NationStates Jolt Archive

Check it out here (http://www.fantasycongress.com). If you're interested in playing, I just set up an NS league for us all. The league name is NationStates, and the PW is cluich. I'll activate the league in a few days, when I think we've got a decent number of players.

I'm in.

I'm in, my username is Gandyalf.

IN :)....suprise...username is Zilam :)

I figure y'all can guess my username.

Yeah! I got Dennis Kucinich!

In! Yay! :D

My username is Pancake... :p

I'm also in.

Yeah! I got Dennis Kucinich!

W00t! Virgin Island representative!

That's good, right? :p

I joined

I'm in.

My username is: nikkesen

Did I miss something? It's asking me for the league password.

I joined
my username is trivial_nothing

Is 'fantasy congress' a substitute for real sex?

Joined. I'm KSp.

Nice. I'm going to try and sign up as "Icovir".

Check it out here (http://www.fantasycongress.com). If you're interested in playing, I just set up an NS league for us all. The league name is NationStates, and the PW is cluich. I'll activate the league in a few days, when I think we've got a decent number of players.
Play Ice Hockey!

Im in

Did I miss something? It's asking me for the league password.

See my original post, where I gave y'all the PW. :p

When I checked before signing on here, we had 15 players so far. I'm going to leave it open for another couple of days before activating it to see if we can get anymore. The maximum's a hundred. I doubt we'll reach that, but it'd be nice to have a whole lot of people involved. :cool:

Play Ice Hockey!

Meh, not a big fan of fantasy hockey. I've yet to find a system I like. As far as fantasy sport goes, I stick to baseball, American football and English football. I'm taking a break from the latter two this year, but when I saw a report on this Congress thing on CNN, I couldn't resist giving it a try.

I'm in, I'm sure you can figure out who I am.

<Giggle> Mark Foley's on there.

<Giggle> Mark Foley's on there.

And if you want to lose, you'll select him. ;)

See my original post, where I gave y'all the PW. :p

When I checked before signing on here, we had 15 players so far. I'm going to leave it open for another couple of days before activating it to see if we can get anymore. The maximum's a hundred. I doubt we'll reach that, but it'd be nice to have a whole lot of people involved. :cool:

I'm the 19th person to sign up.

I'm the 19th person to sign up.

Nice! I've been meaning to post a link to the site on some of the offsite forums you and I frequent, but I slacked. Glad to see you jumped onboard. :D

I have Ralph Regula and Dennis Kucinich! I've got awesome!

Maybe it's just me, but none of my fantasies have ever involved Congress or any of its members. :p

Maybe it's just me, but none of my fantasies have ever involved Congress or any of its members. :p

Come now...you know you've had naughty dreams about Barbara Boxer in tight leather... ;)

Nice! I've been meaning to post a link to the site on some of the offsite forums you and I frequent, but I slacked. Glad to see you jumped onboard. :D

Now all I have to do is finish drafting my congresspeople which is turning out to be a pain in the butt due to the constant error messages. It's getting to be as bad as Jolt.

Now all I have to do is finish drafting my congresspeople which is turning out to be a pain in the butt due to the constant error messages. It's getting to be as bad as Jolt.

I'm guessing it's a server overload. I don't think they ever expected to get picked up by CNN and get that amount of publicity.

I'm in, haven't been able to draft a team yet though. I generally suck at fantasy leagues, so we'll see how this goes. :p

I finally managed to finish my draft. Yay!

Why not.

Aww, you mean now I have to know more than Michigan's senators?

Come now...you know you've had naughty dreams about Barbara Boxer in tight leather... ;)

You give me such horrible mental images, Cluich. First Auss in a dress and now this. :(

Wow, it's the 8th most popular league? Impressive.

I'm in.

I'm in (as Intangelon, surprise).

I drafted Norm Dicks (D-WA) and Sam Johnson (R-TX) before too many error messages made me decide to wait for a less busy time. Great idea, though.

I was able to draft a full roster in about an hour of retries, between doing other things. I generally got one Congressman for about every three clicks. Cheaper than usual!

I'm in as Farny. And man, I thought Jolt was slow and buggy!

Finally finished drafting. Didn't know the vast majority of Congressmen, so I ended up just picking names I was familiar with for whatever reason. This probably means my team is going to suck. :p

Finally finished drafting. Didn't know the vast majority of Congressman, so I ended up just picking names I was familiar with for whatever reason. This probably means my team is going to suck. :p

*cough* Uuhhh...You mean that's not a good idea?

