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Reply to Bill Mason = Bob Dole in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Whitman's a Republican from New Jersey, so probably not. Good guess though. She fits a lot of the traits.

Bill Mason = Bob Dole in Political Machine PolMach Forums

But what about the other "fake" default candidates? Who do people think Mike Forbes, Chloe Sullivan, Jeffory Jackson, etc. are? I thought Chloe Sullivan was Hillary until I saw that Hillary was already in the game. Mike Forbes could be Bill Frist, but Frist doesn't wear glasses and isn't rich. Steve Forbes wears glasses, but isn't from Tennessee. Anyone else have any guesses

Reply to Strategy: Issues, Speeches, Endorsements in Political Machine PolMach Forums

It is not hard to win California as a Republican and, in fact, in later campaign matches it is easier to win California against the unlimited money of the AI than it is to win 55 electoral votes of smaller states. Honestly, I have won the campaign through Clinton as a Republican through New York and I have never lost California and I have only lost New York to Gephardt. Don't sweat those startup percentages too much.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

You're right. I'm now getting a 5 for judgment. The loyalty scores are weird though. Mine are 5 and -5 (Rep and Dem), but the % of the weighted score I'm getting are vastly different from Clinton's (-5 and 5). He's getting 100% of the Democratic weighted loyalty and I'm getting 55% of the Republican weighted loyalty. Furthermore, the weighted loyalty score for the GOP is 30 while the Dem is 75. I'll leave it to Frogboy. I

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Judgment should, I'd wait to hear from Frogboy on the loyalty score.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I suspect Republicanloyalty. But definetely judgment. Frogboy: I had a -5 Democraticloyalty in the files in question and won 36% of weighted score despite Richardson having a 5. He had a -5 in Republicanloyalty and won despite me having a 2 (which I think should be higher since I started at 0) and won 70% of the weighted score. Is that a bug also?

Reply to Howard Dean: In the game??? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

SPOILER Dean isn't in the game. Creating custom characters that are accurate is not easy given the 5 point limitation. You could make a good Dean probably, but probably not a good McCain and definetely not a good JFK.

Reply to Another dumb question by me: How does your VP choice affect the running? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

It seems to replace your lower stats with their higher stats, or at least adjust them up. Its an enormous factor in elections as I was just shown by Frogboy. If you choose your VP correctly, you can have near max stats.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I think all custom candidates start with a 0. If you look at the .candidate file, they have a 0 in their judgement score slot. Two candidate files posted. Link Link

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

That's what I thought. Thank you.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Thanks for all your help Frogboy. I'm not sure I understand completely how judgment works but I appreciate the support you've provided on every issue. I am running the latest versions. I think I posted that the penalty wasn't big enough but now I can see that it does matter. I'm curious why Republican loyalty weight is so low and Democratic is so high but that's not so important. I emailed my savegame in already to the email addresses you

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Should custom candidates have a judgment score of 0? Somehow Richardson/Sullivan's ticket had a judgment of 5 to my Custom/Forbes ticket having a judgment of 1.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Ohio: I can see in the spreadsheet some of the issues that led to him coming back, but a few don't make any sense to me. What is judgement and why would Richardson have me 91% to 9% on that issue (weighting is 100, compared to the outsourcing jobs weighting of 164)? He also beat me 70-30 on Republican loyalty (weight of 30) and 65-36 on Democratic loyalty (weight 84). Media bias, minority appeal, and credibility were als

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

My problem is that the guy didn't even campaign in these states (no ads in Ohio and newspaper only in Pennsylvania) and he is in a position to win both. I campaigned ridiculously hard in both states (plus California and NY) and its not having an effect.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Frogboy, I don't mean to sound shrill, but aren't my candidates scores listed up there. I didn't type in the name of each trait but I'll do that now. I'll list my stats again with their names, Charisma 8, Comeliness 8, Compassion 4, Cred 5, Experience 5, Integrity 5, intelligence 4, Media Bias 2, Military 2, Minority 2, Religious 6, Stam 9, Fundraising 8, Money 7. There is a gap of 4 in Media Bias, a gap of 2 in compassi

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Control S brings up the savegame menu.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Frogboy, I listed what was in Ohio. Pennsylvania at this time had a GOP spin doctor (mine), a third level GOP HQ, a first level Dem HQ, 2 GOP TV ads, 1 GOP newspaper ad, two Dem newspaper ads and a Dem intimidator. Both sides had 100% awareness. My candidates traits are not going to explain this. I use the same candidate. Her stats are 8, 8, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 2,2, 2, 6, 9, 8, 7. My running mate is Mike Forbes. The Dem runni

Reply to Is this game fun and how does it compare to Doonsbury 96 and upcoming Power politics III in Political Machine PolMach Forums

The 2000 version of President forever was kind of horrible. I'll try the demo and see what I think of the updated game.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Another state from that same game that I actually won because I put a spin doctor in on election night. Why is this state so close?

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Thanks Jefferson, but I think the problem is deeper than that. There really is no reason that this state should be close and I'm concerned that it is. It shouldn't take a smear merchant/spin doctor to win every state where the AI and the player are at 100% awareness (although, I'm finding that this is largely true). What does it take to build a lead in a state? I thought that the AI's advantage in the upper levels was confined to mo

Reply to Expansion Suggestions in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I agree with all fury's list except the Third Party candidate (not necessary and probably would really damage the demographic model and the weather. Great list.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Jefferson, you are wrong. I'm winning outsourcing jobs. I'm against it (hence the negative score) and so are all three groups of Ohio's voters. I won the issue handily. In fact, I won every issue except prescriptions for seniors. Again, I ask. How did I lose the state?

Reply to Is Political Operatives worth the $10? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I'm not sure it is. I didn't have any problem giving them an extra $10 just to help them make the game better in the future. Honestly, though, as the game stands now, having an issue editor really is meaningless. I would have preferred a candidate editor or a demographics editor.

Reply to How did I lose this state? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Ignore the poll. Look at the issues. How was it even close?

Reply to Things that should be fixed in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Your game isn't working right. I haven't encountered any of these problems (except the lack of news interviews). You CAN save in single player by the way.