[Discuss] Building items

[Tom]

On 01/30/2007 05:29 PM, Robert Croson, Jr wrote:
> This technique would be very effective for a small cadre of people with high 
> prestige and extra items to back a dark-horse candidate who most people 
> wouldn't think is a viable ruler candidate. Take out the ruler at the last minute 
> before a turn-change, and the instant election will work in your favor, as a lot of 
> votes would be wasted as still being set on the previous ruler as primary 
> candidate. While you and your backers would all have you set as primary. You'd 
> get all the high-vote primary selection ballots, and your opposition would just 
> be getting mostly low-vote secondary selection ballots.
>   

There are no instant elections, there's a one-turn delay. The best you 
can do with doing it right before the turn change is minimizing the 
delay by a few hours.