The Decoder is dead---It’s about time. Forfeit points – my thoughts.
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by Tiacha
When I logged into today I noticed the admins changed the trivia module to one that is flash based. This is going to be bad news for so many people who have relied on the decoder—from business owners, to tanks, to the countries fighting in wars. Yet, I think this change will bring some sense of dignity back to eRepublik. Anyone who’s been around eRepublik for a while has used it. We’ve all relied on it to some degree. But without it, maybe the game will change in a more positive direction. I’m sure someone will code something to break the flash module. Give it a few weeks and it’ll change. We all know the admins cannot code. Yet, maybe for a while it’ll bring some integrity back to the game. Business owners will not be able to crank out products as fast as they have. This also might stop tanks from getting so strong—they will no longer rely on getting .04 strength each day from training. Also, this change might stop those who travel around from country to country just to get xp. People will fight less. Maybe this will help lead to fairer battles.
This leads me to the issue of Forfeit points. The admins implemented this feature today in response to, I assume, the Gold scandal. This might make cheaters, multi-accounters, and trolls to think twice before they act. I like the idea of progressive punishment which hopefully will lead to a more peaceful community. Time will tell, though. But I do have hope that these changes will bring back honor to a game I’ve grown to love. I know most of you will whine because of this change, but we all knew it was coming.
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Its quite harsh to say the admins can't code. If they couldn't code, you couldn't post this article. If you've never done web development (on a serious scale), then its hardly fair to criticize (if you have, then you can ignore what I just said).
In general though, the move to flash was bad. There are much better ways to keep the data hidden than using flash, and also than "encoding" it in JavaScript. If the servers could barely handle serving dynamic text pages, its not going to improve by using flash...
In general, though, I agree with what you've said. Hopefully it will make the game more "fair" (at least for a day or two, until somebody reverse engineers the flash applet).
Thank God the Decoder is dead! I for one am disappointed that we couldn't play honorably, but at least now there will be no choice.
My bad. Cannot code "well". 😃
I would like to see them make forfeit points visible when looking at another players profile page.
Never used the decoder, never wanted to use the decoder, glad it's gone.
great as i see they removed also heal - when i want to regain wellness from hospital - no words can describe that ...
Well I can't play at work anymore because I can't run Flash here. 🙁
The guy that made the most popular decoder says he will have a new one out in a week, so I wouldn't be too happy about it being dead. Just sayin'
I can't load up the quiz trivia, it frustrates me very very much
The game works like crap now - nothing is working right.
Bug City!
I have owned a few businesses, and I have never mentioned decoders to any of my employees. However, I would assume that at least some of them have used them. All this really means for business owners is that their employees are now overpaid and either salaries must go down and/or prices of finished goods up. Not much of a victory really. I think it will change war though.
The forfeit points system was planned a while back, it just happened that the gold glitch broke loose just now. Anyway it's nice that you like it
i mean the forfeit points system, not the gold glitch 😁
I never used the decoder or wanted too, and I'm glad it's gone. Someone offered me a job, but told me I could only have it if I used the decoder.
Forfeit are good too.
Tiacha and NeilP99's are my favorite papers.