So what actually happens now? Will the miners go for Bitcoin Classic or Unlimited, or does the bickering continue without being resolved for another year?
... it should have been a node consensus first, pool consensus second strategy.
There's like 4000 nodes running core, and 3000 of them are signaling segwit. There are about 400 nodes signaling "other things" ... (XT, Classic, BU, etc.). It's as clear as day on the node side. Only miners hoping they can delay the fee drop and capacity increase a little longer.
In other words we're at a complete impasse. Segwit can't get to 95%, but the miners won't try classic or unlimited unless the nodes back it and they won't.
So I guess we're in for another wasted year, and meanwhile an alt somewhere will take bitcoin's crown, it only takes one good alt to do it.