Tomorrow Never Knows
Day 839, 23:12
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by Jude Connors
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You know...
There comes a time when the game quits being a game... and then it quits being fun.
I've been contemplating for awhile now leaving this game, especially in the last few days. It really goes back to the last Congressional elections...
I was ready to make my return to Congress. Let's face the fact that Congress has p much sucked since I left. With just a few minutes remaining, I had three votes lead on the other opponents - ALL BLOCKERS!!!
Somehow I lost. I knew I was sniped. It happens. I didn't know how much that affected me until shit started getting worse for me.
As most of you know, I was Secretary of the Interior for three straight months. SoI is the policy maker in the Cabinet for all things in the Dept. of Education and the Department of Citizen Affairs, including Meals on Wheels, Mentor Program, Flying Unicorn Squadron, Salvation Army, etc. I personally signed into each one of these orgs daily while SoI to ascertain that all was well. I worked my ass off for three straight months, making the Interior Department successful again. Alas, it was time to pass th torch.
PIZ and I spoke and he asked what I wanted to do in Interior. I told him I needed a light workload so I asked for just a Policy Advisor job and he said it was mine. Cool. Still in teh Cabinet.
But no... I wasn't. Apparently, lighter workload means NO WORK LOAD. Dispite the fact I had been given his word, it turns out that the best way to thank me for three months of hard work was to not give me a position at all. Thanks. Nice kick to the groin.
So I decided to just be butt-hurt on that one. I started thinking about the sniping more though, as now I was TOTALLY out of government. One good thing, I could turn my complete attention to my job as Party President of the USWP. After all, I have to have SOME kinda influence over the nearly 20 USWP Congress-members, right? That's KINDA like government work.
I get a message from a old buddy of mine. He returned to teh USA and was needing his citizenship application approved. So I turn to a few of my USWP Congressmen, but NO ONE can do it. I asked for a personal favor for a personal friend that I actually know... and nothing. Good thing I have friends in OTHER parties, huh?
So failure on all three fronts for me. But it gets even better.
I liked to think I had made some friends in this game. Friends who will tell me when I am getting screwed over. I found out today that Bradley Reala was responsible for sniping my Congress seat. What makes matters worst is that someone I considered a friend, PigInZen knew the whole time and went day-after-day not telling me, even though I was very public about wanting to know who did it to me.
This is the straw that broke the camel's back. Failure on all fronts, and friends not really friends. I like to think I tried to rise above the pettiness and that those I considered "friends" were actually friends. Guess I was wrong.
Anyway, this hasn't been fun for me for awhile. It's even less fun now. A game is supposed to be fun, so I am leaving.
There has been some awesome people I met along the way. You already know who you are! Have fun. Gimme a ring at anytime. Send me an email if you want! For now... it's time I Logout one last time!
Will I be back? Probably not. But "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Jude
You know...
There comes a time when the game quits being a game... and then it quits being fun.
I've been contemplating for awhile now leaving this game, especially in the last few days. It really goes back to the last Congressional elections...
I was ready to make my return to Congress. Let's face the fact that Congress has p much sucked since I left. With just a few minutes remaining, I had three votes lead on the other opponents - ALL BLOCKERS!!!
Somehow I lost. I knew I was sniped. It happens. I didn't know how much that affected me until shit started getting worse for me.
As most of you know, I was Secretary of the Interior for three straight months. SoI is the policy maker in the Cabinet for all things in the Dept. of Education and the Department of Citizen Affairs, including Meals on Wheels, Mentor Program, Flying Unicorn Squadron, Salvation Army, etc. I personally signed into each one of these orgs daily while SoI to ascertain that all was well. I worked my ass off for three straight months, making the Interior Department successful again. Alas, it was time to pass th torch.
PIZ and I spoke and he asked what I wanted to do in Interior. I told him I needed a light workload so I asked for just a Policy Advisor job and he said it was mine. Cool. Still in teh Cabinet.
But no... I wasn't. Apparently, lighter workload means NO WORK LOAD. Dispite the fact I had been given his word, it turns out that the best way to thank me for three months of hard work was to not give me a position at all. Thanks. Nice kick to the groin.
So I decided to just be butt-hurt on that one. I started thinking about the sniping more though, as now I was TOTALLY out of government. One good thing, I could turn my complete attention to my job as Party President of the USWP. After all, I have to have SOME kinda influence over the nearly 20 USWP Congress-members, right? That's KINDA like government work.
I get a message from a old buddy of mine. He returned to teh USA and was needing his citizenship application approved. So I turn to a few of my USWP Congressmen, but NO ONE can do it. I asked for a personal favor for a personal friend that I actually know... and nothing. Good thing I have friends in OTHER parties, huh?
So failure on all three fronts for me. But it gets even better.
I liked to think I had made some friends in this game. Friends who will tell me when I am getting screwed over. I found out today that Bradley Reala was responsible for sniping my Congress seat. What makes matters worst is that someone I considered a friend, PigInZen knew the whole time and went day-after-day not telling me, even though I was very public about wanting to know who did it to me.
This is the straw that broke the camel's back. Failure on all fronts, and friends not really friends. I like to think I tried to rise above the pettiness and that those I considered "friends" were actually friends. Guess I was wrong.
Anyway, this hasn't been fun for me for awhile. It's even less fun now. A game is supposed to be fun, so I am leaving.
There has been some awesome people I met along the way. You already know who you are! Have fun. Gimme a ring at anytime. Send me an email if you want! For now... it's time I Logout one last time!
Will I be back? Probably not. But "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Jude
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Bye!
MANLY TEARS
Yesterday
all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe
in Yesterday
MANLY TEARS ;__;
;_; Never say never
;_;
Suck. :/
Bye Man! Thanks for everything!
