According to my calculations, at a glance the safest way to divide up the land would be to assign 2000 square kilometers of it to each senior senator, including the Consul.
HOWEVER, this is assuming that they are all fair and reasonable people, which according to your first paragraph is not the case. As such, it might be safer for the Consul to give up 800 square kilometers of his land from that calculation, and give 200 of it to each of the other senior senators.
This results in him acquiring less land than his peers, but on the other hand he is likely to keep his office.

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>>36063
That would end up with a distribution like this.

#1 - 1,200
#2 - 2,200
#3 - 2,200
#4 - 2,200
#5 - 2,200

However, here is where the dilemma gets really tricky: if the first Consul is removed from the Senate, the potential "equal" shares of the remaining four will become larger. Would it not still be more advantageous of them to say "no"?

If the Consul really wants to be a douche, all he has to do is offer two of them more than the others and buy out their votes, thus ensuring a 3 out of 5 vote. Office secured and he gets a nice hefty piece as well.

By making them fight amongst themselves who get to be the 2 special senators with larger portions, he then keeps both animosity off of himself and ensure any rivalries will be directed at eachother rather than him. The two who he picks will then also ensure he remains in his position and rightfully so by controlling all the rest. This could lead to unforseen problems in the future but this is the best way to maximize his own profits and keep his position secure for the time being.

Just an example but you can't make the losing completely unfair unless you want them after all your heads.

Consul:3000
Choice Senator:2500
Choice Senator:2500
Other Senator: 1000
Other Senator: 1000

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>>36064
You got a point there, guess I was thinking TOO logically.

>>36066
And Koon has the right idea here. Have the Consul play off of the greed of his peers to have them fight against each other instead of him directly.

>>36066
Actually, certain Senators might still gain more of an advantage by voting no even if your offer to them is higher than the others.

Remember that if you don't get at least 3/5, there will be a progression of the next most senior guy taking your place and having to make a proposal of his own to the remaining members. If he doesn't, he will be kicked out and replaced by the next and so on.

Thus, it really does change things depending on which senators you pick. Do you go for the next two guys in line? The last two? Some other combination?

Also, since it wasn't pointed out noticeably in the original pasta, I'll go and add to the OP: You do need MORE than half of the votes to win. Even 50/50 (if you were a consul unfortunate enough to face an even number of voters) is not enough.

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>>36067

The amount of land isn't the only variable here either so you could also look at in an angle on the quality of land. Say you give them a smaller piece but it's nice fertile land and not 1000 sq km of swamps. No one wants to keep building their castles only for them to sink in the swamp over and over.

>>36068

The next most senior guy will be considered of course but if he can't be bought then by turning the others against him you ensure his hands will be tied. he could offer them more in order to depose the consul but by doing so he kills off his own chance at the land and i doubt very much he would do that.

In any case, I would make it so that in order for them to receive their land they have to sign a contract of written agreement for their votes. If a senator goes back on his word that is written in his own ink and exposed publicly. He will likely lose credit to everything himself and no one would want that.

And then, like... two figures down is this...

My main three old list characters in one spot. Was somewhat eerie.

But yeah joks aside these were actually not too bad, I was surprised because they're really just cheap material and weren't expensive, as well as flimsy

>>36092
>>36091

and then that one guy's mural, it'll be on yt soon

he's doing lupin III this time

I didn't take many pictures

the singed cosplay was one of the best there, I think

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someone got proposed to right in the front of the damn hotdog stand

this is after she said yes and after he got off his knee. it's a bad image but I mainly got it for the story anyways

and that's it really

I swear I saw a third grey ironman

wait... how do you get 8200 pages in just over 3000 threads?

>>36037
Magic~

We will miss each and every one. Including the 5200 that somehow exist.

>>35887
It's actually a lot, lot easier, not the easiest, but much easier for me to talk to people one on one, especially a great friend like you. So I'll most definitely think about it and keep you on my mind. I really appreciate the offer. And, given the context of my post, positive feedback in and of itself means a lot.

Really glad we're in the same community again, (W)Holt.

>>35887

It's a /b/ thread so really anything goes. That being said, mocking someone in this thread obviously would be disrespectful and would likely be looked down upon by the community.

>>35886
Drop that fear Yuri, jesus christ. Out of all the things this site I think this is one of the sacred cows that hasn't been tarnished. Just dump it. We've all done it, none of us has criticized anyone for their post in this thread.

If anything expressing yourself to everyone as opposed to just one person gives us a more broader view of yourself and also gives us a little better understanding. We're not mind readers Yuri, we'll never know if you never tell us. And if you look back in the thread and read through every single post you'll see that no one in this community has any room to judge.

We're all completely flawed human beings.

>>35899
It's just a natural fear. I tell myself exactly your reasoning, because it's sound and makes sense. What I convince myself is just stupid. But I believe it anyways. It was really, really hard just to make that post.

After yesterday, I have grown a lot more appreciative and feel I can be a lot more open. I had pretty much a mental breakdown and I called my boss, crying like a little kid. Decided to start drinking (although I ended up stopping somewhat quickly because it was making things worse), and then decided to just hang out in the IRC. At first, it was troubling, and my mind was playing tricks with me. I kept thinking people were judging me for the post, but I wasn't really thinking straight for a lot of reasons. Eventually, I talked one on one with some people and then everything, it just became serenity. I spent the whole night goofing around in the IRC talking to you guys, just being stupid and whatever.

