Two Hundred Days - Day 722: Impressive Fight, Sergeant!
Iamnameless
Mission Statement:
This paper looks back Two Hundred Days from the current date and examines the progress one citizen made over the course of his first Two Hundred Days in eRepublik. Also, there will always be at least TWO hotties in every issue.
Welcome back dear readers!
Two Hundred Days ago, dawn broke on Day 722 -- Veteran's Day, 11 November 2009 irl -- to find me feeling chipper at 97.57 Wellness. My Q1 house still had a bit of that "new home" smell and the Q1 food I consumed overnight added 1.07 to my wellness. Besides the house and my good health, I had 2.25 Gold and 2.44 USD in the bank, plus a couple of Q1 weapons and some Q1 food in my inventory. I felt pretty good as I considered my prospects for the day.
Hmm, I'm standing by a brick wall, and yet I'm wearing a swimsuit. Weird, huh?
I wanted to fight with weapons three times since I had nearly enough money for another Q1 weapon. As a new citizen, it's hard to feel you're making much of a contribution when you see someone hit more in one fight than you do in five, and fighting unarmed just makes it worse. Plus I was getting really tired of seeing "Weak fight, Sergeant!" for most of my fights each day - the few times I got to see "Good Fight, Sergeant!" were when I was at my healthiest and had a weapon.
Moral of the story? Stay healthy. Fight with weapons.
You healthy-looking stud, is that a Q5 in your hand or are you just happy to see me?
So before I could visit my local gunshop, I had to go earn my living. I was employed at 90+ Time Continuum Iron with a salary of 5.85 USD, making my take-home pay 4.68 USD. WIth over seven whole dollars burning a hole in my pocket, I quickly trained and then off I went to the marketplace.
On this Day, Q1 weapons could be had from eUS and allied gun companies for about 3.81 USD. I mention "eUS/allied companies" because those were the only ones to get my business. There are times when companies run by our enemies may have set their prices a few cents lower than companies run by our fellow Americans and allies, but even as a noob, I knew that it was stupid* to buy weapons from companies whose profits went to fighting Americans.
* In specific circumstances, groups of experienced players have at times organized to buy up so many weapons from enemy companies that it dries up supplies for enemy citizens, limiting their damage against us. Probably not something to get involved in at an early stage in your eRep career.
So armed with a record three Q1 weapons, I started my five fights for the day - sadly on Day 722 I hadn't yet started recording the name of each Day's battle. No matter, for me the excitement for the Day came when my first fight was not called "weak', not even "good", but for the first time I saw those encouraging words "Impressive fight, Sergeant!" The cut-off for "impressive" seems to be somehere around 28 damage, as my first fight was "impressive" at 29 damage done but my second was merely "good" at 27 damage. My third armed fight was good for another 25 damage, and my last two (barefisted) fights added up to 19 damage between them. Total havoc wreaked for my eNation: 100 points of damage. In my mind I could see some enemy FM grabbing his shin and muttering "why, you little scrab!"
😉
So just as i was feeling all this patritoic fervor, I came across an article seeking donations for a new initiative, United Allies Securing the Common Defense (or UASCD). The idea was to collect donations from eUS citizens to subsudize MPPs for allies who couldn't afford them. The way I saw it, this idea had three things going for it: it enhanced our eNation's security and image overseas, it was run by one of our leading citizens*, and in the article's title the Organization's name was typo'd as "United Allies Secruing the Common Defense". Yes, secruing. With all that implicit win, how could I say no? I considered my meager resources and sent in 1.30 USD and 0.2G, leaving me with 2.00 USD and 2.05G so I could earn enough for another weapon tomorrow. It wasn't much but it felt good to give.
* I'd say who but I already gave him props in another issue and don't want to give him a swelled head - it's round enough already.
I turned in for the Day at 1915 eRep time at 95.57 Wellness, feeling pretty good about things and thinking about maybe asking for a raise tomorrow.
Yeah baby!
Until next time, as always,
Go eUS!
Comments
tl;dr DENIED. First too, I guess.
This is pure genius
LOL that's one way of putting it.
Let's see if I can figure out why the article's not showing.
You messed up a tag somewhere, most likely. It happens to me all the time 😛
SCORE!
Damn backslash. 😉
there we go 😃
good article, once again... i don't know why you don't have 1,000 subs yet. lol
The last one hasn't got nipples...
I'm one of the people you mentioned in the ad. In what way do "hotties" have to do with erep?
"In what way do "hotties" have to do with erep?"
I subscribed for the T n A 😉
4th pic has legs I could lick for hours.
*adjusts pants*
@ Arya8: "In what way do "hotties" have to do with erep?"
Hi Arya8, thank you for your interest in my paper.
Hopefully it's clear that it is the text of the article itself that relates directly to eRep. The images of hotties themselves have no more to do with eRep than images of kittens or pandas often seen in other papers. They serve as breaks in the text so that the article isn't visually tiring to read - avoiding the dreaded "wall of text".
They also support the content the article, sometimes in (hopefully) humorous ways. The young lady who asks "You healthy-looking stud, is that a Q5 in your hand or are you just happy to see me?" is underscoring the point in that part of the article (encouraging new citizens to stay healthy and fight with weapons). The leggy little imp in the 4th image shows how some enemy FM might, in his mind's eye, imagine his opponent who had delivered less damage in 5 fights than the FM does in just one: "why, you little scrab!" 😉
Lastly, IMO using these images shows a keen understanding of the eRep community. I think it's safe to say that many (most?) citizens enjoy and appreciate such imagery - comments in favor of them have far outnumbered comments opposed to them, and 50+ subs in my first few days suggest that many readers want to see more.
I'm not entirely clear on why you're opposed to the use of these images, but I hope your aversion to them doesn't stop you from enjoying my paper and maybe even subscribing. I look forward to any further comments you might have in the future. Thanks and
Go eUS!
I like these Girls!