Yo Plato Dude, Where Exactly Is That New World?

Day 2,584, 08:30 Published in Croatia North Korea by William Thomas Riker


I was wondering what would happen if the three Ghosts of Christmas were to pay Plato a visit on the Christmas Eve. He would still ruin the game, but this is purely hypothetical. What would you do if Plato announced V1 coming back on the January 1?



I myself would be ready to leave everything behind, all the medals, gold, companies... all the stuff, cause they aren't giving me any pleasure. I'm still here merely because of one other person, who announced to me she'll be leaving the game soon. Wow, it's sounds almost romantic, but she's my only reason for virtual existence.



The only way to keep me here would be to reset the game. But I'm just one player and I have and never will buy gold.
The only thing I would like to carry over would be my name.



What about the rest of you? I'm specifically interested in the gold buyers. What is your attitude on the topic? Would you be ready to give up your "investment"? I mean, do you really enjoy the game as it is? Will you continue to "invest" money into this failure? If I were you, the only thing I would consider my money's worth would be to actually get back the V1. It depends on your view: you can see it as money loss, or gain (not paying this hideous version anymore). Would you be ready to spend more gold in V1 (think before you answer, Plato might be reading this shit)?

I'm also interested in the regular crew, since we are the majority here. Would you stay here? Would you invite new players? More importantly, would you invite back the old players who gave up (I think there is a register of all Croatian players ever with Facebook contacts, and there are always e-mails and personal connections. What about the rest of the world?)

Let's face it. All the other games who tried to copy eRepublik failed (bad design and new features instead of a clean, but unfortunatly copyright protected V1 eRepublik). This game is loosing players every day, and when large part of regulars goes out, gold buyers will have nobody to show off in front of.

Yeah, you can all tell me in the comments that I'm merely stating the obvious. If so, answer this: why are you still playing this game? (I'm deliberately not calling it "the" game, since eRepublik as it is doesn't deserve that article. It's like a mthrfckng shapeshifting alien, and you never know through which body cavity it's going to rape your brains out.)



Call me Captain Obvious (to hell with it, I'm a captain after all), but deep down, be it in your stomach or your bladder (colon works for me), we all hope Plato will return the V1, goddammit!





And we would be seeing chicks all over the place. But we would be happy.


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