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AREA 51 | Reloaded, Nov 2010., Published in Poland


Dear friends,

in this number of Area51 we have interview with romper, best player by experience, player with many Battle hero medals, great military strategist and EDEN's military commander.

This article is translation of original article published here http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-interview-romper-1572722/1/20 so subscribing would be appreciated.



Area51: Hello, please introduce yourself... Who is romper in real life?
romper: I'm 38 years old man, owner of company for geological research, who half of the year spends on various ships all over the world.

Area51: What brings you in eRep and when did you discover this New world?
romper: Some spam on one portal where it says that virtual Croatia needs help... On someones misfortune referral link didn't work so I went to home page and register...
romper: I start playing like year ago, maybe little longer...

Area51: You have unusual nickname... Any special meaning of it?
romper: Movie, romper stomper... Australian, goggle it!

Area51: What do you remember from begging and who stayed in your memory from that period?
romper: At first long time I was civilian. Then I started to write comments and Kokach sent me a message to join the army. Probably he liked my eloquence.
romper: So I came to Vatreni gušteri (military unit for beginners) and Woolf showed me everything. That was great time.
romper: They gave me inactive Squad 5 and then petravic and me activated people on the list, bring new ones and part of that team still play eRep today.

Area51: Who is character in game similar to you and is it reflecting your real character?
romper: More yes then no.

Area51: Who do you feel as the best player by experience in eRep and who you managed to achieve that?
http://www.erepublik.com/en/rankings/citizens/all/1/0
romper: Well, I was active in v2 which boosted my strength. In v1.5 I strike at the end of each round in every battle so rank and exp went up. Now it's combination of that strength, so I'm because of my rank among the best. My strength isn't so high and for all that is responsible Amex.

Area51: Which military module you liked the best?
romper: This is paradise for all the cheaters. v2 was the best because that was strategy and it minimalized influence of cheaters in battles and it should use brains in fights. To bad it was so many bugs.

Area51: As I see you have many battle hero medals. Are you one of that medal hunters or it just happens?
romper: Not one medal is taken with intent to take it. I strike where and when it needs to be done with intent to win a round. If victory is assured I don't hit anymore. And if that was enough for the medal and no one is better then me then I get it.

Area51: Have you ever fight against yours and if you have - why?
romper: I didn't until yesterday. Yesterday, because of stupid mission i went to eBrasil, so I hit when round was already secured. But it didn't worth, so I went there for nothing.
Area51: What do you think about our people that want that medal so hard so they even strike for the enemy?
romper: I think they should chill out.

Area51: Where do you get all that gold for tanking? Buying from admin?
romper: Yes.
Area51: I heard that stronger players get gifts like gold from admin...
romper: Lol, I never received any gifts, maybe I should send a ticket...
romper: If admin is tanking players... that would be crazy...

Area51: What do you think about eCroatian politics, who do you appreciate and which party you support?
romper: I think that it fill with egoists, I don't appreciate anybody particular, it would be best to delete all political parties when political module would aloud that. I stay out of politics and think that all should take other countries citizenship and help aTO efforts. For example eRussia should be liberated from Phoenix, you see that they suffer in that alliance.
Area51: Yes, you have eBelgium CZ for that reason?
romper: No, it was left from the period when BSD with VP and SFFA (military groups in eCroatia) returned eBelgium on the map with the help of eGreece, Mirmidons. Then we were all eBelgians and with eUSA hold eBelgium neutral for 3 months. Maybe I return there sometimes.
Area51: Hmm, and why did you keep it if the actions are finished?
romper: Well, so I can return there. I have friends there, 3 months isn't so little to be in foreign country. When I was there, we renewed eBelgium, they even had a small baby boom. Economy was improved, it was fun for me because they accused each other to be pTOers.
romper: Now it's boring there... they signed MPP with eSerbia which isn't attacking anybody since there is no swapping... They throw their gold for nothing.
Area51: Maybe it's time again for some action there?
romper: There are more important countries then eBelgium in this moment...
romper: That time we prepared our journey through Europe. We were ready, but our chief stuck in eAustria.

Area51: Have you ever offered position of MOD and would you accept it if somebody offers it to you?
romper: I was offered and I wouldn't. MOD is political function so it's out of the question.
Area51: Why are you so repulsive against politics? If you could change things for the best, why not try?
romper: And what is good in it? I don't see improving things, only insinuations and accusations on each other. This is in first place military game. If we wanna analogy with real life, first thing that happens in war is suspension of democracy.
romper: Here we have congress that do lot of good, but bad things too. Blocking gold for example and raising minimal salary.
Area51: So, at any conditions, no matter who president would be and coworkers?
romper: Not at any conditions.

