Grumpy Old Men
Gnilraps
Department of Education
Day 1,400 of the New World
20 September 2011
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You've probably run into one of them by now...
They look like this:
or this:
They are the Grumpy Old Men of eRepublik.
Don't listen to them.
These crusty cantankerous coots like to complain all the time about how much better the game used to be.
Well they're wrong.
So this article is dedicated to the new players out there.
You've come into this game at a great time. The game that those curmudgeonly cranks clamor about doesn't hold a candle to the eRepublik you've joined.
That game:
*took like 4 weeks to get your citizen up to an acceptable playing level,
*didn't allow you to work as Manager of your own company
*didn't give you ANY companies for free when you started
*had no missions
*no bazookas
*no toolboxes
*made you jockey your inventory around in these stupid boxes just to avoid losing it by accident
*only really let you click fight maybe 5 times a day
*and the battles lasted all day long... one... long... battle...
*which would crash in the last 2 minutes because everyone was clicking at once
*made you publish for months before you could crack a paper into the charts
*forced you to quit your job and leave your political party if you wanted to deploy overseas
*had no Citizen Feeds with their wacky comments threads
*had no loyalty points
*gave you back around $50 for 1 Gold which didn't buy much
*crashed multiple times most days
*required you to have nearly 100 health to work lest you get fired
*and took forever before you could join a Political Party.
True, orgs were cool, but the citizen ads that the Grumpy Old Men keep rhapsodizing atonally about were actually rife with exploits and soft porn... Citizen Feeds is better.
Nope, this game is far superior. With some half decent Mentoring, a new player can set himself up very quickly, avoid some very common (and costly) mistakes, and without any money invested be on the path to enjoying a social strategy game that remains unparalleled in the browser game market.
Which is why the Federalist Party has started the Federalist ECadamy.
Because everyone can benefit from a good FEDucation.
If you are a newer player and want to benefit from the collective wisdom of some players who have been around a while and don't hate this game, simply mention in the comments below (or drop me a PM) saying that you are interested in enrolling in the Federalist ECadamy. You don't have to be a Federalist to enroll.
This program has been three weeks in the planning and has now launched with great reviews from our first class.
And if you find yourself surrounded by Grumpy Old Men who just want to tell you how lousy this game is and how much better V1 (or V2) was and how you should be playing this or that other game... First tell them to shut the hell up, then leave their company and join the Federalist Party. We actually have fun playing this game.
16 Shells endorses:
Non-dip-shit kooguys' kooguy's fire
Chae Dee Business
Meet the Press
Poor Man's Blanket
The National Broadcast System
Department of Defense Orders
The WHPR
eNPR
The Treasure Map
Allied War Report
and getting your butt into a military unit.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled clicking
Comments
...because everyone can benefit from a good FEDucation...
v
Man the Libs totes had this idea first
I demand a lawsuit 😛
Also I thought Soren was Grumpy o.O
FEDUCATION!!!
Feds in Spaaaaaaccccceeeeeeee!!!
Um...Libs did it first? Still voted.
You know you miss the worker level. (so do I) That change did help new players out though.
The Feds have had their Acadamy for MONTHS.
We've just redesigned it and given it a new name.
I still hate V2
I like this, lets stop bullshitting about how bad this game is and play it.
Good Stuff
V
complete truth here.
Newbs, if you're still reading, try the eCadamy that he mentioned.
Well to be honest I am sure there were some good and bad things from that time period. Honestly they make so many changes though I forgot them...
GET OFF MY DAMN YOU LAWN YOU PUNK KIDS!!!
v I loved the old days
Voted. Is this for extremely new players (lvl 20 and under) or would I be eligible for this?
@JDS - LOL
Loving parts of the past is fine. Longing can be self destructive.
I just Fed-ed my pants 😃
^
fighting is better now but war was better in the old version in this version if we take 50 regions it's no big deal if we get wiped it's no big deal in the old version win or lose fighting for hello kitty or lion king was epic cause the outcome mattered
Moon feds; feds on the moon, in their feducation spaceship, feds on the moon
FEDucation!!
GET OFF MY DAMN YOU LAWN YOU PUNK KIDS!!! x2
Man, kids these days! When I was a kid, there were no lawns and we had to make one ourselves to play on it.
And remember when there was a whatchamacallit, a worker skill? Now every newborn punk is an expert in weapon production...
Great initiative. Feds rock!
Ofc, everything was better when I was young. Wai... I was never young. Oh well...
\o/ Good stuff!
can i be mentored?
weren't you one of the "the game is dying", types once?
Except for the part about the game being better, this is a decent article.
^ Look kids, there's one now!
no George, look back. I was ticked when they removed Worker Skill but I decided to "Rage Stay"... Best choice I ever made.
I've had a few dark moments though...
Your articles never fail to entertain especially the comments section keep rocking and we will definatly keep reading 🙂
Beta was so much better than v1
lol, failed logic. It was never good to begin with. Looking for positives is far more time consuming and far less rewarding than hating. Consider it a public service to all those people who are turned away by the countless articles about how poor the game is and how impossible it is for a new player to ever be a factor in the game. To put it simple, we hate because we care.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/pigs-we-will-let-you--1870941/1/20