[Updated] [DG4CP] A Realization

Day 2,540, 16:57 • Published in USA USA • by Dave Gulya

Hey America!


And this is what I have been campaigning about. This is the feeling that you are left with by the most experienced players. They make you feel left out and irrelevant. When you don’t perform up to some imaginary threshold, they berate you. When you try to play by their rules and they find out you won’t be dissuaded, they troll you.

This is what I want to work to repair as Country President.

But I am not going to be able to accomplish these things this time around.

I started too late. I didn’t get a good foundation started which will lead to an eventual collapse.

I tried to be David and take on Goliath.

I recently began making an introspection. Really weighing things out. Looking at all the facts.
We are just getting into the really busy season at work (I am a plow driver for MaineDOT) and I just got home this evening from being in the truck since 6AM Sunday morning. This Country deserves a President that can devote their undivided attention to running the Country. I cannot guarantee that I can do that at this time.

Perhaps after the Winter Season, I will make a run again.

Thank you to The Federalist Party for your nomination.
Thank you to Scott Coyle for your Endorsement.
Thank you to the Dixie Liberation Front for your nomination.

To Oblige, I quote Herman Melville; “Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.”

After all, it is still just a game.


Thank you to ALL who supported me.

This has been a confusing night for me.

A few hours ago, I was resigned to my fate as an ‘also ran’ against Oblige. I was going up against someone who has won more CP Medals than any other American. Someone that has never lost a race. Someone so cold and politically calculating, that even thinking about running against him, completely turns me off from eRepublik.

So I resigned. I was beaten down, and didn’t want to carry on anymore.

And then I saw this:



amazing

It’s amazing that I dropped out of the race.
It’s amazing that new players would rather quit than get more involved in politics.
It’s amazing that he gets to run unopposed and add another medal to his already bloated rack.

I will freely admit that I was incensed. Where was the humility? Where was the respect?

After stewing in this rage for some time, it all clicked. I don’t want this community to be like that, I don’t want this community to be defined by the crushing of dreams in the pursuit of medals. I’ve been active in the eUS, the last truly great eRepublik community, and I know that the citizens here, both young and old, don’t want us to be defined by this either.

If I am going to go down, then I want to go down with a fight. My last breath will not be a whimper, it will be a scream.
I know that some people will call me a flip flopper. That I can’t make up my mind, and how could I possibly run a country as large as the United States. To them I say that we all have our moments of doubt. Mine was unfortunately a very public one. I regret it, but I’ve learned from it.

I want to give this country the election it deserves, even if it ends up in defeat for me.

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[DG4CP] From the Bottom Up
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