ON RATS AND MEN (AND OCCASIONAL CHICKS)

Day 1,354, 16:27 Published in Croatia Croatia by Dagislav
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Many people have fussed about constant changes within eRepublik, particularly regarding some modules - economy, for example. Indeed, some thingies change at such speed and regularity that I am amazed that there is no at least semi-official betting on the next changes: when shall they occur and what they will encompass?! However, not all is that gloomy. Read on, and you'll find out.

Allegedly, there was a scientific experiment, somewhere in the USA or wherever, when the rats were presented all over again with a new maze that they should go through in order to find the food. And the labyrinth was changing so rapidly, that the poor creatures went insane. (Now, it may be that they were punished whatever they did, but never mind, I'll stick to the version that the configuration of the maze was constantly changing, it sounds better for the purpose of the article.) Finally, the rats went nuts: they were aggressive, self-aggressive, and even turned to cannibalism!

However, so far no-one has blown his/her mind because of eRepublik and its constant changes; madness is usually imported from RL. Moreover, nobody has turned to cannibalism and eaten her/his fellow citizens. (Nice idea for a new mission: eat 25 players of your citizenship in five days in order to regain health; rewar😛 250 XP and 5 food q5 - Plato, take notice!)

On the contrary, people in eRepublik still work, fight and vote. What does it prove? Simply, the members of human species are more resilient than the rats! That is, at least the men and (occasionally seen) women of eRepublik!

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O ŠTAKORIMA I LJUDIMA (TE POKOJEM KOMADU)



Puno ljudi njorga zbog stalnih promjena u eRepubliku, osobito glede nekih modula - primjerice, ekonomskog. Zbilja, neke stvarčice se mijenjaju tako brzo da me čudi što ne postoji barem poluslužbena kladionica o sljedećim promjenama: kad će?, odnosno, o na što će se odnositi?! No, nije sve tako crno. Čitajte dalje, pa ćete vidjeti.

Navodno, održan je znanstveni eksperiment, negdje u SAD-u ili gdjegod, kad su štakore stalno trpali u drukčiji labirint koji su trebali proći do hrane. Labirint se mijenjao tako brzo da su sirota stvorenja poludjela. (Eh sad, možda je bilo da su ih kažnjavali, štogod bi štakori učinili; nema veze, držim se priče da je riječ o stalnom mijenjanju labirinta, bolje paše uz priču.) U konačnici, štakori su poludjeli: postali su agresivni, autodestruktivni, čak su se odali kanibalstvu!

Međutim, do sada nitko nije poludio zbog eRepublika i stalnih promjena u igri; ludilo je obično uvezeno iz RL-a. Štoviše, nitko se nije odao kanibalstvu i proždro svojeg sugrađanina. (zgodna ideja za novu misiju: pojedite 25 svojih sugrađana u 5 dana za postizanje svojeg healtha; nagrada: 250 XP-ova i 5 hrane q5 - Platone, obrati pažnju!)

Nasuprot tome, ljudi u eRepubliku i dalje rade, bore se i glasuju. Što nam to dokazuje? Jednostavno, pripadnici ljudske vrste su žilaviji od štakora! To jest, u najmanju ruku muškarci i (ponekad viđene) žene u eRepubliku!