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Show HN: Fantasy Congress – a fantasy sports website for politics

95 点作者 asebold大约 5 年前

13 条评论

zrail大约 5 年前
Gosh. I&#x27;m having trouble expressing how I feel about this. I mean, good work I guess, but this seems to fundamentally misunderstand what the political process is supposed to accomplish. It&#x27;s not about (or shouldn&#x27;t be about) scoring points and winning. It should be about serving constituents and doing things to make the city&#x2F;county&#x2F;state&#x2F;country better.<p>I realize there&#x27;s a lot of &quot;should&quot;s up there. In my opinion the attitudes that exist in the current political machines are much to blame for the divisions in our societies. McConnell is at the top of your leaderboard because he&#x27;s driven by a naked lust for power, not because he&#x27;s ever done anything right by his constituents.
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asebold大约 5 年前
Hey HN, I&#x27;ve been hacking away at this for the past couple of years. Launched in February. Hope you get a kick out of it as much as I do.<p>Fantasy Congress is an online game where data about members of congress is converted into points. Players select members of congress for their team and acquire points based on legislative activity of the U.S. House and Senate. Like fantasy sports, teams compete in small groups called leagues. At the end of a predetermined number of weeks (called a “season”), the team with the most points in their league wins.
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vorpalhex大约 5 年前
I thought this was a really neat idea, so I went to sign up and found it&#x27;s $19&#x2F;month.<p>I&#x27;m entirely cool with paying for neat games, but $19&#x2F;month for a simple drafting game is a whole lot of cash. $5 - $10 a year? Sure, maybe after some kind of quick trial like a single league.
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jimkleiber大约 5 年前
Similar to what @zrail said, I felt a lot of things when I read this and feel even more as I explore it.<p>A few weeks ago, I pejoratively told my friend that politics is following the fantasy sports trend, emphasizing the individual&#x27;s performance over the team performance, and how I wish we cared more about the team. That being said, I initially felt really annoyed about this.<p>The more I dig into it, the more I relax, not knowing in which direction it would go. More people may learn about the process as you&#x27;ve mentioned. We may also put even more focus on the individual performance and care less about the team. But maybe, just like fantasy football, people start having less loyalty to their team (in this case, basically Team Republican and Team Democrat), breaking the strong party affiliations that seem to exist today. I really don&#x27;t know how it&#x27;ll go.<p>I guess the thing I&#x27;m most curious about right now:<p>How did you decide to distribute the points in the way you did?
LargoLasskhyfv大约 5 年前
Where is the fun in it when it lacks the theme of &#x27;Genesis - Land of Confusion&#x27; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Yq7FKO5DlV0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Yq7FKO5DlV0</a> , or more general <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Spitting_Image" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Spitting_Image</a> ?
lostmsu大约 5 年前
Have you considered a different model, where people play for free, but when they want to bet real money you take a small cut instead? I think it would be hugely more popular and profitable.<p>Not sure if that would be classified as gambling though, with all related regulations.
bovermyer大约 5 年前
I love this. But when I went to sign up, I discovered that it would cost $19 a month.<p>If I&#x27;d known up front that it would cost, it would have been less of a shock. As it stands, that killed my buy in, at least for now.
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ngonzal大约 5 年前
This is a very cool idea, I&#x27;m curious what kind of data sources&#x2F;APIs your using to calculate points?
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JSavageOne大约 5 年前
Interesting concept.<p>If I had some advice - I clicked into a congress member&#x27;s profile, and had no idea what to do next. I think you&#x27;ll get more engagement if you have something more actionable there, like a button saying &quot;Draft this representative!&quot;
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anxman大约 5 年前
How is &quot;fantasy congress&quot; different than what we have now? All I see are a bunch of elderly white people fighting about who is lying more. It&#x27;s like watching octogenarian married couples.
sandymcmurray大约 5 年前
Reminds me of a small detail from John Brunner&#x27;s sci-fi book &quot;Shockwave Rider&quot;. If I remember it correctly, citizens who voted were then allowed to bet on who would win the election.
tectonic大约 5 年前
Great idea!
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Fauntleroy大约 5 年前
A deeply saddening statement on the current state of US politics.