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Good interview

Wow, tone it down.

Why? Grainne's not allowed to speak out anymore?
Yeah Malta, I heard that one before mate.

Grainne it is the first combat we have had VIA MUTUAL PROTECTION PACT since then unless you count training wars. I'm aware we have had combat I commanded the forces in a few of them....

I know all about the Shannon exercise and your counsel wasn't ignored I make my decisions on the counsel of many people not just your own. Nice out bust though Grainne.

You are allowed to comment. Just calm down. Its an interview.

@ Malta, I am as calm as a still day on the Shannon, Sir.
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I see it is an interview, and a good one at that. Respect to you.
Sadly for me, all my recent attempts at dialogue with Vysey have been unanswered, so if an interview is the only place I can catch him, I'll make good use of that, if you don't mind. Thank you for the opportunity to allow your interview to have something other than a "boated" reply. Truly. And please accept my friendship request? I ask you humbly.
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(To Vyse, calm in tone...)
Indeed as you should Vysey, but IGNORING people who try to help you, and already have, is at least rude, and at worst arrogant.
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You had little to do with Shannon, I'm afraid to point out again.
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As for the MPP with Greece, a blind-man on a galloping horse could see that I had to lead that manoueuvre too, neither you nor the others in official positions did much to contribute.
Shall I post links to Irish Media to clear that up? 3 of them are still at the top of the Irish news for those who wish to educate themselves further. Spectators for example.
Participants are already FULLY aware. Irish, Greek, Ozzie and otherwise.
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I PM'd you only yesterday during the fray, and did you reply?
Oho noho.
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Nice outburst? *curtsey*
It's my new personality.
The other one was eRaped and silenced, as you know only too well sweety. Kinsman. Lost to me. Sadly.
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If you've any wish to repair our relationship, ffs be a man and call me direct, and stop posturing like a wounded Gean-Sidhe.

Grainne, you lead to the greek MPP? Didn't you complain about not being informed?

I don't claim to have anything to do with it. I'm Minister of Foreign Affairs meaning I negotiated the MPP. The MoD and the Military run the campaign that's not my department.

"I PM'd you only yesterday during the fray, and did you reply?
Oho noho."

I saw no need your question had been answered. Top Gun had posted the article before I read your PM.

It's an interview I was asked to do. I responded to the questions. I'm not ignoring anyone granted my response time could be quicker on some things but that should improve again now as I'm finished working for awhile.

Vyse is anything but arrogant and outdated. If anything he's too modest and lacks belief in his abilities at times. I see him work first hand and know him well enough to judge him. Ireland is better off with Vyse.

I agree FD. Usually. I'm surprised by his recent behaviour. He was one of my first e-heroes in Ireland.
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OK, Vyse. I'm listening.
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Manni? No, not the MPP. The military consequence of having SIGNED the MPP. Sorry that wasn't clear, you are right. As a military leader, it's not my place to question the suits' decisions, just to mobilise in whatever legitimate manoueuvres that result.
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Here are the military news items that track the parts I'm talking about.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/defend-greece-mod-vote-up--917876/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/defe[..]1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/thank-you-ireland--919460/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/than[..]1/20
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Further dialogue with MoFA was crucial considering the complex nature of the activated MPP, particularly in light of the conflicting priorities for Greek forces yesterday in relation to California under Harlots crew, and the Indo moves there.
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Every senior Soldier in the MPP nations yesterday realised we had a thin-stretch to balance. The Irish response was as effective as it was through sheer determination and camaraderie from strong troop relations. The official national and mandated response was woefully inadequate. It needs attention. It needs my counsel on War Council to be finally *****ing listened to.
That's all.

"Further dialogue with MoFA was crucial considering the complex nature of the activated MPP, particularly in light of the conflicting priorities for Greek forces yesterday in relation to California under Harlots crew, and the Indo moves there."

We are obliged to defend Greece's original territories. Nothing else happening around the world until further notice will change that. The MoD knows this and is in charge of all Military tactics and maneuverer. Our position on this has not changed. If it does for whatever reason you will hear from me.

Ok, that's the way you wanna work MoFA?
And TG's tactics briefing?
REEEEAAAALLLY?
Your choice. Speaks volumes.

