24 terms in Congress and still learning new things
Day 1,947, 16:29
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by ligtreb
Note: This article will be of little interest to most of you but wanted to point this out since I see no record of it anywhere.
You would think after 24 terms in Congress I'd know everything about Congressional game mechanics, but something new happened today.
See this:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Croatia/124925
You'll see that the law was rejected even with a majority vote in favor of it. Nowhere in the Wiki or anywhere else have I found the rules regarding the new Leave Alliance proposals, so I didn't know before the vote failed that Leave Alliance proposals needed a super-majority.
What threw me off was that it didn't say in the proposal that it needed 66% to pass.
There are currently two other types of proposals that need 66% of votes to pass: Natural Enemy and Impeachment. However, both of these say clearly that they need 66% to pass.
Impeachment example: http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Croatia/124937
Natural Enemy example: http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/USA/124931
Both of those clearly say below the timer "For this law to be considered accepted it needs 66% of the Congress votes". The Leave Alliance proposal does not make that clear.
Obviously, this game has bigger problems to address, like the economy. But it would be nice to see some transparency on new laws like this so people aren't left in the dark on whether a bill will pass or not.
Thank you all for reading about something I know will interest very few of you,
-- ligtreb
You would think after 24 terms in Congress I'd know everything about Congressional game mechanics, but something new happened today.
See this:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Croatia/124925
You'll see that the law was rejected even with a majority vote in favor of it. Nowhere in the Wiki or anywhere else have I found the rules regarding the new Leave Alliance proposals, so I didn't know before the vote failed that Leave Alliance proposals needed a super-majority.
What threw me off was that it didn't say in the proposal that it needed 66% to pass.
There are currently two other types of proposals that need 66% of votes to pass: Natural Enemy and Impeachment. However, both of these say clearly that they need 66% to pass.
Impeachment example: http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Croatia/124937
Natural Enemy example: http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/USA/124931
Both of those clearly say below the timer "For this law to be considered accepted it needs 66% of the Congress votes". The Leave Alliance proposal does not make that clear.
Obviously, this game has bigger problems to address, like the economy. But it would be nice to see some transparency on new laws like this so people aren't left in the dark on whether a bill will pass or not.
Thank you all for reading about something I know will interest very few of you,
-- ligtreb
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Learn something new everyday, eh Ligtreb?
That's definitely true, in this game and in life in general. I just hadn't learned anything new about Congressional in-game rules in a long time.
Good to know that it is that difficult to leave an alliance.
It certainly shouldn't be difficult to change a little text now that it's a known issue.
Interesting to me, voted.
This is obvious to everyone that coded it to act that way. Duh.
you want this game to be playable? HA
4) Leave Alliance
- A Country president can decide to leave an alliance from the country members page
- If the president presses the “Leave alliance” button, a law will be sent to the congress of his country for be voted on
- For this law to be considered accepted it needs 66% of the votes.
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Thanks ligtreb for this article. I learned too. Voted.