[EN/EDIT] Open letter to TWO

Day 2,053, 04:46 Published in Croatia Croatia by Master ZUO

Dear TWO,

Congratulations! The world is yours. What now?

Short (unrelated?) story

Once upon a time, there was the war champion - Goliath. Twice a day for 40 days, he comes out between the army lines and challenges opposing army to send out a champion of their own to decide the outcome in single combat. Then a young boy came - David. David and Goliath confront each other, Goliath with his armor and shield, David with his staff and sling. As we all know, David won the battle and killed Goliath.



Moral of the story

This story is around for more then two thousand years now. I'm quite sure that if Goliath would have won that battle, it would probably be forgotten in a few days. David, on the other hand, became immortal.

This brings us to the current situation in the eRepublik. We have one powerful and dominating alliance, able to win every battle and erase every country. Yet, can they truly celebrate its victories, enjoy every win they take? No, they can't. Why? Because - it is expected. And next day it will be forgotten.

On the other hand, weak side has to do its best and put a maximal effort and with some luck, it could win a battle or some RW. But then it can truly enjoy every win they take! Why? Because - it was against the odds.

Having all that in mind, I'm sending my sympathies to all countries in TWO. Yes, you are the most powerful alliance. Yes, you can conquer every enemy. But you killed the joy of game. As long as the balance of power will be so strongly on your side, you will never be able to celebrate your victories, to have legendary battles which will be remembered in a months to come, which will be written with golden letters in a history of eRepublik. And as soon as you realize that, a better chance to bring the balance of power back and joy of game for all of us.

To all other countries I send my best wishes. Celebrate every victory you take against TWO because it is truly "Davidian style"!



EDIT
(for those unable or unwilling to see the point)

TWO HQ (or whoever makes strategic decision there) has made a great effort to attract ex-EDEN countries to their side. With this, they have greatly improved their advantage in terms of daily influence, but in the same time they have (among others) lost one important thing - a challenge. Metaphorically, they have created "Goliath" alliance.

This article is not "cry me a river" or "buthurt" thing, as some comments suggested, but an effort to point the obvious: TWO has lost possibility to have a worthy opponent. Maybe some of you like to play games without real challenge but at this time, the only challenges can be found on a con-TWO side.

So, as in the story, the future of "Goliath" is already predictable. In the long term TWO has already lost.

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