An Irishmans Diary
Dante Boss
Citizens of eIreland,
For the past two months I have watched from the sidelines how the country has transformed. Despite having Mexican citizenship on my account, I am and always will be truely eIrish as it is my home no more than anybody else's. In this article I wish to outline a few things I have observed and provide a my point of view over certain issues both new and old.
For two years I served in eIrish governments. In that time I served as Country President three times, all three times were good terms and we sought to make real changes in the way life was conducted in eIreland. I brought in minimal taxes, I reintroduced National Strikes, I worked on reintroducing national supplies, we boosted our international relations with allies and new countries alike (particularly Macedonia and South Korea). Financial reports were released every so often and in all honesty – the nation was doing well. We were liberating ourselves from occupation, we were making money, we had plenty of allies and the country was active across the board.
I have never been into the roleplay aspect of the game that much, I never rated congress but understood that they needed to be factored into the game more if activity was to be maintained and everyone was to have an interest within the game. That is why alongside MooMooHead we drafted and wrote a Constitution in hope to add more structure and meaning to the game. It was this very Constitution that came back to really bite us in the ass as it was used completely as a political tool to show us off as “cheats”.
We wrote rules and guidelines on how the nation was to function – we wanted everybody to follow them but of course when rules aren’t are a part of game mechanic, they do not get followed all the time. They were broken and manipulated by all parties. We, the then government, broke them in signing an MPP with eMexico which was fully funded my MooMooHead. No protocol was followed, no discussion was had – an MPP was given to Ireland for free, yet opposition still wished to flag this issue. Yes, rules were broken but was the sh1tst0rm that arose from this situation really worth it? In my opinion no, it was nothing but a mere political football. And political football is something that eIreland could have won the World Cup in. As already mentioned, there was no side innocent in abusing the Constitution – a proposal was made to have the nation renamed CrOmegaland and the language of Ireland changed to Croatian. This was pure immaturity and an insult. Croatians had been a longstanding part of eIrish society and we have always had a handful of Croatian players for as long as I can remember. CrOmega had been in Government for two years more or less and the nation was running – there had been hiccups over issues but these things happen. The labelling of them as PTO’ers was nothing but an insult to their work to eIreland. For a “foreign military unit” that joined eIrish society they were loyal and in no way a PTO – those that think so may wish to ask countries which have actually been PTO’d what it’s like. Normally following a PTO, nations are left with nothing and no political say – not in a richer position where democracy is valued.
To sum this paragraph up – the Constitution was designed to make eIreland more inclusive but it only led to further divides as it became a political tool.
However the old Governments were attacked on a lot of issues. We were told there was not enough financial transparency, we were told our governments were of the same people over and over, we were called “elitist”. Yes there could have been more financial transparency but reports were published. Yes, governments were made up of more or less the same people but that is because these people were good at what they did and were the only people willing to do the job. When I was CP, I had asked people if they would work in my Government – the reply: “I will not work for you”. But it was us who was causing divides within society? I see people saying it is great that the Irish community is united now but it was many of these people who fuelled the divide within the community. I tried several times to make peace, to help my opponents out but I was never welcomed. I was labelled as “a cancer” in a reply to me asking an opposition leader in how to fix the civil unrest, at least I tried to make unity for all eIrish a reality, and I tried to make eIreland a place for everybody. I respected democratic wishes and that is fact. Our Governments were attacked and abused unjustly after years of service. What was done by Governments that were so bad? That did not follow democratic wants of the people?
The current governments are no different from what I can gather. There is no financial reports published, it is the same people in governments past two months and both WHS and RTK (depends whose elected) have rather similar cabinets again to the previous governments. Is this not the same elitist behaviour the old Governments were accused of?
Then we can question on the democratic processes undertaken by these Governments. My personal favourite being the PLUTO Referendum. Under the Governments I served, referendums had the vote count published and a list of voters for transparency reasons. This is what the opposition asked of us and it’s what we did. However as soon as the opposition were holding a referendum, they did not publish a vote count, nor who voted. They gave a verdict. When I questioned this I was told it was none of my business due to the citizenship of my account. I can only imagine the articles screaming corruption should it have been the other way around. Denying that it would have been fine if it was my governments that did this is complete lies and we all know that.
Since I mentioned the referendum I might as well now explain my choice to seek eIrelands application to PLUTO be rejected.
