Hello everyone, this is my first big post as Quad so i’m going to lay out the next few months of elections and some changes we’re going to have going forwards.
First off, I’ll start with some bad news. States are delayed, either to the last week in February or the first week of March. This is for two reasons. One: I want to make some changes to the calculator (which I will talk about later) and I do not know if I can have them done in a week or two. Two: I will be away for 2 weeks without internet in April, right when presidential elections would have taken place, with this delay, Presidential elections will be on time, and I figured, you would want Presidential elections to not be delayed over states
Now, to announce some changes to the calculator.
The first big thing is we will move to a hybrid system. The elections will still be majority simmed, however, there will be an actual election that people in the sim can vote on that will help determine results and take people in the sim’s actual votes and turn them into modifiers. I think this is a good compromise between people who enjoyed the old system and people who still like the activity simmed elections bring. I believe this will be a positive mood as courting your fellow sim members for votes has always been a fun and intense process and I’m pleased to be bringing it back.
Other changes include ease of use and minor modifications and rebalancing. I look to be more transparent overall with the calculator and the first major thing I have to do is make it easier to understand for everyone. Unfortunately, this process requires completely remaking the calculator, which is a very long and intense process, hence why states are needed to be delayed. In addition during this, due to the implementation of the hybrid elections system, there will need to be some minor rebalancing to the meta. Elections should be majorly run the same. Closer to the elections, I hope to release short guides on how to run your campaigns efficiently.
And last of all, I will be hiring a bunch of new clerks before the elections, it is coming probably within the next 2 or 3 weeks. Please stop asking me for clerking positions, there will be an open application and everyone who applies will be considered.
I hope we can make these next elections fun and I am pleased to serve you as quad.
/u/Arb_67 AKA: Alex