[Banach]~~Man, Don't Break It If It Ain't Fixed~~
Day 1,161, 14:19
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by Banach
Welcome to Paradise?
Within a day of my return to this once bustling and fruitful place I noticed several things that concerned me. For starters, the admins have changed the system so much over a period of three years that it is unrecognizable for the oldest players in the game like me. The problem is that these changes have been gradually for the worse. They are complicated, flashy and unintuitive...kinda like a Porsche 911 equipped with a pink hat and brail satellite navigation. Also of note is our dwindling population, plethora of useless political parties, general lack of interest in the social aspect of the game, and most disconcertingly, a lack of innovation and ingenuity.
In fact, if I had any experience with this game (which I don't!) I'd suggest that what I am witnessing is a regression. We were, a year ago, on the verge of an Atlantean megalopolis. Now, all I see is real life Detroit after it realized no one wanted their poorly made cars.
There is but one solution to consolidate Canada and end its potential for fracture: shift policy to simple, small, orderly and powerful government.
Yes, you heard me. What (e)Canada needs is to revert back, retrace its steps to late 2008 or early 2009. The military needs to be kept as simple as humanly possible, and privatized. The various political parties need to be abandoned and rule concentrated in two or three distinct, powerful political groups with explicit and detailed agendas.
The Citizens here need to feel like Canada is, at its core, a powerful and stable power. A centralization of power through streamlining of the military and political aspects of this country should be key aspects of focus to encourage a Renaissance.
What should be the focus of any strengthening of Canada is PRACTICALITY. If there was one wrong thing from with past regimes (when I was around) was that we introduced concepts that were invalid for the game. Arts and culture and justice was next to no place in this game.
Its about POWER. Its about the money, the guns, and the influence in politics. Nothing else. Build a government around those concepts and everyone will have the basis for secure and productive (e)lives.
Alas, to that extent, I'm reentering politics with one mission in min
😛Moulding eCanada in the image of its founders...a country that is powerful (but not aggressive), unified (to a reasonable extent of course) and a flourishing centre of innovation and creativity in eRepublik.
All I know is that this weak, chaotic, pathetic image of eCanada is not doing any gamers any favours...least of all me. If I step out of my year long retirement, then It better be in the atmosphere of a fun f&^king game.
Cheers,
Banach
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Amen.
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Banach comes back with a fury
The truth.
Except for this part: "Arts and culture and justice was next to no place in this game." Trust me. We need this shit more than ever now as everybody here is absolutely retarded.
😁😁 This
The Moose calls.
"a lack of innovation and ingenuity"
How dare you, sir? You sully the name of Sutler with your insolence. There is now most certainly not a lack of ingenuity!
Wesley herps his mom
Temujin - Pics or shens?
Dom - Then they'll need real life help 😉
Mmm, sweet as always, Banach
hai there...
Well, thing is, people like to comeback after 6 month and tell people they didn't do it right. However... If you would have sticked along you could have done it yourself...
I'm kinda tired of seing older player giving morale lesson on how it should be done, how this should have went, while they left us.
I'm not blaming you there buddy, but stick around and be the change, it's way more difficult than to just be a passing moral lesson.
No offense on this bro, I'm just stating something that has been going on around in my head for some time.
my 2 cent.
and what is really the problem?
The fact that people keep on defendding thief, even after they looted the entire country for purely selfish reason. They are still being backed by people who claim to defend the ''people''
If that's not killing the young player by totally discouraging them I don't know what does. How can they believe in this game when the presidential office is such a joke?
That's a major part of the problem imo...
You did a good job in the old days, but I'm not sure what to think of the current approach. I think our problem is that we have too many potential leaders following the old saying.. Power Corrupts.
And hey, maybe the leaders from the old days were just as corrupt, they just didn't get caught. *shrugs*
Chucky - Just because I leave doesn't mean I don't have the right to give back when I come back. Everyone has to take breaks once in a while, and saying it is our fault for leaving is ridiculous.
Soulscode - Can't believe you are still around...you're as old as me LMAO
Some days I can't believe it either, but here I am.
Also.. one comment on this: "Arts and culture and justice was next to no place in this game."(I think you meant 'has'?)
Being one of the literary icons of the old days, I find your position somewhat contrary, since at the heart of writing is both art and culture. Justice I won't argue too much with, since it's pretty toothless around here just as much now as it was in beta.
(Yes I did mean "has")
While I understand your point, I would venture forth the notion that "Media", given its practical and cemented position within the game structure deserves its own pedestal...but other aspects of "Arts and Culture" like museums, education, art contests simply do not matter.
Was just wondering when ~hyuu~'d be back 😉😉
Sadly, I agree. This country has gone too far from it's former glory and things have been made plain silly. There must have been a massive brain drain after the pre-V1 era left the game.
This is your eCanada in early '09:
Deliciously sophisticated and richly flavoured
This is your eCanada post-Aug. 2010:
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44409000/jpg/_44409712_afghan_eggs.jpg edible but rather gritty after "a great fall"
Any questions?
Plugson, you inspire me with your ingenuity. I knew you'd be posting pictures of eggs ever since we met in March of 2009 lol.
I support a lot of what you wrote and many of us feel that the same changes are needed. What I would have liked to have seen you write however is how you intend to achieve these goals.
Its one thing to say "the sky is much more polluted then when I was a boy. What we need is a clear sky!" and another to make that comment then outline the steps we must take to make it happen.
Don't get me wrong I'm all for a "simple, small, orderly and powerful government and Military" but what steps do you propose to get us there?
Nobody likes pollution. It is easy to complain about it. It is harder to get people to sacrifice in order to repair it. Many older players profited from this pollution. Now many older players are complaining they can no longer see the sun.
I support this!