(This copied for the UK edition, so we don't get out of step.)
Vyse says:
"But he refuses to "actually LET ME talk to him" any more."
I'm talking now aren't I? I respond to PM's as fast as I can. (Unless the answer has already been given.) I may take longer to respond to forum posts but I'm working on that. (For some reason they take an age to load for me.) You are, talking to me NOW that is, for the first time since you approached the opposition ISRP to get your IUP badged cabinet seat. A month ago. Since you didn't need my DAILY sugar-mommying gifts, MTs or guns anymore to get out to Hungary and rank up in time to be considered.
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I get over 200 PMs a day, Vyse. I try to answer them all. It's what's both expected and required from a senior player here. You know that. Quit playing games with me now.
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It's a sad day for Ireland you choose to talk now. Here, and publicly.
Like the LATE LATE SHOW in Ireland, and QUESTION TIME in eUK.
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As I said before Vysey, be a man ffs and deal with me one-to-one.
I don't bite *irony re yr words*. I'm a Irish Brute Lover, smothering all in suffocating kisses on a daily basis. You too usually. Perhaps it was too smothering for your taste.
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However, I think Malta has struck a big one here for political and military entertainment. Well done Sir!
He has smoked out a stinker that wasn't obvious in Ireland.
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Work THAT one out, audience?
*hands out popcorn to all*
*free for everyone on the audience, Irish style*
LM*AO.

You need tactics? Ireland has ONE open battle of importance. Which means tactics come down to. "Here have a gun down hit that wall." Vyse doesn't really need to be involved outside of monitoring the situation. It's not his job to do anything more.

Disagreed FD.
Tactics should never be singular, my friend. Not in this game.
And, volunteers should NEVER be expected to provision themselves when we have a state weapsco stockpiling rusty popguns in a vault.
3 Q1's are an insult to Greece. Thank eGod we're also so blood-thirsty we just tool up like savages at every opportunity we get.
H=Good news for black markets everywhere. Including the Brits ;0)

wow,

more proof that a simple article can start a shitstorm 😃

btw nice article 😃

Supply could be better yes but still the tactics for this battle are common sense. It's the only theatre Ireland is involved in. It's not something Vyse is involved in under his remit as MoFA. Nor should he be. He is a good lad and is doing his job well of course he can improve but I've seen MoFA's of Ireland do alot less than him.

JEESE YOU GUYS, Your in the same party stop arguing.

Good article Malta, nice to get the opinions of an e-Irish God.

Nice Article

voted and subscribed

We are not arguing about politics Theus, wake up.
We are "discussing" on LIVE TV, the sad state of the Irish Govts preparedness to mobilise in accordance with the pacts they make with international allies of good-standing.
We ain't in the same party either btw.
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I'm not just having a pop at Vyse's ability here, FD. And you are quite simply either misinformed or just plain WRONG that it's the only theatre Ireland is involved in.
We are a volunteer army.
We are involved in MANY productions, whether conscience or official.
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It's truly exhausting to have to do this here. More involvement from both of you with the Irish forces would educate you RAPIDO.
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I'm questioning a Cabinet Ministers ability to broaden the views of his brief to accommodate the intricacy of a neutral, non-aligned nation.
eChrist knows there's little precedence for a position like ours, and freezing out workers for either A) Lack of gametime to consider their views, or 😎 personal political gain whilst swaying between two evenly matched ruling parties?
That just stinks.
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Sorry. But it's true for all to see. I might be the only one saying it to his e-face, but there's plenty murmuring in the streets of eDublin, I can tell ya.
Open your ears lads, and eyes too.

Grainne,I think we have different views on how to use our stockpiled weapons,I know you and everyone else would like to fight and do as much damage as possible,but the number 3 was fair in the circumstances.

Under your reckoning above,where every enlisted man would get 5 weapons,we would burn out our entire stockpile in 2 days of fighting,or one battle.

I think your underestimating the production rate of the state weapons company,it would take weeks to cover just one day of fighting.

I'd rather have a large amount of weapons at our availability in the future for more pressing battles.

Aside from that point,most people are still in Q4 hospital regions,despite being reminded to move several times.
So giving 3 weapons and expecting them to buy one themselves was fair enough in my book.

The Aegean was quite safe well before the end and Greece certainly didn't feel insulted by supplying 3 weapons.
See the article of thanks.

"We are a volunteer army."