Finally finished drafting. Didn't know the vast majority of Congressman, so I ended up just picking names I was familiar with for whatever reason. This probably means my team is going to suck. :p

*cough* Uuhhh...You mean that's not a good idea?

I'm rolling dice... :D

*cough* Uuhhh...You mean that's not a good idea?
Lol, well just because I've heard of them doesn't necessarily mean they've put a lot of legislation through Congress. Richard Pombo, for example, is a Representative from my area (not the Rep for my district though) who is notorious for being hideously corrupt. But that doesn't mean he's sponsored a lot of legislation; he's only on my team because I've heard of him. :p

Aaaaggh! EST got home from school...

Aaaaggh! EST got home from school...
:confused: Huh?

:confused: Huh?

I'm way out in some random GMT +1 timezone, and things that normally affect the internet happen at odd hours here. From 9-11 PM, The EST (GMT-5) kids get home from school.

I'm way out in some random GMT +1 timezone, and things that normally affect the internet happen at odd hours here. From 9-11 PM, The EST (GMT-5) kids get home from school.

GMT +2, actually. We're still on summer time at the moment.

GMT +2, actually. We're still on summer time at the moment.

Ah, alright then.

I joined. Using the name Muuro. I find this site/idea for a game hiliarious.

Heh, I have Deja Vu. This site reminds me of how the NS forums were like 4 fours ago.

Heh, I have Deja Vu. This site reminds me of how the NS forums were like 4 fours ago.

Four fours?

Richard Pombo, for example, is a Representative from my area (not the Rep for my district though) who is notorious for being hideously corrupt. But that doesn't mean he's sponsored a lot of legislation;
Pombo has an extensive legislative history (http://www.fantasycongress.org/fc/congressmen_info?id=168), as reported on the site (the link to legislator rankings is on the home page). I don't know whether he got there by being a conscientious and diligent legislator, or by knowing where the skeletons are buried. In the game terms, he's an effective legislator, and a solid middle fielder in the House Supporting Lineup group.

In FantasyCongress, ethics are irrelevant to effectiveness. That's a lesson all NS players should already know.

Pombo has an extensive legislative history (http://www.fantasycongress.org/fc/congressmen_info?id=168), as reported on the site (the link to legislator rankings is on the home page). I don't know whether he got there by being a conscientious and diligent legislator, or by knowing where the skeletons are buried. In the game terms, he's an effective legislator, and a solid middle fielder in the House Supporting Lineup group.

In FantasyCongress, ethics are irrelevant to effectiveness. That's a lesson all NS players should already know.
Interesting. I never hear anything about his legislation, just that he's a corrupt schmuck, and stuff about his race against McNerney this year. Of course, as you said, ethics don't have anything to do with effectiveness in FantasyCongress - I was just making the point that just about everyone on my team was chosen because I knew their names and not because I was aware of their legislative records. :p In the past, this kind of approach hasn't worked out so well for me when playing fantasy games.

And thanks for the tip on legislator rankings, I'll have to go back and edit my team now.

Cluich, maybe the NS league should have been public >_> There's quite a few people here who don't check the forums.

Hm... I wonder how long the season is.

See... if it's long enough, I should probably pick more Democratic legislators, as they'll probably be getting busy soon.

Check it out here (http://www.fantasycongress.com). If you're interested in playing, I just set up an NS league for us all. The league name is NationStates, and the PW is cluich. I'll activate the league in a few days, when I think we've got a decent number of players.


I'm in. Daemonocracy.

good find Cluich :)

unfortunately i cannot draft anyone yet because the server is overloaded. :(

Just bumping this to say that the server load seems low right now, if anyone wants to join or add to their draft.

Just bumping this to say that the server load seems low right now, if anyone wants to join or add to their draft.

thanks for the heads up. Well, I am fully drafted and ready to go!

Cluich, maybe the NS league should have been public >_> There's quite a few people here who don't check the forums.

I just wanted to make sure it was just NSers that we all know and are (semi-)comfortable with. Plus, NSers are usually more politically oriented than your random surfer of teh intarwebs and, as such, are more likely to stick with the game.

Just bumping this to say that the server load seems low right now, if anyone wants to join or add to their draft.

Yeah, it gets slow from time to time. I doubt they were expecting the rush of traffic they got when they were picked up by CNN. I'm managing to draft my team okay now, albeit a little slowly.

I just wanted to make sure it was just NSers that we all know and are (semi-)comfortable with. Plus, NSers are usually more politically oriented than your random surfer of teh intarwebs and, as such, are more likely to stick with the game.



