Many posts do not offer simple Y/N choices. Many are badly written.
This is not a democracy. Polls are there to help the devs (and other active writers/coders/etc.) have an idea what people want. Votes in a poll carry no official weight and should carry no weight at all unless they represent a significant fraction of the player population, hence the desirability of Abstain, Other and None of the Above and having them be part of the percentages.
None of the Above is a vote that says "The choices are all distasteful to me and I can't think of a good one." Other is a choice that implies that there is a potential choice that the votor thinks is a good one. (It is also usually followed by a post in the thread.)
This is not a democracy. Polls are there to help the devs (and other active writers/coders/etc.) have an idea what people want. Votes in a poll carry no official weight and should carry no weight at all unless they represent a significant fraction of the player population, hence the desirability of Abstain, Other and None of the Above and having them be part of the percentages.
None of the Above is a vote that says "The choices are all distasteful to me and I can't think of a good one." Other is a choice that implies that there is a potential choice that the votor thinks is a good one. (It is also usually followed by a post in the thread.)
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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