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Slaan posted:Seriously, start fundraising How about NO we need awareness first. California, raise awareness, Abortion Rights thanks to our NOW endorsement.
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Herr Tog posted:Give up on winning California but get awareness to make money
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Herr Tog posted:Give up on winning California but get awareness to make money We need to up our slush fund the bodies won't hide themselves.
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Week 6code: This week, it's going to be two actions in California instead of one in Cali and one in Wyoming, and it's going to be two speeches instead of a speech and an ad. This is basically because I'm positing the question of "are we going full tilt on raising awareness in Cali or not" and the overwhelming answer was "full tilt", so we're going full tilt, which means no cross-country trips. As such, we're going to talk our rear end off.   So again, don't be fooled by California turning deep red. This is all because of our awareness advantage. If Michelle closes the gap, she still wins big. Of course, there's something we might be able to do about that... I'll get to that later. Anyway, this speech was fully effective - it shifted three percent points of Democrat voters to undecided and Republican in a 2:1 ratio, and raised our awareness by 10%. Can't complain.   And then this one brings over one percent point of Democrats and two percent points of undecideds to Republicans, plus another 10% in awareness. Strong progress at the cost of doing literally nothing in any other state. But the money will be worth it, I'm sure.  Also, we get to hire our first operative! Every speech we give gives one Political Capital point, so we have enough for one operative now. Like I said earlier, I'm taking operatives into my own hands, and my first pick is going to be...  ...this guy. The main reason is that I'm pretty sure our first interview is just around the corner, and we were always going to get this guy - Media Bias brings the undecideds to our side, which is always great. So that's it for week 6, let's move on to week 7.  I mean, they're right that the election still has to be decided, but that's not because the candidates are neck and neck. It's because what will happen in the rest of the campaign will have a larger impact than what has already happened for obvious reasons.  Michelle's turn is simple - a trip to Ohio to upgrade the campaign HQ there to level 2 - we're going to need to keep an eye on Ohio down the line - and then a trip to... Montana? And there she puts down an ad over her supporting Reducing Wealth Gap. But really, Montana? loving Montana? Montana's the state I always put my Consulting Office because it's a complete waste to campaign in. Pretty sure the only one that would be more of a waste to campaign in is Wyoming, which skews Republican even harder while having the same measly three electoral votes.  Here's this thing again. I've started keeping track of these numbers on the spreadsheet, and I'll be making some graphs out of them down the line - maybe we'll be able to see some trends? I doubt it.  And here's another look at California in detail. We're really starting to close the gap on issue scores somehow. I guess it'll change once Michelle actually starts campaigining there, but for now, we're getting close to a situation where California believes that Ted Cruz and Michelle Obama are about the same on issues such as abortion rights and climate change. My god, we're evil. VOTING I guess you could give me a State, Action and Issue as usual, or you could just tell me to stay in California and do the thing. That works too. Spreadsheet
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Milk Cali out of every penny they have
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C. Everett Koop posted:Milk Cali out of every penny they have Do whatever you need to keep California red.
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Do that Californian thing.
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gently caress with california even harder. By the time the election ends, Californians are gonna think Michele Obama is hardcore republican. 
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Oh my god you guys are the worst fundraise in Cali, leave for Ohio, ISIS.
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Week 7 Alright, week 7, let's see what we're doing this time. code:Grapplejack posted:Oh my god you guys are the worst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSocSgw0x3E Let's do this poo poo! You want California, you're getting California!   Another speech!   And another speech! We are continuing to shift California to our side, and at this point, who wins California is all going to be down to Michelle's awareness. And there's something we can do about that down the line. Anyway, that's a quick week 7, on to week 8!  Political opportunity! Michelle is actually going to a different state, so we're going to get this one.  Before we get there, Michelle grabs another endorsement. We're probably not going to be contending for another Democratic one, but we got the good one.  In Iowa, we get ourselves another operative to join our ranks. Lowering the opponent's ratings by 5% isn't major, but it's a nice bonus to stick into a swing state. For now, he stays in Iowa.  Here's the weird polls for this week. We crash massively, because of course. Actually, I just noticed that we can get an endorsement, so let's get one and see how that impacts the polls.  At this point, it doesn't really matter which one we pick, since we're probably going to get all of them anyway.  And here we go, an ~100 EV shift just from a single endorsement. Nate Silver would be proud.  And here's another look at California. Note that our awareness is now sitting at 98%, and moving to California from Iowa will move it to 100%. We're finally, truly, ready to fundraise! Now, I save the game here and this is where we're going to continue on from, but Michelle gave a speech in Arizona (and apart from getting the endorsement, that was the only thing she did this turn), and I don't know what it was about, so I'm going to jump to week 9 real quick so I can read the news wrap-up to see what it was about.  Curbing Russian Might? That's an odd issue to pick. ...hang on.  That's not a top five issue in Arizona, and she doesn't have a Campaign HQ in that state! The AI is cheating! Well, at least it doesn't seem to be cheating effectively. VOTING Like usual, State (probably California), Action (probably fundraising), Issue (probably doesn't matter). Spreadsheet
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Fundraise, In California, Obama HATES fighting climate change!
