So, what's all this then? The Political Machine 2016 is a simulation game (of sorts) about the 2016 general election in the USA. You pick one of several candidates for either the Democratic or Republican party (sorry, no Greens or Libertarians allowed - at least not as a party, you can run with Stein as a Democrat or Johnson as a Republican) and run a campaign against the other party. Build campaign headquarters, run ads, make speeches, gain endorsements and use surrogates to convince the voters that you're the right person to run the USA and score big on Election Day! OK, and what kind of LP is this going to be? That's for you to decide! I mean, it's going to be a screenshot LP, that much I'm going to have to decide, but beyond that, who we play as and what we do is going to be entirely up to you folks! I'm essentially just going to be the campaign operator, feeding you the information you need to make the right decisions, and then making those moves. Every turn is a week, and before every week, I'm going to hold a vote on what we should do in that week. That sounds complicated. Nah, it's all pretty simple when you get right down to it. Sure, the game has a lot of numbers that you can spend ages staring at, but at the macro level, there's not a lot of different things you need to pay attention to. And besides, you're going to be just one voice amongst many. Masking individual ignorance through a mass amount of people is one of the great things about democracy! Alright, I'm ready to Make America Great Again now! Well, hold on a minute. There's some things I still need to go over. Since this is a game involving politics, tensions might flare up in the thread, and I don't want that. You don't want that, either. Nobody wants that. So with that in mind, here's three things I want you to know. 1) Don't take it too seriously. It's just a game, and the developers don't take it that seriously either. When bobblehead *INSERT CANDIDATE HERE* can go to bobblehead non-copyright-infringing Stephen Colbert ripoff Steven Coldcut's show and say that their solution to unemployment is building a whole lot of water parks, then you shouldn't be taking it seriously. 2) Don't take it too personally. Again, it's just a game. Even if your grandma would die if Obamacare was repealed, that doesn't mean that this thread wants to kill your grandma because it decided to campaign on repealing Obamacare. They're just trying to win. 3) Above all, just have fun with it. We're going to go and see if direct democracy can run a political campaign, and it's probably going to blow up spectactularly, but hey, that means it blew up spectacularly, and that's fun! But before we can start, we need to work some things out, because this wouldn't be your campaign if you didn't get to pick the candidate (note: I know that the game allows you to customize a candidate, but that would be a lot more complicated than just using one of the pre-made ones, so we're going to stick to the pre-made ones for simplicity's sake)! First and foremost, a simple question. Will our candidate be: A) A Republican? or B) A Democrat? Updates: 01 - Picking Our Candidate 02 - Picking Our Opponent 03 - Political Opportunities 04 - Beginning The Campaign 05 - Week 1 06 - Week 2 07 - Beginning The Campaign, Take 2 08 - Week 1, Take 2 09 - Week 2, Take 2 10 - Extra - A Quick Look At Campaign Mode 11 - Week 3 12 - Week 4 13 - Week 5 14 - Week 6 15 - Week 7 16 - Week 8 17 - Week 9 18 - Week 10 and 11 19 - Week 12 20 - Week 13 21 - Week 14 22 - Week 15 23 - Extra - The 1.03 Update and Hillary's Worst Nightmare 24 - Week 16 25 - The Not-Quite-So-Grand Finale: Zodiac Strikes Back 26 - Election Post-Game Wrap-Up, Sponsored By Towa Group TheMcD fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Sep 29, 2016 |
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:32 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 19:38 |
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We should be a Republican. But not just any Republican. The only Republican that matters.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:42 |
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Republican We must build a wall to protect our Canadian borders
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:44 |
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Wait wait wait, you can't pick C) Libertarian? This game is just statist propaganda! Oh well, might as well go Republican then. Personal Responsibility except for me!
