RI Democrat Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I put together a Senate 2014 scenario using the 2012 engine and issues, with candidates and issue centers for all of this year's contested races. You can download it here if you're interested: http://www.filedropper.com/ussenate2014 Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are all playable, with Greg Orman in KS and Larry Pressler in SD as the only Independent candidates. Angus King is counted as a Democrat in a seat that's not up for re-election, though it's easy enough to change that if you want to account for his occasional hedging - just find his seat in the percentages and political units files, and edit "democratic" to say "independent" instead. (Bernie Sanders is also counted as a Democrat, though I can't imagine he'd ever caucus with the GOP.) So far I haven't ended up with a result where there are 50 Republicans plus Orman and/or Pressler, so I'm not sure who the game will declare a "winner" if that happens. Here's a screenshot. I'd be more than happy to hear feedback if anyone wants to give it a whirl. http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu96/FlyingSquirrel42/Senate2014Screenshot.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Great scenario! I have played it and enjoyed playing it. Great job with the scenario! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Report: Playing as Orman, I noticed he has the same surrogates as the Republicans do. (John Boehner, Mitch McConnell). I would also add Mitt Romney as a surrogate for the Republicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI Democrat Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Shoot, I need to fix that - I originally copied the Republican party file when creating the Independents and I guess I forgot to edit the surrogates. Any suggestions for Independent surrogates? (Angus King, perhaps?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Yes, and Bernie Sanders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanMav Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I don't think Sanders would campaign for Orman. Michael Bloomberg seems interested in him, along with Soros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayamo Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I can't download it for some reason, but I'd love to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI Democrat Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 I've made the following edits and will post a link to the revised version soon: Angus King is now the sole crusader for the Independents King is also counted as an incumbent Independent rather than an incumbent Democrat The GOP's platform on Role of Government is now Right rather than Center-Right (I figured this was only fair since the Democrats' position on this issue is set at Left) Incidentally, I actually played it once and got a result of 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and 1 Independent (King - Sanders is still counted as a Dem, and Orman and Pressler both lost), and Election Night simply ended without announcing a winner or a loser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI Democrat Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 Here is the updated version: http://www.filedropper.com/senate-unitedstates-2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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