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Clout is a text-based PoliticalStrategyGame developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play of clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of "improvement".
The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help there party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to high of a level.
The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help there party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to high of a level.
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Clout is a text-based PoliticalStrategyGame developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as of a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play gameplay of clout Clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of "improvement".
The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to helpthere their party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress stress, to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to too high of a level.
The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help
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* CreatorBreakdown: Delos Ford, the creator the game became increasingly belligerent on Kongregate, and got the game banned from there. He has also ceased all development on any other platforms. His behavior seems to indicate paranoid schizophrenia. You can see it here: https://www.kongregate.com/accounts/delosford
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* CreatorBreakdown: Delos Ford, the creator the game became increasingly belligerent on Kongregate, and got the game banned from there. He has also ceased all development on any other platforms. His behavior seems to indicate paranoid schizophrenia. You can see it here: https://www.kongregate.com/accounts/delosford com/accounts/delosford / https://www.facebook.com/delos.ford
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* CreatorBreakdown: Delos Ford, the creator the game became increasingly belligerent on Kongregate, and got the game banned from there. He has also ceased all development on any other platforms. His behavior seems to indicate paranoid schizophrenia. You can see it here: https://www.kongregate.com/accounts/delosford
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* AppealToFear: Players have the ability to play the Scaremongering ability to further bills like Fund Solar Energy Research and the like.
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Clout is a text-based game PoliticalStrategyGame developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play of clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of "improvement".
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* AnimalTesting: There is a binary bill in which the Greens can outlaw animal research testing
while the Libertarians can legalize it.
while the Libertarians can legalize it.
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* AnimalTesting: There is a binary bill in which the Greens can outlaw animal research testing
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Forming a Budget Accounting Committee will delay the bill's effects from
24-120 hours.
24-120 hours.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Forming a Budget Accounting Committee will delay the bill's effects from
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* AnarchyIsChaos: Implied. The win bill of the Libertarians is to abolish all laws.
* AnimalTesting: There is a binary bill in which the Greens can outlaw animal research testing
while the Libertarians can legalize it.
* AnimalTesting: There is a binary bill in which the Greens can outlaw animal research testing
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* CorruptPolitician: The Accuse Opponents of Corruption ability.
--> ''They're clearly in bed with Big Business.''
--> ''They're clearly in bed with Big Business.''
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* EroticAsphyxiation: If you have the Good Ol' Boy trait, you can do autoerotic asphyxiation. It can cause a scandal though.
* ExternalCombustion: A way to get assassinated is by having your vehicle detonated.
* ExternalCombustion: A way to get assassinated is by having your vehicle detonated.
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* GoingColdTurkey: If you get addicted to a certain drug and not take it for some time, you will suffer from withdrawals, in which your stats will temporarily decrease until it is over.
* HegemonicEmpire: Players can pass bills declaring war against another country.
* HegemonicEmpire: Players can pass bills declaring war against another country.
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* KillAllHumans: The Greens' win bill is to legalize homicide.
* MediaWatchdog: The Conservatives can pass a bill to expand FCC's censorship powers.
* MediaWatchdog: The Conservatives can pass a bill to expand FCC's censorship powers.
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* NukeEm: The win bill of the Conservatives is to declare nuclear war against Russia.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Forming a Budget Accounting Committee will delay the bill's effects from
24-120 hours.
* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Declare Martial Law binary bill.
* PoisonIsEvil: Another method of assassination is placing poison into the liquor of the target.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Forming a Budget Accounting Committee will delay the bill's effects from
24-120 hours.
* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Declare Martial Law binary bill.
* PoisonIsEvil: Another method of assassination is placing poison into the liquor of the target.
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* SinisterSurveillance: Establish the Patriot Act binary bill.
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* VehicularSabotage: An assassination can turn out this way.
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* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Not very surprising, seeing how this is a political simulator. Not a good thing when you have an addition to Diacetylmorphine and political opponents just itching to have that become public knowledge.
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* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Not very surprising, seeing how this is a political simulator. Not a good thing when you have an addition addiction to Diacetylmorphine and political opponents just itching to have that become public knowledge.
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* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Not very surprising, seeing how this is a political simulator. Not a good thing when you have an addition to Diacetylmorphine and political opponents just itching to have that become public knowledge.