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:48 |
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I'll piss against the wind and vote Democrats. I don't know the difference anyway, the political culture of my country has many parties that are all the same thing and answer to the same one man.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:51 |
Sounds like Geop's DS2 thread has a challenger for potential shitpostery. Anyway, Democrat, since donkeys are cuter than elephants.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:52 |
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Oh, by the way This thread is going to be fun
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 16:58 |
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anilEhilated posted:Anyway, Democrat, since donkeys are cuter than elephants. Seconded, for much the same reason.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:08 |
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Alexeythegreat posted:I'll piss against the wind and vote Democrats. It's pretty much the same as it is in Britain. Republicans = Bad, Democrats = Bad Republican
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:09 |
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INSERT rear end: DEMOCRAT (This is gonna be great, I can't wait)
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:10 |
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IIRC in the last Democracy LP goons abandoned their ideological differences in favour of hunter killer drones to kill political dissidents with, so maybe this won't be a trainwreck, either. Anyway, rear end
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:14 |
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Fat Samurai posted:IIRC in the last Democracy LP goons abandoned their ideological differences in favour of hunter killer drones to kill political dissidents with, so maybe this won't be a trainwreck, either. I may need a link to this LP. Let's roll Republicans
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:18 |
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100% down for Republican (and seconding a pre-emptive strike against the threat to our Northern border).
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:19 |
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Obviously we need to be Republican and run on a platform of corporate ownership and police militarization. Make Detroit Great Again
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:35 |
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CirclMastr posted:Obviously we need to be Republican and run on a platform of corporate ownership and police militarization. I'd buy that for hundreds of millions of dollars in undeclared political donations!
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:38 |
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Republican
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 17:42 |
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Democrat - This decision brought to you by a coin in my wallet.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 18:03 |
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Republican. Because it's time to make America great again and nuke everyone.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 18:10 |
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Democrat. Up with burros!
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 18:16 |
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CirclMastr posted:Make Detroit Habitable Again FTFY.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 18:35 |
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Lets make the Republicans great again! Then build a wall in front of Mexico.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 19:33 |
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If we're not Republicans then what's the entire point?
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 19:42 |
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Republican because I want to see what it's like to hate all women and minorities.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 20:03 |
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We should turn the Democrats into the Democrats
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 23:17 |
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Republicans Militarized corporate platform if possible. Otherwise, jumping on the "gently caress Canada" bandwagon.
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# ? Jul 7, 2016 23:35 |
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Democrat, why not?
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 00:14 |
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The best Republican, Abe Lincoln.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 00:17 |
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Everything I know about American politics comes from Veep which I assume makes me an expert, I say we must go Republican and make sure America remains the king country of the world.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 00:25 |
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Democrats just to see if any of the genuine Trumpistas that might be sneaking about will flip their poo poo over it
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 00:25 |
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Either run as a Democrat with a Republican policy or a Republican with a Democrat policy.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 00:45 |
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I think having a poll to decide which party we play as goes against everything American Democracy stands for. We need to first elect Delegates; and then we tell them what we want and they have a 65% chance of doing the opposite. Only then will the poll be fair. Sigh. Democrat.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 01:19 |
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shibbotech posted:100% down for Republican (and seconding a pre-emptive strike against the threat to our Northern border). Waffleman_ posted:Either run as a Democrat with a Republican policy or a Republican with a Democrat policy. The T posted:I think having a poll to decide which party we play as goes against everything American Democracy stands for. We need to first elect Delegates; and then we tell them what we want and they have a 65% chance of doing the opposite. Only then will the poll be fair. These are some really strong arguments. Question: can we have a platform of pacifying and securing our northern border?
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 01:24 |
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The T posted:I think having a poll to decide which party we play as goes against everything American Democracy stands for. We need to first elect Delegates; and then we tell them what we want and they have a 65% chance of doing the opposite. Only then will the poll be fair. You're right. I change my vote to John Ewards
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 01:29 |
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we need strong policy but will get none of it Democrat
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 01:33 |
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I'm calling it for the Democrats. Because if the UK is falling apart and collapsing to the right, America should at least lean left to compensate. Alternatively, I'm all for taking to the other side if there any completely off-the-wall candidates we can run as. Obviously we could be Bernie, or Romney, or probably Ron Paul, or any number of actual American politicians, but could we run as, say Boris Johnson? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Elon Musk? Barack Obama But This Time A Republican?
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 02:00 |
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Lets go Republican so we can go maximum Ron Paul and ensure every White American has a gun and purestrain gold in their homes.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 02:11 |
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Democrat, just to be contrary.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 03:19 |
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Republican, cause eliphants are cooler than donkeys.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 04:32 |
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(Republican)
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 07:33 |
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Byron (Low Tax) Looper was a Republican, and I hope the goon collective can agree that we must follow his lead. That is, assassinate our opposition, personally, brag about it to a marine recruiter, and try to win election on the grounds that we're the only candidate remaining.
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# ? Jul 8, 2016 07:36 |