All armies are. Nobody can be forced to fight it's in the Erepublik rules. Ireland is only OFFICIALLY involved in one according to the Government. That one alone is what they are responsible for. People who sign up to the IDF should only be fighting in two wars the War Games and the Greek one. Anything else and they are doing so without the official blessing of the Irish Government. Thus those people are responsible for their own actions.

Grainne and FD calm down your in the party no need to shout at each other o.0
Good interview Malta

Independents are allowed to "shout" at each other.

They are indeed allowed.
Arbuckle, again, I am CALM as the Shannon. Funny how every time I type a word I'm accused of hysteria. Woman thing again?
Think of me saying all this in a lotus position if it helps with the ambience dear.
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TopGun, we have a poorly organised state weapsco structure that doesn't allow for better provisioning. You and I have discussed this many times. We should not be buying blackmarket weapons for state either, you know that too.
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The Greek article of thanks was actually published by one of my buds, perhaps you missed that subtlety, Boss?
The Aegean was safe through co-ordinated action of senior ground forces, without direction, tactics, timely provisioning or open command from anyone in Ireland who's paid or medalled to do so. Including YOU. Your comment on the thread shows that clearly, Sir.
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FD, we are all responsible for our own actions. Please watch my lips. We have never expected to be provisioned for any unsanctioned actions, I would never approve of that. The fact that I am a gun-bunny who spends only on tools and high-heeled shoes is no-ones business but my own. I use it only to illustrate the fact that the Irish Brutes of BOTH sexes will tool up, whether the state hands out or not. But the state should ask themselves how long that generosity of spirit will remain.
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Still you are missing the point. All of you.
That kinda IS MY POINT.
Keep it coming gents, I've all night here....
MMMwwww******ing hah hah ha.

"TopGun, we have a poorly organised state weapsco structure that doesn't allow for better provisioning."

I have actually brought that up with the relevant people,something is in the works regarding provisioning.

"We should not be buying blackmarket weapons for state either, you know that too."

We don't really have a sizeable enough tank force to justify a company to supply high quality weapons. (As we only bought Tank weapons from the black market)

"The Aegean was safe through co-ordinated action of senior ground forces, without direction, tactics, timely provisioning or open command from anyone in Ireland who's paid or medalled to do so."

Just because I'm not commenting every 5 minutes telling people to "knock down that wall dammit!" "Nice damage there!" "Good Job!"
Does not mean I'm not doing my job.

The article clearly says
1)Fight here
2)Move to the Q5 hospital before if you have not already.

Simple to follow and execute,without a running commentary all the way.
I don't see the problem,you talk as if our guys were running around like headless chickens if it wasn't for you...

I'm confident our men have enough sense to follow the article,which is all they were required to do.
They got weapons,they fought,we won.
Job done.

"TopGun, we have a poorly organised state weapsco structure that doesn't allow for better provisioning."

I have actually brought that up with the relevant people,something is in the works regarding provisioning.


When i brought up the issue of us not being able to pay employees in the state weapons company for 48 hours i did not get a decent answer. That was 2 days of production lost and god only knows how many employees left to get a job else where in the 2 days

You got a decent answer,the IEP simply wasn't available.

And the production is fairly low anyway,2 days wouldn't make a massive difference.

You got a decent answer,the IEP simply wasn't available

Thats not a good enough answer.

@ gg -Thanks Chief, I know how hard it is for a silenced CoS to step up to the block. Well done.
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Poor answers though Bossman Maverick.
How many soldiers did you personally assist that day with advice, wellness or tools funded by your own pocket? Do you think they all knew what to do, and when, and where, and how to buy, and gift, and heal, and tally damage?
Don't have ME answer that, and bring you to further shame.
Really, don't embarass yourself General.
A good leader knows how to measure the likelihood of success.
Weigh it up Sir, stop posturing in public and unite your best men. do it quickly. do it honestly, Give us all a ****ing break, will ya?

*thinks at least Vyseys gettin' a wee break now*
*thinks, Malta should be Irish MoI*

"Thats not a good enough answer."

Oh, so we're meant to magic up some IEP?
I dealt with the situation as soon as I was aware with it, but as I didn't have access to the Taoiseach's Org, so I had to transfer it from the national treasury which takes 24 hours as you know.

Nith is back, we have the IEP now, problem solved.