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* AppealToFear: The ability is called Scaremongering for a reason.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost everyone in the game. If someone's scandals are reduced rapid fire, they might lose support because of affairs with interns, snorting cocaine, and smoking a cigar.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost everyone in the game. If someone's scandals are reduced rapid fire, they might lose support because of affairs with interns, snorting cocaine, and smoking a cigar.
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* AppealToFear: The Players have the ability is called to play the Scaremongering for a reason.
ability to further bills like Fund Solar Energy Research and the like.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:Almost everyone in the game. If someone's This can happen when public knowledge of your scandals are reduced rapid fire, they starts to pile up. You might lose be losing support because of for having affairs with interns, snorting cocaine, and smoking a cigar.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
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* CrazyCatLady: You or anyone else who filibusters by talking about their cat, or who appends a poison pill about their pets to a bill.
* DirtyCommunists: The Socialists.
* DirtyCommunists: The Socialists.
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* CrazyCatLady: You or anyone else who filibusters The flavor text generated by talking the Filibuster ability often includes long discussions about their cat, or who appends your cats. Same for when you apply a poison pill "Poison Pill" to a bill that happens to include a clause about their pets to a bill.
your pets.
* DirtyCommunists: TheSocialists.Socialist party. You can also play the ability Refer to Opposition as "Socialist". Quite humorous when you opposition happens to actually be part of the Socialist party.
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* FalseDichotomy: You can spew 'em.
* GodwinsLaw: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* HookersAndBlow: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* MoneyDearBoy: No matter what party you are, everyone can potentially be bought off with a [[InsistentTerminology "Campaign Contribution."]]
* RedScare: Another way to argue. Generally useful against the Socialist Party.
* SunkCostFallacy: Shows up when you use Rhetoric.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: You can use this to pass a bill.
* GodwinsLaw: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* HookersAndBlow: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* MoneyDearBoy: No matter what party you are, everyone can potentially be bought off with a [[InsistentTerminology "Campaign Contribution."]]
* RedScare: Another way to argue. Generally useful against the Socialist Party.
* SunkCostFallacy: Shows up when you use Rhetoric.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: You can use this to pass a bill.
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* FalseDichotomy: You can spew 'em.
The Spew False Dichotomies ability, which gets stronger the closer the bill is to passing/failing.
* GodwinsLaw:It wouldn't be politics without it.
Another ability allows you to Compare Opponents to Hitler/Nazis, where the ability description is simply this trope.
* HookersAndBlow: It wouldn't be politics withoutit.
it. You have the option to pay for an "escort", or sleep with an intern if you have the attractive trait.
* MoneyDearBoy: No matter what partyyou are, everyone players belong to, they can potentially be bought off with a [[InsistentTerminology "Campaign Contribution."]]
Contribution"]] in return for introducing and passing bills. Also a feature lobbyists can use in the tie-in game "The Lobby" to influence the world of Clout.
* RedScare:Another way Part of the flavor text for the Refer to argue. Opposition as "Socialist" ability. Generally useful against the Socialist Party.
socialist aligned bills.
* SunkCostFallacy:Shows up when you use Rhetoric.
Part of the flavor text for the Rhetoric ability.
* ThinkOfTheChildren:You Another ability you can use this to pass a bill.further bills. Especially effective for funding education spending.
* GodwinsLaw:
* HookersAndBlow: It wouldn't be politics without
* MoneyDearBoy: No matter what party
* RedScare:
* SunkCostFallacy:
* ThinkOfTheChildren:
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Clout is a text-based game developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play of clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of "improvement". The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help there party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to high of a level. You can find the official website here: http://cloutiverse.net/
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->What? That'll never work.
-->-- The description of the Rational Debate ability, ''Clout''
Clout is a text-based game developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play of clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of"improvement". "improvement".
The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help there party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to high of alevel. level.
You can find the official website here: http://cloutiverse.net/
-->-- The description of the Rational Debate ability, ''Clout''
Clout is a text-based game developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play of clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of
The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help there party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to high of a
You can find the official website here: http://cloutiverse.net/
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* All Issues Are Political Issues: Not very surprising, seeing how this is a political simulator.
* Animal Wrongs Group: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" Legalize Homicide.
* Eagle Land: Everything in Clout takes place in the Not-So United States of America, presumably D.C. and the surrounding drug dens.
