls, you can pick up some pretty strong trends in the way the players see the game.
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Postby Gerad » Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:27 am

There are three kinds of lies,
Lies,
Damn lies,
And statistics.
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Postby Ragorn » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:35 am

If you ignore the opinions of your players long enough, they'll go away.
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Postby ssar » Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:55 am

I dont like any of those options in this poll, so didnt vote.
I vote: Polls are a great part of the BBS code and can be real fun and useful, just keep them in the appropriate section of the BBS (i.e. frivolous ones in the General Discussion Forum).

We need another poll about what poll in the past month is everyone's favourite, including this one now!
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