(USWP) Writers Guild 5/9/11

Day 1,266, 17:01 • Published in USA USA • by The Whitehead Nation

A horrible introduction
by,Josh Whitehead

Welcome to the first ever, revamped Writers Guild. Every day you will see very talented writers, Graphic designers and miscellaneous stuff by the very own Writers Guild. Threw out my time with the United States Workers Party, i have quickly worked my way up to the ranks. Surprisingly enough while i was editing this article and sending messages to the WG staff to send me there piece. I got a lovely message from Civil Anarchy to become his Deputy Secretory of Media. So, your now reading from a no body to somebody. Surprisingly enough it feels weired. Elites are surrounding me yet i feel like home. hmm, don’t worry, I'll still raise some hell and fight for whats right.

This article is long for a reason as it will show you how we will roll your eyes into perfection. We have a good interview of the mighty Bruce, what politics was like and the changes of Journalism. Everyday will contain something new, exciting and some cool comics, puzzles and what a RL newspaper is like.

everyday, we will change the article with great care as We can have fun but yet informal at the same time. Daniel Roman is the other editor in-chief, so welcome him home.Please be Patience while were still Configuring how many article we should limit and the content of the WG. Enjoy the article’s and say thanks to the writers welcoming pieces, they kick ass at what they do! 7 days a week, 7 times just as important as the Whitehouse Press Release.

Josh Whitehead,
United States Workers Party WG editor in-chief
Deputy Secretory of Media

How our articles have changed in past 2 months

by,Zachary Parsons

eRepublik is an ever-changing game with its physics and mechanics being slightly tampered, changed, and as always…evolving. Journalism is no different, the in-game system has been evolving since I joined eRepublik in March 2011, some of the changes include; the new classification system, article approvement, and customization has also changed. Since I have been here the articles have slowly but surely raised to the point to where almost no spam is being permitted, every day thousands of articles are written by members, then reviewed by eRepublik staff, and finally published for use of the entire world to see, vote, learn from, and use for their own gain.

Articles in eRepublik are used for a many number of things; some for personal glory, some to teach others about the in-game mechanics, some for political views and asking for votes as well as providing a presentation on what they hope to bring to the table, and some even give us orders to tell us who to fight and when. The old ways back in March up to mid April, the article system was so jumbled, half of the time you saw spam, foreign articles, and even straight vulgarity to the game, its players, and their enemies. The articles of old were always laden with favoritism voting just to get either meaningless or non-important spam put up on the chart, stuff like battle orders were always hard to find up until the new system, now everything is broken up and easier to find, orders can be issued, people can spam even if they feel the need to. The changes made to our article submission make it easier for the gaming community to get the right info when it arises, popular in-game people doubted and ridiculed the new systems, until changes came once again and now everyone praises it as well as uses it to their advantage. With the new systems in place people can accurately get the info they need. This is just basically the jest of what has changed with the news articles and such since I have become a part of this game.

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Politics have changed
by; Jon Malcom

Politics?

Is it a word that is to be taken lightly? No of course not.
The dictionary definition say’s: Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.

The first president of the eUSA was names Korbin King the leader of the Democratic Party in the eUS. Because of this he was elected quite easily to the position of President of the United States of America.
Because of a close minded approach to being president the early years of the USA were incredibly tough. Korbin instituted high taxes for imports and low taxes for VAT.
They had no banks. They had no Federal Reserve.
Today we live in an entirely different time.
We have a brand new outlook, a new way of doing things, and yet the more things change the more they stay the same.
People hate politics for many reasons the least of which is that the real voice of people tends to get swallowed in the logo of the party. If you’re a ACP member people may look at you and think that you believe just like PTH...if you are a USWP people may think you just think what the party say’s to you.
This is far from truth.
We hate politics because it seems like we can never get a real voice. That there is some kind of elitist group in congress that controls it all.
We are the squashed bug on the governments shoe.
We like politics because it shows we can do something if we work together. We can become something if we strive together.
I was asked to give a history of politics. That would be nice if we had three years of time for me to explain it all and if I didn’t want to die of old age.

So therefore I sum up politics.

Winning for the politicians.
Winning for the people.
Losing our trust.
Losing the stereotypical idea that it is one giant club in the government.
Winning elections through multis.
Winning elections by voting.
Flinging lies towards opponents.
Being honest and upright towards all.

That is politics.

An interview with Bruce Sommer
by, Daniel Roman4

How long have you been a member of the eUS Army?
While I’ve only been in the eUS Army for 44 days, prior to that I was in the USNG. During the short lifespan of the Libertarian Party’s militia, I was a member of A.L.A.R.M. Finally, as a member of the Socialist Freedom Party, I had decided to contribute the resources I have to be one of the Quartermasters for the
What is your Military rank in the Army?
Fighter First Class

