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Hello Nation,

Recently my good friend, and fellow patriot, Tyler Bubblar published an article that talked about his finding fun in this game. In this article Tyler asked of us “What’s fun for you?” and “What gives you purpose and rouses your passion?” This article led me to do something I do not recommend others do. It made me think about why I play this game, and my time in it. I personally prefer feeling my way through the world rather than thinking. I have long been a critic of deep thought. I believe it leads us down a path of horrors that includes, self reflection, reasoning, and even asking ourselves meaningful questions. Even with my doubts though I continued down this road of reflection.

When I began playing this game my name was Spiffy123. “Spiffy” had long been my alias when playing online games, but unfortunately it had been taken. Upon entering the game one of the first PMs I received was from Joseph Dinero who most recently is known for being the former VP of Cuba, but at the time was the PP of a 6th party called the Bastards of Liberty, or BoL. BoL has long since been PTO-ed by RGR sympathizers, but it was my first home, and I remember it fondly. While in BoL I met some of the awesome members of the time. Mazzy Cat, now my eMother, was one such member who I count as one of my earliest friends. I also met my long time eLover, Wild Owl while in BoL, but he was not a member of the party.

In BoL I tried to be as active, and friendly as possible. I ran, and won the position of Member Representative. This position was created to be a direct line to the members of the party for their voice to be heard, and was the first elected position I ever held in the game. After a few months in the party I decided to run for PP. Little did I know that the party had become very bipartisan over the past few months. My campaign quickly devolved into bickering among party members, as I was seen as a mere extension of the establishment of the party. I went on to win the primary by a single vote. Within the first week of me being PP half of the party left, and by the second week I left as the only people still in were inactive.

From there I moved on to another 6th party called Vox Populi. I was following who I saw as my mentor, Joseph Dinero, who was PP of this new party, which was a combination of the remnant of BoL, and the Conservative Party. In Vox I served as the Chief of Staff for three months. During that time I worked to increase party membership and meta activity. I also met some good friends, like Haselrig, Torrin, DMV3, and Ghost of Tom Joad. I represented Vox in congress for 3 months, as well thanks to the good graces of the Feds, and JLo in particular. Eventually I became PP for two months, on the platform to institutionalize 6th party power through what was known as the 6th Party Coalition, and by working in unison with DMV3 and his AIM projection that tried to unify PMUs.

After my second term I decided to leave what I had made for the 6th parties to the hands of others, with the idea that the party and Coalition can’t always depend on me to be there to help. I had grown very frustrated with an element within the party that was very anti-meta game, and what I saw as the supposed opposition to the Unity system not being willing to actually do the work necessary to bring it down.



At this point it was May 2013, and I had solely been in 6th parties and the opposition my entire e-life. I yearned though for better organization, and decided I would only find it in the T5 parties. At first I joined the Feds for a few days, but it didn't turn out to be a good fit. After talking with Othere though I became impressed with the direction that USWP was taking, and decided to join. I quickly became the Director of Communications for USWP, and Deputy Secretary of Interior. When Othere took a leave of absence in the Interior Dept I stepped in and became Secretary of Interior.



Come October I ran for PP of USWP and won. I based my campaign on bringing in new players into leadership positions and increasing jobs available for those that wanted to get involved. I was successful in bringing in new players to leadership, and was very proud to help Kortanul get his career in politics started. My month in power was fun and exciting, but by the end of it was exhausted. I had started my Freshman year of college in September of that year, and was also on the varsity Cross Country team. RL and the demands of the game brought me to take a leave of absence till about April of this year, only on occasion serving in congress.

Since coming back I have served again as PP of USWP, Secretary of Homeland Security, writing for WHPR, and in congress. I have tried to help run a presidential campaign, and am now helping out my good friend Kortanul as Vice Party President of USWP this upcoming month. I can say with clear reflection that I am having fun, and these past few months have been some of the fun-est I have had in this game.



What though contributes the most to my fun in this game? Well after typing all of this history out I have to say it has always been the people for me. People are what make this game fun for me, not the political, military, economic, or media modules. People are the reason I log in each day. This game has given me a lot of great friends, presented me with struggles, and also has challenged me. I am up to challenges, and appreciate the ones this game brings to me. To me the people are the reason I log in each day. What’s your’s?

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On a serious note I’d like to thank Tyler for giving me the inspiration to write this all out, and the reason of reflection for me to look at myself and actually ask why I do something. I would greatly encourage others to do so as well, whether they be personal reflections, or an article like this one.