Join the new world

Usually I reserve my newspaper for humor or polling but today I come with some seriousness by asking the question . . . WHY SO SERIOUS?

Are we playing a game . . . .or are we playing Facebook.

I’ve been playing eRepublik for a little over 50 days and I’ve really think that with the exception of a few kind hearted souls . . . .everyone else takes this stuff way too seriously. Let’s have some fun.

LEX SCANDALEXS WACKY FUN LIST OF THINGS TO DO:
1. Message our new president Harrison Richardson (BTW, congrats) and ask him why he won’t raise minimum wage to $5.

2. Create a Ponzi scheme and not have to worry about getting 150 years in prison.

3. Say *Bleep* you to Hungary, Indonesia, and the rest of PEACE and somehow take the battle to them.

Actually, the 3rd point does sound like fun . . . . .actually the more I think about it, the more it sounds like it would be a good idea. There is no better way to get at PEACE than taking the battle right to them. . . . . …….oh wait, its won’t work because we have moral and live by a higher standard here in the eUSA and blah blah blah.

Really? Higher standards and morals. We do realize that our enemies are just formulas on a spreadsheet right? You didn’t care when you deleted the =AVERAGE(B1:B3) formula at work the other day, so why should we care about PEACE. (Yes, I just successfully made an Excel spreadsheet joke . . . or maybe unsuccessfully).

But Lex, going actively after PEACE will hurt our economy
-What, are you saving your money for a rainy day .. . . or that nice new Corvette down the street? No, seriously, are you saving for that stuff. Do you think that the vast amount of intelligent players we have in our country would be completely lost on making sure the economy stays stable. We have OneEye, who could calculate the amount of productivity of a flock of fleas (yes a flock) sitting on a pile of PEACE crap, while knowing exactly how to tax them. It simpler terms, I’m sure we can figure out the economy. (Sorry OneEye for using you as an example, but its all in good fun)

Lex, if we attacked PEACE it will activate their 437 MPPs
-Ah, I thought you might bring that up, well here’s my direct response to that . .. *BLEEP* their MPPs. We got some MPPs here too. I know they won’t activate unless they attack us, but you’re trying to tell me that the great military minds in our nation and our experience players in our great nation, could not beat PEACE. So you are saying that our Commanders and Generals and Flag Marchers can’t do it. Sorry, but I think they can.

Lex, it will cost too much money to go to war
-Okay, okay, okay, I got it, I got it, I got it. So you don’t want to spend our money in doing something interesting and fun . . . . what’s the cost of a PTO then. Moving tickets cost around $13 X 2 tickets = $26. Say you get 500 people to PTO a nation, $13,000 or approx 260 Gold . . . . Sounds reasonable to me. Now imagine if we got other countries to join in. Nobody has convinced me that PTO is bad if used against our enemies. Imagine the possibilities but . . .

LEX LEX LEX, PTOs are bad and not proper for this game
-Fine, you win. Lets just sit back and worry about the cost of houses or oil or that someone is trolling on the forums, or that there are no Q5 Hospitals in your state. You’re right actually. Boy, this was a stupid article to write. Sorry for wasting everyone’s time.

PS. PEACE just PTO’ed another nation . . . .boy, they must not be having any fun taking over the world election by election and eliminating our “allies”. So can I buy the Corvette in cherry red now?