Area51: What is current situation in HV (eCroatian army) and military groups*?
romper: In HV because of stolen companies is reduced activity and they try to get all started again and return to the level they were.
romper: Tuljani are currently the strongest military group in eCroatia, BSD is also strong and it is increasing activity, Sokolovi are together with those too in so called Strike Force, and when they all hit together that is pretty impressive. HOS is slightly invisible, at the moments you see avatars, but it's not like before, SFFA just activated and we hope it will soon come to level they were before summer.
romper: Others unfortunately, I don't follow, so they should not be mad at me, but I don't know how are they going.
Area51: Do you think military groups have good cooperation with country?
romper: Last few months there were no disputes, so I don't know is it seen from outside. Cooperation is good, but it can always be better.
* Largest military groups in eCroatia are: Tuljani, BSD, Sokolovi, SFFA, HOS, VP.

Area51: You are one of most influenced people in EDEN... Please explain you position there and what is your job description...
romper: Military commander, position is to define which battles to start, priorities, when and how to fight. Coordination is the key.
Area51: You are good at it...
romper: It could say...

Area51: Who do you review current situation in EDEN and Phoenix?
romper: EDEN is homogen and it's seen on battle field. That what I'm trying to achieve is that member countries don't look whose battle it is, they should all think of it as theirs and battle as such.
romper: PNX is in problems, I don't wanna get in details how they got their gold when they don't have high regions, where are those bunch of babies from baby booms and why they are OK every 4-5 days. They have their own problems and they should solve them as they think is right.
romper: My task is to create additional problems for them.

Area51: Why do you think there were change in relations between alliances?
romper: Because already in v2 lot of fake gold from bot farms melted, supplies melted too and all went back to economies. It seems that affected more PNX than EDEN.
romper: Look, in v1 there were tanking in one battle as in 10 today, remember, like 200-300 tanks full equipted, 80 gold each on both sides. Where is that gold now? This isn't not even close as then.
romper: That's why I liked v2, tactic decided. Now we are dangerously close to v1, and latest baby booms confirm that.
romper: Beside gold, reason is in structure of alliance: EDEN isn't grouped around 2-3 strong countries and satellites that are fighting for their interests. In PNX is all about getting eHungary and eSerbia stronger. By loosing their colonies they lost their income too, and small member countries never developed their economies as they should.
Area51: Yeah, obviously that was bad strategy...
romper: Remember deleting eBulgaria and answer - go to LK to work in iron mines!
romper: That isn't that what country that is full member of alliance wanna hear!

Area51: How much is game taking you at day?
romper: Currently much, but ordinary not that much, few hours a day.

Area51: What would you change in game if you can?
romper: I would make buying gold cheaper so that range of players that can buy it increases.
Area51: You mean something as buying through SMS?
romper: No, I mean cutting down prices and limiting amount so that more people can buy it but smaller amounts. I hope that they are working by rules, because currently they are fade, and that isn't good fir the game.
romper: Military module should be changed because some rules are strange at least, the most important would be change that attacker has 10 minutes after the end of each battle to decide whether he will attack further or not and that 10 minutes other side that lost cannot attack again.

Area51: What is perspective od eCroatia in close future?
romper: North or East. On West is hard, eSlovenia didn't deserve to delete it again, they are used by PNX that is eSerbia for their own goals. Lot of eSlovenians has seen that but there are hard ones that still think that eSerbia cares about them... eItaly is in EDEN now so we cannot go through them. So the best way is across eSerbia, through eTurkey to eIran, and then in eChina or let say eIndonesia.
romper: But anyway, we have the most valuable resource in game - grain.

Area51: Uuu, you think there are enough gold for all that and determination at Croatians?
romper: Croatians proved two things,
romper: 1. they are strongest when it's hardest,
romper: 2. we only need good and fair leadership, somebody who can be trusted - then they become enthusiastic for the cause that leadership smuggest...
Area51: You think that current leadership is up to that?
romper: I don't know, time will show. Nobody can do that alone so can't we, and everythink it's done should be seen related to alliance.

Area51: What are your future plans
romper: Finish this mandate like so far. So attacking PNX as much as I can, organize military campaigns and bring supremacy to EDEN.
romper: When I finish as EDEN MC get back to BSD and help people that is leading it now to make elite military group on EDEN level.

Area51: Anything for the end?
romper: Maybe just this: It doesn't matter which option is leading the country, left, right, center... at the end all off us wants the same - strongest eCroatia. So leave that bullshit for RL politics, and we need to be united.

Area51: Thanks for the interview and good luck in eLife!
romper: Thanks

* Interview is held in redaction of magazine Area51, November 10th, 2010., 11.20h pm, Day1086.

Article is published in ePoland on day 1097 of New world.

Orginal article is published in eCroatia here http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-interview-romper-1572722/1/20!


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