;_;
Wow that sucks
Boo! We'll miss you Jude. Come back anytime!
for the Pauls in your eLife:
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;_;
Sad. Best of luck in RL Jude.
Come join us in eIreland... Plenty of room for you in our party Éire Aontaithe. 😃
Good luck Jude, I really loved listening to your radio show.
Jude, seriously? Wow, I don't even know what to say. Like I told you in our last PM, I was hoping to call you Mr. President one day, and now it seems like I may never be able to :/ Don't be a stranger!
😞
It was an Honor to work under you and I appreciate all the support you gave me along the way.
If it wasn't for you making opportunities available to players like me, I might not have stuck around.
I hope you don't stay away for long and know that you are appreciated by a great many folks here.
Now what am I gonna do on Wednesdays, when I look forward to your Blogcast!!!
I do hope you decide to forgive the injustices and return to a community that you are such a valueable member of!
i am glad you are leaving
;_;
😕
😨
EIN VOLK EIN REICH EIN ZOLI
EIN VOLK EIN REICH EIN ZOLI
Hey Jude,
it sucks when things like that happened. I nearly quitted the game a few weeks ago when political things like this happened to me. yeah, getting back stabbed is shit.
but don't give up coz there are other idiots in the game. fight back, or better, move on to another place. I am sure someone like yourself is very valuable to manyother little communities...
Point is - don't give up! PigInZen is a politician..and politician does backstab.
Bye Jude. :/
EIN VOLK EIN REICH EIN ZOLI
you will be missed
But... I was supposed to be a guest on your show!!!!!!!!
🙁
I'm gonna miss you, Jude. I really hope you reconsider, but I definitely understand why you want to go. Give me a call some time.
Jude,
You were one of the first people I met when I joined eRep, if it weren't for you and other amazing people I met when I first joined I wouldn't have stayed around. Your contribution to the eUS will be sorely missed.
You can't let these guys win Jude. You leave, and you give them what they want. You are one of my favorite people in erep. It won't be the same without the second half of the Louisiana Connection anymore. *sad face*
>🙁
So long. 😞
Sorry to hear that, Jude. You should join the eMilitary, things move faster and influence means more here. There's no lame vote to promote you (it's based on skill), and when you want to get your citizenship approved there ARE actually friends who can help you with it. Look us up sometime.
Katiari: I was the QM of the Army - lol
Apparently I wasn't very famous in the military though. Otherwise, BR wouldn't been able to move his mil buddies to vote against me. 8^/
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo! Don't leave!
...and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
Jude - don't go! Politics is evil. Come hang out in the military!
Dear Jude.
I don't know you that well.
But you seem liek a pretty cool guy.
On that note, give me your precious monies.
Love,
Your dear friend Pablo.
Hope you make real friends on the real world ..the last thing I want for you is for this to happen in the RL. Who knows, maybe outside this monitor screen there IS in fact a much better world or at least one we can change for better.
For that my friend I´m not sorry you are leaving. Ingame wise. I´t been an honor and a shame you got screwed so much, it really IS something that trascends frontiers. Well at least trying moving to a really different country, several people do that in order to learn from other people and culture.
See you(?) around
mylo
Best wishes to you Jude. If you just want to chill out for a while, you are of course very welcome in the SFP!
Good Luck in real-life!
I'm not surprised such a cliquish group is prone to backstabbing and two-faced behavior. This kind of garbage is why I don't even bother with politics. Most people involved seem like they'd be fairweather friends.
Jude! Dude! Say it ain't so!
The secrets to success in this game are longevity and perverseness.
Aww, its never fun when someone like you leaves. Good luck!
Damn, this is horrible. eRepublik just got a little bit darker. If I had to give a guess, you were probably one of my best friends in eRepublik to be honest. You were like the awesomeness in this game, you helped me out when I did something stupid and let Zoli in. Then you took me under your wing and we chilled out in the USWP channel, and did some lolzy stuff with SEES XD.
I was so looking forward to running with you for Congress next term. I guess this kind of throws that idea out of the window. Without the prospect of you coming in, Congress just seems a little less fun. Hell, what will I be able to do on Thursday nights now? I never even got to be a guest on your show. Oh well maybe some other time 😛.
If I may make a suggestion, instead of leaving, how about you just give up the workish jobs and just take the fun ones? The offer for you to be my Deputy Secretary of Fun still stands, Hell, I will let you be Co-Secretary if it keep you here. Both DepSec and Co-Sec are Cabinet positions and you would be able to hang out in #whitehouse and all that other bodacious stuff. Plus, we actually do fun stuff and not totally boring shit.
If you don't want to stay, and make the game more fun, I can haz your email, Cell #, something? I have to keep you updated when I finally win over Astra Kat G's heart.
Regards,
Syrup
Jude you were the first one I contacted in this game of ours, You truly are a friend and I appreciated all the help in the early days of my eLife. If it wasnt for you I probably would have quit.
So I hope to see you back one day.
Jude, we need to talk. I would gladly rebut some of this in the comments of your paper but on its face nothing is factually untrue, at least the stuff including me. It's the intent that's implied that isn't correct. There are many people that haven't been carried forward to the new Cabinet and it's an age-old issue - too many people for two few spots with real influence.
That said, I doubt there's anything I can do to fix this. You'd probably decline a position that I was developing JUST YESTERDAY with you in mind. No matter now, I'm fairly certain that my saying this will be dismissed as political bullshit by most, including you. I wish you wouldn't quit but I completely understand if you do, I myself have been in your position before.
Take care, answer my phone call today, please, should you read this.
good luck dude, a game is supposed to be fun, not work. hopefully whatever you land in is fun.
There is no comment or clever one liner I can think up that expresses my sadness. don't leave us jude, at least stick around in IRC and talk to me 😃