Fantasy Congress
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 Fantasy Congress homepage, taken February 8, 2007 |
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| URL | http://www.fantasycongress.com/fc/ |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Fantasy sport |
| Registration | Required to play |
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| Launched | 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
Fantasy Congress is an online fantasy simulation sport where players, called citizens, draft members of the United States House and Senate, and keep track of their participation within the U.S. Congress. Actions, especially within the process of making and amending pieces of legislation, of a player's drafted congresspeople are recorded and rated as a cumulative total amount of points against other players.
Created in 2006, Fantasy Congress is meant to appeal to both recreational and educational players; it offers a wide range of links and research tools to help players in choosing their members of congress whose activity their scores will derive from. The creators go on to explain that the game can even work to make the government more accountable.[1] [2]
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[edit] History
[edit] Developers
The premise of Fantasy Congress was originally developed by Andrew Lee, a student at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. He came up with an idea for a game that would blend the trading and other gameplay of popular fantasy sports games with politics. When asked whether the idea was possible, Arjun Lall and Ethan Andyshak informed Lee that such a project could be developed. Another member to the development team, Ian Hafkenschiel, was recruited after Fantasy Congress began in spring of 2006. One additional student of Claremont McKenna College, Ryan Wilson, then joined the project in the fall of 2006. [3]
[edit] Release History
[edit] Gameplay
Fantasy Congress uses a three part system in order to play the game. Players can be as active or inactive as they want, as well as customize their user profile and avatar.
[edit] Team
In order to gain points within Fantasy Congress, it is necessary to select the Members of Congress you which to earn points for you.
[edit] Points
Currently, the basis for points within Fantasy Congress is "Legislative success," the travel of a congresspersons sponsored or cosponsored legislation through the U.S. legislative process, all the way up to the President's signature or veto. Also, small legislative actions are counted for points, such as amendments and changes to the legislation.
- *Voting Attendance-
- *Partisanship-
- *Speeches-
- *Noteworthy National News-
- *Noteworthy Local News-
- *Features are being developed and not yet implemented [4]
[edit] Game
Game actions with drafted members of congress are an integral part of the system.
