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Puppet Politics Election 2024 (updated April 24)

Postby flexmaster33 on Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:04 am

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Find the puppets campaign that you want to back, find some friends to join your effort and let's go.

Image3-19 MuppetsTeamFinal by David Ball, on Flickr

Scoring
Primary tabulations

Image4-24 Primaries by David Ball, on Flickr

Individual campaign leaders

Image4-24 PoliticsTop10 by David Ball, on Flickr

ImageSesameMap by David Ball, on Flickr

ImageMuppetMap by David Ball, on Flickr

State by state results
Image4-24 StatesSet5 by David Ball, on Flickr

Image4-24 StatesSet4 by David Ball, on Flickr

Image4-24 SuperStatesSet1 by David Ball, on Flickr

Completed primaries...
[b]NH/IA/SC

https://flic.kr/p/2pJxaYS
NV/AL/AR

https://flic.kr/p/2pJyh8v
States3MASS/CO/ME
https://flic.kr/p/2pM77eM


Itā€™s an election year, so I created this tourney to explore how the numbers game in the presidential race ā€“ the primary delegates and the electoral college.

Iā€™m NOT looking for political debates during game play or in the tournament thread. In that effort, Iā€™ve created a fictional campaigns of some of our cutest Muppets :)

Weā€™ll have 10 teams (three players on each team).

This tournament will be played in two phases.

PHASE ONE: THE PRIMARIES.
Teams will compete across all 50 states AND the District of Columbia.

Each member of the team will compete for votes across 15 states.

In order to enhance the team aspect of this tourney,
The six Super States (noted in purple on the list) with the most votes at stake will feature each member of the team in a 1 v. 1 battle, along with a pair of triples showdowns.

For the bulk of the states ... The battle will be played on a correlating geographic map to that region and will include a four-match round robin on 1 vs. 1 games against the other candidates, along with one 4-player match.

Settings for the 1 vs. 1 battles will be flat, chained, foggy
Settings for the multi-player battle will be escalating, chained, sunny.
20-round limit for all games.

Votes are gained by troop dispersal during each game. Win the map in a landslide and youā€™ll garner a greater advantage in the voting booth. Win a hard-fought battle and your voting margin will be smaller.

Accrual is capped after the 11th round of play to protect against stuffing the ballot box.

(for 1 vs. 1 play)
A player who wins in 6 rounds or less will add a 50% bonus to their number of votes.
Win in 8 rounds or less and it's a 25% bonus
Win in 10 rounds or less and it's a 10% bonus
Win in 11+ rounds or less and it's a 5% bonus.

On the multi-map
Earn a 5% bonus for every opponent you eliminate.
Earn a 10% bonus for winning the multi map.


In 1 vs. 1 play if Player 1 kills Player 2 not allowing Player 2 a turn in the kill round, votes for the attacking player in that round will be reduced to 33 percent.

The primary maps will be played state-by-state in the same chronological order of the real primaries.

Win the popular vote in your state and you will earn a guaranteed # of delegates (33%). The remaining delegates will be divided proportionally among all candidates that garnered at least 20 percent of the vote.

The winner in each party advances to the General Election.

Here is a look at the states at their Primary delegates (Phase 1) and their Electoral values (Phase 2 ... General Election)
Image2-9 Electoral1 by David Ball, on Flickr
Image2-9 Electoral2 by David Ball, on Flickr

PHASE 2: THE GENERAL ELECTION
Play is similar to the primaries with one exception. A stateā€™s Electoral Votes are winner-take-all.

Also, the order of play will resemble election night rolling from the East Coast across to the West Coast.

The team with the most total Electoral Votes wins the election and the tournament.
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Re: NEW: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby YouOnKazoo on Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:57 am

I don't have a team but can I get Miss Piggy pls
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Re: NEW: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby IcePack on Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:16 am

We are in, confirming the third player

Team Cookie Monster please

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Re: NEW: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby YouOnKazoo on Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:01 pm

Can you add crazystef to my Miss Piggy team pls and still looking for a 3rd
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Re: NEW: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby Wizz00 on Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:10 pm

In please with itsthegeneral and a.n. Other tbc

Bert if available please
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Re: NEW: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby Count Belisle on Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:15 pm

:!: Put count belisle, traffic133, SleepingBudda in on any open ticket please
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby flexmaster33 on Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:58 pm

nice. We've got half of our candidates spoken for. Still give campaigns remain open. Find your trio and grab a spot.
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby flexmaster33 on Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:59 pm

This tourney can be a bit complex with the scoring and such.

Here's a link to a similar one I ran in 2020 that might give you a better picture for how it works.

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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby flexmaster33 on Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:56 pm

bumping this up, as we are looking for 3 to 5 more teams to get us started.
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby flexmaster33 on Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:13 am

I think teams fare better if they sign up as a group, but in the interest of filling spots.

Feel free to sign up as an individual and I will pair you up with a campaign.
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby reptile on Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:33 pm

Sign me up for Team Grover

I will get back to you with my teamates
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby shoop76 on Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:55 am

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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney (7 of

Postby gambler21210 on Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:41 am

Gambler21210. Guido 74. Dollarsnosense. Team kermit
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney (7 of

Postby reptile on Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:55 am

Working on the last one, but my second is JJ41375
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney (7 of

Postby flexmaster33 on Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:34 am

We've got two campaigns remaining.

Sign up soon if you want one of the spots.

I'll keep this tourney open through the weekend, then we'll adjust whether or not all 10 campaigns are spoken for.
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney (7 of

Postby reptile on Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:20 pm

reptile wrote:Working on the last one, but my second is JJ41375


our third is

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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney (8 of

Postby SuperSian on Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:07 pm

In, any team thanks
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Re: READY: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby flexmaster33 on Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:57 am

A slight tweak to the rules based on signups...

We will run a four-team Muppets primary, along with a four-team Sesame primary.

Winners of each primary will face off in a 1 vs. 1 showdown in the General Election.
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Re: READY: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby dollarsnosense on Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:21 am

I wish to withdraw from Tourney, I did not elect myself to participate. No pun intended. In all seriousness.
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Re: READY: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby gambler21210 on Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:21 pm

Replacement. 4. Dollarsnosense. Will be dyrtydog
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Re: READY: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby IcePack on Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:12 pm

Is there a google sheets that we can follow along with or something?
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Re: READY: Puppet Politics Election 2024 ... TRIPLES tourney

Postby flexmaster33 on Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:19 am

Yes, I'm working on that.

I'll start posting results (as the polls close ... lol). Should have some early returns up early next week :)
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 (updated 3-19)

Postby flexmaster33 on Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:36 pm

Early results are in, but no delegates have been awarded as of yet.

New states going out (hopefully tonight)
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 (updated 3-21)

Postby flexmaster33 on Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:17 pm

We've got our first delegates awarded with Bert & Ernie winning New Hampshire in the Sesame Street race.
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Re: Puppet Politics Election 2024 (updated 3-21)

Postby flexmaster33 on Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:19 pm

Got out the first of the Super States for the primaries ... tons of delegates to grab out of California. Good luck everyone.
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