Originally Posted by Saertis

I think bigger problem was that even after that consensus there was disagreement on the way to reach it. Some said vote for Cepha while others vote for Toad Lily. Instead of vote for 3rd and 4th girls who were Alpinia and Sakura (and still are) what'd be the most logical choice.

All of the different voting strategies made perfect sense under the rules that were in place at the time. Before the first results were out, Mint was just as valid a choice as any other girl. Once the first results showed Cepha as the only sub-5* hope, she was a valid choice. Dumping Orchid wasn't the ONLY goal until right now. Sure, we never could convince some people to dump Mint and vote in their own best interest, and that kept hurting the chances of making Cepha a viable alternative, but the rules kept changing on us and placing total emphasis on kicking Orchid with the 6* girls in 3rd and 4th place only makes sense now that the final rules change has happened. And really, if we had gotten Mint or Cepha up there, we'd have to struggle to replace THEM now that we know what the gacha's going to be.

I've dumped/am dumping all my votes on Alpinia to try to knock Orchid down to third, because EVEN STILL some people can't focus on knocking Orchid down and they want to vote for Sakura. Yes, we need votes for both to move Orchid from 2nd to 4th, but simply switching Sakura and Alpinia in 3rd and 4th won't accomplish the demote Orchid goal.

I'm on board with the goal and I'm throwing my full complement of votes behind it, but to be completely honest I really wouldn't mind getting another Orchid (or two?) to bump up the one I have, and I really have no luck rolling 6*s anyway.