When there's no place left to go
Nohime
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; but what if we ourselves are lost?
My dearest erepublik and its inhabitants,
Its time to make a choice, and all I wanna hear is your voice. What am I talking about? We are stuck. The tumultuous peaks we have conquered together were a terrific feat. But this molasses we’re trudging through now comes with a morbid sense of realization:
Why are we still here?
Apathy is a perfect word to describe this feeling. But at one time there was a player or two that kept your head on a swivel. Kept motivating you to get out there and try something. Two players come to my mind that have kept me in the ringer: Trekker Tlumac and Wild Owl. Trekker brought me back into this world after my break from 2010-2014 and Wild Owl really, and I mean really, showed me how to play this game. I could bore you with my own personal upbringing, but I will spare you.
For the most part, the eUSA players who are still here have a lot invested in this game. Yes, I’m speaking financially. There are prominent, well known citizens in almost each and every party/MU in eUSA that have spent a king’s ransom to keep our country’s heart beating, albeit the blood flow is near rigamortis. Then there are the hooligans who, for their own benefit or others, stick around to help or hinder progress. And finally there is a group of players who are basically eBabies. They’ve been around long enough to realize something still exists here even though its a fraction of the pace that our predecessors kept: writing, camaraderie, and community.
Grief only lasts as long as you let it last.
Who am I talking about? They are players who I remember very well, and for good reasons. Some might have to look these names up in Google, but I’m talking about a few players who come to mind. In no particular order they are: Max McFarland, Gulden Draak, St Krems, Emerick, Pig in Zen, Josh Frost, Harrison Richardson, Chocolate McSkittles, Jewitt, Woxan, Athanaric and Jack Flufferton. There are more, but I was very selective of this bunch of people because they have been the most influential players during my time in erep. Unfortunately, afaik, there are only 2 of those 12 that still play erepublik. (Max McFarland’s account is alive, but is now Swedish or something. idk, its weird.) But what these players unknowingly invoked on a few of us was an everlasting legacy of fun that has been forever seared into our minds.
Basically, they were talented as **** at writing and / or knew how to get fun started...NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.
As I’m drinking my beer (for those interested in knowing its a Stone Cali-Belgique IPA from San Diego, California) I feel this intoxicating beverage flowing through my arteries, working in unison with my own blood, fed by my heart’s consistent drumming, to feed this alcohol to my brain and make me get real deep in what I’m thinking about right now. But that’s not the point of this article.
If we allow ourselves to be cleansed, we are born anew.
Forgive those who trespass against us. I like that line, for now, and I’m not religious, but it makes sense as I’m writing this. I have burnt some bridges; but they were burnt for good reason. The convictions that I so vehemently defended were to: always encourage growth for new players and belay complacency.
Our country needs a kick in its flaccid pri***. And that’s not meant to be derogatory at all to the individuals I still see trying to get a reaction out of eUSA. Our players that are still alive here, and who are not as involved as those in meta-gaming as they could be, need to take a long look at themselves and their commitment to this community. Yes, lots of RL money has been spent and its a perfect reaction to want to protect an investment that's been personally made. I get it. Things have taken place recently, like the Dictatorships, that have blindsided us because Plato will be Plato. As we overcome these new deficits to our playing style, adapt to what we cannot influence, we need to pick up our friends whose eyes are glazed over with apathy and shake their shoulders and say “WAKE UP!”
Those who are truly friends will always be there.
We need to reach deep down in ourselves and grab our crotches again and kick start the parts we have not used for a long time. We need to take risks again. Wild Owl and company beat Plato in his game with phenomenal diplomacy, full bonuses during the Resource Wars and a myriad of other accomplishments. It was a great ride, but now this car is not new anymore.
Do you prefer a used car that will take you down the same path as before? Do you enjoy holding your ticket number in hand waiting for the call that will put you in the highest office so others can pull the strings for you?
Where is the ‘Murica?!
Where are more Dio fists?!!?
I am arming my crossbow and aim to lead us on a new path. I am running for Country President under the Socialist Freedom Party. Let’s find a new ride, America. Will you ride shotgun with me into the unknown?