For two-three months I had been working with the Governments of United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium in creating a group of nations that did not care about damage but about Brotherhood. This has always been the way I worked my foreign affairs. The group got on well, we were more than just nations playing a game and all governments had a great laugh with one another. We were nothing serious. Yet I still managed to get attacked on my involvement with this project. I was told it was not up to me to put eIreland into an alliance - well the thing is, PLUTO wasn't an alliance at the time. It was allies coordinating. We supported forming an alliance in Government but it was being held off due to hesitation within Spain. However abuse was thrown at me for trying to give eIreland something new and good, again. When PLUTO became an alliance, there was going to be a referendum as that is how we worked. Don't believe me? Look back to Aurora. Don Croata was a founder of that and he held a referendum on whether or not eIreland wanted to join.
So in short, I worked hard to get PLUTO up and running, I was attacked over this work and then those who attacked me seek to join the alliance they attacked me for helping set up? Ok.
I also questioned the loyalty of the current eIrish Government to her allies. Many members of the Government were those who always put their wishes above a greater good for allies. Examples include the dislike of The Treaty of Mayo, which saw me give Macedonia regions for free allowing them a congress after months of occupation. There was members of this Government who fought against the sanctioned South Korean AS on Ireland as they didn't agree with me giving them free regions to allow them a congress also after months of occupation. Then the more recent issue with Canada. Where the current government struck a deal with Canada that saw them get Canada to NE the United Kingdom, effectively shrugging an Irish problem off to the United Kingdom - that is not friendship.
My reasons may be bitter but I stand by them. If eIreland wants to join PLUTO they should prove themselves as good allies, they should actually work to join, not live off the work sowed by their predecessors who they are quick to attack and condemn.
I see so much these days about how Ireland is a better place, how everyone is getting on but is it really a better place? Two players amount for 70% of the damage, the population suffered a drop of around 30-40% yet the current Government celebrates.
You have had no victory, Ireland is in no way better off. You have spent the past two months trying to create a new Constitution, which for two months has been the Governments priority. Congress threads are inactive and there is only maybe 5/6 citizens who have written articles the past two months.
These celebrations are just an illusion, as a nation Ireland has suffered. You are only celebrating as plenty of Irish citizens could no longer feel comfortable in their own home.
I wonder about how those who disagree with you will get on. Only last night I saw Sweet Drinker being questioned over whether it was him or another person using his account due to his opinions.
Is Ireland really united or is it just an "elitist" illusion being portrayed by the same few people? The same people who would have always had power in their respective parties but never on a national level until now? If you look at it really, they've always been elitist within their limitations.
You can decide.
I still and always will love Ireland. I continue to fight for her and her liberation.
Can call me what you want.
Go raibh maith agat.
~Sluagh
Comments
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lol i created the spain connection and now you dont want ireland in an alliance with spain the main contributor and other nations. i told inept then to include me in threads on the creation or talks about Pluto but he wanted to play IRC and so his co MOD did not have any talks with the nations of Pluto. What is more in truth we did vote to join Pluto count is not important. If Pluto want us as allies they should be honest and inform us of this and what nations we are no longer friends with.
you all disbanded after DC lost the dictator elections. as dc always have a ragequit after such happenings i assume that is the reason you left not the reasons you propose.
anyway we dont have time for foreigners telling us how to run our country. yes most of our doings is no longer your business. and no we are not elitist there is plenty of new players that is handling government jobs.
as to finances we have plenty and the reports atleast make sense and is not the runes of fairies we dont make millions and can spend on a MOD department.
Sluagh is irish
unfortunately yes!!
As Conway him & his buddies relieved the UK of its treasury in the past.
take this out of eRep a moment, don't discriminate because he is irish irl nogin 😒
where am i discriminating because of his RL nationality?,
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the point is I am not mentioning past actions. I will not have this debate nogin as I get on very well with yourself and Sluagh
I wouldn't go that far. Discriminating on his IRL nationality.
Lets take it bit by bit:
Your on the sidelines because you left, no one make you push the mexican citizen button, you pushed it like you push the uk's and a host of other countrys when you didn't get your own way or had to leave because of "certain things you did" that were dubious and unlawful.
