[CP] Now There's Only Silence
Day 3,733, 17:27
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by Het Catshuis
Dear citizens of the eNetherlands,
Thank you for electing me as your Country President once again. It seems like the eNetherlands doesn't lose its grip on me and the CP seat feels quite familiar again. Truth be told, I didn't initially think about running again, but many things have been left unfinished. I now have a good image of how ill-fated our future really looks, if nothing changes. Our population dropped that month from 160 to around 140. In a year time there won't be any Dutch left (except for the few hanging on the dead forum and a few that can't leave due to sunken costs in time and money).
The previous Government was, if I may say, the most active in a long time. Plenty of articles, conversations with our citizens and discussions about new proposals. Sadly, it seems to be in vain. Most articles have more replies by foreigners than by our own countrymen. Any debate is a threesome of the same old people. The MU and Country Feeds are dead silent. If it weren't for Weekstrom we'd be at rock-bottom of the weekly damage list. Instead of the respectable #40 position we traditionally held, we're at a shameful #60. If an enemy attacks us now heaven pray for Weekstrom to hold all Divisions and Air Battles, or we're toast.
There you have it: We're both dead as a military community (never our forte), but most notably as a social community as well. Despite our low numbers historically the eNetherlands has always been known for relatively big participation in media, politics and discussions. Now there are no (private) articles and talking you can only do with the dead. I know, there are just the people who want to do their daily tasks and fights. However, wouldn't that all be a massive waste of time and effort if in a few months time the collective you belong to is gone? If you do not bother, why should I, or anyone else?
Now there's are some shades of hope here and there. The new Minister of Finances eRepTrader has taken steps to make sense of our bloated financial system and has even taken steps to do something that is useful for us as a country (in-game). For example, we are now starting on a dedicated CO Fund, contact has been laid with our commune holders again (which gives us a supply of weapons) and only now we realize the damage that has been done by our lethargy (for example the 'illegal' suspension of both the supply system + Monetary Market Program). These are things I'm still looking forward to work on. I hope to run a trial for a new supply system soon, which is to be personalized according to the needs of a soldier. Want to focus on air? You need food and possibly air weapons, not tanks. Want to save up for packs? You need cc.
A Byzantine effort was needed to replace the DAF Commander with a new one (Shawtyl0w instead of Odan). In a few days time that process will be completed (whether Shawtyl0w is accepted as new commander or not) and that gives me hope we can work on such matters with fresh perspectives. Shawtyl0w has requested me to grant Odan the 'Eresabel' medal for his service to the Dutch Armed Forces. Despite my differences with Odan, I have to agree with my Minister of Defence on this. While more and more people are abandoning our cause, Odan has been maintaining our few remaining functioning institutions.
I, NoTie112, President of the eNetherlands, hereby award Odan the Eresabel for extraordinary contribution to the Armed Forces of the eNetherlands, for at least one year, within the Dutch Armed Forces.
I request the forum administration to hand out this medal as soon as possible. Also, I re-re-request to the forum administration to send the message I have written to all dead players' forum/email account. A request I have done over 30 days ago. I understand there were some problems with sending so many messages, but letting our eCountry wait that long while it's slowly dying? Yeah.. Idk about that. The clock is ticking and with every less bit of people and activity we have here less people while stay playing this game after returning!
I have heard many complaints about the forum over the last few years. I'm no fan of it either (although that has come by time, as I have over 3000+ posts during my earlier years in this game). I have proposed changes or either the total abandonment of the forum. I have seen (almost) no support in working on this with me. I get a feeling that people are just not interested in coming together and working on our country at all, be it on the forum or in-game. You need to step-up your game if you want things to change. Nevertheless I will continue working as much as possible in-game and use the forum only for the absolute legal required things.
By the way, here is the Government for this month. Nothing has changed except for the addition of Jordic (who is not that active, but has valuable opinions and contacts).
Country President: NoTie112
Ministry of Defense & Foreign Affairs: Shawtyl0w & Jordic69
Ministry of Finance: eRepTrader
Ministry of Recruitment: Gwom
To Conclude;TLDR; Show a sign of life, pick up your working shoes and work for your country, or in a matter of time it'll be gone and it was all for nothing. I'm not writing articles every week for my own self-gratification after all.
Kind regards,
Your Country President NoTie112
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As a a long time friend of eNetherlands, I I can help supply food to your MUs. I am basically two clicking these days, but my factories are still pumping out products.
I don't need market value for it, but a small donation would be accepted. PM me if your interested and we can see what amounts I I can help you with.
Also good luck for your term.
Good to see you still around! You have been a good friend to the eNetherlands indeed for a long time, most notably when you donated 100k to us after some war.. o7
Rusty!
you guys have always stuck by a good code of conduct, least I can do is help out when I can.
o/
To show I read it 😉
But also: I fear a lot of players don't think it will matter as in the past all (attempts) for change were in the end blocked by forum players. They will likely need a few months in which small steps are visible to consider becoming more active again. I for one have abandoned forum 2 or 3 years ago I estimate due to the constant frustration that gave and the ill willingness to change anything especially when it came to old fashioned laws and or powers.
