the_dog_god wrote:
At the end of the day, whether you have a majority or not, the execution is narrowed down to one person. Having a player majority just gives us more control of who that one person is. Spreading the votes all over the show just means that one person could be anybody that was voted for.
A random execution is a lot more complex than one person just being chosen to die.
Bandwagoning on one person is an easy 1/3 (or very close to it) hit or miss. This will always be like this. There's so much control over who's being executed that there's virtually no control over the chance of hitting a baddie. It will stay in accordance to the ratio of baddies to innocents. There's no chance for an increase on the first day (or a decrease for that matter).
Adding 3 or 4 more people to the mix gives the execution both control (the amount of players), and a much more flexible percentage of success. Neither the amount of players or the percentage of a successful execution are gripped with an iron fist and neither are left without any control at all. The only downside I can see is that it has a chance of going below the 33.3 percentage (which I think is a fine sacrifice for the chance of increasing the probability of a successful execution occuring.
0 baddies = 0% of hitting baddie (fairly low chance of happening)
1 baddie = 20% (lower than the 33%)
2 baddies = 40%
3 baddies = 60%
4 baddies = 80%
5 baddies = 100% (not going to happen, but there's the chance)
It's not really need right now, but there are also percentage for each one of those that could be used.
Point being, that random execution are a lot more flexible and have a much higher potential of hitting a baddie. A bandwagon doesn't have that potential (or any for that matter). Sure, the chances aren't necessarily
great but with luck they can be.
In this situation, I really don't think it wise to execute someone who can possibly be the real thing. I'm sure the dreamers will dream of her tonight and if she turns out evil, we'll execute her. Of course she could be a OMT, but maybe if she's lying there's someone that actually has that role out there.
Also, I'd much rather be randomly executed than bandwagoned on for no reason *cough*NCW*cough* (even if I was evil in that game). I'm sure many people (even Laq, who's main purpose IS to die) would rather be killed by chance.