The Best And The Worst
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by St Krems
The following is a list of all American Presidents to have served in office since the start of V1 and the end of V2. It was compiled by Woxan and myself. You will notice that this list is in ranked order. This is because we have ranked these presidents based on their skill, how lasting and influential the effects of their term were on the country and how how good a president they were.
The main criteria were:
*Leadership ability
*Diplomacy
*Media presence
*Strategic vision
*Understanding of the game
*How well their cabinet ran
When the position of one of the judges was being decided, they left it entirely to the other judge to place them.
We don't think many people will disagree that this list is fairly definative.
1. Josh Frost
An excellent organiser and statesman. He ran a very effective cabinet and targetted them well. He had a number of diplomatic victories in key parts of the world that did a lot to secure American interest for a number of months to come and was one of the key people behind the Three Pillars Campaigns.
2. Scrabman
Laid down government infrastructure still in use today, including the PDB, WHPR, and Congressional Budget. Made one of the most organized and planned out attacks that America had ever seen in FER, which later turned out to be a retention blessing in disguise. His choice of neutrality over Germany helped prevent the further collapse of post-ATLANTIS relations.
3. Emerick
A highly effective media writer who kept Americans involved and interested in eRepublik while the country lost state after state. Built a strong cabinet and strong relations with EDEN nations.
4. Harrison Richardson
5. St Krems
6. Chocolate McSkittles
7. Gayus Julius
Took back Canada and finished off WW3. A decent president but he was set up for this by previous adminisstrations.
8. Woxan
A good economic mind. Poor relations with EDEN are offset by strong a JCS/exec working relationship and successes in South Africa and Australia.
9. Bradley Reala
While this was not an amazing presidency by any means, Bradley recieved a lot more criticism in the media then was really deserved, mostly for political reasons. Getting Poland into Asia can be seen as a major accomplishment, while the fact that Russia managed to take California in his term, making the polish swap possiable, weighs against him. Furthermore he was not a great communicator by any stretch. The good EDEN relations in his term sets him above Jewitt, as well as the fact that he was dealt a rough hand. It wasn't his fault Russia had activated MPPs or that he took the reigns right after the V2 change.
10. Jewitt
Given an Asian invasion plan created in Josh Frost's term, the invasion was full of avoidable mistakes, the most notable being Hungary's gain of Inner Mongolia which set the state for Serbia gaining Liaoning. He also initiated the UK quagmire against JCS advice which was a humliation to the USA and a waste of gold. He was also responsiable for a poorly thought out rental agreement with India for Karnataka which was to backfire on the eUS several months later.
11. PigInZen
His presidency did a significant amount of damage to American diplomatic relations with EDEN countries, which it didn't recover from for a number of months. This coupled with an amazingly unproductive month domestically is why he ranks so low.
12. Uncle Sam
Brought America a poorly planned Mexican invasion which ultimately backfired and crashed the economy afterwards. Was impeached for donating tanking money to friends and behind closed doors.
13. Justinious Mcwalburgson III
loljustin
Every effort was made to leave aside all personal bias when this list was formed. The fact Emerick is number 3 on any list I had a hand in making should attest to this.
Yours respectfully,
Woxan
St Krems
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I know about 3/4 of them and I def agree.
I've been through all of these Presidents but 2 (Benn Dover and Justinious Mcwalburgson III), and while I don't entirely agree with the list, I do have to say thanks for the trip down memory road.
OPERATION TACO BELL AM I RITE?
BR over Jew? I must have missed something
Numbers 4-12 are a bit fudged
Bradley Reala is entirely too high up
What the scrab is this
Idk about this list man
Thanx. 🙂
BR actually managed to fend off an invasion, get poland into asia and was dealt a pretty hard hand. Most of the criticism of his term came from my supporters who were manuevering to get me into the whitehouse in the following month. He was a bad president, but his inability was over-blown for political purposes. Jewitt had so many chances to be a good president, and systematically squandered them. He was responsiable for Serbia getting LK eventaully, got us into a shitty deal with India for KT and screwed up the three pillars campaign.
Trust me when I say we put a lot of thought into this, and we were there for it.
