[Mav] Old dog, new tricks

Day 2,812, 13:20 Published in India India by Mav10 DK

Ohaithere kiddies & good folk of eIndia

Let me 'reintroduce' myself. You, good sirs & ladies, can call me Mav. Some of you know & hopefully still remember this old dog, most of you probably don't. I've kinda been around for a while - almost as long as eIndia herself has been around, short a few months. It's obviously been a while since I've been active in any form though & seeing how much the game has changed, I'm no better than a newbie right now - at least in figuring out how things work is concerned. This is not my first attempt at getting back to the game either, so am making no promises. But it's been a while since I grew tired of the madness that is this world & quit. Plus I do miss the community. So here I am.

How does that make a difference, you ask? What do I bring to the table? I of course have no strength to count for shit on the battlefield - though I will fight with all my might when & where required. Neither was I much of a businessman, though I do have quite a bit of accumulated funds lying around if anyone can advise me in that regards (looking at you, Navin, if you're still around & active).

What I do have is a bit of political acumen. I've practically held every Ministry post there is before they even became a game mechanic thing. Heheh it's a bit funny to see the Dictator mechanic as well, given I had that covered for quite a while too. While politics have never been my cup of tea, I did play a bit role in shaping our domestic political system & foreign affairs was essentially my bread & butter. How all that will help in a completely changed political climate, with new alliances & game mechanics to factor in, well that remains to be seen. But to the big wigs out there (hey Windy), you know where to find me. 😁

I was also pretty active on the media side as evidenced by my previous publications if you bother to check. I'd have my links up, but it sucks that I'm either such a noob that I can't find the frikking edit button, so I can copy my article codes or the idiots have actually removed the damn button. Plus, I type this on my phone & am way too lazy. So this image-less wall of text will have to suffice. 😑

Anywho, I've always been a big proponent of communication. To start with, if someone can point me to the IRC link (if we still use it), I'd be much obliged. I do wish we were using the forum too, but I suppose that old thing has been laid to rest. That said, in game media still has a vital role & it saddens me to see a lack of content. Every new article, especially by new folks, would excite me back in the day. It meant someone out there was passionate enough to partake in the community, beyond the cold mechanics of clicking a few buttons and trust me that's the only thing that counts - active, involved citizens of eIndia fighting for her together as a single community. We might agree or disagree with our policies, our strength might be considered too insignificant to count; we might be down to one or even no regions; none of those matter more than our citizens enjoying the damn game, together.

I've always done my best to encourage enthusiastic fresh blood. So to start with that's where I'll try & dedicate my efforts towards. Henceforth every article I find in Indian media that contributes to the discourse, (ie not spam) will get an endorsement from me & more in the form of goodies if I find them deserving of such. I'm open to suggestions in how else I can support our active citizens & newbie programs if any.

It will probably take me a few days to get my bearings here where a lot looks familiar, yet strange & new. Let's see if this old dog can learn some new tricks & help take eIndia to greater heights! Any help in guiding this supernoob is greatly appreciated. Hope to see you all around.
Cheerios
Mav