The BL Banner Poll

[Optimus]

Yes Mike, yes you can if you were the one who ran the farthest.

[Erlkonig]

Both of your opinions are invalid, because you are not "THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!"

/metalwolfchaos

[Kyte]

But your option did not win. 60% of people voted not to have a rotating text-and-image banner. Just because I3uster happened to add three BL-tan options which split the vote enough for it to get a plurality, that doesn't mean that you can claim victory (particularly since the admins did not sanction the poll and did not give any statement of what would be classed as a "victory"). If you run 24 miles of a marathon you can't claim victory just because no-one else managed to complete the race either.

It has simple majority. That is enough to win.

[Optimus]

Erl, you have said the most rational thing in this post. Congratulations.

[Mike1984]

Yes Mike, yes you can if you were the one who ran the farthest.

I'm pretty sure that's not true. If you don't finish the race, then you don't win it....

It has simple majority. That is enough to win.

Says who...?

[Erlkonig]

Erl, you have said the most rational thing in this post. Congratulations.

I, Richard Hawk, kindly thank you for your praise!

[Mcjon01]

You could claim some kind of victory. A personal victory, maybe. You did run pretty far.

Couldn't claim to have completed a marathon, though.

[Laith]

Says who...?

...haven't you been saying that Mike? Or I'm getting confused?

[Mike1984]

You could claim some kind of victory. A personal victory, maybe. You did run pretty far.

Couldn't claim to have completed a marathon, though.

The point is that you couldn't claim to have won the race, because you didn't even finish.

...haven't you been saying that Mike? Or I'm getting confused?

No, I've been saying the exact opposite....

[I3uster]

I swear to god, if I don't get a new banner because it's Mike vs the world again...

[Optimus]

If you are the one who ran the farthest, you are the best, thus you won. Period. If no one finishes the race, whoever runs the farthest is the winner.

[Laith]

That minorities should win? Wha? how does that makes sense?

[Lycodrake]

I swear to god, if I don't get a new banner because it's Mike vs the world again...

But would Mike make a better MC than Scott Pilgrim?

[Mike1984]

I swear to god, if I don't get a new banner because it's Mike vs the world again...

I have no problem with a new banner, I just want it to not be a rotating one.

It's not like we have to decide right now, in any case. An extra week of waiting isn't going to kill you (particularly given that the rotating banner option will almost certainly take longer to set up than the single banner option).

That minorities should win? Wha? how does that makes sense?

But every option is a "minority"....

[I3uster]

The problem is that I see a mod intervention going "lol everyone is raging around this, better not do anything before anyone gets upset" on the horizon.

I know you read this DP, and by the number of reports this thread has Altima too. Please, please, please don't do that.

[Erlkonig]

Says who...?

I would like to (sort of) agree with Mike on this. Although I recognize simple majority does give the option great weight, the second-runner has just over two-thirds of its weight, so it can't just be ignored. Shouldn't be the same as in politics, where a ruling party makes laws in favor of a simple majority- BL's technicalities are not as broad as a country's specifics, after all.

So yeah, no doubt the image-and-text banner will happen, but there are still 50% of the people who want BL-tan in some shape or form, with a tendency towards the older one.

[Mellon]

Am I reading this right?

So much butthurt and sheer vitrol over something so inconsequential as a goddamn banner?

I guess the lure of forum DORAMA is too high.

[Laith]

Errh 39% would be the majority in this case. The minority would the 4% The others are average in their percentage.

[Mike1984]

I would like to (sort of) agree with Mike on this. Although I recognize simple majority does give the option great weight, the second-runner has just over two-thirds of its weight, so it can't just be ignored. Shouldn't be the same as in politics, where a ruling party makes laws in favor of a simple majority- BL's technicalities are not as broad as a country's specifics, after all.

Well, I disagree with it in politics too, so....

So yeah, no doubt the image-and-text banner will happen, but there are still 50% of the people who want BL-tan in some shape or form, with a tendency towards the older one.

Well, it's pretty clear that some kind of new text and image banner will happen (the original banner and the text-only banner were clearly unpopular). The only question, really, is the format.

[Optimus]

Mellon, it's not a banner.

It's people not understanding that everyone's opinion cannot be represented, no matter how hard you try. Especially in a community like this. Best solution is go fuck it, no banner change, and everyone just lurk back to their business in their respective niches... I mean, subforums. It's either that or suddenly becoming nicer, more understanding and tolerant people, and I've never ever seen that happen.