Why New Players are the Best Players!

Day 576, 12:51 • Published in USA USA • by Gaius Julius
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."
-Baltasar Gracian

The new player: the favorite target of every experienced player. Who hasn't taken the chance to freak out on some new player who complains that minimum wage is 1 USD? Who hasn't been frustrated by someone saying "hey why don't we attack Ireland back, we just keep letting them attack us"? Well these things frustrate me as well, but Ive also taken the time recently to consider the new player. I've come to the simple conclusion that newer players are the ultimate player. Why? Allow me to explain...

A Blank Slate
The Political Philosopher John Locke claimed that when we are born (in RL) we are a blank slate, empty of preconceived notions and bias. In eRepublik, I have come to believe that new players are in fact the perfect example of this. But wait, I'm sure many of you are thinking "that's not true, newbs bring all of their RL BS into this game". That's a good point, but most new people quickly drop these useless RL delusions. No - the pre-conceived notions I am talking about are the ones us older players carry. We learn to make decisions about others based on the past, not on their current actions. We assume that our enemies are static and will never change. Thus we lose potential chances to work together. New players on the other hand have the potential to bypass all of these problems - they are a fresh start. Everyone of them is a new opportunity to promote a bi-partisan attitude. Each one needs to be treated thus, otherwise we risk breeding another generations of trolls and flame throwers.

The Future
One day I am going to quit playing eRepublik. It may be two weeks from now (.00001% chance) or two years from now. Eventually I will go the way of Benn Dover, Sam and Nathan Woods (great man). I have put a lot of effort into not only my citizen but my country. Id like to know when I leave, this country will continue its march towards greatness. I think it's a sentiment carried by many of us eAmericans. Yet for some reason we often don't trust or believe in these new players. One day we will leave everything we have built and worked for to these people. It means that we have to remember to give these people the benefit of the doubt. Just as many great beta-giants left us a Nation to be proud of we need to cultivate people we can trust to bequeath our great enterprise to.

No where to go but up!
The eUS National Guard is an awesome service branch. Yes, the Marines are amazing tanks and the other branches are crazy sick as well. But the National Guard is awesome because its ultimate goal is unlocking the potential of the noob. People like me only have so far to go. By comparison new players have enormous potential: they are energetic and a little bit of effort towards them will mean big payoffs down the road. New players are the best because they are the most willing to jump into something new, especially if they think it's a common practice of the game. We , the older generations, need to harness this energy now more than ever. The eUS is growing in signifigance and power in the world. The constant unflux of new players, will feed our economy and our military. However it is important that we understand that these players are here and that they are a capable of so much more. Hungary did something very similar when they had their population boom, they utilized the mass of new players to overwhelm their opponents with numbers that grew in size and power with each passing day.

Here is my conclusion about the relationship between Old and New.

Old Players:
1.) WAKE UP, we were all like this at some point, I have yet to see anyone who came into this game with a complete understanding of it.
2.) Be a mentor: The mentor program does a great job helping new players, however even outside of the auspices of that program you can still help new players.
3.) Patience is a virtue: A little time taken now to explain something to a newb could mean a lot down the road.

New Players:
1.) get active, I just spent a whole article lecturing about how we need to help and accept more of you. But you to need to step up and be heard.
2.) Stay smart and informed, dedicate some time into reading up on the game and your country, it'll help in the long run.
3.) Don't expect to be spoon fed forever

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