Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei

Day 764, 07:59 • Published in Germany Poland • by vingaer

In his newest article, Donnie Bronco, the current President of eGermany, writes about the problem of mixing RL with Erep. The accusations towards whole nation are quite serious, therefore it requires some kind of press response.

I shall not comment on any admin's decision, as I simply accept the fact of not having tools necessary to judge if something is right or wrong in terms of abusive content. However, such thing as undermining team's decision should be discussed on appropriate channels. A press article is certainly not such place.

Yes, you're a victim of inappropriate joke of Polish President. He already received his punishment and let's not argue whether he deserved it or not. Apparently, it was such a happy event in eGermany, that you literally started seeing racism everywhere, even in donation log.


Numerology is not the best way

I hope you do not find all people born in 1988 racists. If you wish to discuss this issue with Polish Government further, please set a meeting on IRC instead of getting yourself suspeded. This is the way we usually set things straight -- by talking.

As for various comments on polish recent baby boom, which made us no. 1 nation in eRepublik ranking, it was indeed caused mostly by a demotivational poster. We think it's a funny way to promote the game, due to the fact that people tend to do the exact opposite of what they're being asked. In this case, instead of ignoring Erep, over 16k new players joined our community.

German propaganda made this all a racist [sic!] act.

Firstly, let's remind what racism is:

1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Where did we asked people to sign in Erep based on racist advertisements, no one knows. But hey, average Helmut doesn't have to check it, right? After all, there's no point in lying to him.

What you all meant was probably nationalism:

1. Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation.
2. Aspirations for national independence in a country under foreign domination.

This word is more appropriate in this particular case, as ePoland indeed showed some signs of nationalism defined in that way. ePoland may be described as a country inhabited by Poles. To be honest, I don't recall any foregeiner with polish citizenship except larante. This means we simply do not have national minorities inside ePoland, which is why we happen to act in 'polish' interest only, if you look at things from the nationality-point-of-view 😉.

As for the second definition, the most famous polish players started playing eRepublik under occupation. Who occupied our worthless (no high etc.) regions then? Yes, our western neighbours. For teh lulz. That usually blows all warmer relations, doesn't it?

Polish national interest requires having a war here and there. The Czechs and the Slovaks have *nothing* to fear from us, as we became friends during last months. We also share a special friendship with the neutral Ukrainians, a nation of brave people, who always help us in need.

Ah yes, 3 neutral (or in case of eSlovakia 'ex-neutral') nations. Funny, do you still wonder why they don't have to worry about being attacked by ePoland? Because we respect their wish of being left in one piece.

What did you do? Joined PHOENIX, an alliance which doesn't hide the fact of its offensive character.

That leaves 3 potential targets, all PHX. Sadly, you're one of those.

You never contacted polish government about ending this conflict and signing peace. Instead, you're trying to make your own baby boom out of it. I'm happy for you and fully encourage your efforts, as stronger eGermany will make the game far more interesting for both of us.

I believe that your way of advertising the game is a little hypocritical considering the constant propaganda accusations of various sins (like eg. racism, chauvinism and mixing RL with the game) commited as you claim by ePoland.

Time to explain some things.

To everyone concerned, this is the German Minister of *Culture*, Garibald.

kill’em all

What does he do? Apart from having nice home basement (weird place for a filming location), he constructs a weapon by which he intends to kill Poles, Swedes and Czechs. If he was a cartoon character, it'd be funny. The usage of his real face however suggests that he as a person actually wants to do these nasty things in real life instead of in game.

Consider a little swap of government departments.

massive destruction

This promotional movie presents pictures of Berlin destroyed during II WW combined with texts about Pol-Ger war in eRepublik. As we all know, polish rl soldiers were present during the conquer of Berlin in 1945.

All I ask is that why do you use II WW to promote Erep among RL Germans, when your propaganda acuses *us* of mixing RL and the game?

In my opinion, the arguments you use in your articles do not have ANY meaning if you blow yourselves by making such movies.

Next time you accuse somebody of doing something, please make sure you are not doing the same 😉.

Also next time don't save money and sign MPPs before whining that you lost your regions. Apparently eRussia and eIndonesia have better things to do, if they're not exactly a help in defending their dearest PHX ally eGermany.


Polish opinion regarding recapture of Saxony

We appreciate your efforts in both creation and payment for the training war in Saxony. It'd be a good start to make our relations warmer.

If only you were 100% honest, had ballz and admitted you're not so innocent as you'd like to be.

Regards,
vingaer
MoFA of ePoland

See you on another training battle! 🙂

PS. This article may not represent point of view of every single polish citizen playing this game.