Yeah, it gets slow from time to time. I doubt they were expecting the rush of traffic they got when they were picked up by CNN. I'm managing to draft my team okay now, albeit a little slowly.

And realizing that doing a refresh on the Apache Tomcat error page instead of going back was a major break-through for me. It took a while but I got it done.

And realizing that doing a refresh on the Apache Tomcat error page instead of going back was a major break-through for me. It took a while but I got it done.


Yeah, I'm just now getting my lower senators. I'll have my team ready to go very soon. :)

Yeah, I'm just now getting my lower senators. I'll have my team ready to go very soon. :)Do you plan to start the season before or after elections?
Does it give points for getting (re)elected?

Do you plan to start the season before or after elections?
Does it give points for getting (re)elected?

I'm going to start it within the next couple of days.

To be honest, I'm not sure. It's brand new, so I'm still trying to figure it all out myself. :(

Okay, just went through the rules again. Jello, in response to your question:

The Members of Congress (MCs) on your team are your players: they will be responsible for scoring the points. How? By moving bills through their chamber of Congress, the opposite chamber of Congress, and onto the President's desk for his signature.

The progress of each bill in the game is not anything simulated or imaginary; every bill in the database is an actual piece of legislation moving through Congress this very minute. Our database is updated daily, so your progress in the game reflects the progress of real legislators moving passing real legislation.

The seven basic stages through which your MCs must push legislation - and by which earn their points - are as follows:

Introduction in their Chamber (House or Senate)
Approval by Committee
Vote on the Floor of their Chamber
Introduction in the opposite Chamber
Approval by Committee in opposite Chamber
Vote on the Floor of opposite Chamber
President's Signature

Obviously the above list is not exhaustive. Fantasy Congress factors in other processes such as the Rules Committee in the House, conference if the bill is not passed in an identical format in both Chambers, amendments to the legislation, and many more.

Doesn't say anything about re-election, but I wouldn't be surprised if that comes into play somehow. But who knows? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

And realizing that doing a refresh on the Apache Tomcat error page instead of going back was a major break-through for me. It took a while but I got it done.Why am I finding this out AFTER I've finished my draft?

Doesn't say anything about re-election, but I wouldn't be surprised if that comes into play somehow. But who knows? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.
Obviously it'll come into play if someone doesn't get re-elected.

Okay, just went through the rules again. Jello, in response to your question:

Doesn't say anything about re-election, but I wouldn't be surprised if that comes into play somehow. But who knows? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.Yeah, that's what I thought, but I wondered if you knew something I didn't. :)

I'm in. username:Maineiacs

Although, it is taking forever for the "join league" page to load.

Registered as Fishyguy, but joining the league is taking awhile.

Obviously it'll come into play if someone doesn't get re-elected.

Well, duh... :p

Okay, I just popped onto the site and saw we're up to 42 players. More are certainly welcome (maximum's 100). I'll be activating the league in just a few hours.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like you could activate it anytime. The only downside is that later arrivals have a potential disadvantage, but that's moot since both Houses are out for election season.

They reconvene on Nov 9. People can draft and build until then without penalty. Can't they?

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like you could activate it anytime. The only downside is that later arrivals have a potential disadvantage, but that's moot since both Houses are out for election season.

They reconvene on Nov 9. People can draft and build until then without penalty. Can't they?

As far as I can tell, yeah.

Could still get points while they're not in session, too, should the president sign a bill.

Meh, what the hell. I'm gonna go ahead and activate it. Good luck, everyone! Hopefully, it won't take us too long to figure out how the bloody thing works. :)

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Holy crap! Some people already got points! :eek:

Holy crap! Some people already got points! :eek:

really? i gotta check this out...

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well what do you know, I am in a 5 way tie with 25 points. looks like 3rd place, but they list me at 6.

not too bad. :)

This appears to merely be last minute business on capital hill, since the Senate and House are already on recess. In fact, we shouldn't expect much activity until both reconvene in... January? I think...

This appears to merely be last minute business on capital hill, since the Senate and House are already on recess. In fact, we shouldn't expect much activity until both reconvene in... January? I think...

In November, a little after the elections. The exact date escapes me, though (and I'm too lazy to look for it), but Fris, I think, mentioned it earlier in this thread.

In November, a little after the elections. The exact date escapes me, though (and I'm too lazy to look for it), but Fris, I think, mentioned it earlier in this thread.

Found it

They reconvene on Nov 9. People can draft and build until then without penalty. Can't they?