The fact that Benn Dover is so low just shows how flawed this list is. He was extremely effective as a wartime president in many ways, including rallying the populace, which some presidents seem to have trouble doing, and was very popular even 6 months later when he admitted all the ways he cheated and screwed people over.
Jewitt started the three pillars campaign. I have a lot of respect for Jewitt, he changed the eWorld.
I don't mind this rating, but I do have to point out that the two people that made this list were either fired or had personal problems with me by the end of my first term. Both were also supporters of Frost (whom I ousted on accident). Unbiased article, obviously 😉
Also, I *prevented* Serbia from getting onto and completing the landbridge, with a lot of ST6/EDEN help. Two weeks after I left office did Serbia finally assault Liaoning. Also, how did I screw up a campaign *I contributed in the design of*? As I said in my post on the eUS Forum about my presidency, I admitted my mistakes, and why my Presidency looked so horrible: I made the wrong friends and didn't suck enough Emerdick.
Agreed with Emerick, Benn Dover did wonders for retention just like our invasion did. He made V1 worth playing, and set the way for the accountbility argument that kept most of us through Scrabman's own presidency.
Jewitt, you were bad. like really, really, bad. The entire story of your presidency was wasted oppertunity. Oppertunity given to you by Frost. You got us into a war we should never have joined, to add to my earlier list. The three pillars was put into motion by Frost before you took office and your media was painful. Sucking up to emerick has nothing to do with it, and if you knew anything about the relations between emerick and I right now you'd know that personal affection played no part in this list.
If personal bias was put into this Gaius would be a lot lower.
I probs would have made Scrab #1.
Also, Em is right about Benn.
Krems, you are completely right and I am wrong for getting us involved in a war you, and practically the entire nation, asked for. I also am wrong to have actually tried something with my presidency, which would never amount to the greatness of aiding in the wiping of Russia.
My apologies, Krems. I was unaware of how terrible and wasted of a President I was.
Uncle Sam was the worst president ever. It looks like personal bias is what placed him one spot above from the lowest. Also Benn Dover getting less placing than Harrison Richardson is a joke too imo.
"As I said in my post on the eUS Forum about my presidency, I admitted my mistakes, and why my Presidency looked so horrible: I made the wrong friends and didn't suck enough Emerdick."
In my opinion people are one of two things. Either:
A. An Egotist, who can't hear their name enough, regardless of the context.
B. Overly critical of themselves.
If people fall into category A, they tend to rank high on the list (Sam being the exception, but serious, fuck Sam). If they fall into category B, they tend to rank low. If I had been making this list, I'd have put Jewitt's term over myself, but then, Jewitt's term were the two most fun months I've ever had in the game.
That said, my feelings on some terms are quite well known, so I will go no further in critiquing this list. It's good in some circumstances, I'd disagree in others. I'll leave it at that.
Benn has been ommitted. justin remains so we can mock him.
Also who is Bradley Reala ?? All the presidents on that list had international acclaim. I don't think anyone would know who he is unless they lived in eUS
The fact is, Reala, that the presidency requires a good amount of ego in order for it to be successful. You have to sell yourself, your plans, and entertain the masses for at least a month.
Now let's discuss Sam. He not only brought war when we wanted it, he also set the stage for war games, which went on to become an international sensation. Why that makes a bad presidency, I'll never know. He was impeached for giving out tanking funds without going through the proper channels, which is hardly a game-breaker.
A president who gets impeached is usually what's called a bad president. And don't play down his accomplishments, he wrote a full tell all outlining what a good president he was. Multi-ing, theft, a stupidly handled war and a crashed economy. Give the man his due.
"The fact is, Reala, that the presidency requires a good amount of ego in order for it to be successful. You have to sell yourself, your plans, and entertain the masses for at least a month."
I agree, actually, and that's why I don't dispute the rankings. I just wanted to make it clear that there is a specific reason why some people will be remembered as good and some will not, regardless of the actions they take. A President is a media figure, and if they don't realize that, then they'll never survive.
>A president who gets impeached is usually what's called a bad president. And don't play down his accomplishments, he wrote a full tell all outlining what a good president he was. Multi-ing, theft, a stupidly handled war and a crashed economy. Give the man his due.
