Why the Journalism Module Sucks
Day 2,017, 01:18
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Published in Ireland 
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by Arjay Phoenician III
QUESTION: Why does Ireland know so much about Bolivia?
ANSWER: Because the journalism module sucks, that’s why!
I’m not content with having a nice local newspaper in which my fellow Irishmen and friends from elsewhere can read, vote, and give me golf claps when they approve. I want the Belfast Lough Times to have a global following. I want to piss off people around the world. I want this to be a journal of my travels, an album full of snapshots of friends I’ve made along the way, a folder full of love letters and poems, a diary I come back to and remind myself how I felt on a given day, a stream of consciousness that sometimes borders on the babbling of an idiot, sometimes the wisdom of a sage. On a day to day basis, put your money on the idiot, I’m sure I sound more like a raging lunatic more often than I do a wistful and patient monk.
The Bolivian patriots have started another RW, this time in Chuquisaca and Tarija, currently owned by Paraguay. It’s looking much better for them this time; as of this writing, they’re ahead 67-21, and should they hold on through the night, we who gathered to fight here and now will arise in a new homeland.
It’s such a pitiful shame I have to publish this in the Irish media. No offense to my fellow Irishmen, I know you have been reading my articles and following along and rooting for the Bolivian resistance. We all can appreciate a small country fighting for its place on the map, for a single region to call home and to form a fully functioning government and economy, such as it is. The Irish and the Bolivians are in the same boat, it’s a boat with about a dozen countries that have long struggled for dignity in a world that all too often could care less about virtue.
Thanks to a journalism module that’s been sabotaged by the admins, the Irish have become rather educated on the Bolivian fight for independence. Having a newspaper system where you can only publish in the country of your citizenship is very limiting, and while it can be overcome with a LOT of hard work promoting articles by other means, it means an international lover like me is in a bind.
It wasn’t always this way. Back in my grandfather’s day, you could publish in the media of any country. You could target your article to a particular audience, instead of now, where you just write without choice and hope it catches on elsewhere. One of his proudest moments was winning the Media Mogul Medal; he had over 1,200 subscribers when he died. More importantly, he was able to use his newspaper as a sharp stick to poke at the eyes of the superalliances and superpowers of his day, a siren to summon assistance to a given part of the world when a PTO was imminent, a sanctuary for those wanting something other than war and rumors of war in their newsfeed, and, above all, his true voice in which he said what he believed, for better or for worse.
I assume the module has been dismantled for two reasons:
1. Spamming, and
2. Trolling.
Grandpa was not above doing either.
I realize eRepublik was not created to emulate the First Amendment of the real-life United States Constitution, that freedom of speech and freedom of the press is strictly policed, and that the admins are liable to break down components of the game when people complain enough. In a world where only the war module has become more sophisticated over time and the others have all disintegrated, the journalism module has become a disappointment.
That’s not to say the author cannot succeed over the admins’ attempts to sabotage his efforts. It is saying, however, that, within the interface of the game itself, the writer is hampered.
I hope this is something that would change. I wouldn’t mind paying a reasonable fee to be able to change the country media in which I am publishing.
I thank the people of Ireland for their understanding as I continue to post articles about Bolivia in their media. The more regular readers of this paper probably got much more about recent Bolivian politics than they bargained for. You’re welcome. The admins’ dismantling of the journalism module means you get a daily dose of South American battle updates, an occasional who’s-who article about someone really cool you’ve never met before, and a regular plea to the world to have a little honor and fight on behalf of the little guy once in a while. You’re stuck with it until either the admins get off their arses and return the module to its former stature, or some other country grants me citizenship.
ANSWER: Because the journalism module sucks, that’s why!
I’m not content with having a nice local newspaper in which my fellow Irishmen and friends from elsewhere can read, vote, and give me golf claps when they approve. I want the Belfast Lough Times to have a global following. I want to piss off people around the world. I want this to be a journal of my travels, an album full of snapshots of friends I’ve made along the way, a folder full of love letters and poems, a diary I come back to and remind myself how I felt on a given day, a stream of consciousness that sometimes borders on the babbling of an idiot, sometimes the wisdom of a sage. On a day to day basis, put your money on the idiot, I’m sure I sound more like a raging lunatic more often than I do a wistful and patient monk.
