MrPotatoTed Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 President Obama will try to swing @ShortKing Mark Milley to Team Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 President Obama will attempt to persuade @10centjimmy TX rep. Beto O'Rourke to join his faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBillyShakes Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Rodja said: @Arkansas Progressive @Rezi @ebrk85@10centjimmy @MrPotatoTed @jnewt @Bushwa777 @DJBillyShakes @Murrman104 @ShortKing CAREER TRACK Its time to put your newly drafted pols on one of the following career tracks. Private Sector: A general catch-all career track, offering a wide variety of skill and experience gains. Military Sector: Representing someone rising through the ranks of the US military -- likely on their way to become a general, admiral, or in an administrative military role in a presidential administration. Judicial Track: Someone serving as a local, state, or lower federal-level judge on their way to becoming a short-list candidate for the US Supreme Court. Governing Track: Someone working closely with a state governor, serving as a lieutenant governor, or as a mayor with their eyes set on the governorship. Legislative Track: A local or state legislator hoping to become a US Senator or US Rep. Administrative Track: A local or state policy-wonk, likely serving as a state cabinet member and hoping to become part of a US Presidential cabinet. Backroom Politics Track: Someone compulsive and adept at the strategy of elections who wishes to serve as a kind of monarch in the “smoke-filled rooms” where real politics is conducted. These politicians generally see themselves as unelectable, so they attempt to find some sort of pawn to run for them. You can put politicians on any career track or keep them away from it altogether. RELOCATE POLITICIANS You can choose to relocate those politicians who have Alternate State option IDEOLOGY SHIFTS All politicians have a starting ideology. From “left” to “right” (on the US political axis), these are Left-wing Populist, Progressive, Liberal, Moderate, Conservative, Traditionalist, Right-wing Populist. A player may move a politician’s ideology one step to the left, or one step to the right. Each faction can shift the ideology of up to three politicians, unless the faction leader has the following traits: If the faction leader has “iron fist” then they can flip two more politicians. If they have “propagandist”, then they can flip one more politician. If they have “manipulative,” then they can flip one more politician. If they are the currently party leader, then they can flip two more politicians. If they have multiple of the above, then add them together, with a grand total possibility of 9 ideology shift attempts. Attempting to change ideologies has a 50% chance of success . 75% if they are switching to their faction leader's ideology (unless they have “Puritan” or “Integrity”. Drops to 10% for politicians with integrity and 0% for puritan. Attempting to change your ideology in this manner (regardless of whether it succeeds) carries a 50% chance of gaining a temporary “flip flopper” trait, which gives a -1 in primaries and general elections, and a 5% chance of gaining the permanent “Two-Faced” trait. If they already have the “flop flopper” trait, they have a 50% chance of gaining the permanent “Two-Faced” trait. It also carries a 40% chance of gaining the permanent “pliable” trait. Note that it is possible to have a permanent “Two-Faced” penalty for excessive flip-flopping, which cannot be removed. A politician with “Magician” has a 75% chance of avoiding any of these penalties. A politician with “Teflon” has a 25% chance of avoiding these penalties. A politician cannot move from Left Populist to Right Populist or vice versa. POLITICIAN CONVERSIONS Party and faction leaders with certain traits can attempt to sway vulnerable politicians over to joining their faction. There are also other segments of this Politician Conversion stage. First, an elected president will automatically become their faction and party’s leader during this phase, if they are not already in those roles. Secondly, check for a disgruntled ideology. Any party that has ideological enthusiasm at the lowest level on the ideological enthusiasm meter might see a mass exodus of politicians going to the other party. In order for this kind of conversion, the following must be true: Politician has the same personal ideology of the ideological enthusiasm that is at the lowest level for their party. Politician is also marked for party flipping. Politician is not a faction leader. If both of these are true, then there is a 25% chance of automatic party flipping to the faction of the other party that most aligns with their personal ideology (randomize if multiple options). KINGMAKERS AND PROTEGES *Done every half-term This phase highlights the backdoor politics and allows often unelectable politicians (kingmakers) to wield some influence in politics by using electable politicians (proteges) as pawns. To activate a kingmaker (a politician with the trait “Kingmaker”), the activating faction must identify a valid protégé to pair them with. Each faction may only activate one kingmaker per two-year phase, up to a maximum of five active kingmakers within a faction at any given time. An active kingmaker can only be deactivated to make room for a new kingmaker if the active kingmaker does not have an active protege. A faction may not have more than one active kingmaker from the same state. An active Kingmaker must be at least 35 years old and not on a career track. There are no age limitations for protege. However, the following offices cannot be made into a protege (although they can be a protege before attaining these offices): president, VP, Speaker, House Min Ldr, Sen Maj Ldr, Sen Min Ldr, anyone with a military office, anyone on the US Supreme Court. An active Kingmaker gets one protégé from their own faction who must also be from their own state and own personal ideology. Some Kingmakers may have multiple proteges, but they cannot pick up more than one protege per half-term. You have 24 hours to make your moves CAREER TRACK: My one draftee, William Timmons, will go on the legislative career track. IDEOLOGY SHIFTS Rick Perry has propagandist and can attempt to shift four pols (Trad to Cons). Brian Kemp Tate Reeves Sam Brownback Kristi Noem KINGMAKERS Karl Rove takes George P. Bush as a protégé. Edited January 31, 2023 by DJBillyShakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar takes Denis McDonough as a protege. