Wiw 68 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Right now, I'm reading the Fear, Loathing and Gumbo series, and I'm actively considering making PI scenarios out of them. Now, this story is MASSIVE. I have swathes of material to work from, so I wanna make it as perfect as I can. Ultimately, this will likely spill over into international elections as well, since those are covered in the story too. SPOILERS AHEAD! Looking at it quickly, I'm drafting up a quick list of scenarios to create: 1972/3: United States 1972 (with John McKeithen running) - Presidential, Senatorial and House covered Possibly post-election votes with the Supreme Court et al? 1974: United Kingdom General (with the Tories' support of Agnew tariffs) Canada Federal (I'll have to get PMI Canada before I do this one, of course.) UK Labour Party Leadership France National Assembly US Midterms 1975: France National Assembly Australia National/Senatorial (Constitutional crisis) 1976: Ireland Italy Chamber of Deputies/Senate Canada Federal Israel United States (Wallace v Reagan) Quebec General Greece Legislative 1977: Australia Federal/Senate Canada Progressive Conservative Leadership Cambodia Parliament United Kingdom General (Heath falls on a no-confidence vote) India National 1978: US Special Elections Canada Federal New South Wales US Midterms 1979: Italy General/Senate France National Assembly UK Conservative Party Leadership 1980: India National Ireland National Australia Federal/Senate Greece National UK Local Canada Federal Spain Federal/Senate West Germany Federal Quebec Provinical United States (Rumsfeld v Carey. NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS!) Israel Knesset 1981: France Presidential Mississippi Special Election Australia General/Senate United Kingdom General New York Mayoral 1982: Northern Ireland Assembly Indian National US Midterms (in which Christian Values establishes a presence in the Senate) 1984: United States (Rumsfeld cheats) 1985: New York Mayoral 1986: United Kingdom General US House only (much voter suppression) Post-1987: Canada Federal '87 Puerto Rico Independence Referendum '89 I'll probably end up not doing all of them, but some will bleed into others. More later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WVProgressive 56 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Wiw said: Right now, I'm reading the Fear, Loathing and Gumbo series, and I'm actively considering making PI scenarios out of them. Now, this story is MASSIVE. I have swathes of material to work from, so I wanna make it as perfect as I can. Ultimately, this will likely spill over into international elections as well, since those are covered in the story too. SPOILERS AHEAD! Looking at it quickly, I'm drafting up a quick list of scenarios to create: 1972/3: United States 1972 (with John McKeithen running) - Presidential, Senatorial and House covered Possibly post-election votes with the Supreme Court et al? 1974: United Kingdom General (with the Tories' support of Agnew tariffs) Canada Federal (I'll have to get PMI Canada before I do this one, of course.) UK Labour Party Leadership France National Assembly US Midterms 1975: France National Assembly Australia National/Senatorial (Constitutional crisis) 1976: Ireland Italy Chamber of Deputies/Senate Canada Federal Israel United States (Wallace v Reagan) Quebec General Greece Legislative 1977: Australia Federal/Senate Canada Progressive Conservative Leadership Cambodia Parliament United Kingdom General (Heath falls on a no-confidence vote) India National 1978: US Special Elections Canada Federal New South Wales US Midterms 1979: Italy General/Senate France National Assembly UK Conservative Party Leadership 1980: India National Ireland National Australia Federal/Senate Greece National UK Local Canada Federal Spain Federal/Senate West Germany Federal Quebec Provinical United States (Rumsfeld v Carey. NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS!) Israel Knesset 1981: France Presidential Mississippi Special Election Australia General/Senate United Kingdom General New York Mayoral 1982: Northern Ireland Assembly Indian National US Midterms (in which Christian Values establishes a presence in the Senate) 1984: United States (Rumsfeld cheats) 1985: New York Mayoral 1986: United Kingdom General US House only (much voter suppression) 1987: Canada Federal I'll probably end up not doing all of them, but some will bleed into others. More later. Never read the story, but you should definitely do this, we need more fictional scenarios, and this looks very interesting! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 385 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 25 minutes ago, Wiw said: Right now, I'm reading the Fear, Loathing and Gumbo series, and I'm actively considering making PI scenarios out of them. Now, this story is MASSIVE. I have swathes of material to work from, so I wanna make it as perfect as I can. Ultimately, this will likely spill over into international elections as well, since those are covered in the story too. SPOILERS AHEAD! Looking at it quickly, I'm drafting up a quick list of scenarios to create: 1972/3: United States 1972 (with John McKeithen running) - Presidential, Senatorial and House covered Possibly post-election votes with the Supreme Court et al? 1974: United Kingdom General (with the Tories' support of Agnew tariffs) Canada Federal (I'll have to get PMI Canada before I do this one, of course.) UK Labour Party Leadership France National Assembly US Midterms 1975: France National Assembly Australia National/Senatorial (Constitutional crisis) 1976: Ireland Italy Chamber of Deputies/Senate Canada Federal Israel United States (Wallace v Reagan) Quebec