You just became a Campaign Hero for the first time, and yet again five days later, how did you feel?
In Pennsylvania, I didn’t feel so much a Campaign Hero as a Campaign Manager. As you may know the resistance war in Pennsylvania was a Region Swap with Canada. Due to this there was no official support from the Military. This lack of official support also increased my probability of winning the Campaign Hero medal. As I had won the auction to start this resistance war, it was my responsibility to preserve my chance to win the Resistance Hero medal that would be awarded once this resistance war was won. I was basically tracking the battle for 12 hours, sitting in front of the computer, keeping the wall pushed past 50%. I was sending a lot of PMs to opposing parties in eCanada explaining that this was a region swap and that there was no need to push the wall past 50%. These recipients would usually be players enthusiastically attempting to get a Battle Hero medal. Every time I would see an icon on the top of the screen pushing the wall past 50%, another PM would get sent. And every time the wall got pushed past 50%, more Wellness Packs would get purchased so I could add my influence to the miinibattle and get the wall pushed in our favor. Due to this, in addition to winning Battle Hero for Battle #1 and Battle #7, I can take credit for helping to ensure that the eUS won all eight minibattles with eCanada winning none.
With the Gulf of Mexico, Cantabria in Spain was in Battle 7 or 8 and we were assured a victory by the percentages and we were shutting them out. So, I looked for a battle where I could make a difference and saw that we were just under 50% in Gulf of Mexico and did what I could to push the wall in our favor.
was difficult. Battle 5 was less so. During Battle 6, I don't know if we received extra support from our side, as it took even less influence to keep the wall in our favor -- I even saw a Battle Hero Medal Hunter applying influence when it wasn't needed -- or if Mexico just gave up as they knew that we weren't rolling over.
I took a much needed nap for the rest of Battle 6, all of Battle 7 and the beginning of Battle 8. My alarm clock woke me up and I checked Battle 8 to see if we were still on track. Battle 8 was firmly in our favor, so I didn't see a need to get involved. During Battle 8, I even saw a Battle Hero Medal Hunter, with Supreme Marshal* Military Skill and 5,500+ Strength, from Romania applying influence when it wasn't needed instead of joining his Romanian brethren -- fighting against Hungary in Oltenia -- where his influence could have made a difference.

While I was able to contribute 300+K influence towards both battles[/url], it doesn’t compare to the millions of influence that our “Tanks” tend to deliver in heavily contested battles.

I know that a party leader is a busy person but you managed to become a Campaign Hero even if you have a party to take care of, how did you achieve this performance?
Ordinarily, I have a routine. During Mass Attacks on IRC, there is a lot of dead time I can use to deal with Socialist Freedom Party and Model Congress business and keep myself current on what is going on in the forums and other IRC channels. I work and train right after server reset and after that I check the “Citizen Help” spreadsheet for new entries of players requesting Mentors.
Truthfully, all RL activities went by the wayside during this particular campaign. As I knew my day would be free, that prompted me to bid on one of the Resistance Wars that Secretary of Defense Avruch was auctioning off in #us. During the first seven minibattles, I was multitasking between the battlefield, IRC and the forums. During the eighth battle, I went “AFK”. Ironically, probably due to that minibattle happening in the early AM hours -- which is prime time for me due to my messed up circadian rhythm -- that battle was uneventful. I was expecting Campaign Hero to be sniped away from me by some Campaign Hero medal hunter. Fortunately, that never occurred.

What do you think about the eUS Army? Do you have any suggestions for it?
The people in the eUS Army, and the other branches I’ve been in, are terrific. I would say that the two areas it can see improvement are in keeping the Branch Orders up to date by assigning the task to multiple people who are available at varying times and more “top down” communication -- communication down the chain of command -- as well as positive reinforcement in response to jobs that are “well done” by us “grunts”.

What are your plans for the future?
My long term plans are to become a “Tank”. I hope to accomplish this by “Napoleoning” my strength training, instead of using “Boot Camp” as I’ve previously done -- as I profit sufficiently from my companies to do this -- and continuing to use all 300 of my wellness each day to build up my Military Skill.
I would also like to continue being part of the Department of the Interior and, in addition, find some way of accomplishing my dream of an Arm America that distributes 300 wellness per day to “newbs” to rapidly build up their Military Skill. “Make them strong, like bull.”

Would you like to say thank you to someone for helping you achieve this performance?
I would like to thank all of the members of the Socialist Freedom Party who have created a place which I feel I can call home. I would especially like to thank Uhriventis who is always there to offer support and cheer me on. He also put his all into battle seven

Do you have any advice for the young soldiers which would like to become great army fighters one day?
* Work, train and collect your reward every day.
* Save your Gold to purchase companies to become self-sufficient, so you can use all 300 of your wellness each day.
* Use the profits you earn from your companies to purchase Gold from the money market -- despite how long that may take with the devalued USD -- to boost your strength training.
* “Boot Camp” provides the best bang for your buck.
* If you’re independently wealthy, then you can buy Gold from the Admins and “Napoleon”.
* Don’t use Wellness Packs unless you are already using Tanks, as Q5 Weapons provide the best bang for your buck in delivering influence -- and even then only when you are able to deliver a set amount of influence.
* Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Some CH ignored my request or just said no, why did you choose to answer my questions?
I believe you have two types of people in life, those who decide to be helpful and build peoples’ aspirations up and those who decide to be harmful and tear peoples’ aspirations down. During the auction for the two Resistance Wars that were occurring that day, I saw an example of the latter. One thing that convinced me to be a Mentor and then Director of the eUS Mentors Program, was my desire to help people. By participating in this interview, I believe I am helping you with your article and helping those who read it, by providing an example to be followed.

Do you regret the time spent in eRep? Why?
As a former Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer, I regret the bugs that exist in eRepublik and wish I could participate in a separate beta testing program to help resolve those bugs, but I don’t regret playing eRepublik itself.
Being an introvert, I’m not the most social of people, and in RL it has been hard for me to get out of the house as much as I used to, so I value eReuplik as a means for me to socialize with others online -- to develop online relationships that are difficult for me to develop in person. I value every positive conversation I have on IRC and in the forums as a result of playing eRepublik.



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