"How many soldiers did you personally assist that day with advice, wellness or tools"

I cannot answer questions that were not asked.

"tools funded by your own pocket"

Not part of my job description.

"Do you think they all knew what to do"
-In the article
and when-In the article
and where-In the article
and how to buy-Would be dead by now from starvation if they didn't
and gift-Not necessary,if they can't afford weapons,they won't afford this anyway.
and heal-Explained many a time and mentioned in the article.

"Give us all a ****ing break, will ya?"

Practice what you preach.Please.

/facepalm
eGod help ya facing the troops dude.
Ivory towers and all.
BTW, I don't have a job description any more.
But I lead a ****ing army when they need it.
You should try it yourself, sometime.
Maybe then you'd get more PMs.
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@ Boru, I hear ya. It's the longer term issues at most fault. Not just the crisis days, Sir.

"@ Boru, I hear ya. It's the longer term issues at most fault. Not just the crisis days, Sir."

Eh, the economy is doing pretty well considering.
Our measures in government have been largely successful.

I'm confused at what long term issues exist...

I avoid needless chit chat where possible Grainne,I really don't give a crap how many PMs you get.

Oh, so we're meant to magic up some IEP?
I dealt with the situation as soon as I was aware with it, but as I didn't have access to the Taoiseach's Org, so I had to transfer it from the national treasury which takes 24 hours as you know.



So basically you did not do your job. You allowed the company to run out of money and did not even notice it was out of money until i pointed it out to you.

ah lord and you want to run the whole country 🙁 e-god help us all

Jesus Christ Gordon cop-on.
Our job is not to grow IEP trees.
It's easy to see when it's out of money,there happen to be alerts when it happens(if you haven't run a company before).
The Bank didn't have the IEP,we had to organise and pass an IEP donation first.
Which takes time.
If we don't have access to IEP,how do you expect us to use it?

Wut? You just completely twisted that around. Nithraldur never gave the password to the ITO, how was Brian meant to get the money required???

If he was managing the bloody companies like he is supposed to he would have noticed it was running low and put the request to congress earlier and avoided the situation happening. Its a farce that the state could not pay its employees. There is no excuse for it.

This man wants to run the country ffs he cant run 3 companies and he even has a junior minister to help him with that 🙁

We can only donate money from the treasury after the cost of 500(or some similar number) citizen fees is covered.
It took time for the amount in the treasury to be worth donating.
Time enough for the money to run out.

Howcome when patton wasn't giving out jobs for newbies for 2 days,when no other jobs were on the market,you weren't saying how much of a disgrace it is?

Top Gun says: "I avoid needless chit chat where possible Grainne,I really don't give a crap how many PMs you get."
I'm well aware of that Darling, which is why soldiers write to ME and NOT YOU. Shut up now at me anyway, will ya? I'm sick of your needless chitchat. Quit yo jabbajaba at me. Ok? *fingers in ears*
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@ Boru, sorry Sir, I meant the longer term issues on state weapsco's, you heard me harp on about that before *groans*, you know you did huh? ;0)
We'll take it offline again, to save the "confusion lol" if you like?
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@ Chief....hhhmmm Throatchakra unblocked now too? lol
There's a lot of it about these days 😃

Ahhh, ok.

Fair enough.

For the most part Brian does not run the State Companies that was a duty me and Appleman did, the term before last anyway.

It is not his fault entirly for that situation.

The wage was too high anyway to support 200+ workers at one time anyway.

Yeah I'm not talking to you anymore Grainne,I'm just trying to spell something out to someone else for the third time 🙂

Tg

If my memory serves me right on that situation there was a bug in the system that kept cancelling the jobs from the system. Are you suggusting that this is the same here??????

Should i also react the same as what happened on that occasion and ask for BB to be impeached??

"Howcome when patton wasn't giving out jobs for newbies for 2 days,when no other jobs were on the market,you weren't saying how much of a disgrace it is?"

I demanded a list off patton when the news broke of his impeachment proceedings and he had been hiring it was a bug that was sending that no jobs message.

Wow this went miles off topic

Sorry Vyse

I'd say Vyse is kinda relieved, myself 😃
*ignoring TopGun*

Impeach away,
Knock yourself out.

But yeah,sorry Vyse and malta,I'll leave now.