Why is staff votes concealed?

@NOBLE, sheep voting can't occur from this thread's topic because the votes would still be concealed until after the vote is cast. Rule of thumb is that we generally conceal our votes these days anyways, so making staff votes public in the same way normal votes are wouldn't be a bad thing.

@AfterThought, I've been wanting this for years. I understand why it was changed. People, like me, abused it to cheat or hate vote. But the number of battlers Vs mods is so much more even now. Back then it was near impossible for the staff to handle everything, but now we could have at most like 60 open battles. That's really leaving 20 battles open at most every day. With 5 mods, that means each only really has to keep an eye on 4 battles a day. VERY easily manageable. It also makes the battle sooo much more exciting to me. Back when I first started I was logging on on the dot for the time the battle would close. Now I know if I won or lost in like the first 3 hours of the battle opening.

@NOBLE, sheep voting can't occur from this thread's topic because the votes would still be concealed until after the vote is cast. Rule of thumb is that we generally conceal our votes these days anyways, so making staff votes public in the same way normal votes are wouldn't be a bad thing.

@AfterThought, I've been wanting this for years. I understand why it was changed. People, like me, abused it to cheat or hate vote. But the number of battlers Vs mods is so much more even now. Back then it was near impossible for the staff to handle everything, but now we could have at most like 60 open battles. That's really leaving 20 battles open at most every day. With 5 mods, that means each only really has to keep an eye on 4 battles a day. VERY easily manageable. It also makes the battle sooo much more exciting to me. Back when I first started I was logging on on the dot for the time the battle would close. Now I know if I won or lost in like the first 3 hours of the battle opening.