The Elephant in the Room has arrived!!! How did you not see it???
Colin ChipPhilfer Brown
Welcome to the first issue of "The Elephant in the Room" and thank you for taking the time to check out this publication.
Introduction
I am uber new to the world of eRepublik so you will have to excuse my rough around the edges publication and my green behind the ears knowledge of the eWorld but over time I will gain experience in making “The Elephant in the Room" look better and have a better understanding of eUK and the eWorld. In the short time I have been here I can see I lot of changes have happened in regards to the eUK and also on our very doorstep, as they say a week is a long time in politics.
Aims
The aims of "The Elephant in the Room" are to:-
• Not be politically aligned (not a mouthpiece for a party and no favouritism).
• Attempt to provide facts rather than spin.
• Discuss important issues which affect eUK and potential solutions.
In Reality
I do have my own political opinions and they may subconsciously surface in my articles no matter how hard I try to be impartial. Also there is a chance it will go from tackling important issues to degenerate political satire, bad jokes and puns. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
That is all from me for now and I plan to write articles on a regular basis and hopefully slip some jokes in to make you laugh. Please subscribe, comment, etc.
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Comments
Have your first vote.
I look forward to seeing what you produce. o/
Thank you. Its a new experience for me so will see how it goes and where it goes.
voted o/
Thank you. I aim to write a proper article soon maybe over the weekend if I find the time. Got a few ideas certainly looking at the Party President campaigns as a strong contender for my first real article.
Voted and welcome
Thank you. My experience so far is there are a lot of friendly people.
Nice to see a new face 😃, let me know if you need some help starting up 🙂
Thanks. I have had help from different organisations already but I am a stubborn person who likes to try to figure it out himself and not always succesfully lol. The offer is grately appreciated though. For now I am going to explore this avenue as I have a huge interest in politics but not necessary be in the lion's den. I prefer the political commentator/anaylst role.
Lord of Bones did exactly the same thing a month ago 😛.
Getting an idea of the landscape before you make camp is always a very sensible idea. Good luck o/
A good way to start up successful papers are interviews, no ones done is an interview with Addaway about Wayne stealing all the UK's cash. If your elephant hunting that's a good place to start o7
Yeah missed all the fun & games of the UK getting robbed by rogue politicans but get to suffer the consequences. If I wasn't so patriotic I would have moved and applied for citizenship elsewhere lol.
It's quite fun just to stay put and moan about it 🙂
yeah staying put, only moving if we invade a sunnier place. I think it could be interesing in see how this pans out.
Given we're invading Norway for their food bonuses I doubt you'll find it much sunnier over there 😛
Very happy to do that interview if anyone wants to
Glad to hear it, will bear in mind for future reference
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Good luck with your Elephant, i look forward to reading you next article o/
Love the logo by the way 🙂
Thanks. Bit worrying I spent longer sorting out what the logo would be than on writing the introduction article lol.
let's see how long you can stay in erep. 😛
Very true. Though I am not in erep to become hugely wealthy which probably stops people from playing because it is difficult when starting out. I am here to observe the political element of erep so not bothered if I'm poor as long as I can observe the political landscape and write articles on what I see.
Enjoy your stay!
Thanks
nice
Thanks
Nice to see new people about and I am looking forward to future articles!! If you need any help with editing articles (such as posting gifs - which is the single most important thing to learn how to do). See you around 🙂
Thank you will certainly come to you for help if having problems with look of an article if I can't figure it out. Think I may lead the revolution of outlawing gifs they are so overly used, the comic sans of the image world.
Good luck. Try to be impartial, but more importantly try and look at situations from all the angles.
Thanks. That will not be easy as I am human with my own set of beliefs which may unwittingly come to the surface. But one thing I can easily do is if I do an article about an active party i.e. interview. Then all the active parties will also get a chance to do an interview so ensuring all political stances are covered on the same issue.
Good start. Keep trumpeting.
Thanks
"I am uber new to the world of eRepublik " I never believe it when people say this 😃
I know what you mean. I play poker and get effectively the same statement then wonder why they are owning me on the table.
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Congratulations to the first issue of the newspaper! I wish you success in journalism! 🙂
Thank you, Wasn't really expecting much of a response to the article so feeling the pressure to deliver now lol. Such a welcoming community. Better do my research and write my first proper article.
Voted and subbed. Looking forward to reading more over time! o7
I missed it cos I was drunk and was watching the dancing pink elephants
can't fault you for that, dancing pink elephants are the best
good theme and logo, wish you good luck with it
That fresh smell of paper. I'm expecting something special from this one 🙂 Good luck.
Thanks. Its all about finding your place in the world & hopefully reporting events, doing interviews, talking about issues is my place but only time well tell. The look and feel of the paper may change quite a bit until I am happy with it and also the readers are happy with it
Good luck!