lpmandrake 0 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 I'm enjoying the game quite a bit, but every single time I've played, I've won huge landslide victories. It doesn't seem to matter who I play as. Al Gore in 2008 shuts out Giuliani (literally). Joe Biden wins 480 electoral votes against Romney. In 2004, Clark takes home 65% of the vote against Bush. And so forth. Is this a common problem people have? Or is there a bug I'm not aware of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iramalama 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Are you asking for people to admit that they lose? I agree with you...P4E+P is easier than P4E was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cornbox 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Yep I lose some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AFCassidy 1 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I mostly play the primary scenarios through and then quit... or I play just the general elections with no primaries. In the primaries, I generally never lose when playing as a Democratic candidate any more. I've won as Vilsack (the first time I played him)... and captured the nomination as Sharpton, Braun, and Kucinich about a half-dozen times each. The key is the ability to win some delegates along the way and conserve those political influence points until you can win over one or two endorsements. Then, generally you've got enough delegates and momentum to push out another candidate and win their endorsement... and once that happens, it all slides your way. Playing in the GOP ones are substantially harder, but I still win most of the time. Except as Powell vs. Bush - that's a damn tough scenario that I'm still trying to crack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skywalkr2 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I just played my first scenario tonight! I was able to take the Republican nomination as Gingrich. However, I lost in the general election to Clinton... just a few votes in swing states. I think with what I learned ... I should be able to do better next time. For some reason Clinton didn't run any ads at all... at least that I could tell... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iramalama 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Out of respect for Ipmandrake, I tried a game that I knew I couldn't win. I played as Nader in 2004. I lost. Bush squashed me and Dean. Although, I did win New Mexico and New Jersey and almost had more EVs than Dean. Kinda rewarding and pathetic at the same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terrellk 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Yeah, I lose all the time when I play as a third party, too. Although I was able to get 25% of the national and 120 electoral votes with Badnarick in 2008 vs Pataki/Hunter and Edwards/Obama. Like you said, Iramalama, kind of rewarding and pathetic at the same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skywalkr2 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Ah - i have to get ahold of some of these updated scenarios? Is anyone posting them anywhere? If not - please email me at chris.r.copeland@gmail.com. And FYI - I played the stock scenario yesterday and was able to take NY/Ohio/Florida/Texas/California with Badnarik... which was cool as it threw the election to the congress. And on that note - does anyone feel it is WAY to easy to flop California from Democrat in this game? All the other states seem somewhat realistic, but I have taken California as a Republican/Libertarian too many times for this to be a small issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iramalama 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I'm getting off topic a bit...but I've been holding off on downloading the beta editor and scenarios...waiting for some of the kinks to be worked out first...but...I also don't know where to download scenarios. I don't recall them being on the same type of page as the regular P4E scenarios. Where ya? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zell 0 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 And FYI - I played the stock scenario yesterday and was able to take NY/Ohio/Florida/Texas/California with Badnarik... which was cool as it threw the election to the congress. And on that note - does anyone feel it is WAY to easy to flop California from Democrat in this game? All the other states seem somewhat realistic, but I have taken California as a Republican/Libertarian too many times for this to be a small issue. Forget thgat i managed to win over 50% of California with Petrouka, not to mention also winning Illinois, another liberal state) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juidi 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I suck at this game...I couldn't win it if my life depended on it. I can start out with a decent lead, it starts to shrink, I run ads, it sways back and forth between us, then I go down hill. I simply cannot pull of this game Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iramalama 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I suck at this game...I couldn't win it if my life depended on it. I can start out with a decent lead, it starts to shrink, I run ads, it sways back and forth between us, then I go down hill. I simply cannot pull of this game It's ok Juidi...keep practicing. And if you still don't win any games, then download the candidate editor and cheat your way to a win! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PerfectZero 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Don't worry, I lose all the time too. My only wins have come as Bush/Cheney v. Edwards/Kerry in 2004, and as Frist/Romney v. Vilsack/Richardson in the 2008 version by Clark/Bayh2008. Even with those wins, I still have a historically disastrous campaign. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juidi 0 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Yeah, on the old game I could win...this one I can't get past the primaries...lol I'll get there, I suppose BTW...does anyone have any strategy suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iramalama 0 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Strategy...I think endorsements are key to getting that ever-so-crucial momentum boost around the early primaries. If you get it...things seem to fall in line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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