* Animal Wrongs Group: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" Legalize Homicide.
* Eagle Land: Everything in Clout takes place in the Not-So United States of America, presumably D.C. and the surrounding drug dens.
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* All Issues Are Political Issues: AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Not very surprising, seeing how this is a political simulator.
*Animal Wrongs Group: AnimalWrongsGroup: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" Legalize Homicide.
*Eagle Land: AppealToPopularity: Essentially what anyone hopes to do by using a conference ability on a bill.
* AppealToFear: The ability is called Scaremongering for a reason.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost everyone in the game. If someone's scandals are reduced rapid fire, they might lose support because of affairs with interns, snorting cocaine, and smoking a cigar.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The liberals are blue, the socialists are red, the libertarians are gold, the conservatives are purple, and the greens are...guess.
* CrazyCatLady: You or anyone else who filibusters by talking about their cat, or who appends a poison pill about their pets to a bill.
* DirtyCommunists: The Socialists.
* DrugsAreGood: ...to a certain degree. They can be used to increase your energy and decrease your stress, but you can overdose, become addicted, or be found out and scandalized.
* EagleLand: Everything in Clout takes place in the Not-So United States of America, presumably D.C. and the surrounding drug dens. Also, a play you can make by appealing to nationalism.
* FalseDichotomy: You can spew 'em.
* GodwinsLaw: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* HookersAndBlow: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* MoneyDearBoy: No matter what party you are, everyone can potentially be bought off with a [[InsistentTerminology "Campaign Contribution."]]
* RedScare: Another way to argue. Generally useful against the Socialist Party.
* SunkCostFallacy: Shows up when you use Rhetoric.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: You can use this to pass a bill.
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* AppealToFear: The ability is called Scaremongering for a reason.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Almost everyone in the game. If someone's scandals are reduced rapid fire, they might lose support because of affairs with interns, snorting cocaine, and smoking a cigar.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The liberals are blue, the socialists are red, the libertarians are gold, the conservatives are purple, and the greens are...guess.
* CrazyCatLady: You or anyone else who filibusters by talking about their cat, or who appends a poison pill about their pets to a bill.
* DirtyCommunists: The Socialists.
* DrugsAreGood: ...to a certain degree. They can be used to increase your energy and decrease your stress, but you can overdose, become addicted, or be found out and scandalized.
* EagleLand: Everything in Clout takes place in the Not-So United States of America, presumably D.C. and the surrounding drug dens. Also, a play you can make by appealing to nationalism.
* FalseDichotomy: You can spew 'em.
* GodwinsLaw: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* HookersAndBlow: It wouldn't be politics without it.
* MoneyDearBoy: No matter what party you are, everyone can potentially be bought off with a [[InsistentTerminology "Campaign Contribution."]]
* RedScare: Another way to argue. Generally useful against the Socialist Party.
* SunkCostFallacy: Shows up when you use Rhetoric.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: You can use this to pass a bill.
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*All Issues Are Political Issues: Not very surprising, seeing how this is a political simulator.
* Animal Wrongs Group: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" LegalizeHomicide.Homicide.
*Eagle Land: Everything in Clout takes place in the Not-So United States of America, presumably D.C. and the surrounding drug dens.
* Animal Wrongs Group: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" Legalize
*Eagle Land: Everything in Clout takes place in the Not-So United States of America, presumably D.C. and the surrounding drug dens.
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Clout is a text-based game developed solely by a game developer known in the Clout community as "Q". In it, players take on the role as a congressman in a darkly satirical version of the United States Congress. The game-play of clout focuses on the players introducing and passing bills in congress to change the United States in various ways, with the overreaching goal of improving the country, based on their political party's view of "improvement". The player has the choice of committing various dubious actions to help there party and themselves succeed, from taking drugs to improve their energy and reduce their stress to hiring assassins to eliminate opposing politicians, with the possibility of being displaced from office at the end of the (Real Life) month should their known involvement in these scandals reach to high of a level. You can find the official website here: http://cloutiverse.net/
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* Animal Wrongs Group: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" Legalize Homicide.
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!! Clout contains examples of:
* Animal Wrongs Group: The Green Party. Among the bills they are affiliated with are Relax Assisted Suicide Restrictions, Fund Soylent Green Research, and their "Win Bill" Legalize Homicide.