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California, fundraise, gently caress issues after you fundraise it's back to building poo poo
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California, fundraise, securing the borders, as fun as it is sniping liberal voters from the Democrats we probably oughta do something Republican-y at some point.
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Friend Commuter posted:California, fundraise, securing the borders, as fun as it is sniping liberal voters from the Democrats we probably oughta do something Republican-y at some point. Just imagine I made a joke about rampant hypocrisy being the most Republican thing possible here.
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Montegoraon posted:How difficult is this game, really? Can you just do whatever you want and still win? We're gonna find out! But seriously, grab all the moneys
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Montegoraon posted:How difficult is this game, really? Can you just do whatever you want and still win? It depends on the difficulty. When I was saying "we have no shot at winning California", I was probably thinking more along the lines of difficulty levels higher than Normal, which is what I was used to, and we're actually playing below Normal. I think the campaign mode level where I managed to pull off the sweep was on the same difficulty level that we're on right now, so we've got some leeway, and winning California is definitely in the cards. However, even on a higher difficulty, I believe that this California fuckery is a viable strategy, as the money you get from there is so much more than you get from the next richest states, and getting awareness to 100% gives so a lot more money than, say, 50%. As an aside, there seem to be a lot of people that just don't understand how to play this game - or at least that's what I have to imagine when I see reviews or forum posts slagging the game off for being too difficult, even on a low difficulty level. If you understand the basics, you should be able to faceroll levels below Normal.
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SOMEBODY SAY MAKE MONEY MONEY MAKE MONEY MONEY MONEY
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FUNDRAISE Then go to Ohio and tell the people that Obama doesn't want to fight Isis
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Fundraise, go to Florida at some point because that's a battleground state, tell them you like Fighting ISIS
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Now that everyone in California knows us, its time to fundraise like hell.
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Week 8 Alright, a bit late, but we're moving on to week 8. First of all, what are we going to be doing? code: So first, let's move ourselves and our Money Man to California.  And now it's time to make some loving bank. We have exactly enough stamina to do three fundraisers, so let's do that.    Ka-ching! This is why you focus on California. In total, in our situation, you can probably get about 100K more out of every fundraiser than we would have gotten from Texas. And that can add up. So with those fundraisers, our week is over. Let's see what week 9 brings!  Ah, here we are. We just got our first interview opportunity! Interviews are... well, I'll just show you. We're off to Arkansas - but first, Michelle's turn goes as follows: - She builds her Campaign HQ in Ohio up to level 3, and gets a Political Operative there too. We're going to have to invest in that state too if we want to win it, but it's not an immediate need. - She goes to Kansas and takes the interview, which seems to have had a positive effect. Furthermore, she puts down a TV ad over her supporting Farm Subsidies. This pretty much kills the ad we put down in Kansas attacking her over the same issue, and it should also help in the other farm-heavy states. However, Farm Subsidies is a niche issue - I don't think using TV ads on niche issues is worth it. If you invest that kind of money, put it in an issue that 1) you have a strong established stance on and that 2) is important in very many states. - Finally, she just goes to Florida. Now, we're off to Arkansas!  This... isn't great. I think? I have a lot of things that I don't quite grasp about interviews, and I'll tell you what those are after we're done with it.  The interview has a simple format. We get a short intro.  Then, the interviewer asks a question.  We're then given a certain amount of answers, depending on our Intelligence stat, and have to pick the best one. We have a time limit of 60 seconds to do this. - We stop subsidizing marriage entirely. The bigger problem is that we give such generous legal and tax benefits to married couples. I think that the government should stop subsidizing marriage entirely. However people choose to live, gay or straight, single or married, we should treat them the same. - Marriage is between a man and a woman. I simply feel that marriage should remain between a man and a woman. And almost every voter I've spoken to feels the same way. - I would support civil unions. I believe that gay couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples, and I would support civil unions that are treated the same as marriage under the law. But the word 'marriage' is a powerful one for many Americans, and fighting over that has caused a lot of unnecessary strife. - Any couple should be allowed to marry. I believe that any couple who is willing to make a committment should be allowed to marry. Anything less is homophobic and discriminatory. Now, what is the "best" answer? Well, that's a good loving question. From what I can tell, answers can appeal to the left, and the right, and can raise or lower issue importance and rating, nationwide. For instance, "civil unions" appeals to both left and right, and that's it. "Between man and woman" appeals to the right stronger and doesn't appeal to the left by the same magnitude, and slightly raises the importance of Supporting Gay Marriage. "Any couple should be allowed" appeals to left, doesn't appeal to right, slightly raises importance and also makes Dems support it more and Reps oppose it more, slightly. Finally, "stop subsidizing marriage" appeals to nobody and raises the importance of the issue. Note that that doesn't explain which answer is the best for us. Should we appeal to our base, or should we find the meaningless platitudes? I don't know. Personally, I appeal to the base, so I pick "between man and woman".  