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Fantasy Sports Turn to ... Politics?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the best-team-would-be-the-1923-congress dept.

Xiaoxiaofreak2 writes "Via Joystiq, Reuters is reporting on a new fantasy sports title that draws on a new source — politics." From the article: "Fantasy Congress plays a lot like any other online Fantasy sports game. The game, officially launched on Monday, is a new spin on the popular online fantasy sports games where players chose a team of real-life players and tally points based on their statistical performance. In Fantasy Congress, found at http://www.fantasycongress.us/fc/, a player drafts a team of actual U.S. lawmakers and then competes against other teams. Andrew Lee, a senior at Claremont McKenna College in the greater Los Angeles area and one of the game's creators, said lawmakers were ranked based on the progress of their proposed legislation, picking up points on its journey to possibly getting passed into law."

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  1. Re:Knowledge is a dangerous thing by Marko+DeBeeste · · Score: 4, Funny
    "The less the public knows about how law and sausages are made, the happier they'll be."

    Otto Von Bismark

    --
    Faith: n. -- That human impulse that drives them to steal appliances when the power goes out
  2. Re:Once again... by ack154 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It could be November Madness (or a suitable word that starts with N)... and you could win points in a pool for picking people that win their elections.

  3. Re:Once again... by mossmann · · Score: 3, Funny

    November Nightmare?

  4. This is fantastic by mossmann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Points are awarded for getting legislation passed with no regard whatsoever for the quality of the legislation. No points are awarded for voting against bad legislation. No points are awarded for repealing bad legislation.

    It's just like the real thing.