[The Don + F1 News] My Life in India - The First Days

Day 2,120, 23:55 Published in India India by DonMogul
No One Wants me?

Still waiting for political parties to come say hi and say "DON YOU HOPELESS NOOB YOU NEED TO BE WITH US!!"

So get on it!

The First Days

I arrived in India on Day 574 of the New World. My first act in this country was to post this article. Go ahead and read it and the comments below. Some lovely nostalgia for us old folks about how the game used to work!



I started my political life in India a similar way to many did in those days, I joined India United. This was more or less the only party in India at the time. I cannot remember the exact figures but I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say IU had 75-85% of the Indian citizenry in its membership. Of course that situation was sustained until about Day 560, when a new party was created called India's Workers party. It was at IU that I met shail.back and David Forde.

David and shail were in those days more or less India's rulers which caused unrest among a few. I, however, supported the regime. Not merely because I wanted to be on good terms with them, it was more because India NEEDED those guys in charge at the time.



Amongst this unrest emerged Mr. Smo, who created the second party I mentioned above. This caused quite a stir and murmurs began circle around that Mr Smo was creating an opportunity for PTOers. The question was, was he doing it for himself? Or someone or some other nation? Or was he just (as we found out later) incredibly sub-normal when it came to intelligence?

I'm afraid most of his articles have been deleted (whether by him or the admin I do not know), but what remains is interesting reading.

The Formation of the IWP

The IWPs Party Platform

Go ahead and read them! They make for interesting reads!

Then came this article.

There were other articles in similar vein, promoting life in the USA (of which Mr Smo was a citizen before moving to India).

But it was this article that had a lot of people in authority worry. What was he doing? Was he organising a PTO and encouraging our few active voters to go vote in the USA so its even easier for him in India?

No one really knew for certain but India started making her ATO efforts very quickly.

Then on Day 573, Mr Smo posted an apology. This impressed some but it was far too late. Especially shortly afterwards when he began talking about forming a THIRD political party and then on to creating a poll paying people for voting on whether or not he should stay in India.

It is interesting to note that when everyone had voted Mr Smo changed the words around so that everyone who voted No you should not stay. Changed to No, you should not leave.

This fooled no one.

Then the final insult.

In prior discussions on IRC, Mr Smo was labeling David and shail as cheaters and thieves. He was accusing them of having multis and embezzlement of government funds. He, of course, had no proof of this.

Look in the comments section for something to take note of! Trojan admitting he was a n00b! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

And finally on Day 580, I weighed with my own article on the topic of Mr Smo.

I began by stating unequivocal support the system as it stood (I also announced I was standing for Congress!) and I tried in the last sections of the article to gently encourage Mr Smo to keep the discussions and debates coming, but tone it down.

It was a busy week in my eRepublik life but one I enjoyed.

My next article will cover my first foray into Indian politics.



Formula One Returns

We will follow the same format as always. You old timers will remember ho it works but fot those of you who have never taken part in my competition before here is how it works:

Set-Ups

The software used to simulate our racing season will be a modified version of Grand Prix 4 by Geoff Crammond.

2-3 days before the race is run I upload a video to youtube showcasing the coming track (some 'race weeks' may contain more than one race!) via a hotlap driven by yours truly. It is important for competitors to watch these videos as the information is vital. Competitors will then need to message me their setup for the race weekend before the announced deadline.

Failure to submit a setup before the deadline will result in a 10% BHP penalty on your engine and you will be limited to 6th gear.

Competitors will have three different areas of the car they can adjust and they are:

Downforce (low/medium/high) - help push the car's tyres onto the track and improve cornering forces; and minimising the drag that gets caused by turbulence and acts to slow the car down.

Break bias (low/medium/high) - is critical to the stability of a racing car during the braking and during turn-in phase; too much rear brakes will tend to cause the car to spin; too much front and car will not turn in.

Gear ratios (front/medium/rear) - A short gear will result in higher torque but a lower top speed. A long gear will result in lower torque but a higher top speed.

KERS (on/off) - The principle of the system is to use surplus energy that is created by a F1 car while decelerating, into a propelling force. According to the FIA, a kinetic energy recovery system is 'a system that is designed to recover kinetic energy from the car during braking, store that energy and make it available to propel the car'. Be warned that the use of this system will increase the risk of mechanical failures.

3 'Driving' Stages

Free Practice

I implement everyone's setup for their own cars and take the cars around the track for a single hot-lap. The fastest cars will earn performance bonuses for qualifying and the race.

Qualifying

After applying performance bonuses I run 3 stages of qualifying.

Race

I run the race at 20% race distance and record the race using fraps. IF YOU GUYS PROMISE TO WATCH THE VIDEO I WILL UPLOAD IT TO YOUTUBE! I update the driver's standings, constructor's championship etc and move on to the next round!

Every 2nd race will be a full 100% distance race. For these races, not only will you need to consider your car setup you will also need to consider your pit stop strategy. Bear in mind there IS refeulling!

Why Should I do ALL THIS WORK??? You say.

Does some GOLD suit you? 😃

1st Place - 55 GOLD
2nd Place - 34 GOLD
3rd Place - 11 GOLD

OMG I'LL BE RICH HOW DO I SIGN UP?????

First consider whether or not you want a team mate or whether you want to take both seats in the team for yourself. Both ideas have advantages!

Then visit this link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDVTVkM2X1pPa29JQ1cwd0w3ZWZqZ2c6MQ#gid=0 some of you may need to copy the link and paste it into a new window of your browser.

Dont forget to tell me the colour scheme you want for the car!



Isn't that car pretty? This was Alector's car 😃