[EDEN HQ] Words from Supreme Commander Avec
Greek Ministry of Health
The plan worked exactly as I hoped for
I see a lot of ”EDEN fail” and ”Phoenix fail” articles in the media. Victories are being cheered, while losses are taunted. Armchair strategists talk about general EDEN strategy sucking at one point, and one point they praise how well it turned out to work. There's an attitude behind this set of min
😛people have expected war campaigns to be swift and decisive, clearly linear and progressing from an objective to objective. That's a completely wrong way to think in a larger context.
I pondered for a long time the problems EDEN was facing. I've been involved with EDEN since summer, and I saw the first steps of the alliance. I witnessed the creation of TAF and EMC, and I was a part of the war machine EDEN had managed to create. It was a marvellous design, and I regretted it for disbanding. I wanted to return EDEN back to its former glory, and people placed a lot of faith in me to achieve it.
The first few weeks I mostly concentrated on getting a grasp of everything and trying to think of a strategy to get the basic functions like TAF and EMC working again. We held meetings with member countries where everyone expressed their opinions on varying matters, and we tried to come up with common goals which would satisfy everyone. The first few plans were simply bad. EDEN had been drawn into fighting solo wars via single countries, wars like the ones in France, Germany and the UK. Another such war campaigns were already being planned, while at the same time we were more or less forced to defend Polish or Spanish regions in Europe against Phoenix assaults. We lacked initiative, and a way to break the cycle.
Operation World in Flames: a quest to unite EDEN
Then, after reading all over the war plans that had been sketched in varying parts of the world, it occurred to me: why not start them all at once? Each country wanted war, while all agreed on setting a general goal for all of EDEN. It was also agreed that neither China nor USA was strong enough to win against Hungary or Serbia in a 1vs1 fight. So, to provide everyone fun, I made a plan which I called World in Flames: a multi-pronged attack on Hungarian soil while USA and China go for LK and HK. Everything was meant to start at the exact same minute, with world-wide distraction and drain battles going on. The plan was met with highly positive sentiment. A vote was held whether we start the campaign or not, and it received a stunning majority.
Then, began the hard part. USA refused to declare war on Serbia, and refused to commit to attacking Liaoning or Heilongjiang. Presidents changed in between, and it took time to get everyone on board again for what was discussed last month. There were those debacles about negotiations with Phoenix, all which only served to weaken EDEN and strengthen Phoenix stance.
A note: Yes, I'm releasing this information now that a grander plan existed for EDEN. I don't think it was a secret at all to Phoenix either, and after reading the latest Erepublik Insider article, it sai
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”It all started Wednesday with Hungary attacking Croatia, that attack had delayed Eden's (one of the main eRepublik Alliances) plans for a simultaneous attack over some vital high-regions of Phoenix (the other main Alliance).”
That's so clear hint to World in Flames, that even without any intel reports I would be willing to bet the plan was leaked (even admins knew about it!). That I don't know did the plan inspire Phoenix, but then they started their own World in Flames campaign in Europe by launching diversionary attacks on Croatia, while Slovenia pushed for Rhone Alps, along with Russia coming for Berlin through Poland, and Spain suffering RWs which would cut Poland's passage to South America. That day was the time we decided to enact World in Flames to an extent - it didn't work out how it was originally planned, and mistakes were made, but in the end it didn't matter. I never expected the push for Hungarian cores to succeed, or vice versa, only some fronts I expected to fare, while others would have to be abandoned.
A lot of people didn't understand the mindset behind this plan. I tried to elaborate it in an earlier article, and mihail.cazacu has written the basic fundamentals of warfare in his newspaper
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-ro-en-domino--1326313/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/cate-piese-sunt-de-fapt-pe-tabla-de-sah--1295495/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/cum-arata-tabla-de-sah–1297916/1/20
(I'd write them here but why bother duplicating.)
And what has been gained so far? EDEN united, striving to fight for a single goal. The next big conflict after World War 3 has started, all countries are working together. People are having fun again, new generation of leaders, strategists, soldiers and commanders can show their talents. This was the exact effect I was hoping for, and while some days ended in tactical failures, it's unimportant in the long run. Some battles we win, some we lose. That's how it is.
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Avec, Supreme Commander of EDEN
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pole?
yeah 1st !!!
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apart from hailing, no one have any substantial to comment on? I wonder whether the admin will start giving out FP for people who just "hail XXX".
anywya, great plans. There are price to pay and prize to win. HK is gone, LK is still there (thanks for failure of some country president to press the button). RA is swapped and many MPPs are activated. Where next? THat doesn't matter. You re right - the wars made a lot of fun for a lot of people.
question is - where do all the Gold come from?
Hail Eden!
Nice job, EDEN!
