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Comment on Interview – Kirin Robinson (Old School Hack) by The Importance (or not) of Elegance in Game Design | The Illuminerdy

The Importance (or not) of Elegance in Game Design | The Illuminerdy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:36:43 +0000

[...] if that wasn’t enough of an endorsement, Kirin’s also an ENnie winning game designer. His RPG, Old School Hack, is a freaking love letter to Dungeons and Dragons and – if you [...]

Comment on Where my submitters at? by A. Miles Davis

A. Miles Davis — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:15:15 +0000

we’re working on trying to get a print version available so that we can print some and submit it instead of just a digital version.

Comment on Interview – Kirin Robinson (Old School Hack) by Kirin Robinson Interview, future of Old School Hack editions | Between Are the Doors

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:06:16 +0000

[...] out an interview with Kirin Robinson here, for more insight into the Old School Hack game’s relationship with the [...]

Comment on And the host of the 2012 ENnie Awards will be… by Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:42:49 +0000

Ok, now I have to go to the ennies this year.

Comment on And the host of the 2012 ENnie Awards will be… by The Host of the 2012 ENnie Awards | Dungeon Bastard

The Host of the 2012 ENnie Awards | Dungeon Bastard — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:52:47 +0000

[...] Read the full announcement here! This entry was posted in Uncategorized by Bill Cavalier. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

Comment on And the host of the 2012 ENnie Awards will be… by Thunderfoot

Thunderfoot — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:51:51 +0000

So, Piratecat isn’t the host this year. Wow, this truly is a whole new ENnies this year. Tom, you have some big shoes to fill, I wish you the best of luck.

Comment on Announcing the New ENnies Logo winner! by Morrus

Morrus — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:10:41 +0000

That was Claudio? That’s funny!

Comment on And the host of the 2012 ENnie Awards will be… by RPG News from Around the Net: 13-JAN-12 | Game Knight Reviews

RPG News from Around the Net: 13-JAN-12 | Game Knight Reviews — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:01:40 +0000

[...] The ENnie Awards announced the host for the 2012 awards this week. It’s Tom Lommel, aka “The Dungeon Bastard”! Congrats DB! [...]

Comment on And the host of the 2012 ENnie Awards will be… by Steve L.

Steve L. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:55:16 +0000

Tom Lommel is hilarious! What a perfect choice for host. I’m a big fan.

Comment on Alternative Voting: How Does it Work? by Dale Sheldon-Hess

Dale Sheldon-Hess — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:02:10 +0000

I love these videos. There so… snappy.

But, there is a big mistake in this video. It’s not the author’s fault, because it’s a very common error that is repeated all over the place by AV advocates.

Namely, the Alternative Vote STILL HAS SPOILERS.

I’ll illustrate by example:

Imagine just Gorilla, Leopard, and Tiger are running for King. Many Leopard-favoring voters have Gorilla as a second choice (mostly voters who would really rather Owl were running.)

40% Gorilla > Leopard > Tiger
15% Leopard > Gorilla > Tiger
10% Leopard > Tiger > Gorilla
35% Tiger > Leopard > Gorilla

By AV, Leopard is eliminated, and Gorilla wins, 55%:45% over Tiger.

But what if Tiger wasn’t running? Eliminate Tiger from every ballot and the results look like this:

40% Gorilla > Leopard
15% Leopard > Gorilla
10% Leopard > Gorilla
35% Leopard > Gorilla

Which results in Leopard winning, 60% to 40%.

To recap: If only Leopard and Gorilla run, Leopard wins. But if Tiger joins, he makes Leopard lose, so that Gorilla wins.

That’s a spoiler. AV has spoilers. The claim that AV does not have spoilers is not true.

There ARE single-winner voting systems which ACTUALLY do not have spoilers (and so may escape two-party domination and more commonly elect moderate candidates.) If that’s something that interest you, I encourage you to look into approval voting, which is one such method. I have more details on my blog, http://leastevil.blogspot.com