zion Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 So the long and the sort of it is that having almost completed both the Chicago and Texas scenarios - both of which were the trickiest and time consuming to date - my computer suffered the mother of all implosions, and I just went and packed it in. However... i discovered that i had an old zipped copy of the Texas scenario buried in my gmail account. Its got most of the political_unit data still intact, so am reviving it. Candidates? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patine Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 So the long and the sort of it is that having almost completed both the Chicago and Texas scenarios - both of which were the trickiest and time consuming to date - my computer suffered the mother of all implosions, and I just went and packed it in. However... i discovered that i had an old zipped copy of the Texas scenario buried in my gmail account. Its got most of the political_unit data still intact, so am reviving it. Candidates? I imagine Perry will be the incumbant, given he's dropped from the presidential race. Also, maybe White as a Democrat. And Kinky Friedman as 'off-by-default' reprising as an Independent might be neat. I also think at least one of the GOP candidates should be a dedicated secessionist, like in 2006 and 2002. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centristdem Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 you could get Former Congressman Max Sandlin,Bill White the guy who ran against perry in 2010 and former congressman Chet Edwards for the democrats for the GOP you could include Kay balley Hutchinson the former senator, ted Cruz and perry s Current Lt Gov 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patine Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Is Perry actually allowed to run again constitutionally in Texas, as by then he'd have served 3-and-a-half terms already? And, assuming Texas has no term limits on their governor (which I honestly don't know), would Perry run again? Anyone have a clear idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deldem Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Is Perry actually allowed to run again constitutionally in Texas, as by then he'd have served 3-and-a-half terms already? And, assuming Texas has no term limits on their governor (which I honestly don't know), would Perry run again? Anyone have a clear idea? Yes. There are no limits in Texas, and the assumption is there's a good chance he'll run, but he's not a lock. Additional Republican possibilities would include Attorney General Greg Abbott, LG Dewhurst (unlikely, since he's probably the future senator), and Ted Cruz, likely loser in the Senate runoff. (This all happening if Perry is out) For the Democrats,State Senator Wendy Davis is a possibility if she wins this year, as well as Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, former Houston mayor Bill White, and maybe Chet Edwards, though that's unlikely since it'll have been awhile since he held office by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLLWONK Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Democrats: Rep. Chet Edwards Att. Barbara Ann Radnofsky Mr. Bill White St. Rep. Paul Sadler (Assuming he loses the 2012 Senate Race) Lietenant General Ricardo Sanchez Mr. Kinky Friedman Republicans: Gov. Rick Perry Sol. General Ted Cruz (Assuming he loses the 2012 Senate Nomination) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zion Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Just a development update... This was the old political_units. As the game engine can only handle 150 division, I had combined an awful lot of them together which produced this messy looking map. I also discovered that the old data was based off of 2000 census data - so was missing millions of voters. I've updated the latest version to reflect the population changes, as well as generating many more divisions which incorporate smaller combinations of counties. this should make the map look a lot more dynamic when it is played. I still have some work to do on the map graphics to smooth out the middle zoom-in box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zion Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Just a development update... This was the old political_units. As the game engine can only handle 150 division, I had combined an awful lot of them together which produced this messy looking map. I also discovered that the old data was based off of 2000 census data - so was missing millions of voters. I've updated the latest version to reflect the population changes, as well as generating many more divisions which incorporate smaller combinations of counties. this should make the map look a lot more dynamic when it is played. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayamo Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 This looks awesome! I always wanted to have a TX scenario and I would definitely like to test it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zion Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Just a quick update: Candidates and numbers now done. Moving on to the endorsers. will be a little complex as i intend on every newspaper, state politician and a range of pacs. politicians during the primary, PACs after convention and before the general, newspapers during the general. couple more weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayamo Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Take your time. We'll be waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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