You guys took a very hellish, very depressed, very rough situation for me and turned it around, and I got nothing but support, kindness, friendship, and happiness. Even if you think you were just around, you helped me a lot.

A few months ago, my friend overdosed. I don't know if it was suicide or by accident, and I don't want to know. He was my first friend in high school, but we had grown apart later, and I just didn't think much of it. Then, about three weeks ago, my friend's sister died. My friend too is my year, and I knew her since I was before 10 years old, and we went to school for, quite literally, 16 years together, since those little toddler classes. Her sister died in a car bomb in Afghanistan, as she went to go teach kids there. The car bomb was directed at her. Anne Smedinghoff, was her name, she actually hit a lot of papers and I just remember her as this really sweet librarian, and was always at the library, and John Kerry (the Secretary of State, that guy that ran for president) said words about her personally, and had met with her a few weeks prior. She wasn't the actual friend I was close to, but it still hurt a lot because I do remember her being just absolutely amazing. I mean, 25 and teaching kids in Afghanistan and get straight up murdered, I was kind of shaken by that, but just told myself it's whatever.

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Seeing this thread linger here for a few days, I thought I should make another update. I've got a few posts in here somewhere, but I like being able to look back at myself and make comparisons.

And right now, I feel like I've gone full circle and right back to how I was when I made the first post; not with my habits, but with how I feel.

A lot's happened over the years. A lot of people changed around us and lot of drama hit this community hard. I've been stabbed in the back multiple times by people I regarded as close friends. It's a little bit hard to put faith in people again. My personal life has been less than sunshine and rainbows as well. And some things that weren't true then are true now (I'm totally Mari's bitch).

Only compared to three years ago, I think part of me has become the kind of person I despise:

I devote way too much time to this community than is probably healthy, and I don't go to school or have a job.
I'm extremely insecure about that because It's not much of a life. Back when I was actively trying to work out and get myself in shape and finally get my license about a year ago, I had an accident that I had to get surgery for and it completely threw me off track.
And as a result, I'm addicted to painkillers. I'll take them any time I get the chance as anyone may have already noticed from the last two weeks. I used any excuse to do it and treated them as a substitute for alcohol; and I'm kind of an alcoholic anyway.

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Man it's been a long time. A long long long time.

I think I was still in my late late teens when I posted in this thread. Let's reflect shall we?

I still have some insecurities that I haven't coped with yet, and I have also realized I'm way too anxious for my own good. I can't even speak to my own family without feeling anxious because of divorce drama. I have been doing stuff though. I finally went to school and that helped me open up a little.

On the flipside, I've been very inactive and less interested than I was before. It sucks saying that, but it's true. LoL contributed to this and it's been a bitch kicking the habit since I'm actually trying to improve for whatever reason. I'm sorry if this affected anyone because I know it did. I constantly hear about people complaining to Jett or Mari about my recent behavior instead of just coming to me upfront about it, but I digress. I'm sorry and I really didn't mean to come off like that. A lot of shit's been happening since I got here in New Orleans. Living with my Aunt Martha is anything but easy. I have to wake up in the morning and sleep at midnight. No exceptions. I'm paying her $200 a month for bills and even then she'll cut the internet off in a New York second when I fuck up (which may soon happen when she sees the grade I got for my math class). The divorce bullshit is still in the air since my Mother and Sister can't seem to settle their differences without blaming each other for shit and not themselves, and of course at each end I find myself taking the heat because I'm the objective viewer. Sooner or later I may end up just going to therapy to see what the fuck is really wrong with me. I need to know what made me such an anxious kid growing up.

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>>35886
>>35910
The posts in these threads are normally about people's faults (unless you're Light Yagami, who is a literal god), but I guess I wanted to continue on the post topic I've made earlier. I guess I wanted to give it some closure on how things are working out for me, and maybe bring some light to this thread that expressing yourself in a positive tone is just as important as a negative tone.

This last week or so I've been ridiculously happy. It's not just mood swings, nothing specific or special has or hasn't happened, but ever since I finally got to make that post, everything has just been amazing. In so many ways. I got so much positive feedback and I was able to open up to people who responded to it. As well as those feedbacks helps me express myself to even more people. For the first time in a long time, I feel welcome here. I've always felt like I have a place here, but it's always been covered in these paranoid ideas that people are against me, or that I have no real friends, or that I've never really fit in. Really, it was just delusions I gave to myself because I could never really find the strength to say things that I needed to say.

This community has made me grow so, so much. The idea from this post happened after a scenario happened at work. Basically, my leader and someone who is also a temp had an argument on a project that the temp and I were assigned to. They were going at it, and, really, just being immature for adults. She was being spiteful, he didn't try to communicate with each other, things were looking bad. But I kept my cool and I tried to make calm the situation, talking to my leader and some guy who is probably over twice my age as if I knew what was going on and handled the situation. And then, since the guy had "broken" the machine (he really didn't), my manager, some full time employees, and I think even one person higher up. And I was there being calm and rational with them, speaking as if I was in control of the situation, trying to simmer it down, because the machine was really just borked.

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>>35991
Eyyyy der, boy. I'm de best witch around dese parts, ya see.

Dare me, boy. I'll turn ya inta a rubba band. A pink one.

>>35994
That's a good girl. Keep fighting the good fight.
>>35995
Yes yes yes, I'm sure you are.

Can I ruin this thread by killing everyone already?

>>35997
No. You may not.

>>35998
Not even by orbital bombardment...?

>>35999
You can kill everyone... named Battler.

>>35999
>>36000
Quiet, you two.