The economy used to crash every time there was a war because it wasn't used to sustaining a real war effort. That's not the president's fault. With a little time, the economy would grow used to constant war, as it has learned to, and we'd be fine. I mean, it wasn't until months later that we started communes for the military, so you can't pin that on him.
A strategic error, fine. But did you, or would you really want to hold onto Mexico? It's literally worthless, except for the fact that we could have RW wargames with their regions. And we ended up doing just that. So in the end, we profited. You're welcome, America.
Multiing and theft? All a part of strengthening America. One would imagine that someone who allegedly helped found SEES would understand the positives of playing the dark horse.
And if you're so simple that you believe that an impeachment equals a bad president, then you clearly don't have the capacity to create a definitive list, as you'd clearly like to. Sam was just a scapegoat to make the population feel like "losing" the war was someone's fault so they didn't have to realize that a win was useless anyways. Except for the above mentioned war games, which, I'll remind you, we got.
But if you want to put the president who brought us war when we wanted it and war games before any other country at the bottom of your list, that's your prerogative. I'm only trying to help you make it a more honest list.
Good article Krems. ^__^
Emerick, you have too much free time.
>ad hom when you can't effectively counter
~same old Krems~
Honestly, if you don't like this list, either shut up or make your own.
Interesting read, nonetheless.
Cheating and multi-accounting never deserve respect, admiration, or should ever be taken as anything other than the stupid, dishonorable thing it is.
It's why I don't like Teacher aka. ThisGenMedia aka. Harrison Richardson
Also you can never blame the people for your losses in wars. You bring a war the people want you know the risks of losing, and you guys lost handily.
decent list, I don't entirely agree with all but still pretty good.
leave justin alone!
also: sad to say you're spot on re: PiZ & Jew, :/
Emerick #1
all true, and i should add it that St Krems is so unpretentious and didnt mention what he did for us and eden! i like it!
u were one of the best, Krems, next to Josh and emerick!
This list needs more ape
damn, i'm using the same avatar
blu spai in the article!
>Cheating and multi-accounting never deserve respect, admiration, or should ever be taken as anything other than the stupid, dishonorable thing it is.
Actually, we should be thankful for the people who have the ability to cheat undetected and who's profit go towards building your country. They risk their account for us, like no one else :3
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Yanno, you may have overlooked one, a great one, a great hairy ape one... what's his name, yanno, the one who made it cool to be e-American, the winning nation again, vis-a-vis that silly monkey business thing, of yeah.......Colin!
IMHO, he ranks up there at with the top Presidents, and (sorry Josh) may be the top guy for one major thing; Just as e-Americans were leaving the game in various forms of rage quits, suicides and emigrations, the Great Ape brought together a White House and staff from almost all parties and threw the biggest shoot 'em up party ever! This inspired half-hearted players to stay and dead zombies to wake up, everyone wanted to be part of the kool kids klub... Long Live President Lantrip!
Any list with Uncle Sam not in last place is suspect.
Ranking yourselves is ridiculous.
Paper rejected.
Woxan numbert 8th? But he proclaimed Dioism as the national religion!
Former Potus Beats up Krems
>St Krems #5
Interesting placement to say the least.
If it wasn't for Jewitt's presidency, I would have quit this game long ago.
>Woxan numbert 8th? But he proclaimed Dioism as the national religion!
True. Just another way that this list is severely flawed.
/me yawns
No gagah, an important person to the country does not let himself and the whole country look rediculous when he is found out to be a massive cheater. If you want the USA to have the same reputation as multi-nesia than that's your business but it's a horrible goal to run towards.
This list is as close as most people will ever get to definative. I have yet to see a comment proving otherwise.
Look, I started playing this game under my first account a few days before Jewitt was accidentally elected President. From my standpoint, Jewitt did a hell of a job as president, building up what the rest of the world thought of America. Krems, regardless of whether or not plans for the three pillars invasion were started when Jewitt was president.
And I happened to LOVE reading Jewitt's articles.
And Krems, I have respect for you too. I really hope you respect that though you obvious disliked Jewitt's presidency, a vocal majority of citizen's respectfully disagree.