A few examples being;
- Sticking and handling according to laws in general while it was obvious it had no use or even harmed us and people seems to have no mind of their own because of that laws. Not to mention the huge bureaucracy that comes along with it.
- The unwillingness to:
* communicate anything ingame by (d)CoC(k)’s rather than on forum only so CM, apart from an elite group, were often to late for votes
* do something with our money. More specific; Working the MM for a profit while at the time we could have made 1000k per 10 days easily but I was only allowed to work with 10k so best we could achieve was 20k per 10 days. Once it was allowed a bit more (100k) markets were already less profitable and hard to work on.
* Keep up a financially aiding systems for our players by using an org to provide them with extra cc and before that to provide for more than one org which was needed due to market situation and player demand. I even had to put up a fight to safe the players money as gov confiscated the used org 😡
* Set up a system like you mention where players were aided to their needs. Handing out tanks and/or food and or gold depending on the stage players were in while at the same time providing players with below market priced tanks.
Like you I was very active at the beginning (Don't think I hit those 3000+ posts though) but it's a relic from the past adding nothing but an potential archival function yet still harming our community to a large extend.
Things is those 'small steps' will take months, and who knows what our country looks like in a few months? It certainly doesn't look promising now, let alone in a few months 🙁
As for your points:
- Yes, too much lawbending and no opposition to it due to lack of interest in the forum. Laws should be reformed into a simple and short 'guidelines' book, but good luck on getting that passed through the Byzantine bureaucracy first 🙁
- With an alternative/change to the current system we don't need a (d)CoC anyway. In my opinion a position that we can do without currently. Could be replaced by the CP f.e. That way the CoC can also participate in governments, which he currently can't. I asked Odan to join my government (might be controversial) but he isn't able due through being (d)CoC.
- We certainly need to do something with our money. The MM program has been dead for months, essentially losing us a few hundred thousands of cc ever since. That money isn't being spent on the well-being of our citizens either. It's just gathering dust basically. I hope perhaps you'd be willing to work on a re-introduced investment program with our reserves some day?
- Of all things, a reintroduced supply system is likely to be the one thing that can be archived soon.. Let's hope there's still enough potential in our country to make it worth it, though.
Btw, you have 1151 posts on the forum. So you did your part when it was still relevant 😛. No posts since 2014, however, so that is telling about the current (non)-use and relevancy of the forum.
I'm sorry Weekstrom, but when are you going to tell anything new?
Regarding the MM, the event you tell about are several years ago. How is that still relevant? Especially when this article is about getting more players active again right now.
The reason I stopped playing actively when plato f*cked up the game when adding the air battles, instead of actually fixing it as it has so many great possibilities.
Tell me the attitude that blocked those examples did change and don't block initiatives any more. And telling is easy, but show me the effects as nothing changed. It became even worse; MM Stopped, supplies stopped totally while we have the orgs and did the investments. No progress ever since only going back. Lot of players died or became inactive fighting. Plus the players that left NL and still play, and no, I'm not only referring to the obvious ones, left for 2 reasons; Own gain in other nations or frustration with forum/poilitics in NL The first is no issues due to the way working works nowadays. Change the latter and we might get some of them back.
As for the airbattles: I don't see how that would have effected you. Using the IK in D2 like you did still works very well. It's the MP I could understand as that really fucks it up for low div players like you. Then again: 15M still gives you a BH in 95% of the rounds so not much harm left from MP either.
thx for the medal 🙂
regarding the dead player message. i'll start on that personally this month. so please do get in touch with me regarding info needed etc.
Thanks! Hopefully it will result into something nice!
Unfortunately it's more about the game than the countries itself. Good luck.
Yeah, what gives with individuals being able to do as much as entire small countries with packs and medal income.. But small countries and their citizens should be aware that will be their eventual death.
Yay Tonie! ❤
No endorsement this time, am dissapoint
I love how you actually pay attention to it.
: )
Sounds like germany 🤔
A cheap carbon copy of eGer 😢
#swampGermans
#NSPPstandsstrong
I personally notice that it keeps getting harder and harder to motivate myself to put effort in this game. I used to organize contests, events and that kind of stuff. But nowadays it just feels like a waste of time, as only 3 people or so compete, or even read the articles...
Moreover, I've been coaching new players for some years now, but even that feels useless now, as every new citizens usually logs in once, and then goes inactive, without even reading my messages...
It is like pulling on a dead horse (as we say in Dutch).
I know that feeling.. But don't give up just yet! I'm still clinging on as well 😃
And mamma said i was never gonna be important, look where i am now
You must have had a hard childhood if ur mama said that =[
write more : (
If you manage to change 1 thing every other term you'd do great...
Ach, it's the same everywhere I guess. Only the bigger countries will notice it later. It's the fault of all those darn TW's at some degree. It used to be way more exciting. Now we need to turn to a game one can't mention here for the excitement that used to be. Remember the days of EDEN and One? There's no more glory to win. TW's, training for what?
Still, good luck with your term, and let's hope for some nice world war!
wat is het nog?