1. I’ll be publicly listing the Votes after they have all been submitted, so that every player can verify that I tallied them up correctly. If this means that someone is ‘caught’ being deceptive, then that’s out of my hands. Choose who you trust very carefully. And remember, if there is a tie vote, we go to my Secret Tie-Breaker Round!

2. The ‘30 minute heads up’ was simply an informal notice. I see no problem with people discussing the situation prior to the ‘official’ start. What’s more critical is the stop time. Once that occurs, I will actually be requesting no more public discussion in this thread, and nothing more than direct Tubmails to me with your votes. No changing votes after you’ve sent them in.

I think it’s a pretty clear-cut contest. Feel free to continue asking questions, though.