Something funny, (and prophetic) for Sunday: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-500-republished-published-first-time-6-months-ago--1332759/1/20." target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-[..]1/20.
hail burkina faso!
hail trinidad & tobago!
HAIL EDEN!
If it was all planned that the US and EDEN appear to separate, then the Brolliance liberates Western Australia, then EDEN liberates Heilongjiang, yes, it was absolutely all brilliant beyond belief.
I can't wait for the next gigantic trick.
But for some reason, I think a lot of what happens in both diplomacy and warfare (and we know what Bismarck said about that "😉iplomacy is warfare carried out under other means" (paraphrase)) is accidental.
Maybe we just got lucky. Maybe it was a brilliant plan. I don't know.
HAIL BOSNIA
I bet I can guess which president leaked the plan to phoenix and forced "negotiations"
I can only hope citizens of that country chose a president thats not actually supporter of their enemy lol
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Finally we are united once again.
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Good save Supreme Commander of EDEN ! o7
great article as usual... a question...
"USA refused to declare war on Serbia, and refused to commit to attacking Liaoning or Heilongjiang. Presidents changed in between" so it was PiZ who didn't want to attack or what??
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Hail EDEN!
@Carr De Vaux, we know where the gold is comeing from 😉 http://tinyurl.com/33est9a" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/33est9a
Keep up this good work!
Even without USA, we are strong enough to fight against Phoeinx.
USA is TO-ed at the moment 😃D, and the only one who can put it on the right way is Gaius if he win Presidential.
USA cannot directly in the EDEN because they (their former chiefs) made a lot of mistakes and selfish actions which at the end were against EDEN countries, but they can fight in coordination with us if they want to be our allies agian in the future.
HAIL EDEN!
World in flames was the worst military plan ever created. Its 'brilliancy' involved pointlessly activating MPPs and... a training war for Poland, because Polish dmg (one of the main dealers in EDEN), wasn't involved simply anywhere, and twoclicks still needed to have at least one battle. Why won't you fight green in a stupid rw, when your allies are going suicide, yhm. This is why the plan received a formal 'stunning majority' and a big NO vote from PL (later supported by many of those, who officially voted yes ;d)
We found it very strange to be asked to pay over 2.2k g/month and still have no voice at all when it comes to military plans.
What's more, WiF required taking Liaoning, not HLJ. HLJ wasn't even planned on that spreadsheet.
Btw. where were you on the first days of this ww, I don't recall seeing you online =o
hail eden
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HAIL EDEN o/
I was expecting this article to from the moment HK fell.
you should have said what the goals where for the campain. that would have made it epic.
😁^
From my secret Gold mines located in Emericks pants
Also, blaming the eUS for refusing to follow along with the plan is a bit unfair when increased tensions and released chat logs gave a hint of an EDEN invasion on eUS soil. It's no wonder the president refused to start a war with Serbia.
Think about it. If EDEN (or a particular country within EDEN) wanted to attack the eUS, it would be a great idea to convince the eUS to burn money on a wardec and successive tanking, which would leave them all the weaker to a blindside attack. Obviously this isn't want happened, but it is what many people believed could have happened.
The losses by EDEN on the 23-25 I think helped a lot of countries realize that they can't afford to alienate their allies, and it has brought all of us closer together. That coupled with a fantastic sneak attack on Hello Kitty and a successful re-invasion of Rhone Alps by Spain helped turn around the events of this past week into a positive light.
In any case I'm thrilled the flame wars have ended between the eUS and certain EDEN countries, and I am looking forward to working more closely with my allies.
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GLORY TO eSPAIN and eCROATIA
VIVA EDEN!
One hour ago 🙂
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/one-hour-ago-1333776/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/one-[..]/1/20
Unite EDEN? Joke?
That was the best article ever!
Greetings from eSlovenia, Phoenix
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AVE JA
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PHLIOFOLIS PROPAGANDA!!! iks.de XD
vingaer 20 hours ago
World in flames was the worst military plan ever created. Its 'brilliancy' involved pointlessly activating MPPs and... a training war for Poland, because Polish dmg (one of the main dealers in EDEN), wasn't involved simply anywhere, and twoclicks still needed to have at least one battle. Why won't you fight green in a stupid rw, when your allies are going suicide, yhm. This is why the plan received a formal 'stunning majority' and a big NO vote from PL (later supported by many of those, who officially voted yes ;d)
We found it very strange to be asked to pay over 2.2k g/month and still have no voice at all when it comes to military plans.
What's more, WiF required taking Liaoning, not HLJ. HLJ wasn't even planned on that spreadsheet.
Btw. where were you on the first days of this ww, I don't recall seeing you online =o
😁^ It was apparent that Poland is shafted in this plan. lol. they lost RA. they paid the most gold, and did the most damage...and got..nothing to show for it.
o7
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HAIL SPOLAND!!!
HAIL CROMANIA!!!
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