Found it

Thanks. Good thing not everyone's as lazy as I am, eh? ;)

I got points over the weekend, which is odd. Maybe we get points for our people appearing on the Sunday morning news shows? :confused:

Thanks. Good thing not everyone's as lazy as I am, eh? ;)

I got points over the weekend, which is odd. Maybe we get points for our people appearing on the Sunday morning news shows? :confused:

I'm not entirely clear on this, as Congress is in recess, but perhaps this is just Fantasy Congress being slow.

I'm not entirely clear on this, as Congress is in recess, but perhaps this is just Fantasy Congress being slow.

Yeah, I suppose that's possible, too.

Can I join the game and the NS league, but wait until the election ends before collecting my team?

Can I join the game and the NS league, but wait until the election ends before collecting my team?

If you like, but you'll be missing out on points in the meantime, it seems.

Finally finished drafting:

Members in this team:

Allstars:

WA-06 Points: 0
FL-10 Points: 0
TX-03 Points: 0
WA-07 Points: 0

Supporting Lineup:

WA-04 Points: 0
MA-06 Points: 0
FL-21 Points: 0
TX-32 Points: 0

Rookies:

LA-03 Points: 0
TX-31 Points: 0
WA-02 Points: 0
LA-07 Points: 0

Upper Senator:

AK Points: 0
ND Points: 0

Lower Senator:

WA Points: 0
TX Points: 0

I like my mix of cross-party randomness with states chosen for pork and Presidential proximity. I'll probably score zero, but I like my mix anyway.

Not a very good job of posting the names of those on your team... :p

Not a very good job of posting the names of those on your team... :p

Well, I had posted them, but edited it for fear of *looks furtively left, then right* spies and copycats! :p

I suppose it doesn't matter, though.

Well, I had posted them, but edited it for fear of *looks furtively left, then right* spies and copycats! :p

I suppose it doesn't matter, though.

No, it really doesn't.

Well, I had posted them, but edited it for fear of *looks furtively left, then right* spies and copycats! :p

I suppose it doesn't matter, though.

I know who your lower senator from Washington is, I happen to have her on my team too. Of course if she loses the election she's probably going to be dropped from my team.

I'm pretty sure I played it safe and didn't draft anyone up for re-election.

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Bugger. I just realised you can only make changes to your team Friday-Sunday. :(

I'm pretty sure I played it safe and didn't draft anyone up for re-election.You must've...all Representatives (of the House) get reelected every 2 years.

You must've...all Representatives (of the House) get reelected every 2 years.

Not all of 'em in the same year, though. It's rotated so the House avoids just that.

Not all of 'em in the same year, though. It's rotated so the House avoids just that.So then some were elected/reelected last year?

So then some were elected/reelected last year?


Ugh, my mistake. I was thinking of the Senate. You're right. I don't know where my head is this morning. :(

Ugh, my mistake. I was thinking of the Senate. You're right. I don't know where my head is this morning. :(It's okay. :) You just need more coffee and less beer.

It's okay. :) You just need more coffee and less beer.

I'm drinking coffee, not beer. I'm taking a few days off the alcohol. I think that's part of my problem. :(

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I'll romp around with you folks, too.

Name: Tarqys

Gah, looks like what we had was a little pre-season. The game just reset all of the scores to zero, presumably because today's Election Day. If anyone wants to sign up, now's the time to do it, since it seems like the league is starting fresh.

Y'know, they really need better instructions and rules for the bloody game...

So...let's see how this whole election thing affects the game...

C'mon, folks! With the scores all reset the other day, now's the perfect time for new players to...

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I'm third out of 49! Woohoo! :cool:

But there are still plenty of players with no scores, so anyone who wants to join now won't be out of it.

US politics are a mess.

US politics are a mess.

That's what makes it fun. ;)

I'm third out of 49! Woohoo! :cool:

But there are still plenty of players with no scores, so anyone who wants to join now won't be out of it.Fris is first, and with a resigned person! :eek:

<Grumble...that bitch Dianne Feinstein...grumble>

I've got that bitch on my team. :)

Well I've joined. As I know nothing about US politicians this is going to be pure pot luck.

Well I've joined. As I know nothing about US politicians this is going to be pure pot luck.

Excellent! Great to have you aboard, AB! :D

Firs is first, and with a resigned person!

Hehehe. Thanks for the reminder. Must appoint a new Congressperson soon.

Hehehe. Thanks for the reminder. Must appoint a new Congressperson soon.You're welcome. Sorry I misspelled your name. :(

Hehehe. Thanks for the reminder. Must appoint a new Congressperson soon.

Remember, you can only shuffle your team around Friday through Sunday.

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