Who would you attack?
Bucephalus92
Greetings Bros,
Its no secret that our country has been feeling the effects of stagnation recently, in fact its actually one of the most common topics nowadays. This got me thinking about the most common way to end stagnation in erepublik, a real war, and so I've decided to write an argument for military conflict with the United Kingdom. However this is just one suggestion of many, so let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
Freeing Ireland may seem like an odd choice considering we haven't really had much interaction with them recently, however I believe their are several compelling reasons to support an invasion of the UK, with the purpose of freeing Ireland. These include the large percentage of citizens in the United States that can claim Irish heritage, the potential to help rally more countries to our side, and the prospect to help alleviate some of the stagnation our country is experiencing, while also potentially providing us with increased production, most likely in the form of iron or fish.
According to the United States Census Bureau there are roughly 36.9 million people living in the United States that can claim to be of Irish heritage, and Irish is the second most reported ancestry in the United States, behind only German. So why do these RL statistics have anything to do with erepublik? Simply put, nationalism. We may not be as nationalistic as some of the Balkan nations, however I believe people are more likely to be engaged in a war if it directly involves a helping a group for which we have a national holiday.
This RL link to the Irish would also make developing a narrative to support the war easier, and be more easily sustainable than if we were to go to war with a nation with which we have little interaction with in RL. On top of this you have the fact that ever since WWIII we have in general enjoyed the concept of killing redcoats. Honestly, it just doesn't get old.
With the dissolution of EDEN both CoT and TWO should be courting the newly independent countries to secure their damage for their side, and at this point, TWO is doing a much better job of this than CoT. CoT lost Lithuania to TWO, while Romania and Taiwan (RoC) have both committed themselves to TWO, and while Greece may have decided against joining TWO for now, their priorities (and those of Turkey) are distinctly anti CoT. This means that CoT needs to do something to sway the remaining nuetral nations to their side, primarily Croatia, China, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania. Otherwise we may find ourselves in a bi-polar world with the scales in TWO's favor
Used twice in the last three articles? I must really like this Bro tip.
In my opinion the best argument we can make to compel these nations to join us is to show that we know how to have fun, and that we are willing to lay down damage to help those that have lost territories to TWO. With a campaign to free Ireland from the UK, I believe we can do both. By embarking on a military campaign rife with narrative, and successfully freeing Ireland (A country which has had a sizable Croatian immigrant population in the past) we can show ourselves to be a country that knows how to have a good time, and at the end of the day, isn't that what this is all about?
A word we know all too well around here
There can be no doubt that our country is experiencing a period of stagnation, this can be attributed largely to the effects forced on us by the PTO being perpetrated by RGR and his Serbian thugs. Considering the fact that the evidence for this is overwhelming (we had 10/10 bonuses and a large empire before the AFA) it is not something I will be going into further.
However I would like to talk about how a military conflict could help to end or at least alleviate some of this stagnation. This war, a real war, filled with narrative, has the potential to both unify the country, and increase our activity and population. While it wouldn't be huge, the more people we have that are actively logging in to fight the more people we will hopefully have voting for ATO operations, thus helping us defeat the PTO that much more quickly. This war would also help hurt the PTO in that it would make being a US citizen more inconvenient for those that are here to PTO us, as they have to move more often to fight for their side. At the end of the day we have to do something to end the stagnation, and while it doesn't have to be this, helping an old friend seems like an ok place to start.
To those reading this article you get to witness the inauguration of two new parts to my paper, the first
Something I found interesting on imgur
Because why should you browse imgur, when I can do it for you?
And the second, Ted Talks that I found interesting
TED
Bill Stone on exploring caves and space, March 2007
One of my favorite Ted Talks to date, this talk discusses technology that can be used to map underwater environments on Earth and Europa, as well as how the cost of space exploration can be reduced dramatically with the establishment of a mining operation at Shackleton crater.
Comments
le sigh
Voted just because the gif *-*/
Personally, I love corned beef and cabbage. And one of my best friends is a leprechaun, ask Chance Harrison.
FREE IRELAND!
no bro
and also Chance was the worst eIrish citizen eber
nuhuhhhhhhhhhhhhh I loveeeeeeeeeeee him ♥♥ so pfthblblblblblblb
he was p awful brah
Pretty sure you're confusing me with SHM, or Victor Kurgan. I was p awesome.
before u got all bitchy ye
But then again, you make a valid point, SHM and Kurgan are by far worse.
I agree, I miss the good old days.
>Poland in Wales
>Serbia in France
>Spain in Canada
gl;hf
When I kick a redcoat in the nuts, I consider that I had a good day.
Come at me, brah
more like come at my friends serbia, and poland because I can't defend myself.
Sounds good to me, Corned beef and Cabbage yum yum.
I can say as a past Canadian CP, I've been called to the lowest , the worst CP ever to drop an asian invasion to help out a bro. No matter what anyone says or ever will, I will believe I made the best choice to the end of time.
le me loves killing Redcoats.
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who doesn't like that
"These include the large percentage of citizens in the United States that can claim Irish heritage"
hmmm I wonder what the percentage of citizens in the United States that can claim British heritage.....
Only slightly less so. I would estimate the plurality have both.
Because us Americans have always loved our Irish immigrants!! (See U.S. history if you don't sense the sarcasm)
Might as well be ancient history
Agreed. I still like the article! You bring up good points.
Thanks, its funny how quickly things change.
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I like this idea. Serbia and Poland and maybe spain would attack though and we would get wped but that would be more fun than the current state of bordom.
Exactly, we have been idle for too long, we need to do something.
I'd rather be wiped and have fun being wiped than sit idle for a long period of time.
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we must! start a war! i say lets just go after Serbia directly!! but i guess if we want to get the irish then lets do it. what is the down side if usa loses all its territories? we will have many many more resistance wars! and i would prefer to start a resistance war to gain back lost land than to support a resistance war just to have an active battle. if serbia control was so bad. why is half the world controlled by serbia?
well we got a serbian ne now. Time to kill some serbs
Time to kill some Serbs
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Sounds like a good idea.