Comments on: Tutorial

By: Acemaster

Acemaster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:16:57 +0000

Great tutorial! Well done!

Just to answer a blue question, yes, you can throw your PIP’s at another candidate to make him withdraw. I did it when it was only me and two others, and I had no prayer of winning. I threw some money at one guy so he would withdraw, and now the other had the nomination “locked up”, so I became his veep.

And, in losing an endorsement, you don’t get your PIP’s back. I forgot about endorsements and lost in every state but Kentucky and New York. I threw all but 3 of my PIP’s at New York (Stupid, I know. I was still a n00b.), and I still lost the endorsement. But, I never got my PIP’s back. Hope that helped!

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:50:01 +0000

Great job on the tutorial thus far guys, I’ve learned quite a bit already, however can I suggest adding a section on VP selections and how they may help or hinder you

By: admin

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:29:25 +0000

Hi orbops,
That’s just a question that we should answer in the Tutorial. The Tutorial is in Beta, so it’s not complete yet.

By: orbops

orbops — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:01:31 +0000

In the tutorial it states in blue, “How do you get the “Big Mo’” headline?”). Can this be explained?

By: admin

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:48:03 +0000

From Electric Monk:
The Big Mo’ headline occurs the first time someone gets over +10 momentum, if I recall correctly, and if you’re both over +10 than the higher person wins. It is possible, though very rare, to tie in momentum and for both candidates to get the Big Mo’ headline.

It does apply during the general election.

There are various ways to use it. The extra momentum usually gives you a +1 or +2 CP morale boost, and having all those CPs is a great way to crank out FootSoldiers, Crusaders, and Research Scandals. As you suggest, it can also be used to do Issue Knowledge and Debate Prep as the need to directly campaign is reduced (and once the CPs are spent on FootSoldiers you can go over the CP limit by a couple to do other activities).

Alternatively you can use the time to cement leads in key states by barnstorming the heck out of them coupled with ads to keep a very high momentum in those states across a week or more. Although the polls will shift for and against you throughout, that heavy focus and Big Mo’ will get a lot of the early undecided and leaning voters.

By: orbops

orbops — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:09:11 +0000

For Big Mo’, it states:
“If you can win the Big Mo’ headline then you’re well set for several weeks, which gives you time to build a FootSoldier organization and to conserve your candidate’s EPs & money for later in the fight.”

Does this apply during the general election also? So this means that the candidate does not have to campaign much for a couple of weeks?