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Originally Posted by Ammi

..Maybe I'm looking at this wrong..but the way I see it...it's a bit like playing a board game (only using this analogy because I did that yesterday)..some people approach it differently..and maybe some competitiveness creeps in (It's not for me to say about that one)..and...well...there might be momentary frustration..because you've been completely outwitted..but..if..any of that is the case..then 5 minutes later we'll be laughing again

...I don't know if that made sense..what do I know

...I've seen bad feelings over games before...but I haven't seen any of that here

This made perfect sense to me and I take your point as to board games too, the only board game we play at home when I am there is Monopoly, it still is best as a board game.

I have 2 cousins who really get into it and they go mad when the properties they want get bought by others.
It is really funny to watch but listening to the mumblings and then the odd bickering going on can in itself be funny too.

I have even seen people go in a huff for a short time playing a board game when it became a close one and very competitive.

I cannot see a thing wrong with how this creation of Kate's has been played out,it is an election game and it has been fought at times with a bit of intensity as one would be, with humour, with it's really funny moments and also quite a bit of seriousness too.

62 members have thus far been involved as to the voting with some involved in creating the parties in the first place, thus far too 6 moderators are also involved in a party and the voting too, no real nastiness has been evident and in some ways I think a fair few things have been taken on board as to the way people think too
For all that alone it has been a really good exercise and fun game.