plus, I seriously will never back out of a deal. It would not stand me in good stead in any future pog game, of any variety.

Well, I'm prepared to go Rhino with the team, but...

1) OR needs to show up obviously. If she doesn't show we might need to consider Giraffe, which leaves us in a good position if Hitch goes warthog (which also leaves Hitch in a good position with no way of losing the next round.)

2) Still think we need to wait a little before submitting our votes since atak/cue (warthog?)/Hiitch doesn't seem to have found a consensus here. Won't elaborate too much, but there's obviously situations where giraffe/rhino might be bad depending on what they end up hunting. But if cue already have submitted warthog, giraffe/rhino is good right?

PS! Will be around close to night (~ 45 minutes right? Damn time zones!)

yes, ~45 mins

atak and cue are going lion i believe.

That's the last post I saw from cue, and I don't think he's returning before night...

If both had gone lion I think cheetah would have been good for you, but as is, I really think you have no choice other than warthog.

Also, OR please show up!! Just figured that Rhino is a whole lot better than Giraffe if cue/atak goes warthog and we rand() darwinism...

cheetah would be better for me from some perspectives, however I will not back out of my promise.

Ze,

OR has been posting in other threads. I am going to assume she has read this one. Posting at this point would not be bad though OR.

sorry im here now. I will go read.

just tell me what to hunt..

btw, you all could have come up with a really effective open strategy that entailed rand. I thought of it when hitch made his funny.

OR, hunt rhino

It'd be a gamble as cheetah if they go warthog means you lose from Democracy, while going warthog in the same scenario means you can't lose. However, you'd gain more points which 2/3 times puts you in a better position for future rounds.

do we have enough for rhino?

atak, you still here? i can do this if you are interested?

Rhino it is then.

Sending PM now, but will be following the thread in case something changes the equation before night.

ill go rhino too....hope this works.

I have no problem with it -- of course, I don't know exactly what it is.

OR, you are missing an opportunity to score 16 and stick three people with zero... but I guess you knew that.

we rand between hog and cats. 65% hog, 25% lion 10% cheetah. What say you?

I don't think it works, because (1) cue is gone, and I don't know whether my proxy will be accepted, and (2) we can't use the same rand().

Leaves our opponents in a tough spot

Kinda busy right now at the table, but I'll try to keep my eye open here.

Also leaves you in particular in a tough spot as it nullifies your deal with cueball.

I am not pushing for it, just putting ideas out there, but...

That's why I asked you if you were interested before I put it ITT, because I thought we had majority for our team, like I'll do what you and cue say.

we don't need the same rand.

I understand. I don't think it works. If we had more time, maybe, but right now, I don't see it.