What if a strategy gamer was elected President?

[CivCube]

Well? Would there be any difference in quality compared to a normal politician?

 

[Yoda Power]

Depends on the gamer

 

[Azadre]

He or she might realize that there is no retrys when it's a game over

 

[G-Man]

Depends on the game...

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Hope he or she will realise the other Presidents are players, not AI. It's an MP game.

 

[aneeshm]

Dammit , G-Man , you beat me to it .

Our worst nightmare . . . . . a player of insert hated game here becomes president . For me , it is Civ 2 . Not a hated game , but imagine a fundamentalist revolution and going on a spree of mad conquest .

 

[Sinapus]

What sort of gamer? The type who brags about how they conquered the world by 1 AD or so?

 

[cgannon64]

He would systematically try to go for Domination.

 

[Yaniv]

If only we could have a Sims gamer for a President/Prime Minister/Whatever our nations would surely be successfull.

I fear to imagine what would happen if we had Doom gamer as a Nation Leader.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Well, Napoleon was quite good at chess. The problem with strategy gamers is that they are seldom elected. Coup d'etat is the name of the business

 

[Amenhotep7]

Sid Meier has my vote! [dance]

 

[Simon Darkshade]

A Harpoon player is most likely.

 

[ShiplordAtvar]

Originally posted by CivCube
Well? Would there be any difference in quality compared to a normal politician?

Well, for one, the national media would become familiar with the terms RoP abuse/rape, MPP, SoD, etc.

 

[ShiplordAtvar]

Originally posted by Simon Darkshade
A Harpoon player is most likely.

Especially if there was a fellow Harpoon player as SecDef or CJCS.

 

[Colonel Kraken]

Harpoon is much too tactical. I would hope, if any, a future president would be a fan of grand tactical and strategic warfare games.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

'Battleships', for example.

 

[Perfection]

How do we know that we aren't just some AI character in a highly advanced versian of civilization? Perhaps the person playing George Bush is playing a multiplayer game, and he just wanted to stick it to his little brother who was flailing around stupidly as Saddam Hussien!

 

[Yaniv]

I suppose I could go for an immortal Civ Leader that wil lead my nation from the stone age all the way to the moon.

 

[EzInKy]

Connect his conquests by roading his new cities? Dang that "volcano" sitting inbetween them anyway.

 

[Immortal]

A gamer president would be afriad of girls. And would also avoid situations he cannot be prepared for to compensate for his shortcomings. He would be cowardly too most likely.

It is my belief a gamer president would be an inept one.