We're then given another question.  And need to pick another answer. - If you can't beat them, join them. I say we give in to them. They're willing to fight to the death, and most Americans I speak to get annoyed when their Wi-Fi doesn't work. Clearly, these guys are doing something right. - It's not our problem to solve. Americans don't have the appetite for another war in the Middle East. As President, I'd focus on terror threats closer to home. We'll let the folks over there deal with ISIS. - It's time to send in the military. Let's show some spine. We need to engage ISIS where they operate. It's time to send troops in. We'll bring democracy and freedom to the region, by force if necessary. - We'll train and equip allies in the region. We must never back down from ISIS, or groups like them. But we've seen the cost of putting our soldiers in harm's way. We should continue to cooperate with our allies in the region, training and equipping local forces to pursue this fight. Together we'll stop ISIS. "If you can't beat them" is the insane answer, and loses you points with the Dems, the Reps and even the Independents. "It's not our problem" is the platitude answer that appeals to both. "Send in the military" appeals to the right and not to the left, and "train and equip allies" is the other way round. So of course, I pick "send in the military". Red meat for the red base.  Finally, we get an outro.  And then we're told how we did in the vague terms of "good interview" or "bad interview". I got a good one, but I feel like Michelle probably had a better one. Nothing to back that up, just a gut feeling. Anyway, here's a few questions I can't answer about interviews: - Does the show you're on matter? They say Not-Colbert's show skews liberal (of course), but does that actually mean anything? - How does the awareness gain work? Just flat nation-wide? - What do you want to focus on in the answers? Platitudes? Red meat rhetoric? - What exactly is the effect on issue scores? You'll see that our score in California on Supporting Gay Marriage has actually gone more towards support, somehow. Lots of not sure in there. Still, just going there and throwing out the most red meat possible seems to work well enough, so I just do that.  So, that's it for the leadup to this week.  We crash in the polls again, because of course.  And another look at California, just to show what I mentioned earlier. Alright, it's been four weeks, so... THEMCD'S HOT CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES, TIPS AND TRICKS code:Alright, we're starting to move into the real meat of the campaign, but not quite there just yet. First, here's the new spreadsheet page giving you all the stats around the nation. For those that don't want to dig in, here's the gist: - On the issues front, nothing much is happening as far as importance is concerned, with the exception of Supporting Gay Marriage sneaking into the top five in a few states. In almost all of them, the independents are lukewarm towards it, so it's not a winner of an issue for us to get behind, but Michelle isn't gaining too much out of it either. - On the awareness front, Michelle has us beat in pretty much every state. That's the price we pay for California, but it could turn out to be worth it. Money is power. So, what should we do from here on? Hm. Well, here's the things I think we need in some way: - Money. We could totally spend another week, maybe even two weeks, just fundraising in California. Money goes a long way to paper over ground game weaknesses in this game. - Buildings, particularly of the Campaign HQ and Consulting Office variety. We need a base income to support ads, and we need Political Capital to get some operatives into the game, which could be a gamechanger. - Ads, especially in swing states. We have a good advantage in a key issue (Fighting ISIS) in that Cruz starts out with a heavy slant towards supporting it. Ads are more effective if you already have an established stance on the issue. Popping down some ground game ads in swing states and maybe a single TV ad could go a long way to supporting our campaign. However, we need a base income for this. We can only support a handful of ground game ads and not a single TV ad right now. Of course, we can't get all three at once. We need to focus. Personally, I would go with the money, since if we want to do ads, we need buildings, and if we want to do buildings, we need more money. VOTING Same as usual. State, Action, Issue. I wonder if there's going to be anything that could come up that would force me to deviate from that formula at this point.
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Of course Michelle's interview went better than ours. We are a sociopath, and everyone can tell. California Money Money
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gently caress it, Stay in California, do nothing We bide our time now. We own California, what could possibly go wrong? Besides, we've never gone anywhere else.
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nine-gear crow posted:Ohio HQ Abortion
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nine-gear crow posted:Ohio HQ Abortion a good idea from a questionable commentator
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Slaan posted:Ohio, HQ, ISIS
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