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Old 04-27-2010, 06:03 PM
Ekowraith Ekowraith is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Kraschman View Post
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Perhaps because they was doubt that the "most people favoured" figures were any more accurate? If the veracity of the vote is in question, I'd rather they continue with the status quo than go with what may be padded vote numbers.[/list]
It is reasonable to assume that vote padding occurred on both sides. EVEN IF that 15% of the "yes" vote was padded and 0% of the "no" vote was padded, there was STILL a majority of people in favor of wiping the server! More likely is that the padding occurred equally on both sides, and "yes" votes still DOUBLED "no" votes.

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And yes voters would have incentive to dupe votes to make sure the wipe went through.
Which side, do you think, would have a greater portion of its votes derived from duping? The side from which in-game dupers would prosper personally, or the side where they wouldn't? Both "yes" and "no" surely had an equal share of non-dupers who padded the vote. But the "no" side won the votes of people who have an in-game history of duping.

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And you have evidence of this?
Yes. Look at the before and after poll-closing screenshots from page 14.

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For those "no" voters who argue that the poll is inaccurate: do you think the margin of error is 15% towards the yes side? Even though in-game dupers would clearly vote "no"?

Last edited by Ekowraith; 04-27-2010 at 06:06 PM.