Financial reports.. don't make me laugh, those were few and far between and some were laughable, I was the first MoF to provide Financial reports to the Top 5 party presidents monthly (something you failed to do) and we currently have weekly reports to those in goverment, so nothing is being hidden or stolen.
The Constitution, It has that many discrepancies that it could be called a sieve, its full of holes and ambiguous clauses that contradict each other and is currently being rewritten to remove all ambiguity.
Pluto, you and Moomoohead deliberately asked Mexico to reject us, by calling in favours, this is not the actions of someone loyal to Ireland, and reflects badly on Mexico who allowed themselves to be manipulated. Remember when Moo left he was going to buy a country, guess he bought Mexico, the only saving grace for them is they did not vote either way!! so have not rejected us.
To give region away you need the agreement of the whole of Ireland not your cronies in power, Ireland will never give its regions to anyone without a proper country referendum. You and your friends took it on yourselves to "rule" Ireland as you thought fit, you abused those that disagreed with you and labelled them troublemakers.
Since you've left Ireland is a better place, Congress is working well, there's no abuse and all decisions are make democratically (be them right or wrong).
All i see here is the rantings of someone who's bitter at leaving and bitter that Ireland is getting on without him or CrOmega, lets not forget there plan to MTO Ireland, that you told me about!!.
Move on with your life, Ireland has.
I left cause I was sick of all the abuse and antagonising behaviour I was subjected to. If I didn't get my way so be it.
I'm happy to hear there is financial reports but my point was directed at the publicity of them. There had always been outcries from the likes of WHS and RTK for these to be made public, the fact they are just being kept to your government is as I pointed out - quite elitist.
The Constitution does have holes in it, we admitted it, we tried to fix this, we established a committee to address the issue. My point is clear - constitutions are made to make the game more inclusive but it becomes a political football. There is no way to uphold it fundamentally and should a government in eIreland wish to have more autonomy - are they not entitled to as it was for this reason they were elected. A google doc as progressive and brilliant as it can be should not the definitive answer for a government.
I said I asked for the block of eIreland and gave my reasons.
No I don't need the agreement of the whole nation to rent out regions. This was not a written rule at the time. This was the aim of my constitution - to set out rules on matters. Until then, a government really should of had full autonomy on these matters if they so wished.
Ireland is not a better place since the only activity is within the "elitist" government. I've heard of week long inactivities within congress threads . Yourself, WHS, RTK might all be happy you've gotten power and there is nobody around to question your choice.
Ireland as a nation is not in a better place, you might be in a better place however.
I've a better title for your Article
"Old thief reminisces on better times when his gang ruled the streets!"
There is nothing elitist about anyone in Ireland, everything is voted on and whatever way it goes thats it, pure and simple, move on with your life, there's nothing here for you now.
Also move on with my life? Is it not yourself and the current government that hold me to ransom on a mistake that I made 4 years ago?
Maybe you guys should move on seeming as since then I've had full access to way more money and have not robbed anything? Also have paid the Irish State maybe 500k over the past two years alone?
Hmm more hypocrisy.
Your the one who keeps bringing up your past, when you do we comment on it!!
have fun in mexico!!
send me 200 k i will be your friend and woot woot /true brilliance everything you say. mmm gonna go with a woot woot now.
woot woot.
nogin last term the dMoF was extremely abusive towards me and everybody was well happy about it
and.u.know.its.true.
Do I, its true you both had public disagreements and no doubt will have more in the future, but as i said, congress is working the way it should, compared to months ago Ireland is functioning very well.
there was no deputy mof the last term u numbnuts i was mof and nogin was mof i actually held the title the whole month. before that nogin was mof on her own.
RtK, the MoF with the 100k sandbox org is the deputy MoF 😁
well thats how i instructed nogin. maybe 1 out of 30 orgs but it was enough money for my purposes and we added 10000 to that org.
Summed up rather well Nogin. I could care less what people have to say if they run off butthurt every time things don't go their way, then rejoice and pull for Ireland's failure to prove a point that they're so needed. I've been here, Irish and proud, since after the first week of play. There have been times I've hated the leadership but this was still OUR community and I'd fight for it regardless, even when Don brought in a bunch of foreign influence along with his multis and blew threw our treasury to make his own group's reputation expand. It's about time the rest of these so called patriots stop heading off everytime things don't go their way and buckle in for what's left of this game.
The whole "I love Ireland but only if it does what I think it should or is led by who I think should lead" is getting old.
