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Bitch, please.

Day 894, 21:16 • Published in USA USA

• by Syrup

Hope he doesn't mind I stole his graphics.

[Caution: The following article may contain small amounts of hypocrisy and a lot of bawwww]

I know I am a little late on the Max McFarland 2 debate, but what the hell? I expected it to blow over after a week or so, and consequentially I mostly overlooked it. But, I was in the Presidential Debate last night, and this was one of the points of discussion, and let me say I am extremely pissed off.

I'm not defending Max because I am one of his little fanboys following him around, or because he gives Q5 Hospitals to the USA. While these things are nice, I am defending him because I work with him as equals quite often, and I find him as a person that is easy to work with. I regard him as a bro. This lynching Max thing is breaking the bro code in so many ways, and you know what happens when you break the bro code. So, it dismays me when I see one of my brothers thrown under the bus in this way so nonchalantly.

This doesn't mean I agree with Max's whole PHOENIX thing, honestly I could care less. I could completely understand getting help from a few PHOENIX nations if Poland or Spain decided to attack us. Our survival is key. When he did this we were under an immediate threat of attack a country almost double our size. Who cares if a few PHX countries helped us out? It's not like their ideals are different than ours. Not that I am a PHOENIX sympathizer or anything, but if Poland attacks us it would only make sense to defend ourselves anyway possible.

Now, please.

America, you forget that there are real people behind these avatars that you see in eRepublik. We sit around in our committee's and discuss the best Recruitment and Retention methods to keep people in this game. The solution is simple. We have to stop being douchebags to one another. Case Study: Jude Connors. We pushed him, got angry at him for being busy with IRL issues while he was PP. He moved. Why does this surprise us when it happens? Why do we get angry at him for moving? Personally, I don't blame people that want to move, the eUSA isn't a very friendly atmosphere at the moment. The only reason I stay here isn't because of the political scene right now, it's because of the kind people that are sticking it out.

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I was once at the receiving end of all this negative energy. Some of you may remember when I approved a citizen named Zoli into the USA. Yes it was a stupid move, but the crap I received made eRepublik an absolute hell for about a week. I received hate mail every day, got kb'ed from countless IRC channels. It's extremely frustrating, to say the least. The only reason I stayed in this game was for Jude Connors who understood that people make mistakes once in awhile. Now it's time for me to return the favor. This is not the way we should treat each other. Let's face it, this game would be extremely boring without a little chaos here and there. I know I may be alienating a lot of people with this article, but I don't even care anymore. These are dark days in the USA.

Sorry for the rant,
Syrup

Comments

Alfred Ball Day 894, 21:18

Calm down big boy.

Alfred Ball Day 894, 21:18

And no vote this article is full of baww

Bristel Akina Day 894, 21:18

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Chocolate McSkittles Day 894, 21:20

>And no vote this article is full of baww

Good point sir

Syrup Day 894, 21:24

Alfred hasn't been voting my articles lately.

Joshua Patterson Day 894, 21:26

>Stop bitching

Agreed Syrup, take the article down for being incredibly bitchy.

Ballman Day 894, 21:27

voted since you grew some balls and went through with title like i told you to XD

Lieutenant Scheisskopf Day 894, 21:30

this is at least 2/3 full of bawwww, if not entirely

Syrup Day 894, 21:35

Meh, oh well. The ban will come soon enough

Cecil Knight Day 894, 21:51

I myself don't agree with the MM2 slamming. Just because he talked to Phoenix doesn't mean he was being truthful about everything he said, and despite what others think, I honestly believe MM2 has the best interests of the eUSA in mind.

In any case, he's a good scapegoat for our presidential nominees, and to not slam him would make them look bad, so I can understand why they did it, even as I hate the underlying politics.

sassy 1 Day 894, 21:53

How do I get me some "Fanboys"? And when I do will I have to teach them how to follow me around?

Iasov Day 894, 21:59

I wonder if anyone is mad at me for missing the debate. I too was doing RL stuff. I had to be there for a friend.

Walter Joseph Kovacs Day 894, 22:01

lol.

Wybranowski Day 894, 22:02

"When he did this we were under an immediate threat of attack a country almost double our size"

Which country? What are you, a lunatic? Max MacFarland 2 is probably the worse that happened to America. Comparable to Woxan.

Respect to the people that treat USA as a serious country, not a joke you can play around with...

Jude Connors Day 894, 22:09

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Kitchen.Sink Day 894, 22:12

This is a good example of why the American political scene is one the worst in the entire e-worl😛 the American idea of fun is trash-talking and ego-flexing (i.e., the above comments).

But what would this traitorous eAmerican expatriate know, right?

Mourning Star Day 894, 22:17

Mmm, not many.....I pressing to have this article removed for profanity and vulgar comments. 😛

Alfred Ball Day 894, 22:21

@Iasov
> I wonder if anyone is mad at me for missing the debate. I too was doing RL stuff. I had to be there for a friend.

>Iasov
>RL
>Friends

I think I made my point.

Alfred Ball Day 894, 22:21

Also I am glad you added the caution now, if it was there before I would have never commented.

Kaiserlich Guard Day 894, 22:32

Jude Connors is a traitor. And so are you (for approving Zoli). And so is Max. Why don't you go ahead and move to the UK if you want some sympathy.

Anyonymous Day 894, 22:41

You write about the same stuff over and over. Please stop mentioning your single "I gave citizenship to Zoli lolol" event. It isn't as funny as you think :/.

sunnygyrl315 Day 894, 22:59

I too agree that the hole Maxx scandal/comments are too much. We all know Maxx loves the EUSA and btw Syrup could never be a traitor no matter who he approved. As for Jude you can't knock him for his decision so why bother trying. I love Maxx and Syrup! Good article Syrup(the one who speaks his mind.)

Tyler F Durden Day 894, 23:11

I wake up every morning to hate mail and FPs.

It's part of playin' the game with a take no prisoners attitude.

Fortunately there is a little button called "delete"...

...and something tells me that gypsy Admin will push it here.

Hal Emerick Day 895, 03:07

I see a lot of baws from Syrup, Kitchen.Sink, and, surprisingly, Jude.

😕

Hal Emerick Day 895, 03:08

>Maxx loves the EUSA

[citation needed]

Syrup Day 895, 05:07

@ Anonymous
"Some of you may remember when I approved a citizen named Zoli into the USA. Yes it was a stupid move, but the crap I received made eRepublik an absolute hell for about a week."
This is why I included the Zoli thing, so I could point out I understand Max's point of view in this.

And Emerick, the reason you see a lot of bawwws from this guy is because treating other people like this is catty, not going to lie, it's making us look like a disgrace.

Shinybluepope Day 895, 07:16

Though I think getting angry at those who demonize Max is silly since it shows one is taking this game too seriously, I find those that demonize him equally as silly and think this article does a good job of targetting the frustration created from such silliness. I don't see anything worth getting riled up enough to fill someone's inbox with hate mail. Voted.