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''[[US Gov Sim]]'', short for ''[[Captain Obvious|United States Government Simulation]]'' and also further abbreviated USG, is a [[Play By Post|forum-based]] [[Exactly What It Says
The game is played in [[Reset Button|resets]], typically beginning with the last or the next upcoming real life election year with a backstory explaining how the real life American political leaders gave way to the player characters as well as introducing a few basic storylines to start. From there, the players pick things up and run with it. After some time has passed (usually a little over a year in real life time), the game resets. USG is a [[Long Runner
The game can be found here [https://web.archive.org/web/20121027175540/http://www.usgovsim.net/USG/index.php?act=idx here].
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* [[Aborted Arc]] - Any arc that's still ongoing when a reset occurs; parts of storylines that are still ongoing when an admin leaves the staff and many storylines that just don't catch the attention of the players
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]] - Politics has been called "Hollywood for Ugly People" in real life, but many players have actors and models or other attractive people for their avatars. This has been described as [[Self Fanservice]] and become a [[Berserk Button]] for several players.
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* [[The Danza]] - the few players that unwittingly use their real names for their characters.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - at least half of the players and virtually all of the staff thinks of themselves as one. It is the internet, after all.
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Expy]] - Several players have characters that are unabashedly based on older characters (who have been discarded due to election losses, scandal, or other reasons). Often, players will dispense with the cosmetic changes and directly clone a character from a past reset.
** Samir Hawsawi is blatantly one of [[Osama Bin Laden]].
* [[Expanded States of America]] - The most current reset features Puerto Rico as the 51st state.
* [[Glorious Mother Russia]] - Russia is a common adversary in the world of USG across resets, with the notable exception of the most recent one, which saw the United States back the winning side in an alternate-history 1990's Russian Civil War.
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* [[Meaningful Funeral]] - Reset 7 had one for President Magruder, which also served to memorialize the veteran player who played him. A [[Tear Jerker]] for many of the longstanding players who knew him well.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Hayden.
* [[Mexicans With Machine Guns]] - play a starring role in Reset 7, first as [[Punch Clock Villain|antagonists]] [[Just Following Orders|serving]] the Mexican [[President Evil]] (who turns out to be a [[The Man Behind the Man|pawn]] of [[The Cartel|drug cartels]]) and taking part in a [[False
* [[Next Sunday
* [[Old Soldier]] - USG includes dozens of esteemed veterans who no longer play, but choose to lurk in discussion boards and occasionally shoot stories of their past exploits. When one returns to play (almost always briefly) it is a source of much speculation.
* [[Only Sane Employee]] - Being one is often part of the job description for party chair or admin
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** President Cullen: President Personable
** President Pizzuto: President Action
* [[Put
* [[Reset Button]] - pressed after about a year or two real life time (during which time the in game year has advanced to the early 2020s)
* [[The Rival]] - ask someone about AGS. Just try.
* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]] - what happens after a reset is announced
* [[Rules Lawyer]] - put it this way: there is a pinned thread in the general discussion forum entitled "The Law School Thread" and something like a third of the admin staff are lawyers in real life.
* [[Serious Business]] - players have compared the commitment involved in running in a presidential election to holding a full time job
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] - the players fall all over the scale. The game as a whole leans slightly towards the cynical side, possibly because more of the staff fall on the cynical side as well, though this is far from an ironclad rule. In addition, there are idealistic elements that are there for cynical reasons (claims about "not taking special interest money" can be made more easily when your opponent isn't getting any money either because [[PA Cs]] aren't being simulated).
* [[Unexpected Successor]] - Reset 7 began this way, with President Magruder assuming the Presidency from the position of Speaker of the House.
* [[The War Room]] - Although unseen by most players, one of the most exciting parts of the game and ends up driving much of the news for the rest of the game.
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[[Category:Forum Role Plays]]▼
[[Category:Play By Post Games]]▼
[[Category:US Gov Sim]]▼
[[Category:Roleplay]]
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