Four students at Claremont McKenna have created a new online gaming site for those of us who glaze over at the mention of sports scores but check the progress of beloved bills at Congressional records sites for fun. It's Fantasy Congress!
Points are scored every time a real life member of Congress introduces a bill or gets it past one of the many hurdles on the way to becoming a law. Choose a line-up of ranking and rookie Representatives, starter and senior Senators - and watch them orate, negotiate, bluff, and filibuster their way to glorious victory or ignominious defeat!
Will you enlist the real-life representatives of the state(s) dearest to your heart to monitor their progress? Or select the individual members of Congress who most closely align with your own political views?
Or, realizing that die-hard progressives score very few points when the Republicans control both houses, will you either 1) betray your ideals completely by choosing an intimidating lineup from the majority party (justified to outraged loved ones as keeping your enemies closer) or 2) draft a line-up of moderate go-getters who may not represent your interests faithfully but sure know how to get post offices renamed for popular celebrities?
Happily, you don't have to choose - you can draft several teams and compete in multiple leagues. The real life Congress may be in recess, but the Fantasy Congress is now in session. Let the games begin!
Friday Fragments
4 years ago
3 comments:
this is too funny! are you playing?
Heck yeah! I signed up for a league and drafted my team last night - a mix of successful moderate Democrats and representatives from my Postdoc State and Home State. Only problem is that I didn't create the league, and it's not clear when the manager will choose to activate it.
Ooh, I changed to an active league, and so far I'm in the top 10th percentile! Not too shabby!
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