I believe there was. You could have used the first round to see how the others would play, and pick the seven sins necessary for a lighter punishment, or maybe a little more for added insurance. You are familiar with how most other units usually play. With the sins being nearly anonymous, no one could be truly sure they would not be targeting their friends or loved ones on their units, a concern for most units - or even that they wouldn't be targeting their own members, for those with more secretive or newer members. The only others rivaling you in offensive defense are Taisho and ZRAEL. That's two out of six winners, three counting Baritones. Three more units could go against you, and it was unlikely there would be more who would choose too many sins: the topic is uncomfortable for many, or they're not ready to judge people anonymously for things they have little context for.
Having assessed the situation, you could have gone all out on the second round to gun for your first place. That would give you enough element of surprise that even if the others scrabbled to catch up, you would still outpace them by sacrificing everyone in the third round as well.
My issue is that you set stakes much too high from the very start. You surely could have foreseen the panic it would cause, and doom every unit who did not score enough points in the first round. If you apply that same logic to every game, is it not the same as aiming to win by killing everyone else, regardless of what is enough for a win? That certainly is a way to achieve victory, but a less than optimal one in my eyes.
[He shakes his head.]
I don't believe that what you did was necessary to secure your survival. And I am particularly displeased that you only reinforced your reputation of being "villains"--and you gave the producers what they wanted. Conflict, hurt feelings, panic, savageness. I hate being source of entertainment for them most of all.
Re: 378?
I believe there was. You could have used the first round to see how the others would play, and pick the seven sins necessary for a lighter punishment, or maybe a little more for added insurance. You are familiar with how most other units usually play. With the sins being nearly anonymous, no one could be truly sure they would not be targeting their friends or loved ones on their units, a concern for most units - or even that they wouldn't be targeting their own members, for those with more secretive or newer members. The only others rivaling you in offensive defense are Taisho and ZRAEL. That's two out of six winners, three counting Baritones. Three more units could go against you, and it was unlikely there would be more who would choose too many sins: the topic is uncomfortable for many, or they're not ready to judge people anonymously for things they have little context for.
Having assessed the situation, you could have gone all out on the second round to gun for your first place. That would give you enough element of surprise that even if the others scrabbled to catch up, you would still outpace them by sacrificing everyone in the third round as well.
My issue is that you set stakes much too high from the very start. You surely could have foreseen the panic it would cause, and doom every unit who did not score enough points in the first round. If you apply that same logic to every game, is it not the same as aiming to win by killing everyone else, regardless of what is enough for a win? That certainly is a way to achieve victory, but a less than optimal one in my eyes.
[He shakes his head.]
I don't believe that what you did was necessary to secure your survival. And I am particularly displeased that you only reinforced your reputation of being "villains"--and you gave the producers what they wanted. Conflict, hurt feelings, panic, savageness. I hate being source of entertainment for them most of all.