At least treasury has been used to have a battles for an allies.
1 million cc isn't nearly a lot, I invested x5 of this amount for Ireland in CO's on my own. Colin must have used x20 of that.
If that "strong" treasury haven't been used it would be robbed by ILP's candidate kuthesh anyway.
IRELAND 4 PLUTO
Seriously though. I agree with most of what you say here. I am no stranger to elitism in the UK (Or supposed) and I am currently in a similar situation to you guys in CroMega faced. So apart from my above comment, I agree man, and it is a shame that elitism always takes true forms.
But you know my feelings on Ireland and PLUTO. They should have been allowed, regardless.
problem is aaron mark your swimming with our piranhas of old. if you stop swimming and they think your dead they will use you for whatever purpose they can imagine.
we got rid of this scum scum that among others robbed your treasury and divided the monies between their group.
im sorry if i'm a bit harsh but i read Dc's article and this article and I dont see any humility or attempt to admit their wrongdoings. there is plenty of rl irish men and woman left aaron most of themare not arrogant little kids that stole from the treasury etc etc.
their in a predicament of their own doing and the people rejected them because the people saw their actions as the normal orc self serving bs . end of story.!
and ^that was 1 vote away from leading ireland aaron.
i cant even say it woulda been worse..
1- long article, obliged to read twice to understand all '___'
2- interesting really, the tone is correct, not neutral of course but serious enough to be constructive.
3- cromega decided to leave no one can force them to leave, they decided to put ireland in a weaker position after 1year controlling all, it' snormal that it's difficult to rebuild the country correctly, isn't it?
4- for sweet drinker it was me and him, just a personal opinion and btw he didn't answer to my question. it's not relevant in your statement.
5- the last election was corrupted by multis for a croatian candidate, who, why? opinion?
my vote
i don't remember you asking me for a gift, or if i gave it to you.
the gift you describe simply wouldn't constitute "an event" to me.
similarly you do not remember refusing to help me liberate France on irc.
but that is an event i will never forget.
if i really did this, it would be because of an important RL obligation, it's a game you know and it's nothing comparing my rl.
it was not an event the fact you gave or not.
the major and unforgetable "event" concerning you will always be seeing you fighting and gaining a bh against your own country during your CP term.
and yet i was elected 3 consecutive terms.
evidently the majority of ppl were more able to appreciate region strategy..
the majority of people were orcs then. you guys have a habit of see'ing your terms in office as being of note or of great worth. you forget to mention that you had massive treasuries but still did not support all irish mu but chose to support the ia only. as eIrishman who have lived here all of his eLife I can summarize your contribution in my eLife to the people as token small handouts worth nothing in the long run. Stop patting yourself on the back you are not half the cp any of me or whs will be and your cabinets was self centred unlike ours.
In fact I can quite easily say I am the biggest distributor of weapons today and still due to the actions of those regimes that preceded us do not get any government help.
players like sweet and sluagh let Seanan then MOD and IA commander put IA in front of all other Irish interest.
most iriahman in all threads consider this whole article as bollocks from a whiner.
and now we get the chance to see 🙂
same basic group that has been running the country since the departure of elite some new faces was introduced last month and will be this month so you have been living under our regime for quite a while sweet.
looks like we'll e under Lithuania's regime. your's can bake rp cakes.
dont worry you guys are not in charge issues will be resolved and lithuania removed without corrupt regiond deals etc etc. lest we not forget this is the person who could not take a region handed to him lol what a poor excuse.
why would i worry?
im not responsible for this mess, Governor.
i don't have a massive industrial complex getting resource starved.
im quite happy for you guys to run the country, i look forward to seeing what you will do next.
'New Ireland' is doing fine. One candidate for President is massive troll who's not even funny, the other one lives in his own world thinks he's playing some RL game in which political parties are the most relevant part of the game while all other countries don't care about that module at all.
'New Ireland' is wiped, haven't won a single battle, I tried to help, but it's impossible when there's absolutely no organisation or strategy to win the war. 'New Ireland' just hopes enemy will disappear. People got used to wait for someone to come and solve the situation. I've been doing that for years, now you need someone else to do it. Maybe RTK and WHS, they finally have the chance to prove their worth to the community.
I'm looking forward to more ILP's terms, it's been rather amusing.
Have a nice day!