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<blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7215428" data-attributes="member: 6857506">I think it is slightly more complicated.&nbsp; If you took a straight poll* on this EnWorld forum, my guess is that Dark Sun, Eberron, and Greyhawk probably end up on top.&nbsp; Knowing this, fans (not all, but many) of each of these downvote the others in this set because they are the strongest competitors.&nbsp; This will continue until one of them drops.&nbsp; Fans of the fatality will continue downvoting the others out of spite, and so on until they are all gone. Even a majority in favor of one of these would have trouble defending it because of the x2 power of downvotes.&nbsp; Along the way, some lesser known settings will drop at random.&nbsp; From the ones that don't, we'll get another random result like Birthright.This is neither a condemnation nor a celebration of the behavior or the system that produces it.&nbsp; It is just my own, probably wildly incorrect, theory about what has happened / will happen.Furthermore, even knowing that this is or might happen won't stop people from doing it.&nbsp; At least not everyone.&nbsp; For instance, me.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />* I did a search and it looks like no one has ever done this. (??)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Harzel, post: 7215428, member: 6857506"] I think it is slightly more complicated. If you took a straight poll* on this EnWorld forum, my guess is that Dark Sun, Eberron, and Greyhawk probably end up on top. Knowing this, fans (not all, but many) of each of these downvote the others in this set because they are the strongest competitors. This will continue until one of them drops. Fans of the fatality will continue downvoting the others out of spite, and so on until they are all gone. Even a majority in favor of one of these would have trouble defending it because of the x2 power of downvotes. Along the way, some lesser known settings will drop at random. From the ones that don't, we'll get another random result like Birthright. This is neither a condemnation nor a celebration of the behavior or the system that produces it. It is just my own, probably wildly incorrect, theory about what has happened / will happen. Furthermore, even knowing that this is or might happen won't stop people from doing it. At least not everyone. For instance, me.:lol: * I did a search and it looks like no one has ever done this. (??) [/QUOTE]

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