Gnilraps for USWP President

Day 2,605, 19:08 Published in USA USA by Gnilraps

Bad as Me (Mandatory listening)
Day 2605 of the New World
January 7, 2015


Today I am announcing my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States Workers Party. In fact, if things go well, I intend to string together a few terms as President, provided the Party will have me.




How many times have you heard these words, “This game sucks”?

I hear it too often.

I don’t generally agree with those words either. I sort of like this game. And I suspect you do too. Or at least there is a game around here somewhere that we all enjoy playing to the extent that you are reading this right now… and maybe you are logged onto IRC right now… and maybe you visited an offsite Forum today…

In other words I am not trying to confess my love for the Big Red Fight Button. We can all generally agree that the buttons we click each day in eRepublik are fairly meaningless, mindless, and uninteresting. But newsflash! That’s NOT the game. (Hopefully this is not a newsflash.)

So whatever it is that is the game, I like playing it and am still playing it and am happy that you are playing it and let’s keep playing it together. mK?




And because of how much I like this game, I’ve chosen to invest some more time and energy into playing eRepublik such as it is. At this particular juncture, I cannot think of a more compelling seat to play this game from than the seat of Party President. Particularly as PP of USWP.



The reasons I’ve picked this particular role for having my fun and eating it too are several. First, Easy Company, my beloved Military Unit, is in such expert hands (and my role in facilitating its growth and success is so very well defined) that I wouldn’t even think to try to assert myself more deeply there. Second, while I enjoyed playing as President of eUSA for two months last year, I do not want to devote myself as deeply as that at this particular time. And third, while there are certain government jobs that I would enjoy doing well (Interior, Education), I want to do something that is in the wheelhouse of my passion. And right now that is USWP.

I think that there are two main mechanisms for developing player growth and welfare, the MU and the Party. While there are other MU’s that are pretty darn good around here, I am firm in my belief that Easy Company does a better job than any other MU in developing player growth and welfare. I want my Party to be as effective as my MU.

And so I plan to take a measured approach to Party leadership. I have a fairly elaborate plan devised for new player development. I have an optimistic (possibly overly-so) plan for improving the intra-party community. And I have a strategy for making substantive changes in how USWP is viewed by the rest of the eUSA Community.




Here are a few examples of programs I have devised in the past and how these successes will play into my future as USWP President:

1 – Stack the Wall. I created StW during my time as CP as a means for facilitating new player growth. It has been running successfully for almost a year and continues to be one of the more popular among Interior programs. StW is not something that would work particularly well at the Party level (for reasons I could detail for you), but there is a portion of the concept that I want to adopt during my time as PP. Just watch!

2 – FastForward. I didn’t really create this program, but I reskinned it during my term as USWP President. I felt like it was time for us to jettison the “Zombie” motif and so our welfare program become FastForward. I think it could use some tweaking, so expect that during my next term.

3 – EZC Systems. There are too many intricate parts of the inner workings of EZC that I am responsible for, and even as I am campaigning right now I am very busy at work on a monumental shift in our infrastructure that will facilitate our growth as an MU. I’ve been doing this for years. I mention this here, not because I intend there to be any crossover between EZC and USWP. I mention it as an example of the kind of analytical approach I bring to community development. This is what I want to bring to USWP as its primary leader.

4 – Vortex. It has become defunct. However Vortex was a very fun IRC game based on an idea I sort of stole from ClopoyaurTV. I intend for it to be revived for our Party. If you weren’t around last year to play Vortex… stick around. You will love this game.

5 – 16 Shells. My newspaper is unquestionably the most well-read paper in eUSA. I have earned every single one of my subscribers, meaning I have never purchased any. My newspaper is how I like to express myself in this game. As Party President, I intend to parlay the popularity of my paper into some form of exposure for USWP.

As many of you know, this is just a sampling of what I’ve had my hands in over the 5+ years I’ve enjoyed this game. I am still full of energy and cannot wait to get started.




So please prepare yourselves to vote for Gnilraps as USWP President on January 15th.



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