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Fighting elections with video games

Accepted submission by silverly http://silverly.sdf.org at 2014-04-27 12:43:19
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http://www.redbull.com/en/esports/stories/13316471 00999/game-of-drones-starcraft-ii-politics [redbull.com]

In Sweden, Jonathan Rieder Lundkvist resurrected PolitikerStarcraft, a StarCraft II tournament challenging each party in parliament, as well as the Feminist Initiative and the Pirate Party, to field a worthy StarCraft II contender, why? Bragging rights and respect.

Can we look forward to more governments coming to online battle grounds to prove their masterful tactics and decision making?

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