The Scramble: A 2015 UK General Election Game (Sign up, Commentary, etc)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I'll take David Cameron, then. Should be fun.

[ASPN]

I can switch to Labor if needed.

[Blair]

Apologies for the lateness; I had quite a heavy day yesterday and got home quite late so hopefully the first turn should be up today.

ill be labour surrogate

Which surrogate would you want to be?

I'll take David Cameron, then. Should be fun.

Brilliant

I can switch to Labor if needed.

That would be amazing.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Is there anything to do yet?

[ASPN]

I'll be labor then

[Blair]

First turn is up!

I kept it quite short in terms of news, as nothing happened beyond Parliament being dissolved, and I wanted to let the first turn develop naturally. In the second turn I'll post longer news stories about campaign developments/scandals/extra issues etc.

If you have any questions post on here, or sent me a PM. And please check the rules/tips again before posting for the first time.

This turn will end in 72 Hours!


Reminders/Admin

1.) Polling will have between a 5-7% margin of error, and the link between poll numbers and seat numbers can be very weak.

2.) Can the Party Leaders please send me the Command Points request by the end of the Turn. See more info here Don't spend them all at once!

3.) Try and switch up your events/campaign approach- go to different regions, do different formats, and try and mix up your themes with one message.

4.) Debates will start next turn (Turn 2 and 4 for all parties, and Turn 3 for Miliband/Clegg/Cameron)- as you can tell I'm still getting the hang of running a game so the first turn is a bit of a test run.

[Bidenworth2020]

Apologies for the lateness; I had quite a heavy day yesterday and got home quite late so hopefully the first turn should be up today.

ill be labour surrogate

Which surrogate would you want to be?

I'll take David Cameron, then. Should be fun.

Brilliant

I can switch to Labor if needed.

That would be amazing.

andy burnham

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I was actually confused why we started, couldn't we try waiting like a day or two for more players?  Cause Labour is still leaderless (I think)

[Blair]

I was actually confused why we started, couldn't we try waiting like a day or two for more players?  Cause Labour is still leaderless (I think)

Dr_Novella signed up for Labour- as we've got all the main leaders, I thought that any new players could just jump in as surrogates.

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I was actually confused why we started, couldn't we try waiting like a day or two for more players?  Cause Labour is still leaderless (I think)

Dr_Novella signed up for Labour- as we've got all the main leaders, I thought that any new players could just jump in as surrogates.

Alright then, is this the turn for Manifesto launches?  Or how would those work?

[Blair]

I was actually confused why we started, couldn't we try waiting like a day or two for more players?  Cause Labour is still leaderless (I think)

Dr_Novella signed up for Labour- as we've got all the main leaders, I thought that any new players could just jump in as surrogates.

Alright then, is this the turn for Manifesto launches?  Or how would those work?

Manifestos can be launched at any turn, the tactical choice is up to you. You want them to get as much coverage as possible, and there is an advantage to either deploying them early or holding back.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

If it's not too late, can I take Boris Johnson?

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I was actually confused why we started, couldn't we try waiting like a day or two for more players?  Cause Labour is still leaderless (I think)

Dr_Novella signed up for Labour- as we've got all the main leaders, I thought that any new players could just jump in as surrogates.

Alright then, is this the turn for Manifesto launches?  Or how would those work?

Manifestos can be launched at any turn, the tactical choice is up to you. You want them to get as much coverage as possible, and there is an advantage to either deploying them early or holding back.

Where would we announce them?  On the campaign thread in a separate post?  or will there be a separate thread for them?

[Blair]

If it's not too late, can I take Boris Johnson?

Hey sorry no idea how I missed this post- you can ofc take Boris.

[Blair]

I was actually confused why we started, couldn't we try waiting like a day or two for more players?  Cause Labour is still leaderless (I think)

Dr_Novella signed up for Labour- as we've got all the main leaders, I thought that any new players could just jump in as surrogates.

Alright then, is this the turn for Manifesto launches?  Or how would those work?

Manifestos can be launched at any turn, the tactical choice is up to you. You want them to get as much coverage as possible, and there is an advantage to either deploying them early or holding back.

Where would we announce them?  On the campaign thread in a separate post?  or will there be a separate thread for them?

I've created a separate thread for them

[Blair]

As I’m stuck on a train for most of tomorrow, and since we’re off to a slow start this turn will close at 11.59PM EST on Friday

[NeverAgain]

I do hope this is 11:59 PM... I have been studying for schools finals and haven't been able to finish posting my turn.

[Lumine]

Currently ill right now, will post a schedule after getting some (necessary) sleep.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I apologize for not posting a turn yet. Internet was cut off for 2 days or so.

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I'll have my turn up ASAP

[ASPN]

Posted. I'll admit, being unfamiliar with British Politics has forced me to do a ton of research. Which is great, but defenitly made making my post take longer than expected, while I figured out the best way to go about this.

Also I had to go back through post before posting cause I forgot its spelled Labour not labor over there xD 

[NeverAgain]

I will have my ad up after the turn, I am fine if it counts for Turn 2. I just won't be able to finish it tonight.

[Lumine]

Posted. So sorry for doing so this late, I've been sick.

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Posted, apologies for taking so long with my posts.  I just have two things to ask. 

Are internal polls Constituency or Region based? 

And could we please wait to end this turn until Truman (and possibly Transit) post their turns?  I know Truman is still probably busy with IRL things, and that Transit is probably busy as well, so I personally would be willing to give them another day.

Edit: Also I'd like some time for this back and forth with Lumine too, it'll be rather fun I think.

[NeverAgain]

I mean... I think let's let them get a minus for this one... Make it more exciting?