God's Imitator-Chapter 394: Voting Strategy
In the spectator lounge, Yang Yuting frowned deeply, "This Liu Mingxin has implications in her words!
"She didn't target anyone, but she cleverly excluded herself..."
Obviously, in a situation of freely casting opposition votes, the voting results were almost unpredictable.
Although they could discuss privately, this game venue wasn't very large. Any communication between any two players would be seen by other players.
Wanting to band together to isolate others might instead have the opposite effect and be isolated by others.
So up to now, these outer field players hadn't made any major moves. Players like Zhou Guifen and Fu Yujun, who naturally had a basis for cooperation, temporarily kept their distance as much as possible.
In this situation, it was possible to vote for anyone.
Wu Xiaomei currently had the biggest advantage and might receive more votes, but other players might also think that since Wu Xiaomei was already definitely blocked, they might as well vote for the person they disliked second most.
When Liu Mingxin shifted the topic to the 'super authority player,' she actually added an additional weight to everyone's votes.
Because this topic was brought up by Liu Mingxin, her suspicion was greatly reduced.
Because this most likely indicated she had guilt toward her child Liu Jie and was very certain Liu Jie wasn't the 'super authority player,' which was why she could openly bring up this topic.
Of course, Liu Mingxin might also be playing 'hiding in plain sight,' actively using this method to clear her own suspicion.
But thinking this way could easily lead to infinite regression and was meaningless.
Most players would still shift their suspicion to players other than Liu Mingxin. This way, Liu Mingxin and Liu Jie would be safe.
What was worse was that if someone stood up to oppose Liu Mingxin now, they'd have to think carefully about their wording.
Because if they used inappropriate words, they might very likely be suspected by other players that their own child was the 'super authority player.' No matter how they explained then, they couldn't explain it clearly.
Yang Yuting was somewhat conflicted, "Both sides having no guilt toward each other... should be conditions satisfied by relatively happy families, right?
"Between me and my parents... there shouldn't be any so-called guilt.
"Looking at it this way, Auntie Zhou and Fu Chen's families should both qualify? Very dangerous...
"But not necessarily. 'Every family has its problems.' There are also many parent-child relationships that appear harmonious but are actually terrible. Can't make this kind of inference based solely on Fu Chen and Auntie Zhou's personalities.
"Perhaps remaining silent is more prudent?
"But if everyone doesn't oppose Liu Mingxin's statement, her goal can be achieved more smoothly."
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Just then, Fu Yujun spoke up.
"I don't agree with this strategy.
"I believe the 'super authority player' hidden rule is a trap because there's fundamentally no accurate method of judgment. It's just subjective conviction.
"'Both sides have no guilt toward each other.' Even if parents have no guilt toward their children, how would they know whether their children have guilt toward them?
"Excessively obsessing over this point will only make us continuously suspicious of each other and make cooperation more difficult.
"I know some players might also consider casting opposition votes for players currently leading in game progress. This can weaken competitors, but this isn't a good idea either.
"Because the game is divided into many rounds, players' relative strength might keep changing.
"If we follow this strategy, after the first round of voting we can never establish cooperation again and can only be forced to keep executing this strategy. Some players will always suffer losses.
"Even worse situations might occur. If multiple players are 'tied for top two,' they'll also be blocked.
"But actually, in the game rules, there's a method for cooperative win-win.
"As long as all players are tied, none will be blocked.
"We have exactly six players. As long as we pair up and vote for each other, we can ensure all players are tied. This way, no one will be blocked.
"Even if there's a possibility of betrayal, we can also avoid it by mutually signing contracts.
"The contract content is: Under the premise of not violating game rules, both parties exchange each round's 10 opposition votes.
"For breach penalties, the two people can discuss, but I suggest that to enhance binding force, the breach penalty can be set higher. For example, if breached, they must compensate the other party with subsequent funds or compensate tens of thousands of visa time.
"Of course, if certain breach penalties conflict with the rules, they might not be valid, so we still need to try."
The other players were all somewhat surprised.
Because they also knew that opposing Liu Mingxin now might very likely increase their own suspicion, so Fu Yujun's behavior was still somewhat unexpected.
But Fu Yujun's tone of speech was quite calm, which also diluted this suspicion to a certain extent.
The same words, said by different people with different tones, would have different effects.
Peng Hong considered for a moment and was first to nod, "Yes, I think it works.
"But there are still some detailed issues, right?
"Suppose I sign a contract with you to exchange opposition votes, while another two players only pretend to sign on the surface but don't actually sign, then secretly vote for us. What then?
"If the votes in this game were ‘Approvalment votes,' exchanging votes definitely wouldn't be a problem, but 'opposition votes' are completely different.
"Or how about this? We six people, according to order, vote for the next person sequentially, forming a circle. Perhaps it's more stable than voting for each other in pairs."
Fu Yujun shook his head slightly, "Not very meaningful, because this proposal fundamentally can't form particularly strong binding force. Essentially, it guards against gentlemen but not villains.
"There's a key issue. We don't have much time. If we vote for the next person sequentially according to order, the number of contracts to sign would be too many. Signing in pairs only requires three contracts.
"If a player really changes their mind, we can use two methods to respond:
"First, when signing contracts, stipulate conditions for contract termination. After discovering someone changed their mind, others can also stop fulfilling the contract.
"Second, if someone chooses betrayal when everyone unanimously agreed, they'll become the target of public criticism. Next, everyone will cast all votes for them and can keep blocking until the game ends.
"In the worst case, if everyone votes randomly, it's just returning to the initial state."
Fu Yujun paused slightly and continued, "Although we still can't ensure this plan is 100% reliable, the risk is relatively controllable, and the overall benefit after success is greatest."
Zhou Guifen also immediately expressed her position, "I agree. We should at least first try a plan where everyone benefits. Even if it ultimately fails, at least we made an attempt."
After individual consideration, the other players also agreed to this plan.
Wu Xiaomei was still earnestly watching the footage on the large screen, unable to hide her anxious and worried expression.
Although Chen Ran had already left the room and seemed fine, Wu Xiaomei still empathized.
Fu Yujun proposed, "Let's hurry up. Pair up to complete contracts."
He looked at Zhou Guifen, "Big sister, let's pair up."
Zhou Guifen hurriedly nodded. The two came to a slightly farther position.
The other four players also quickly divided into two groups. Peng Hong and Jiao Hongtao were one group, Wu Xiaomei and Liu Mingxin another.
Zhou Guifen hurriedly said, "Fu Chen and I are from the same community."
Fu Yujun nodded, "Yes, I knew from the beginning. But we couldn't show it too obviously before. If we teamed up from the start, it would very likely arouse other players' vigilance.
"Let's sign the contract first and exchange 'opposition votes.'"
