Interesting to see the focus girl vote develop and reflect the patreons preferences and choices.
Again the Patreon systems allowances of moving a vote making itself felt.
The minority choice is left behind almost immediately (within the first few hours or so) reflecting the comparable low ceiling of support it has and the Patreons overwhelming support for another direction and choice.
The others continue to rise to multiples of the minority choice until the next hits the cap and stalls. The situation then being two favorites slugging it out with the third favorite lagging and a forth left far behind.
This in turns kicks of 3 effects.
- Dead votes
- Cannibalization
- Band wagon effect
Dead votes
The 4rd choice, the minority choice, essentially become "dead votes" or" making a show of support". They have nowhere to go and even if they had, would be to girls of the same segment also facing defeat. So they simply stay where they are and perhaps pick up some "show of support" votes too add to their total.
Cannibalization
The 3rd favorite starts to shrink rapidly due Cannibalization.
The 3rd favorite's voters still have choices they like in the two leading favorites, who both belong to the same preference and segment. So contrary to the 4rd minority choice, they now migrate to 1rd and 2nd leaving only a small remainder behind (that have either not noticed or dont care) essentially a white dwarf after the collapse of a sun.
This depresses the 3rd favorite to a level at or below the 4rd choice.
Ironically giving the impression that she is less popular or equally so with the 4rd choice, when she is in fact much more popular and would beat the 4rd choice in a contest.
Bandwagon
The one of the favorites in front begins to get BandWagon votes. That is, votes that goes to her because it seems others vote for her and it looks like she is winning (and humans being as they are, like to be on the winning side).
Who wins?
After some time, the 1st and 2nd contest essentially coming down and being decided by if the Cannibalization voters go to 1st favorite, 2nd favorite or is split between them.
What does it say of the patreons
Well. They really like their girls of a certain sort and vote accordingly. Thus handing out huge victories to that segment when a vote comes up.
Disclaimer : No names due to ongoing vote. And other interpretations/speculation welcome on the way the vote has developed over the two days so far.
@darkhound1 if you think this is too spoiler, let me know, I'll edit/delete it of course.