Mastin isn't claiming to be a stump. They are just voteless and conftown D3. They still show up as alive, and can be targeted and killed, unlike a tree stump. That doesn't contradict Farside. Their two claims don't actually contradict each other.
Also, I wouldn't actually vote either of them at the moment, radmann, but I'm assuming you're asking me why I find Farside scummy, right? Mostly it was their
50, but it's also the fact that they're quoting themselves in their signature. (I'm kidding, I'm kidding, don't hurt me)
I just don't like their posts, I guess, but it doesn't matter because they have a pretty legitimate stump claim.
Cheetory: I don't know Varsoon at all, but I'm pretty sure that the Jasper, Ruby and Sapphire thing I used as an example is as close to bastard that flavour can get. But you doubt Jester because
that's
too bastard? I just.. find all that hard to believe. Part of making a good theme is, as Rational said, fitting the theme to the mechanics of the game in a balanced way. I'm choosing to believe that Varsoon isn't an ass.
P-Edit: Yeah, considering mastin can be killed, I'm pretty sure they're supposed to show up in the votecount.
One man's trash talk is another man's treasure talk.