2024 Election Game (Sign Up/Discussion/Rules)

[GoTfan]

It's the 2020 Iowa Caucuses all over again. Quick someone get out to the press.

At work right now. Will finish coverage soon.

[GoTfan]

Turn is now closed.

[GoTfan]

If it's an honest mistake, I can allow it.

[GoTfan]

Apologies for the delay. Turn will be up in a few hours.

[GoTfan]

Claiming Larry Hogan

Done. Welcome to the game!

[GoTfan]

Soon. I'm dealing with some things at hme.

[GoTfan]

I'm giving it 24 hours before Nevads starts.

[GoTfan]

I'm giving it 24 hours before Nevads starts.

…And as for the extension?

Requesting an extension. I can't get Cooper's campaigning details up today or anytime before tomorrow evening (after I get back home from school). A 24-hour extension would be appreciated and is necessary.

I was going to start covering it today. I have already extended it.

[GoTfan]

Alright then. Find someone else to moderate it. 

I quit.

[GoTfan]

Alright then.

I quit.

I think you're overreacting.

I'll be willing to step back in for the interim (though election nights are definitelynot my forte), but I would ask that a full-time GM be found somewhat soon.

I get accused of bias whenever I go out to umpire. I didn't volunteer to moderate this game to get accused of the same, or to be second-guessed by everyone. I do that to myself enough already.

[GoTfan]

If there is ne thing I can't stand, it's being armchair generalled. I get enough of that from my parents and when I go to umpire on the weekend. And honestly, after a weekend of being cursed at, threatened and spat on by angry fans, I've had enough of people running things from the backseat. I did not volunteer to run this because I wanted to be armchair generalled.

[GoTfan]

If there is ne thing I can't stand, it's being armchair generalled. I get enough of that from my parents and when I go to umpire on the weekend. And honestly, after a weekend of being cursed at, threatened and spat on by angry fans, I've had enough of people running things from the backseat. I did not volunteer to run this because I wanted to be armchair generalled.

So, I take it you're agreeing with me, that allowing the game to die is the correct move?

I'll come back to it. It'd be a shame for it to die after coming this far.

However, there is to be no more backseat driving. If anyone has suggestions, I want to hear them, but no more backseat driving and no more armchair generalling. Like I said, I get enough of that from my parents that I have to see a psychologist twice a week.

We need more Republican candidates though.

[GoTfan]

I'm going to start Nevada coverage when I wake up.

[GoTfan]

Drafts done. Will be up later.

[GoTfan]

DELEGATE COUNT

Harris: 54 (21 from IA, 13 from NH, 20 from NV)
Cooper: 44 (19 from IA, 10 from NH, 15 from NV)

I am perfectly capable of keeping track of the delegate count myself.

Turn will end in 96 hours.

[GoTfan]

Would it be possible to get one or two additional days here?

I can give half a day and not much more than that. This turn has already gone on for a while.

[GoTfan]

Turn is closed.

[GoTfan]

I will say, we need more Republican candidates.

[GoTfan]

I'm prepared to give it one more turn, but if there is still no activity from Trump, I'll start looking for a new player.

[GoTfan]

Next round?

On the way. I got hit with a particularly intense bout of depression recently so working through that.

[GoTfan]

I'm prepared to give it one more turn, but if there is still no activity from Trump, I'll start looking for a new player.

If you need a Trump, I'd be happy to jump in.

Granted. We can;t wait on Greg any longer.

[GoTfan]

Should we expect the State of the Race post to come soon after polls or a bit later in the turn?

I'm writing it now.

[GoTfan]

Okay, State of the Race post is now up. Polls are up. Turn is underway. Remember, Super Tuesday is not far off, so begin preparing as I prepare for detailed Super Tuesday plling next turn.

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[GoTfan]

Okay, yeah, I'll need to extend things on my account too. I'll extend the turn by three days.

[GoTfan]

Just a *suggestion* (which should not be by any means misconstrued to be armchair-generalling or anything): Post Super Tuesday, you should make the states' delegates winner-take-all, or do something like, some proportion of the delegates are automatically given to the winner, while the rest are distributed proportional to the results (for instance, say 50% of the delegates automatically go to the winner of the primary, and the other 50% are distributed proportionally - then, say, if Cooper wins 60% in a state with 30 delegates, he'd first off immediately receive 50% of the 30 delegates - so 15 delegates - and then 60% of the remaining 50% of delegates - so another 9 delegates - to give him 24 delegates and give Harris/Kerry a total of 6). Because the way all the states are totally proportional, it's not having very much of an impact when Cooper loses three primaries in a row, since he's still all right in terms of delegate count, and when it is in fact proportional, there's not nearly as much of an impetus to win a state's primary when you realise that, really, it's a question of only a few delegates and not a lot of them. My advice personally would be to let Super Tuesday be mostly winner-take-all since that's the way it's been till now - with maybe a few a mixture of winner-take-all and proportional, as described above - but thereafter, start having the states be mostly a hybrid of winner-take-all and proportional, with a few of the most competitive states being complete winner-take-all (so there's a lot of pressure on Cooper/Harris/Kerry to extensively campaign, and to win in, those specific states - since there wouldn't be just a few delegates at stake, but all the state's thirty or forty or fifty or more delegates).

I'll put it to a vote.

Honestly, the convention jockeying that could result might make things more interesting.