Politics and Adversarial Media — 3 of 5

Part 2 - The Advertising Agency

The Advertising Agency Common Room is a room. In the Advertising Agency Common Room is a man called Steve. You are in the room.

[Declare boolean variables]

HasSelectedSocial is a truth state that varies. HasSelectedSocial is usually false.

HasSelectedEcon is a truth state that varies. HasSelectedEcon is usually false.

HasInitiatedConvo is a truth state that varies. HasInitiatedConvo is usually false.

ChosenIssue is a text variable that varies.

[Initiating Conversation]

Initiating conversation is an action applying to nothing. Understand "hello" or "hi" or "whats up" or "hey" or "garcon" as initiating conversation when player is in The Advertising Agency Common Room.

After initiating conversation:

if HasInitiatedConvo is false:

change HasInitiatedConvo to true;

say "[line break]Oh hey. So [CandidateName] wants us to do an ad. They were thinking of focusing on something social or economic. What do you think would be better?";

otherwise if HasInitiatedConvo is true:

say "[line break]You feeling okay?"

[If user wants econ]

ChosenSubject is a text variable.

Selecting economic is an action applying to nothing. Understand "economic" or "econ" as selecting economic when player is in The Advertising Agency Common Room.

Before Selecting Economic:

if HasInitiatedConvo is false:

Try initiating conversation;

otherwise:

if HasSelectedSocial is true:

say "[line break]Changed your mind? Okay bossman[line break]";

say "[line break]Money is always important. With all those recent protests about health care, that might be a good topic to work on. Taxes, the old standby, is always popular though. Which would you suggest?";

change HasSelectedSocial to false;

change HasSelectedEcon to true;

change ChosenSubject to "economic";

otherwise:

change HasSelectedEcon to true;

change ChosenSubject to "economic";

say "[line break]Money is always important. With all those recent protests about health care, that might be a good topic to work on. Taxes, the old standby, is always popular though. Which would you suggest?"

[if uset wants social]

P is a number variable.

Selecting social is an action applying to nothing. Understand "social" or "soc" as selecting social when player is in The Advertising Agency Common Room.

Before selecting social:

if HasInitiatedConvo is false:

try initiating conversation;

otherwise:

if HasSelectedEcon is false:

change HasSelectedSocial to true;

say "[line break]Ya I was thinking social as well.";

let N be a random number from 1 to 2;

change p to n;

say "[line break]The abortion issue is heating up again, maybe we could hit that, although people are pretty angry about gay marriage too. I think [Topic Name in row N of the Table of SocialTopics] but what do you think?";

change ChosenSubject to "social";

otherwise:

say "[line break]Change your mind? Okie dokie.";

let N be a random number from 1 to 2;

change p to n;

say "[line break]The abortion issue is heating up again, maybe we could hit that, although people are pretty angry about gay marriage too. I think [Topic Name in row N of the Table of SocialTopics] but what do you think?";

change HasSelectedEcon to false;

change ChosenSubject to "social";

change HasSelectedSocial to true.

Table of SocialTopics

[Choose Gay marriage]

Choosing Marriage is an action applying to nothing. Understand "gay marriage" or "gay" or "marriage" as Choosing Marriage when HasSelectedSocial is true and HasSelectedEcon is false.

Before Choosing Marriage:

change ChosenIssue to "marriage";

if P is 1:

say "[line break]Okay thats fine, we[apostrophe]ll go with that";

otherwise:

say "[line break]Great, I totally agree";

[choosing abortion]

Choosing Abortion is an action applying to nothing. Understand "abortion" or "ab" as Choosing Abortion when HasSelectedSocial is true and HasSelectedEcon is false and ChosenIssue is not "marriage".

Before Choosing Abortion:

change ChosenIssue to "abortion";

if P is 1:

say "[line break]That[apostrophe]s what I was thinking too";

otherwise:

say "[line break]Sure, we can go with that".

[Choose healthcare]

Choosing Healthcare is an action applying to nothing. Understand "healthcare" or "health care" or "health" or "health insurance" or "insurance" or "medicare" or "medical" as choosing healthcare when HasSelectedEcon is true and HasSelectedSocial is false.