General Greece Legislative 1977: Australia Federal/Senate Canada Progressive Conservative Leadership Cambodia Parliament United Kingdom General (Heath falls on a no-confidence vote) India National 1978: US Special Elections Canada Federal New South Wales US Midterms 1979: Italy General/Senate France National Assembly UK Conservative Party Leadership 1980: India National Ireland National Australia Federal/Senate Greece National UK Local Canada Federal Spain Federal/Senate West Germany Federal Quebec Provinical United States (Rumsfeld v Carey. NOW THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS!) Israel Knesset 1981: France Presidential Mississippi Special Election Australia General/Senate United Kingdom General New York Mayoral 1982: Northern Ireland Assembly Indian National US Midterms (in which Christian Values establishes a presence in the Senate) 1984: United States (Rumsfeld cheats) 1985: New York Mayoral 1986: United Kingdom General US House only (much voter suppression) 1987: Canada Federal I'll probably end up not doing all of them, but some will bleed into others. More later. A fair number of these elections use MMP, PR, or STV election systems. Do you have a copy of K4E? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 I do not. Is it still available? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 385 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, Wiw said: I do not. Is it still available? Yes, it is. In fact, it's cheaper than it previously was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WVProgressive 56 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, Wiw said: I do not. Is it still available? https://270soft.com/world-election-games/german-election-game/ Yes, but it's age certainly shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 385 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 4 minutes ago, WVProgressive said: https://270soft.com/world-election-games/german-election-game/ Yes, but it's age certainly shows. But no Infinity game even TRIES to go beyond either single head-of-state or purely FPTP elections, so it's a worthwhile investment, especially given the great majority of contested, anwhere near free-and-fair legislative elections in the world today are NOT FPTP by electoral system, and CAN'T be done justice by a game that only provides that electoral system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 I'll consider it. However, I'd prefer an updated version, to match the others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 385 Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, Wiw said: I'll consider it. However, I'd prefer an updated version, to match the others. See, this is part of how @admin_270 has screwed over the whole fan scenario making community and the collective viewpoint therein utterly... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Well, why don't we ask if it's happening? Hey @admin_270 - is Chancellor Infinity coming? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 385 Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Wiw said: Well, why don't we ask if it's happening? Hey @admin_270 - is Chancellor Infinity coming? I've asked numerous times, and always gotten evasive, non-committal, frustrating answers from him... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Well, whatever. He'll have to do it eventually. Anyway, I'll focus primarily on the US elections for the time being. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Hm... I'm trying to make a scenario where a tie is possible, but I can't get the right balance. Any suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ido 0 Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 @Wiw regarding Israel, I can help you with parties/history Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheLiberalKitten 154 Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Wiw said: Hm... I'm trying to make a scenario where a tie is possible, but I can't get the right balance. Any suggestions? Perhaps try putting some of the areas at 50% for each party. Are you doing a presidential scenario or legislature? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Presidential. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 385 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, Wiw said: Presidential. You're quoting a fictional storyline from an obscure novel I haven't read, and judging by reactions, most other posters who've taken enough interest to post haven't either. Thus, the inevitable question hangs in the haze. What's the story? What's going on here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Forgive me, perhaps I should've elucidated. Here are the stories themselves: Gumbo and Rumsfeldia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ido 0 Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=timelines:fear_loathing_and_gumbo_on_the_campaign_trail_72 Here's a chapter list for Gumbo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Well, I don't think I'm able to tweak it quite to my liking, so I'm releasing '72 now and moving on. I'm open to suggestions for refining it, of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishan 0 Posted March 30, 2019 Report Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/28/2019 at 6:20 AM, Wiw said: Well, I don't think I'm able to tweak it quite to my liking, so I'm releasing '72 now and moving on. I'm open to suggestions for refining it, of course. Where is the link? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wiw 68 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 It's in the Campaigns area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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