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Yes, you're going mad. Spoke count and lacing on their own are not determinants of spoke tension. Spoke guage/material and principally rim strength are the determinants of maximal spoke tension. The combination of geometry (flange sizes, rim size, count/lacing etc.) with load regime will give the minimum spoke tension at which no spoke will lose all of its tension while the wheel load is within the design envelope.