Only the dead have seen the end of the war

Day 1,311, 14:10 • Published in USA USA • by The Libertine

(Before we begin, I want to thank everyone that read, voted, commented, shouted, and republished my last article. I did not believe it was possible to get 800 votes anymore in this media module but you all proved me wrong and I'm appreciative for all of the support.)

This article is about what will happen next in the eUS and what our options are. It won't contain creative prose or uplifting sentiments. eRep doesn't deserve that level of energy from me anymore.

I did, however, make a picture. Click it if you're into pictures.



Estimated time of destruction: Less than one week. Shortest possible wipe is in about 4 or 5 days.

Mitigating circumstance 1: Luv-fu. We are attempting some swaps with Canada to block off Alaska and Washington State. This may or may not work. By the looks of it, it will not work as ONE was able to throw a wrench in our attempt to give Oregon to the Canadians.

Mitigating circumstance 2: Texas is Srbija. If ONE decides to be a bit playful they could keep the eUS down to only one state: Texas. Serbians (not directly involved in the assault on America) have long desired to "free Texas." As far as irrational memes/desires go in eRep, I have to say that this is in my top 3 all time. It is a vestige of a time when eRep was about accomplishing silly things for the sake of triumphant success of accomplishing silly things rather than war for the sake of war. If ONE obliges, they could possibly keep the eUS down to Texas, block all Resistance Wars, and wait for Serbia to somehow cross the world to finally free Texas (either by crossing Russia or making it to Mexico and moving in from there). The chances of this happening is very slim. ONE would likely rather see the eUS, a nation that has never been wiped (though has come close), wiped off the map first then play with their (regurgitated?) food later.

Potential for a peace deal: 1%. In eRep there is little left to make short term *enforceable* peace deals worthwhile. In the past there were admin enforced contracts that could protect the trades of gold and region swaps (and probably other things), with penalties for any side not upholding their side of a deal. This is not the case anymore, and with the dastardly 24 hour auto attack rule it is barely possible to coordinate a temporary peace at all anymore. Congress can vote down peace proposals, vexed military units can overfight in non-sanctioned auto attacks, and there is no way to ensure that payment of one thing will lead to the return of anything else.

What comes next: We'll likely be wiped, but after the Congressional elections. With the likelihood of no CP elections, there will be pressure on the Executive Branch to strike a peace deal to ensure POTUS elections on July 5th. If that is not attained (and there are not CP elections, leaving the current CP in that position) then an impeachment is probably likely, giving Henry Arundel (Pfeiffer) the chance to navigate a peace deal and a return to sovereignty during the month of July.

Probable outcomes:
40% - We give up over 2,000 gold to ONE in order to be able to hold Presidential elections. Afterward we are wiped anyways. Many eUS players leave a game they have hated for a long time anyways but have stuck around waiting for a good reason to leave. We are given the option to join ONE but refuse and don't regain true sovereignty and security for another two months when ONE breaks up and starts fighting each other as there is nothing left for them to accomplish in this game.
35% - We agree to no deal and are wiped before the CP elections. Glove is impeached, and Pfeiffer works aggressively on a peace deal that will make the eUS a neutral nation with the concession that we will not directly attack any ONE nation. We give up Hawaii and California (and possibly other Southwest states) to Indonesia. The UK is allowed to keep a portion of New England, since the name already fits. Poland leaves the eUS entirely since they have plenty more of Europe to conquer, and Spain is allowed to keep most of the Eastern seaboard. Hungary withdraws but gets to keep Texas for lulz. After working on this massive agreement, Pfeiffer presents it to Congress. Congress votes no. We remain virtually wiped for over a month, during which time many players leave to do things like "see the sun for the first time in years" and "touch a girl's boobs (accidentally at the public pool)".
15% - We are wiped before CP elections and the July CP (either Glove or Pfeiffer) works on a deal that makes the eUS join ONE. We regain sovereignty but many players leave because of the betrayal of our values, allies, and beliefs.
4.99% - We are wiped but then allowed to exist only in Texas and only until Serbia has a chance to make it across the world to free Texas. People stick around because it is mildly humorous and because the illusion of security is fun when paired with "Don't Mess with Texas" patriotic rhetoric. Ajay makes a return and comes dangerously close to finally becoming CP.
0.01% - eRep moves to become a Facebook-only game before we are wiped. Justin Bieber tweets about the game and 13 year old girls take over the country and fight back ONE using their skills of "using Facebook for hours a day" "not being able to cure Bieber Fever" "being creeped out by Ostin" and "using their smartphones every other minute of the day and billing gold purchases to the cell phone bill paid by their parents". Emerick talks to a few of them on IRC and is promptly sent back to jail after his dragon dick transforms from words to reality and jumps out of a 14 year old's 3D monitor and into her mouth. She later states at a court proceeding that "It was the best 5 seconds of my life", a backhanded compliment that does Emerick no favors when he is extradited to jail in Kosovo, his true place of birth. The moral of the story is Blazix is so kawaii~

So there you go. Our best hope is probably Justin Bieber.

Best,
CRoy