Preliminary Round of the Atlas President Forever Championship

[Gabu]

Bacon King



Stalin/Lenin: 514 EVs, 59% PV
Bag/Gloves: 24 EVs, 40% PV

Joseph Stalin runs as a Republican and the only state that actually notices is Illinois, although he does become the first Republican not to break 60%, likely due to the scandal on him (which probably was that he's, you know, Joseph Stalin).

[Gabu]

Ilikeverin



Ilikeverin/Dayton: 499 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 39 EVs, 38% PV

It looked like Ilikeverin was going to tie for first for EV count, but in major upsets on Election Day that came out of absolutely nowhere, Bag won South Dakota and Florida, dooming Ilikeverin's hopes.

[Gabu]

FezzyFestoon



Festoon/Blank: 535 EVs, 64% PV
Bag/Gloves: 3 EVs, 35% PV

The usual.

[Gabu]

Jake



Nichols/Ashcroft: 521 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 17 EVs, 38% PV

Alaska had something against Nichols for pretty much the entire campaign.  It started in Bag's column and stayed there like a rock.

[Gabu]

And that's a wrap!  The preliminaries for the APFC are over.

Here are the final results:

Democrats

1^st   nini2287 - 529 EVs (63% PV)
2^nd   Peter Bell - 529 EVs (63% PV)
3^rd   Max Power - 529 EVs (61% PV)
4^th   Cosmo Kramer - 528 EVs
5^th   Speed of Sound - 521 EVs (62% PV)
6^th   Hughento - 521 EVs (61% PV)
7^th   Jake - 521 EVs (61% PV)
8^th   Sam Spade - 520 EVs
9^th   afleitch - 516 EVs
10^th   Blerpiez - 515 EVs
11^th   Gabu - 510 EVs
12^th   Ilikeverin - 499 EVs

Republicans

1^st   Mr. Hobbes - 535 EVs (67% PV)
2^nd   TheWildCard - 535 EVs (64% PV)
3^rd   AndrewBerger - 535 EVs (64% PV)
4^th   htmldon - 535 EVs (64% PV)
5^th   FezzyFestoon - 535 EVs (64% PV)
6^th   True Independent - 535 EVs (63% PV)
7^th   Mike Naso - 535 EVs (62% PV)
8^th   Josh22 - 535 EVs (62% PV)
9^th   Emsworth - 528 EVs
10^th   Bacon King - 514 EVs
11^th   PBrunsel - 513 EVs
12^th   DanielX - 480 EVs

That's it for today.  I'll leave it here to allow everyone to examine the results and to let it sink in before I start Round 1.

Note that I could do tiebreakers, but I don't feel like it because it doesn't really matter.  Everyone's going to have to play against everyone else at some point in time, and if someone gets eliminated earlier, they would probably have been eliminated later, too.

If anyone harshly protests, I'll do the tiebreakers.

[Jake]

Looks good, though this probably proves with argument that issues matter very little in this game . Thanks for doing these though.

[Gabu]

Looks good, though this probably proves with argument that issues matter very little in this game . Thanks for doing these though.

I wouldn't actually be so sure; I ran Cosmo Kramer against Emsworth just to see what would happen and Kramer did abnormally well in the South while Emsworth did abnormally well in New England.  I think that issues stop mattering only when the other guy is a totally horrible candidate such as Punching Bag.  In that case, it's pretty much the luck of the draw with regards to what happens.

Of course, in a real game, they don't matter that much because they pale in comparison to the effects of scandals and attack ads and such; however, these things are not as prevalent when the computer is duking it out with itself.

[Speed of Sound]

yay! fifth! blasted Mormon Triangle...

[Gabu]

I'm kind of curious about the lack of response from most of the competitors.   Are you all just waiting for Round 1?

[jokerman]

It's time for the power populist from the South...

Cosmo Kramer



Kramer/Bayh: 528 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 10 EVs, 37% PV

Idaho and Wyoming fell to Kramer's appeal, but alas, Utah was not to be.

I lost William Jennings Bryan's home state. 

[Gabu]

It's time for the power populist from the South...

Cosmo Kramer



Kramer/Bayh: 528 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 10 EVs, 37% PV

Idaho and Wyoming fell to Kramer's appeal, but alas, Utah was not to be.

I lost William Jennings Bryan's home state. 

Not quite sure why, but Nebraska was consistently one of the hardest states for a Democrat to win.

[George W. Hobbes]

Alan Hobbes is waiting for Round 1, Gabu.  Great work.

[Gabu]

Alan Hobbes is waiting for Round 1, Gabu.  Great work.

Thanks.

You can leave the bribe on my doorstep.

[nini2287]

Wow, I must be half-Mormon or something...

[afleitch]

Yey! I actually polled well in the south

[ilikeverin]

Ilikeverin



Ilikeverin/Dayton: 499 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 39 EVs, 38% PV

It looked like Ilikeverin was going to tie for first for EV count, but in major upsets on Election Day that came out of absolutely nowhere, Bag won South Dakota and Florida, dooming Ilikeverin's hopes.

CheeseWhiz must've moved away from Florida before election day

[Sam Spade]

Sam Spade



Anderson/Richardson: 520 EVs, 62% PV
Bag/Gloves: 18 EVs, 36% PV

Don't really know why Anderson lost Colorado.  His victory in Wyoming makes him the first Democrat to put one of the Mormon Triangle states in the Democratic column.

I don't know why I lost Colorado either.

[Platypus]

Hughento



Bartlett/Benalcazar: 521 EVs, 61% PV
Bag/Gloves: 17 EVs, 38% PV

The Mormon Triangle is proving to be a tough nut to crack.

3, fine. Losing a whole 4 states?

Why doesn't Utah like me, Gabu? Why?! *Starts sobbing*

[Gabu]

3, fine. Losing a whole 4 states?

Why doesn't Utah like me, Gabu? Why?! *Starts sobbing*

I lost all that and Indiana, prude.

[afleitch]

Minnesota seemed to dislike me. I'll win it next time