I Have Won This Game
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by livingabroad
It's over for me now. I beat it, I became a congressman. I can't go any further without adding anything but stress to my life. This is a game, after all.
So here, I announce my retirement from this game.
Last night I my internet went out. I hadn't worked. Frantically, I did everything I could to make sure I wouldn't lose my Hard Worker's Medal progress. Then I stopped, and thought about it. Why is a game making me so driven to press a couple of buttons? I couldn't find a good reason. After that, it spiraled on, and all the cons of this game came to my head.
We keep calling ourselves anti-imperialist, but who the hell cares? It's a game, we make the morals.
Too many people have stopped to think for themselves, and sway with the general idea.
When did it become anti Phoenix, and not Pro-American?
When you bring that point up, why should you be hit by 50 "Phoenix Propaganda!!!" comments?
And then I began thinking of things in another way.
With the time I've spent here, I could have learned a foreign language, become a Grand Master in chess, raise thousands for a worthy cause, you name it.
If you've ever played the game Civilization, you'd know that once you win you get the option to exit game, or keep playing for no goal. That's how I feel now. I could be playing for fun, but the fun's not worth the time.
And then I thought of the pro's, of the great people I met. Until, I realized I could have met equally brilliant people in the real world had I wanted to. And I thought to myself, if I'm even considering quitting, why should I consider staying? It's a GAME.
By no means do I think you should quit. Win your game, then make your own decision. But I've made mine, and it's time to go. No, I didn't think I'd be doing this when I ran for congress, but I do wish one man in particular the best of luck in February elections. Patches O' Houlihan, get yourself in congress.
Thank you the UIP, thank you to the wonderful people of the State Department, and the people I was just beginning to know in Congress. Live long and prosper.
I'll be gone for good in one day, so with this, it's a good bye!
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livingabroad, very sorry to see you go 🙁
Wishing you well in whatever you pursue-- but just in case you wanted to stay, I use eRep media to improve some of my foreign language ability 🙂
Lt. Scheisskopf
http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/stars-and-stripes-journal-191155/1" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/st[..]155/1
I feel as though we've only begun to know you..
And yes, one must decide when it's time to draw the line and say that enough is enough.
Whatever you choose to do from here on out, I wish you the best.
Maybe, just maybe, you'll think about coming around to play with us again. O7
goodbye, you dont know me...but i know you o7
can i haz acct?
I lost the game.
Best Wishes in the future!
I won the game too, I converted to a two-clicker and started working out with my spare time 🙂
Seeya man, give me yoru stuff too 😉
🙁 im in debt can a habe like 20 of your USD?
2 Click bro, US needs you🙂
Seriously.
hey um i just rejoined the game. can i get gitfted
Dude! NO! WHHYYY!!!!
Erep > Real life!
Where else can you be a Colonel in the military AND be a Congressman!? Don't leave us!!!
But in all seriousness, best of luck to you in your endeavors. Make the most of your life dude.
07
07
Bye. Can I have your stuff?
🙁
Best of luck in RL, and I'm sure you made the right decision, it will be a hard one, but you've done something a lot of people can't, quit.
I wish I could.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/indo-cannot-into-debt-1142857/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/indo[..]/1/20
Great song!
Enjoy your newfound freedom 🙂
o7
not even 2 click? and dibs on ur stuff
You were a great guy for State, sad to see you go ;_;
I think you made the right choice. You hit a goal and reached it, now you go off to slowly die.
I lol'd at the article because I know how crazy eyes intense this game is. I was the same way after about 10 months of the game
Then I tear'd at the fact that you're leaving. 2 click and in a month you'll be back and refreshed I guarantee. Even if you miss a day or two you'll find an article that brings you back,
Goodbye livingabroad!
Oh, and by the way, I am still the ambassador. 🙂
If you don't have goals, move to India. You will get new goals here. We need more people to stave off PTO attempts.
Bawwing for not getting your 5 gold?
Farewell.
did you pay and win. someone sue this damn game.
You're not a Field Marshal yet. Stick around for that. 😉
Great explanation! Good luck, partner!
can i haz ur monies?
I think it is relative in our pluralistic world. Seeing us move from modern to modernity there is no such thing as new and improved. For someone to say this is a 'game', for others it's a time of teaching.
Right now my 9 year old daughter is getting a great lesson on work ethic, how elections work, making an orgainization was great fun for her.
She has ventured out and is very creative. I am amazed at how a child's mind, when sparked, can have limitless ideas. Does this 'game' do anything for me? Not really for me, but in a sense, yeah for me. It is teaching my child economics, working together, fighting together, she is able to define lines of conflict and how to deal with this conflict.
Yes it is just a game, or is it a laboratory of learning wealth? It's your decision as the author of this thread declared when they made their point.
Prom
You're not ready to go cold turkey. Real Life is too much, it'll kill you with all the stress.
Don't do it.
😛
Have fun.
every american less,better for phoenix,please do not come back.
EDEN SUCKS,PHOENIX ROCKS
And i forgot,Every "EDENIAN" less,better for ALMIGHTY PHEONIX
Good points.
The biggest weakness of this game is that it doesn't really allow you to play casually. Miss one day of work, don't get your medal. Miss a few days of training, don't get to tank anymore. And so on. After some time it becomes a compulsion and a serious burden on RL.
Good luck, Sir o7
*rolls eyes* your resignation is not my problem; I'm still going to take over the world! 😃
My article in Shining Star News about livingabroad and his accomplishments:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/a-time-comes-when--1143159/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/a-ti[..]/1/20
Phoenix Propaganda!!!
Dude, I play this game in my spare time.
All you do is press a few buttons, it doesn't matter whether you're Congress or not. I do all my gaming in moderation so that it doesn't interfere with my personal life, nor will I let it.
Sure the meme's, trolling, and gimmicks are cute and all, but they're not worthy of being apart of someone's life.
Just do shit in Moderation, you don't have to just go and quit because you think it's controlling you.
Now that you've realized it has been, back off and just do the bare minimum. I play three web browser games, and have a ps3, and I spend the bare minimum time on the web browser games as it is.
A few simple clicks won't kill you dude, getting over involved when you don't need to be will.
There is much to ponder here.
sorry to say, i don't know you from adam... wish i had though.
hold on, you said you could have learned a foreign language, or become a Grand Master in chess, but i dont think you have any plains now to do that right.
when it gets to hard you just up and leave.
if you having fun they why leave, only go when the fun is gone not because its only a game.
Hope ya had fun and come back when the bugs are fixed.
You're not even a Field Marshal or broken into the top 1000. Game not won sir, game not won.
If you are going to go out, then I say go out on top.
Good for for you, and good luck in the future.
What a bummer...good luck Livingabroad!
I never even heard of you until now, but after reading this and the comments, I could tell you were a big guy for the eUS. I just want to say that you bring out a lot of true facts about playing games in general instead of doing something meaningful/important. I'm glad to see that you have thought about your decision before making it and I'm sad to see you go. Good luck with everything!
sad to see a fellow platoon mate leaving the game, but everyone has to make their own decisions on the matter. I speak for all of A1 when I say that you shall be missed, and good luck with whatever path you choose. 07
Please consider occasionally two-clicking. Others, including two-clickers, helped you achieve your eRep dreams. You can do the same for those who come after you. Why not just play once a week or just on election days?