You can apply a spin to Normal and Scandal news articles. For more information on news articles, see News Articles in Game Events.
Spinning a news articles can do the following:
- If you successfully spin an article about you, then whatever happens is better for you. The spin raises (more positive) and if the spin is then +1, the profile of the article is raised.
- If you successfully spin an article about an opponent, then whatever happens is worse for the opponent. The profile of the article is raised and the spin will lower (more negative).
During the primaries, you can only spin the news stories from the last day. To view the news stories for various days during the primaries, click the left and right arrows on the top of the newspaper.
To spin a Normal news article
- Click “Spin News” the first turn that the news article appears.
- Click the arrows
to increase or decrease the spin.
If you successfully spin an article, then one of two things happens:
- You raise the profile of the article by one, and raise the spin by one, or just raise the profile by one (if Spin is already at +1).
- You lower the profile by one, and raise the spin by one (if Spin was at -1 and the news article was about you).
Number 1 occurs when the article is about you and has +1 spin already, or if the article is critical of an opponent and has –1 spin already. Otherwise, Number 2 occurs.
The power of a normal news article is determined by multiplying the profile by the spin. For example, a profile 3 news article at –1 spin has a power of –3. What this means is that each turn, in every region in the country, there is a 30% chance the candidate the news story is about will lose momentum and a percentage point because of the news article. Similarly, a profile 3 news article at +1 spin has a power of +3, which mean that each turn, in every region in the country, there is a 30% chance that the candidate that the news story is about will gain momentum and a percentage point because of the news article.
To spin a Scandal news article
- Click “Spin News” on any turn after the news article appears. Scandals cannot change to positive spin for the person they are about. The best they can get is neutral.
Here’s one thing that would help with the Primaries. When the News page comes up, have it default to the last day. Then the player can work backwards with the arrows. But since the last day is the one where the player can take an action, that’s the best page to start on.
Hi Marc,
This is a good idea, and we have considered it. I am not sure why we decided not to implement it, but I have added it to the list.