The Bolivian patriots have started another RW, this time in Chuquisaca and Tarija, currently owned by Paraguay. It’s looking much better for them this time; as of this writing, they’re ahead 67-21, and should they hold on through the night, we who gathered to fight here and now will arise in a new homeland.
It’s such a pitiful shame I have to publish this in the Irish media. No offense to my fellow Irishmen, I know you have been reading my articles and following along and rooting for the Bolivian resistance. We all can appreciate a small country fighting for its place on the map, for a single region to call home and to form a fully functioning government and economy, such as it is. The Irish and the Bolivians are in the same boat, it’s a boat with about a dozen countries that have long struggled for dignity in a world that all too often could care less about virtue.
Thanks to a journalism module that’s been sabotaged by the admins, the Irish have become rather educated on the Bolivian fight for independence. Having a newspaper system where you can only publish in the country of your citizenship is very limiting, and while it can be overcome with a LOT of hard work promoting articles by other means, it means an international lover like me is in a bind.
It wasn’t always this way. Back in my grandfather’s day, you could publish in the media of any country. You could target your article to a particular audience, instead of now, where you just write without choice and hope it catches on elsewhere. One of his proudest moments was winning the Media Mogul Medal; he had over 1,200 subscribers when he died. More importantly, he was able to use his newspaper as a sharp stick to poke at the eyes of the superalliances and superpowers of his day, a siren to summon assistance to a given part of the world when a PTO was imminent, a sanctuary for those wanting something other than war and rumors of war in their newsfeed, and, above all, his true voice in which he said what he believed, for better or for worse.
I assume the module has been dismantled for two reasons:
1. Spamming, and
2. Trolling.
Grandpa was not above doing either.
I realize eRepublik was not created to emulate the First Amendment of the real-life United States Constitution, that freedom of speech and freedom of the press is strictly policed, and that the admins are liable to break down components of the game when people complain enough. In a world where only the war module has become more sophisticated over time and the others have all disintegrated, the journalism module has become a disappointment.
That’s not to say the author cannot succeed over the admins’ attempts to sabotage his efforts. It is saying, however, that, within the interface of the game itself, the writer is hampered.
I hope this is something that would change. I wouldn’t mind paying a reasonable fee to be able to change the country media in which I am publishing.
I thank the people of Ireland for their understanding as I continue to post articles about Bolivia in their media. The more regular readers of this paper probably got much more about recent Bolivian politics than they bargained for. You’re welcome. The admins’ dismantling of the journalism module means you get a daily dose of South American battle updates, an occasional who’s-who article about someone really cool you’ve never met before, and a regular plea to the world to have a little honor and fight on behalf of the little guy once in a while. You’re stuck with it until either the admins get off their arses and return the module to its former stature, or some other country grants me citizenship.
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And we awaken in a new Bolivia!
all good points, but the only way I see things improving would be if enough folks offered to pay real world cash, because those are the only players admin cares about at all
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I'm wondering...
Would admins be satisfied with a couple of golds in exchange for allowing players to print their journals in different countries?
Yeah as a player who considers himself primarily a fellow journalist....
I completely agree XD
In the original days, when you moved to a new country all of your previous content was deleted.
It was best when the advertisement module was live.
They should make it so writers purchase a publishing permit from the country they wish to publish in. This might curb sub-par trolling and benefit some of the smaller countries if the proceeds went to the treasury instead of Plato.
wishful thinking
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That : "They should make it so writers purchase a publishing permit from the country they wish to publish in. This might curb sub-par trolling and benefit some of the smaller countries if the proceeds went to the treasury instead of Plato."
One can only hope!
payed subscription...
mmm interesting. so your RL grandpa and I hope he died in eLife. Anyway actually you can buy subscribers in any country me thinks ; ) good solution would be just to buy subscribers in the country of your choice. also im not certain whether one can see who your subscribers is else it would be as easy as befriending them and shouting each article in your friend feed. but i can understand how it would be impossible to have all countries articles available but you can always just travel to a country giving you a second page on their newspapers.
That sounds so unsavory, buying subscribers. I'd much rather promote this newspaper myself at various forums and IRC and networking. The old fashioned way. I don't like the idea of paying people to read this. If I'm any good, people will subscribe if they know it exists.
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