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Thank you for your votes! - Moving Forward to a Bright New Future

Day 1,588, 14:10 • Published in Canada Canada

• by Wombatman25

Good day eCanada,

Sorry for the late article. I’ve been pretty busy this morning.

Thank you!
I would like to first of all thank everyone who voted for me. In the end, I received 21 votes and was 5th overall in the country.

I would also like to thank all those who have shown their support throughout my campaign! Thank you Ethel Rosenberg, J_Retief, Alpha Eagle, Homer J Simpson, Plugson, and many others!

Congratulations to all the other congressmen elected today. There are many new and old faces. This is good for eCanada. It brings stability along with new, dynamic ideas.

I believe that eCanada has learned several lessons today.

Platforms and hard work are important

- Many new people have been elected to congress. Many of those who were elected worked hard to promote their detailed platforms.

The positives and negatives of new players in congress

- I cannot overstate the importance of bringing fresh blood into congress. There are, however, negatives as well. As we saw with Darkham’s two proposals today, some new players are not suited for congress. I strongly believe that candidates should have 1 HW medal and 1 SS medal at least. This shows activity and a rudimentary knowledge of game mechanics.

The congressmen elected this term will face many challenges. The EPC remains a threat, the UK continues to wage war against us, our alliance remains unstable.

However, with hard work and dedication, eCanada will move forward into a bright new future.

Comments

Mr. Jack X Day 1,588, 14:39

congratz

MaxMaher Day 1,588, 14:43

Congrats. I'm really happy for you. I hope you will enjoy your session!

Code-Y Day 1,588, 14:50

booo 😕

chewytaz Day 1,588, 14:51

1 SS and 1 HW doesn't seem like a great way to measure one's ability to understand mechanics. One could have 20 of each and yet not understand a thing about this game in the economics or the politics (probably since this game is now heavily based on military). But yet one could play for less but going around the eRepublik wiki teaches him game mechanics and the forum has an explanation for the rules and rights. One could possibly learn this in a day. Although someone can probably reach the level requirement within 3 days meaning it's easy to run, but getting into congress is tough especially for young blood.

Well sorry for that lengthy paragraph, and congrats for winning your election, I hope to see great things from you.

Wombatman25 Day 1,588, 14:59

Thanks everyone!

@Chewytaz: You're aboslutely right that there is no measurable way to tell if someone knows the game mechanics. However, I think that after time, people are more likely to know what to do if elected to congress.

At this point I'm not sure if Darkham is just trolling or if he truly believes we should NE portugal and raise income tax by 1%

Captain Salty Kushskins Day 1,588, 15:25

Valid points chewy, but any measure of experience and knowledge requires an arbitrary cutoff. Something tangible to demonstrate experience and commitment to the game is usually helpful when determining suitability of candidates, and it's for that reason that I wish more people would take the effort to write a congressional platform. Perhaps not to the extent wombat did, that was one for the ages. 😉

Congrats on the well-earned and well-deserved victory. You'll be a good voice for eCan.