Before Choosing Healthcare:

change ChosenIssue to "healthcare";

say "[line break]Sounds good to me. The health insurance debates are really hot right now; perfect timing".

[Choose taxes]

Choosing Taxes is an action applying to nothing. Understand "taxes" or "tax" or "tariffs" or "tax man" as choosing taxes when HasSelectedEcon is true and HasSelectedSocial is false.

Before Choosing Taxes:

change ChosenIssue to "taxes";

say "[line break]If there[apostrophe]s one thing that gets people[apostrophe]s attention, it[']s taxes[unicode 33]".

[Probing for strength]

HasSelectedTopic is a truth state that varies. HasSelectedTopic is usually false.

Probe1 is a truth state that varies. Probe1 is usually false.

Probe2 is a truth state that varies. Probe2 is usually false.

HasShakeup is a truth state that varies. HasShakeup is usually false.

StrengthIndex is a number that varies. StrengthIndex is usually 0.

AcceptProposal is a truth state that varies. AcceptProposal is usually false.

AdInput is some indexed text that varies.

After Choosing Marriage or Choosing Abortion or choosing Healthcare or Choosing Taxes:

change HasSelectedTopic to true;

change Probe1 to true;

say "[line break]Now that we[']ve got that out of the way, I wanted to talk to you about something. Things have gotten pretty quiet on capitol hill, I think it[']s time we shook it up a bit. Agreed?".

Proposing Ad is an action applying to nothing.

NoShakeuping is an action applying to nothing. Understand "no" or "not yet" or "calm down" as NoShakeuping when Probe1 is true and Probe2 is false and HasSelectedTopic is true.

After NoShakeuping:

change StrengthIndex to 1;

change Probe1 to false;

say "[line break]Alright, I guess we shouldn[']t rock the boat quite yet then";

Try Proposing Ad.

Shakeuping is an action applying to nothing. Understand "yes" or "yea" or "yup" or "shake it" or "shake it up" as shakeuping when HasSelectedTopic is true and Probe1 is true and Probe2 is false.

After shakeuping:

change HasShakeup to true;

change Probe1 to false;

change Probe2 to true;

say "[line break]I am willing to go all the way. What do you think? Should we nail the bastards to the wall?".

Nailing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "yes" or "yea" or "yup" or "nail" or "nail the bastards" or "bastards" or "good" or "sounds good" or "do it" as Nailing when HasSelectedTopic is true and Probe1 is false and Probe2 is true.

After nailing:

change StrengthIndex to 3;

change Probe2 to false;

say "[line break]Let[']s do it[unicode 33]";

Try proposing ad.

NoNailing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "no" or "nope" or "calm down" or "hell no" or "slow it down" or "slow down" as NoNailing when HasSelectedTopic is true and Probe1 is false and Probe2 is true.

After nonailing:

change StrengthIndex to 2;

change probe2 to false;

say "[line break]Alright, a happy medium it is then";

Try Proposing Ad.

[propose the question]

After Proposing Ad:

if CandidateParty is "dem":

repeat with N running from 1 to the number of rows in the Table of DemAds:

if Issue in row N of the Table of DemAds is ChosenIssue:

if Strength in row N of the Table of DemAds is StrengthIndex:

choose row N in the Table of DemAds;

change AcceptProposal to true;

say "[line break][Proposal entry]";

otherwise if CandidateParty is "rep":

repeat with N running from 1 to the number of rows in the Table of RepAds:

if Issue in row N of the Table of RepAds is ChosenIssue:

if Strength in row N of the Table of RepAds is StrengthIndex:

choose row N in the Table of RepAds;

change AcceptProposal to true;

say "[line break][Proposal entry]".

SpeakStrengthing is an action applying to nothing. Understand "strength" as SpeakStrengthing.

After speakstrengthing:

say "[StrengthIndex]".

[creating the actual ad by accepting user input]

[Speaking out is an action applying to one topic. Understand "[text]" as speaking out.

After Speaking out:

Say the topic understood.]

[Getting Input is an action applying to one topic. Understand "Try [text]" or "how about [text]" or "go with [text]" as Getting Input when AcceptProposal is true.

After Getting Input:

let test be indexed text;

let test be the topic understood;

change AdInput to the topic understood;

say "Great we[']ll get to work on the ad right away and bring you the final version soon";

change AcceptProposal to false;

try Splicing Ad.]

