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Reply to Obama: Lets See the Certificate in Politics PolMach Forums

Let these people keep harping on about the "real" birth certificate... This issue is dead to everyone but a small but incessantly vocal group and they aren't convincing any undecided or swing voters with their claims. The more time and effort they dedicate to demanding the "real" certificate and proclaiming all evidence that doesn't support their theory the better. They are accomplishing nothing and wasting countless hours and days of their lives demanding "the

Reply to Would love these improvements in Political Machine PolMach Forums

All of the OP's suggestions are great and a few of them really should be in the game as it stands. "October Surprises" or random events that raise the importance of a previously "niche" or low priority is a great idea. (e.x just have a news item come up that says "Instability in several oil producing nations has caused energy and gas prices to skyrocket. As a result high gas prices and Alternative Energy have gained importance as a campaign issue nationwide". Issue a

Reply to CPU candidate Endorsement Bug? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Alright so I've played a few more games since I originally posted. liberalsentinel is correct that building an outreach center and upgrading it to a "level 3" center will earn you points much quicker and win endorsements relatively quickly. My initial strategy was to build multiple outreach centers in different states which obviously takes more time and generates fewer points. I am completely new to playing TPM so I am still learning. That said I still notice t

CPU candidate Endorsement Bug? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I've played about 15-20 games so far and I've noticed the CPU candidate (my opponent) gains endorsements extremely quickly. My extremely quickly, I mean winning 2-3 endorsements within the first 3-5 turns sometimes 2 endorsements at a time pop up after ending a turn. I just started a game and my opponent won literally every "red" or conservative endorsement before turn 10 and then on turn 11 got the Environmental group endorsement. The candidate h