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Can one protege have multiple kingmakers? I know it says you can't have more than one kingmaker from a state, but I'm thinking specifically of national kingmakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Career Track Private: JD Vance Military: Max Miller Judicial: Future Supreme Court Justice Lauren Boebert Governing: Blake Masters Legislative: Mayra Flores Administrative: W Clifford Dunn Backroom: Stephen Miller Relocations Trump will move to Florida early (I'm not sure what states are overpopulated or underpopulated, so I might add to this) Ideology Shifts Mike Johnson Trad>RW Pop Joe Miller Trad>RW Pop Samuel Alito Trad>RW Pop Politician Conversions I assume I am unable to make any conversions since I am leaderless, though someone please correct me if I'm wrong Kingmakers Who I activate as a kingmaker depends on my previous question about national kingmakers and which, if any, of my ideology shifts are successful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 5 hours ago, jnewt said: Relocations Trump will move to Florida early Trump rolls 13% Trump gets Carpetbagger trait Trump rolls 79% for having Teflon trait and avoids -1 in FL elections for Carpetbagger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: CAREER TRACK Backroom: Conor Lamb Legislative: Xochitil Torres Small Governing: Billie Sutton Private: Emilia Sykes IDEOLOGY: I'll try to convert the following Moderates into Liberals (as party leader, I get five politicians rather than 3)David Goldfein Joseph Dunford NH Gov John Lynch Maggie Hassan Daniel McKee Goldfein shifts to Lib,gets Flip Flopper penalty Dunford shifts to Lib,gets Flip Flopper penalty Gov.Lynch,Hassan and McKee defy Pres.Obama and stay Mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 hours ago, DJBillyShakes said: IDEOLOGY SHIFTS Rick Perry has propagandist and can attempt to shift four pols (Trad to Cons). Brian Kemp Tate Reeves Sam Brownback Kristi Noem Kemp shifts to Con,gets Flip Flopper penalty Reeves stays Trad Gov.Brownback shifts to Con,gets Flip Flopper penalty Noem shifts to Con,avoids penaltu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 hours ago, jnewt said: Mike Johnson Trad>RW Pop Joe Miller Trad>RW Pop Samuel Alito Trad>RW Pop Johnson stays Trad Miller shifts to RW Pop,gets Flip Flopper penalty Alito shifts to RW Pop,avoids penalty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 7 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: President Obama will try to swing @ShortKing Mark Milley to Team Blue. Pres.Obama fails to convert Mark Milley 6 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: President Obama will attempt to persuade @10centjimmy TX rep. Beto O'Rourke to join his faction. Pres.Obama converts Rep.ORourke to his faction 6 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar takes Denis McDonough as a protege. McDonough gets +1 legis,Environment expertise,Leadership trait 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 7 hours ago, DJBillyShakes said: KINGMAKERS Karl Rove takes George P. Bush as a protégé. George P.Bush gets +1 admin,Economics expertise,Expansionist interest,Propagandist trait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewt Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 32 minutes ago, Rodja said: Trump rolls 13% Trump gets Carpetbagger trait Trump rolls 79% for having Teflon trait and avoids -1 in FL elections for Carpetbagger He has Florida as an alternate state, shouldn’t it have been automatic anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrman104 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I have 2 draftees and will be putting neither on the track. No Kingmakers, no conversions, no anything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 6 hours ago, jnewt said: Career Track Private: JD Vance Military: Max Miller Judicial: Future Supreme Court Justice Lauren Boebert Governing: Blake Masters Legislative: Mayra Flores Administrative: W Clifford Dunn Backroom: Stephen Miller Relocations Trump will move to Florida early (I'm not sure what states are overpopulated or underpopulated, so I might add to this) Ideology Shifts Mike Johnson Trad>RW Pop Joe Miller Trad>RW Pop Samuel Alito Trad>RW Pop Politician Conversions I assume I am unable to make any conversions since I am leaderless, though someone please correct me if I'm wrong Kingmakers Who I activate as a kingmaker depends on my previous question about national kingmakers and which, if any, of my ideology shifts are successful How did you get so many people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 24 minutes ago, Bushwa777 said: How did you get so many people? Because they are all RW Pops and he is the only one eligible to draft them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10centjimmy Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Jon Ossoff- Private Michele Wu - Admin Katie Hill - Backroom politics No relocations Hillary Clinton lib->Mod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 @Rodja Here is my official moves. Career Track (I only have 2 so unless I get a chance to backfill I can only place 2 people): Dan Crenshaw-Military Track Mike Lawler-Legislative Track Relocate Politicians: Christopher Temple moves from Illinois to Texas Ideology Shift: Fred Thompson attempts to convert the following 3 people: Marsha Blackburn, Kevin Cramer, Paul LePage Political Conversion: No Political Conversion this turn Kingmaker: I do not have anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezi Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Career Track: Legis Track: Lauren Underwood Governing Track: Mandela Barnes Private Track: Joe Neguse Ideology Shift: Bee Nguyen: Lib -> Mod Tom Harkin: Mod -> Cons Tammy Baldwin: Lib -> Mod Kingmaker: Harry Reid takes on Steven Horsford as a Kingmaker. @RodjaDo we have the sheet which shows over and under populated states? I can't seem to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Rezi said: @RodjaDo we have the sheet which shows over and under populated states? I can't seem to find it. It's the PolData tab, but the tab is missing. (So is the history tab) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwa777 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 35 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: It's the PolData tab, but the tab is missing. (So is the history tab) Can u fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Rodja said: Because they are all RW Pops and he is the only one eligible to draft them. In theory, I can add both tabs back and make the poldata tab work, I think. We’ll need someone to keep the history tab current, which I can’t do while I’m in grad school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willthescout7 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I'll keep the history tab current if I'm given access. Ask the 1840 crew, I've documented pretty much everything lol 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBillyShakes Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I'm also living the grad student life. I'm willing to help with the sheets when I can, but I can't promise to always be available. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodja Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 @Arkansas Progressive @ebrk85 @ShortKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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