Votes came in pretty quick today so I didn't think it would be necessary.

Only vote missing is Lift.

So scene voted without a single post of discussion after second L was passed.

Could be lack of time I guess.

There's 2 principles to my startegy.

1) Repeat couples that play Liberal Liberal policy. So the next government after this one should be ZFR and Joe. Joe should be the player ZFR can trust the most at this stage. So if ZFR picks someone else it will look suspect.

2) Try to space these couples out across the board in order for only 4 people to touch the first deck (unless fascist policies are played - and then new couples are introduced). This principle hasn't been met so we'll essentially be forced to play 6 people in the first deck.

Why is this strategy an advantage? Because at the end of the deck we will see how many blues come out. If there's less than 5 there's a 90% chance someone dropped a blue.
There is also the possibility one of the first 2 presidents received 2 Liberal Policies and discarded a blue. But from your POV Rager looks your safest bet Not really much to discuss, I'd consider not voting for a Gov that previously played a Liberal policy and hasn't played any fascist policy to be outing fascist.

Will you pick @joesapphire as your chancellor? Because from your POV he should look like the player you can trust the most. If so I will happily nein both Microfish and Lift. Then we skip back to Rager RWarehall if they play another Liberal Policy

In the unlikely but possible event yourself, Rager, Joe and RWarehall are all Liberal it could be a quickly won game.

Well yer the last vote, pal......when you get back make sure to do so so we can see how we proceed. :)

Sorry for my absence. Voted now.

^ Can anybody summarise what fish means by " the whole "skip to Joe" vs "skip Joe" thing"?

Is it what scene and lift have been arguing about?

Before the very first government passed, scene said that he trusts you and is willing to vote NO to any government until yours: skip to Joe.

After the first government passed and made an L policy, scene wanted to skip you and go to RW: skip Joe.

Lift mentioned it as suspicious. Micro picked up on it too.

Right. I wanted to reply to that, but forgot. Now ZFR already summarized it neatly.

Well now we just wait for the votes to be tabulated....anyone got anything to eat?

And I also stated I wanted to skip Joe if RWarehall passed a Liberal policy. Much like I now want to skip Micro and Lift now you've passed a Liberal policy.

I asked you whether you'd agree to nominate Joe. You haven't replied to this yet. Why not? I'd find it highly suspicious if you nominated anyone else.

OK

KO?

So you're just avoiding the question because Joe is your scumbuddy and you want conflict another player who's Liberal?

You caught me.