Better to burn out than fade away?

Day 2,985, 15:57 • Published in Australia Australia • by Ranger Bob

Grrr

I am not active again. But, I have been around in comments a bit recently, and I suppose if I feel motivated enough about something I am prompted to comment on it.

I'll be the first to admit I perhaps don't see all that's going on. And, I am most CERTAINLY not in the loop on much anything. So, I am speaking from ignorance perhaps. Perhaps, this is the best place to be given my thoughts in this article.

One of the first things that struck me when I logged back in after a long hiatus was how bloody quiet it was. Articles tended to be of little substance - fight here, do this, we did that - OH LOOK, A FLUFFY KITTEN OR DOG!

Then I happened upon the recent shenanigans where rusty stepped back after a long period of seeming to be CP and dictator, others filled the void, then claims of conspiracy theories to and fro about whether we wanted to be a dictator-led nation or not, and proposed governance style.

I made my thoughts on this clear. The rationale for our CP-led dictator was NOT to take over the country, but to defend from a military take over from another country so the treasury couldn't be raped and all kinds of mess in forcing changes to alliances etc. Aus was always intended to be a democracy regardless of the mechanics we were defending against. But there seemed to be some implication the dictator had actually become a dictator, and the Aus congress were at best inactive, at worst, stupid (i.e., the end justifies the means).

I wonder sometimes if erep has become the means of its own demise. SO MANY GAMES now offer the military module, usually with better graphics and less crap. And if they want you to spend RL money you tend to get more instant gratification (for example, games like mobile strike, GOW or anything else you care to name). The thing that originally set erep apart was the political and economics module, and both of these have fallen in importance with the continued focus on fighting. I think this will eventually spell the end of erep as a game, as the times are moving on and admin don't appear to be keeping up with it - or, what MIGHT make this game as a whole a bit more interesting. That's my 0.02c on that.

BUT you deal with what you have. If admin won't care, then to retain and attract new players, if you still want a country and people playing in it, you have to MAKE YOUR OWN FUN.

So, to the crux of it.

You need more debate. You need to come up with your own political way of engaging on debate, and you need to come up with your own fun. And, I'm not sure other than occasional articles saying we will give you gold loans, or weapons, or fight here, you are getting that.

So, invent it. Come up with a new model and way of doing that. Get some differing views. Think about more driving alliances and battles. Structure your military to ensure more activity and coordinated fighting. Have fun with a smaller number of peeps (in the short term) if you must but stir the interest of new people and see how you go.

As I've just commented in another article, eAus was at its finest when there was some conflict. Be it with other countries in war, the nature of our political alliances or even over whether to use a bloody forum! But, do something different and see how you go.

Love you all.

Ranger.
eAus has been.