OT - Soliciting interest in an FOFC game/contest
 

I've been thinking for a while about setting up a new game around here... I just love the fact that we have so many smart, interesting, and capable people who come by this forum with regularity. It's a great environment for this sort of thing, as our main gamemaster WSUCougar has amply demonstrated.

I have some general ideas for something of a policital exercise... participants would be part of a group that decides on a variety of policy issues, with each participant having some particular stake in the outcome of the various things being debated. (The issues would not be real world issues requiring research or expertise, but just "invented" things meaningful only within the context of the game) It might involve people running for office and elections, or it might just involved all the participants taking a series of votes on issues. (I have thoughts in two very different directions on how to set this up)

I'd imagine that what I'm considering would probably take a couple of weeks or so to play out, and participants would need to be on the forum more or less every day during that period -- at least to check in and vote on whatever issues might be active. More detail to come, but the investment of time would probably be manageable.


Given that brief sketch... please post here if you are interested in joining something like this. My original thinking is that this would work well with about 20-25 people or so... but if this goes forward I'm going to base the size, in part, on the number of people who express interest here (this is not binding, of course).

And, if I get especially weird ideas for this, I'm also interested in who might be willing to play a "special" role -- maybe involved in the competition, but not really as a competitor against everyone else? (Possibly more demanding of your time)


So, who wants to play politics?

I'm going to be off the board for a few days, and will be thinking about this... I'm hoping to launch something maybe early next week.

I'd be interested. It would be great if we could limit it to week days though, and skip the weekends.

I'd be interested.

I'll take that suggestion as a given.

Would be interested for sure.

Reminds me somewhat of this: http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/for...ad.php?t=12480

I'd give it a shot.

I'd be interested

I'd be interested

Sounds intriguing, QS. I'd give it a go.

Please vote for Buzzbee for UberCyber Political Game Participant. I promise to keep your wife off your back *cough*and on my front*cough* while you play text sims until 4 in the morning. I will ensure that you have an Endless Pizza Box to sustain you. I promise to ban all Trolls from message boards (except druez, because the unintentional comedy is just priceless) and prevent them from ever coming back. I pledge that the Quote of the Moment will be brought back, and that all quotes will be funny to everyone, and will not offend anyone. Lastly, I swear to banish flasch186, stevew, and NoMyths to an empty padded room occupied by Jesse Jackson and H. Ross Perot.

Thank you for your support.

hook me up Mikey P

I'd be interested too.

2/3?

I'm interested.

I, uh, would be interested. :)

Count me in as well. Sounds intriguing.

I, too, would be interested.

I dunno I know I will vote maybe be a Senator or something for the youth.

[rushmorevox] Is that Latin? [/rv]

I would be interested as well.

I'm interested.

I'm game

Okay, okay...twist my arm. I'm in.

I would have interest though I will be gone on vacation for a week in July if it makes a difference. (If this will last that long)

Interested

Sure, I would participate.

CR

I would play; even interested in the "special role" or whatever it is you called it.

Oh yeah, and I'm in if there's room.

Mark me down as interested.

Count me in (as usual ;) )

Great.

As I'm away the next couple of days, I'll be cogitating a little on how to set this thing up. I'll hope to post a more formal sign-up thread, with more details and timing, early next week.

We should try to get these people to start posting!

I'm interested.

Classic.

Mmm a political game. Something I would definetly be interested in.

I haven't let this go quite yet... but I still haven't completely put together what I want to do with it. Maybe later this week... still contemplating.

Count me in, if there's still space. Otherwise I'll pull a Ross Perot and crash the party... :)