After reading a command when AcceptProposal is true:

let test be indexed text;

let test be "[the player's command]";

change AdInput to test;

say "[line break]Great we[']ll get to work on the ad right away and bring you the final version soon";

change AcceptProposal to false;

wait 2.0000 seconds before continuing;

try Splicing Ad;

reject the player's command.

[RegexInput is some indexed text that varies.

Testing regex is an action applying to one topic. Understand "regex [text]" as Testing regex.

After testing regex:

change RegexInput to the topic understood;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in RegexInput with "test";

say "[RegexInput]".]

TempEntry is some indexed text that varies.

Splicing Ad is an action applying to nothing.

After Splicing Ad:

if CandidateParty is "dem":

repeat with N running from 1 to the number of rows in the Table of DemAds:

if Issue in row N of the Table of DemAds is ChosenIssue:

if Strength in row N of the Table of DemAds is StrengthIndex:

choose row N in the Table of DemAds;

change TempEntry to Text entry;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in TempEntry with AdInput;

change Text entry to TempEntry;

change TempEntry to Voice Over entry;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in TempEntry with AdInput;

change Voice Over entry to TempEntry;

change TempEntry to Images entry;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in TempEntry with AdInput;

change Images entry to TempEntry;

Try Adding Space;

[say "[Text Entry][line break][Voice Over entry][line break][Images entry]".]

otherwise if CandidateParty is "rep":

repeat with N running from 1 to the number of rows in the Table of RepAds:

if Issue in row N of the Table of RepAds is ChosenIssue:

if Strength in row N of the Table of RepAds is StrengthIndex:

choose row N in the Table of RepAds;

change TempEntry to Text entry;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in TempEntry with AdInput;

change Text entry to TempEntry;

change TempEntry to Voice Over entry;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in TempEntry with AdInput;

change Voice Over entry to TempEntry;

change TempEntry to Images entry;

replace the regular expression "\<.*\>" in TempEntry with AdInput;

change Images entry to TempEntry;

Try Adding Space;

[say "[Text Entry][line break][Voice Over entry][line break][Images entry]".]

[Showing ad]

[

Showing seconds is an action applying to nothing. Understand "seconds" as showing seconds.

After showing seconds:

start time for 5 seconds;

A glux timed activity: say "5 seconds".

]

Adding Space is an action applying to nothing.

Before Adding space:

repeat with N running from 1 to 40:

say "[line break]".

After Adding space:

try showing ad.

Showing ad is an action applying to nothing.

After showing ad:

if CandidateParty is "dem":

repeat with N running from 1 to the number of rows in the Table of DemAds:

if Issue in row N of the Table of DemAds is ChosenIssue:

if Strength in row N of the Table of DemAds is StrengthIndex:

choose row N in the Table of DemAds;

wait 1.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "The screen fades into a montage of [Images entry][line break][line break]";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "In the background you can hear [Music entry][line break][line break]";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "A voice, Morgan Freeman perhaps, begins to speak, saying ['][Voice Over entry]['][line break][line break]";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "And finally, in big block letters, ['][Text entry]['] appears on the screen";

otherwise if CandidateParty is "rep":

repeat with N running from 1 to the number of rows in the Table of RepAds:

if Issue in row N of the Table of RepAds is ChosenIssue:

if Strength in row N of the Table of RepAds is StrengthIndex:

choose row N in the Table of RepAds;

wait 1.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "The screen fades into a montage of [Images entry][line break][line break]";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "In the background you can hear [Music entry][line break][line break]";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "A voice, Morgan Freeman perhaps, begins to speak, saying ['][Voice Over entry]['][line break][line break]";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "And finally, in big block letters, ['][Text entry]['] appears on the screen";

wait 5.0000 seconds before continuing;

repeat with N running from 1 to 40:

say "[line break]";

[wait 2.0000 seconds before continuing; ]

say "[line break]... A few weeks later ...";

repeat with N running from 1 to 5:

say "[line break]";

wait 2.0000 seconds before continuing;

say "The phone rings. You pick it up.[roman type]";

move player to Your Home, without printing a room description.

Table of DemAds

Table of RepAds