Be an MP for a week

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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:00 pm

Your chance to indulge in sexual peccadillos, cover up your financial shenanigans and start illegal wars. You also have to juggle time between your mistress and wife, micromanage and spin the news to make yourself look good while climbing the greasy pole.

Nah, not really. This game lets you be an esteemed member of the UK government for whole week. You get to answer questions from whiny members of the public and you have to poke the speaker of the house so you can ask planted questions. Wink

It's only a shame you can't set the police on the ungrateful whiny voters and turn the power off. Twisted Evil

MP for a week Game

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:31 pm

Crap! It's only Monday afternoon and I've already got the whip on my case. She's coming to see me at 3:00 Shocked

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:47 pm

Seems my cavalier manyana attitude didn't go down too well. I've been booted out of the party. I must have done something right. Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:52 pm

Will I be able to claim for duckhouses? Biscuits? My moat could do with a clean.

Sounds fun, though I waste enough time starting wars already, in Mafia Wars.

Watch where you smoke the cavalier manyana, it's still illegal you know.

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:00 pm

I actually went the whole week and got to the end where it gave me a message telling me how great I am.

The public and the media loved me, although my party thought I sucked.
Not that I'm really worried about that. If it was real life, I would commit a coup d'etat, take over the party and execute all my opponents.

Then I would rule with an iron fist.

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:06 pm

^^^^
Sir Slightly- the voice of reason!!

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:27 pm

I lasted till Tuesday 2pm before I got booted out, so I lasted longer than W Pops MP. The whip sounded a real cow, though I didnt get the chance to tell her so.

My strategy was to go back to my consituency, stay in bed and ignore everyone, i thought that was the idea. The game would be greatly improved if you could sucker punch the Chief Whip from time to time.

My MP claims £100 per week for food (true). Why do I have to buy my own again?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:02 am

I'm playing as an Opposition MP and opposing absolutely everything brilliantly. Ha, take that Government.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:37 am

I think I'm pretty good for someone who isn't British and has gotten to Thursday without even knowing what a MP is. I am, however, disappointed at the lack of an option stating "You're a bloody idiot!" for every decision I can make.

Also, my strategy has been "to hell with the party!" for the entire game and I still haven't managed to get kicked out. I'm doing something quite wrong. Smile

Just finished. Apparently I'm a "blazing success" - despite my best efforts to make as many people as possible angry with me. I fail.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Well I made it to Thursday with out the offer of bribes, a duck house or a toy boy.
Seems they dont like it when you have a bath instead of attending meetings
HumpH! If it was good enough for Edwina Curry and John Major ...

They didn't have an option of streaking to gain the Speakers attention, that would have helped tremendously.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:34 am

The game's not complete without shameless and degrading PR stunts.