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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 362887" data-attributes="member: 2020">A question of alignment demographics for elves - a mathematical questionDemographers say that, if the United States was a giant plate balanced on a pin, and pin was sticking up against the point just below a certain place in eastern Kansas, the giant United States-shaped plate would be perfectly balanced.&nbsp; In other words, the center of population is a point in eastern Kansas, for the United States.&nbsp; Well, what if Alignment was a giant, perfectly square-shaped shape, with 3 lines up/down and 3 lines right/left creating nine blocks labelled LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN, LE, E, and NE?&nbsp; And what if, in each of these nine little square blocks within the large square block, there were the numbers 1, 1;&nbsp; 1, 2;&nbsp; 1, 3;&nbsp; 2, 1;&nbsp; 2, 2;&nbsp; 2, 3;&nbsp; 3, 1;&nbsp; 3, 2;&nbsp; 3, 3?&nbsp; And what if 1, 1 meant Lawful Good, and 1, 2 Neutral Good, 1, 3 Chaotic Good, 2, 1 Lawful Neutral, 2, 2 Neutral, 2, 3 Chaotic Neutral, 3, 1 Lawful Evil, 3, 2 Neutral Evil, and 3, 3 Chaotic Evil?&nbsp; And finally, what if you took each of the votes above in the Poll, and put them in the exact middle of each respective square (that is, a Chaotic Good vote would go in the EXACT MIDDLE of the upper right block labelled CG and 1, 3) ?&nbsp; In the above case, what number would you arrive at to find the exact center of alignment, as voted on by those polled?&nbsp; What 2 numbers (including out to 3 decimels) would you have to place the pin under, in order for the Alignment Plate to sit perfectly balanced on top of it?&nbsp; The votes were:&nbsp; 4 votes LG (1, 1)&nbsp; 21 votes NG (1, 2)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 64 votes CG (1, 3)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 8 votes LN (2, 1)&nbsp; 2 votes N (2, 2)&nbsp; 14 votes CN (2, 3)&nbsp; 2 votes LE (3, 1)&nbsp; 2 votes NE (3, 2)&nbsp; 3 votes CE (3, 3)&nbsp; 2 votes Enigmatic - good, evil tend. (1.5, 2)&nbsp; 1 vote Enigmatic - evil, good tend. (2.5, 2)&nbsp; 2 votes Enigmatic - lawful, chaotic tend. (2, 1.5)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4 votes Enigmatic - chaotic, lawful tend. (2, 2.5)&nbsp; 7 votes None of the Above (do not count in calculation)&nbsp; 2 votes Alignment not applicable to elves (do not count in calculation)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 362887, member: 2020"] [b]A question of alignment demographics for elves - a mathematical question[/b] Demographers say that, if the United States was a giant plate balanced on a pin, and pin was sticking up against the point just below a certain place in eastern Kansas, the giant United States-shaped plate would be perfectly balanced. In other words, the center of population is a point in eastern Kansas, for the United States. Well, what if Alignment was a giant, perfectly square-shaped shape, with 3 lines up/down and 3 lines right/left creating nine blocks labelled LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN, LE, E, and NE? And what if, in each of these nine little square blocks within the large square block, there were the numbers 1, 1; 1, 2; 1, 3; 2, 1; 2, 2; 2, 3; 3, 1; 3, 2; 3, 3? And what if 1, 1 meant Lawful Good, and 1, 2 Neutral Good, 1, 3 Chaotic Good, 2, 1 Lawful Neutral, 2, 2 Neutral, 2, 3 Chaotic Neutral, 3, 1 Lawful Evil, 3, 2 Neutral Evil, and 3, 3 Chaotic Evil? And finally, what if you took each of the votes above in the Poll, and put them in the exact middle of each respective square (that is, a Chaotic Good vote would go in the EXACT MIDDLE of the upper right block labelled CG and 1, 3) ? In the above case, what number would you arrive at to find the exact center of alignment, as voted on by those polled? What 2 numbers (including out to 3 decimels) would you have to place the pin under, in order for the Alignment Plate to sit perfectly balanced on top of it? The votes were: 4 votes LG (1, 1) 21 votes NG (1, 2) 64 votes CG (1, 3) 8 votes LN (2, 1) 2 votes N (2, 2) 14 votes CN (2, 3) 2 votes LE (3, 1) 2 votes NE (3, 2) 3 votes CE (3, 3) 2 votes Enigmatic - good, evil tend. (1.5, 2) 1 vote Enigmatic - evil, good tend. (2.5, 2) 2 votes Enigmatic - lawful, chaotic tend. (2, 1.5) 4 votes Enigmatic - chaotic, lawful tend. (2, 2.5) 7 votes None of the Above (do not count in calculation) 2 votes Alignment not applicable to elves (do not count in calculation) [/QUOTE]

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