PS Aramec, aka Athanaric aka Giggleshits aka Little Halfling aka Jesse, is taking that ride with me as my Vice President, B****!
Comments
My body is ready.
Good luck my friend o7
Thank you sir!
Great article it is. Fun and excitement is the only thing that will keep us alive. Just do it!
Thus the basis of my objective 🙂
Well, at the very least, this has entertainment value, and sadly, that's become a rare commodity.
writing is my favorite part of this game.
Good luck WookyJack
thanks man, it was good talking to you the other night 🙂
Fistin' for Dio.
I'm ready to receive more Dio fists. I cannot get enough.
Good luck o/
heil garmr, supreme emperorship of the Nether regions \o/!!!!
Excellent writing
thanks so much Darkskye o/
Surely, this is what I personally love to see happening, you being PotUS. I shall give you my vote with utmost pleasure and trust in a better future.
However, I want to point out that despite your ties with WO and TT (PotUS), who seem to have resurrect you, it also must be said that during WO administration eUS surely ensured a diplomaatic victory over Plato but lost hugely in keeping its former friends like Croatia, albania, bosnia, chile (prolly the most bad ass nation in eRep), turkey, bulgaria etc. and traded them with all serbian allies like (initially) Spoland (until its collapse), romania, argentina, greece... a blatant act of hipocrisy that surely lead to the apathy you mention!! Does it also mean we expect improvment in this view?
Pacifica will be first priority. And as far as I know USA is not the only country with a NAP against Asterian nations. Romania, Argentina and Greece specifically have been masterfully friendly with USA because of Wild Owl. Unless Congress has an idea to send us to war that does not suit USA's interests I don't anticipate a quick move out of USA's foreign affairs placement right now. But there are opportunities to help out old friends when the time is right.
let me rephrase, what will happen with eCroatia, eBoosnia, eAlbania, eBulgaria, eTurkey, eChile etc?
surely i am not denying that eArgentina, eRomania and eGreece could have been exceptionally friendly, but then eUS for the last months was only involved in petty wars such as this recent one with cuba and NK. so I do not see much of their use- or perhaps they rid us from the fever of being wiped by servia?! (this is probably it) or help eUS win TP and FF medals (this would be possible without their help or anyones for that matter)!!
so, truth be told, nobody chooses to talk about traditional allies of eUS left behind- instead, they rather talk of new friends with 'exceptional abilities'!!
I'm not disagreeing with your observations of eUSA's relations over the past year. I believe eCroatia has a ceasefire with eSerbia for almost a year now, but I'm not really sure how eBosnia, eBulgaria have to do anything in this discussion. What has eCroatia done for eBosnia? I've seen eCroatia help eUK more than eBosnia or eBulgaria. Is there supposed to be a correlation between those countries helping each other because I have not seen that.
Despite eTurkey, eAlbania and eChile being on opposite MPP sides with eUSA, things have still been rather amicable, yes or no?
I do not see stagnation as a way to go by, if not for anything, its very definition rejects that!!
We are all aware that there have been a lot of movements in FAs of many eCountries relations. Some of them amicable, some strengthened bonds and others discontinued!! though, it must be stated that MPPs is what counts most.
that is if eChile vs eAgrentina are involved in direct fights DOs of eUS MUs will be set to fight for eArg!!
however, my point is that we are not giving ourselves any chance to fighting against eServia (the eUS sworn enemy)- that is because most of our MPPs are similar to that of eServia. unless anyone that wants to fight them goes to the eCountry that is fighting against eServia.
Agreed. It will definitely be an area to explore once again 🙂
Full support!!!!
You got this! O7X
About Damn Time!
WJ for CP!
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oh hey old friend, good to hear from ya! 🙂
Ill always watch your back pal!!! 😉
i appreciate that RS 🙂
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Let me reach into my wallet.
please please, only bribe the congress members, but I could use hookers and blow.
Good luck WookyJack
hey Tyler, thank you for the support o/
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much appreciated, Perry o/
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Good luck!
thank you, Scolbert!
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Beautiful Work!
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This is pretty damn solid.
Good luck Wooky!
WJ4CP let me count the ways...
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