Fantasy General Election
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16 watchers
19 Jun
11:57am, 19 Jun 2024
39,031 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
Now I am Robespierre Rovers
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19 Jun
11:58am, 19 Jun 2024
54,182 posts
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McGoohan
Yes, I ended up choosing an SNP, a Plaid Cymru and a Sinn Fein to mix it up a bit.
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19 Jun
12:28pm, 19 Jun 2024
3,232 posts
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Mushroom
I was looking for E. Blackadder in the Dunny but, now I think about it, there was only one registered voter, so not good for points..!
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19 Jun
12:29pm, 19 Jun 2024
3,233 posts
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Mushroom
There is an R. Blackadder in Dunfermline though...
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19 Jun
12:37pm, 19 Jun 2024
9,902 posts
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becca7
Yikes, one I had picked turns out to be tainted by sleaze so I have made changes.
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19 Jun
12:38pm, 19 Jun 2024
86,547 posts
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Diogenes
I've put almost no thought at all into my selection. I wonder if Colin the Dachshund is standing? |
19 Jun
12:40pm, 19 Jun 2024
24,636 posts
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larkim
So can we talk tactics? Or are there any really? I can see that the captain scores well; fine. But if I pick a small majority for Tory, say 1000, and then select the likely victor and they win with a majority of 15000, I'd score 15000. If I pick a large majority incumbent for Labour, say 10000 (which costs me 10000 points) and they improve their majority to 15000, I score only 5000. That feels contrary to the way things might be in a fantasy league normally, where the expensive options are those that promise the potential for biggest rewards. I suppose "gambling" on a solid majority Tory to lose their seat might score well, but numerically don't you end up with the same amount of points if the absolute number of votes in the "swing" is the same, whether or not it started from a small or large majority? (Am I overthinking this?) |
19 Jun
12:49pm, 19 Jun 2024
130 posts
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RicheyJames
I'm in. Electoral Reform FC larkim If I'm reading the rules correctly, if you predict a seat correctly your score is at least the size of the new majority. If the seat changes hands, it's the new majority *plus* the old one. So, gambling on a Tory with, say, a 15k majority losing their seat would net you at least 15,001 if you call it correctly. In your hypotheticals you'd score 16,000 points in the first instance (15k maj + 1k overturned maj) and 15k in the increased Labour majority example (not just 5k for the increase). |
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19 Jun
12:49pm, 19 Jun 2024
86,550 posts
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Diogenes
Don't ask me, I didn't even look at how the scoring works.
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19 Jun
1:17pm, 19 Jun 2024
39,032 posts
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Ocelot Spleens
Tactically you go fir seats to over turned in midfield ir attack, the defence needs to be stacked with solid seats that need to extend their majority. Could be tricky. With that sort of thing in mind I need to sub out 11 players. |
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