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Welcome once again to the series which, for some reason, has not gone flaccid yet out of boredom and/or laziness!

Pay-Per-View Exclusive: Newbie Interviews

Or PENIS, for short.

Heh, heh.



Here's the breakdown of the acronym:

Pay-per-view is a subtle plea for endorsements.
Exclusive because the interviewee is not very famous and thus has not been interviewed by anyone else.
Newbie because they're younger and/or less famous than me.
Interview for obvious reasons.
S - plural, because against all the odds, here's another one!



Without further ado, let me introduce you to the third person I managed to interview.

SichimDragos!


As of Day 2,678.

The story of this interview is a bit of a rollercoaster. I accosted Sichim with PENIS in block letters in my first message to him, found out he has a killer 'stache, found out that he was a musician, found out that he doesn't do drugs and hates Rupert Holmes. I also encouraged him to abandon the eUK, after which he (briefly) abandoned the eUK before returning and joining the UKRP (truly, a patriot.)

No spoilers there whatsoever.

To sum it up:


Here we go!



Hullo! 🙂 Would you like to be interviewed as a part of my PENIS program?

How can I help you,sir?


Artist's impression of SichimDragos' reaction.



Are you a new player? If so, I'd like to interview you: to introduce you to the community, so to speak. 🙂

It's my first time paying this game(my frist week I guess...)so, ask me what you need to find!



Okay! 🙂 Would you mind explaining your name and choice of avatar?

my real name, my a photo of me


The "Guy Fawkes"? Impressive choice of 'stache.



That's a unique name! 🙂 Where are you from?

romania... i like it so much that I named my ban😛 Sichim'N'The Slaves


Artist's impression of Sichim'N'The Slaves.



A band, you say? Are you the frontman? 🙂

if you consdier the lyricist of the band the frontman...yes, I am! But I need yo mention that in a band everyone is important!


Artist's impression of being a frontman.



What sort of band would you compare yours to? 🙂 And why "Slaves"? Is that a BDSM reference?

😁 no... it's a new band... we don't have too much... but a lot of ideas..we are going to be varied from clasical music( we have a violonoist) to rock and new wave!



Nice! 🙂 Just a couple more questions about your ban😛
a) Do you have any music we can listen to?
b) What are the chances of a drug-fuelled breakup within the next five years?


Be sure to announce the breakup through a casual tweet for maximum douche points.

a) at this very moment we are recording a studio album...so, we actualy don't have any material ready... but as soon as we will finish we going to post it on youtube and I'll send you a link(it might take a while!)
b)I don't drink or even smoke so I think i'm going to live longer than Hendrix or Keith Moon 😁


It is well-known that playing the accordion is dangerous for one's health.



Wow, that's impressive! 🙂
Now, obviously in RL your aim is to become a rock star without subsequent rampant drug abuse. But what are your goals in eRepublik?

I have something like 150-200 bazukas and I want to use them one day o get a medal. This is my first wish!



It's a good one! 🙂
What made you choose your party and military unit?

I'm new so I don't know the importatance of them😁



Well, then let me take this chance to educate you! 🙂
The best political party is the UKRP! (Ignore the fact that I'm a member)
The best military unit is the one with the coolest name!

Who has been your biggest influence in the game so far?


It's a hard question... I liked very much some artciles made by quicksilver about the early stages of the game.This artcile was very old from day 700 or something like that but it was very interesting. They were about the rise and fall of early empieres in this game.When I saw the map of the Romanian empire back then i was quite amazed. I think the game was more fun back then, our country for example doesn't fight to often 🙁



Well, they do say that this is a dying game 🙁
But hopefully not, with new citizens like you! 🙂

That being said...
If you could hack into the account of any eRepublik player and turn him into your multi, who would you pick?


I think it's F... oh wait, that's for paying respects...

WayneKerr, eUK's dictator...just to declare wars. 'cuz I can't make my true patriot medal without a war going on with this country!



An interesting choice! 🙂 Are you aware that WayneKerr operates roughly 69% of the eUK's active citizens?

What are your opinions on bananas?



they are ok... i think i'm chaging sides for serbia or romania? do you think they will accept me? Because I'm eager to get medals and things but here I can't!



At this point, I was faced with a choice... I decided to be honest.

Hmm... off the record, since you're from Romania, I'm pretty sure they would accept your citizen request if you gave that as your reason 🙂
But on the record, I would encourage you to stay! 😛

What are the benefits of adding SichimDragos as a friend?

oh...if you are from real uk since I'm big fan and I'm also going to attend to an university there it would be nice from both sides to talk about the country and traditions.(I hope that in my first day there to buy a Vespa scooter😁And of course you can talk with me about music since I'm a sing-songwriter. It's one thing I'm not quite good at, also called Erepublick since I'm new but I try to understand it as fast as possible!



Wow, good luck with uni! 🙂 More reasons to stay in the eUK!

As you are gifted in music, would you kindly explain why Rupert Holmes' Escape (Pina Colada Song) is the pinnacle of human achievement in music?


Picture😛 Human achievement.

It isn't 😁 But it's a greate song from the Guardians of the Galaxy
Lyrical the pinnacle of human achievement in music is Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man
And musical exclusive is Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb!
"Escape" reminds me of Baba o'Rilley from The Who. It's great tune, i like the lead guitar from it very much!


Picture😛 the lead guitar from Baba o'Riley. What? Can't hear it?! Put the volume up! Or get better speakers! I can hear it just fine over here.



Wrong answer! 😛

Then you have to give me your "worst" choices, as well!

"Sally, take my hand
We'll travel south cross land
Put out the fire
And don't look past my shoulder.

The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older"
from Baba o'Rilley... They both make you fell alive, like you want to do something really life-changin. To see life trouhg other eyes than yours, and things like that. I have some songs on this theme!



Hmm... so you don't consider any music "bad"?

What song would you pick as the theme song of eRepublik?

I do consider music bad. That music that is made to eterntain people and not to confront them with reality. So, I hate all the music from MTV and all new music with no actual message.I se e guy that plays music in a dance hall let's say more like an entertainer not a musician. Music it's not made for you to dance it's made to express somehow to you the artit's inner experience.

For the theme of eRepublick I would pick Audiomachine's "Final Hope"



Deep... and that track is epic!

Sorry to see you might be leaving due to lack of wars 🙁



At this point Sichim put in a request for Romanian citizenship because of the lack of wars going on 'round here, leading to an inability to get TP medals, which was a common complaint, also made by this nonce:



Trying to be helpful, I consulted the powers that be:




"I think most countries are in a state of flux right now, dealing with the dictator module, working out new alliance shifts, etc.

I have a feeling we'll be inundated with battles sooner rather than later."

From WookieO, UKRP president! Looks like everyone's gone a bit quiet, so switching over might not improve things...

i moved back to uk since the dicator of romanian din't accepted me so i think i'll remain loyal to uk...in this morning i did a little of faithing [fighting?] eager to get some medals 😁


But he could! 🙂

Glad to have you back! 🙂



I'm pretty sure that this has been one of the longest PENISes the eUK has ever seen, and I still didn't thank the interviewee, so I'll do it here!

Thank you!
And sorry for all the anime gifs...


Not sorry.

And most of all, thank you for your support!


Full interview transcript here!