The true war
Alex Craciun
Motto: No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. Henry A. Kissinger
Intro
This game lives out of the Hungarian-Romanian conflict. Both communities are mainly based on real people, people that buy gold and keeps the game afloat, people that write in the media creating controversies and keeping the game interesting.
Almost three years ago, the Romanian president (namely me) followed a “suggestion” and opened the HU-RO war to make the game more interesting. We all know what followed. Hungary got beaten, Hungary got a baby boom, Hungary defeated Romania, Romania cried, Hungary became the major military force of the game and visited US. Romania fought back and erased Hungary. Hungary made a superb Trojan horse move and pushed back Romania in its original borders.
All the “epicness” of this game has something to do with the Hungarian or the Romanian community. Usually both.
Virtual versus Real Life expectations
There is only one reason why Romania and Hungary were so succesfull over the time. The RL rivalry between the 2 countries , with all the unwanted nationalists outbreaks, attracted over the year lots of players into the game. Even if currently part of the community from both camps is kind of fed up with the current statusquo (mainly the old players that have seen it all) the HU-RO conflict remains the main attraction for new players from both sides to join and play the game.
Resources vs Rewards
Back in the V1 days there was little incentive from the game point of view to conquer a region in the HU-RO war. The most disputed battles were mostly for the ego boost (Transilvania) or to sabotage the opponent (HK/WSR). The only material reward was a percentage of the money in the country account, and both countries made sure to have as little as possible to lose.
Nowadays even that little incentive disappeared and the current region bonuses seem to have less impact than before. So we usually end up burning huge amounts of resources for a non existent material gain.
Game Play
Erepublik was never a game developed toward players expectations. But players invented workarounds for their needs. IRC chats, military units, national banks and so on are cornerstones of the current gameplay, and all of those were implemented by players not by the erep staff.
The players always found solutions to day to day gaming. Even if it meant going against the current
Summary of current issues
1. Part of the community wants something new. and the other part wants to taste for their own the hu-ro conflict. Old players are bored by the current situation but new players are attracted to the game by the same situation.
2. The game gives little reward for winners and the costs for the beligerants are huge.
3. The current gameplay implemented by admins is driven by profit and not by fun.
The Solution: A true war!
We need to address all the issues if we still want to have fun with real people in this game. We need a war that will make both old players and new players have fun. We need a consistent reward for the winner to make the war interesting. And we need to do that somehow against the path that the admin has drawn for the game.
So how do we do that? The major part of both communities firmly believe that without the traditional enemy at their doorstep they would have won the game. By winning all the game i mean conquering all the world and call “game over”. So what about proving what we both are capable of? And just to make it interesting, lets throw some cash in it.
Draft specifications of “The true War”
The “true war” will take place over a selected period of time: 2 or 3 weeks.
A simple set of rule will be drafted and agreed upon by the presidents and congresses of both countries.
The start of the true war will be the moment the peace is signed between hun and ro.
The countries will appoint a independent referee. The referee will receive the “amount” from Hungary and Romania. This will be the cash prize
At the end of the period the referee will declare one side the winner based on the criteria decided by the competitors
Terms:
Hungary and Romania will sign peace
- there will be a race for regions with a point system
- the prize will be an amount of currency (in discussion)
- the prize will be at a trustable under the period
Other rules:
All is fair in love and war, so there are no restrictions. Everything is allowed, diplomacy, rw’s, trolling... everything.
p.s. vine si traducerea in romana, in aproximativ o ora.
Comments
First! Acum sa citesc...
Problem? 😃
nu zici rau
wow
Lol... this sounds like fun 😃
in Romana ar fi mai bine ; )
OD ODD ODDDAAA
interesanta idee.
chiar ar fi tare sa fie aplicata.
interesting ideea
Sa mergem in hu sa ii invatam un pic de Sa traiti domnule!..?nu zik nu la asta ...btw nem to dom😁sper ca am scris bine😁
"The Great Game" erep style.
- the prize will be at a trustable under the period - good. send me the money.
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f interesant
😁))frumos ambalaj.
In sfarsit, am terminat! : )
Varianta ungurilor este aici: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-en-hu-end-of-an-era-egy-uacute-j-korszak-kezdete-1709694/1/20
Am ales ca ambele tari sa publice articolul (si) in engleza, ca sa fie exact aceleasi explicatii si reguli.
Haideti sa castigam! : )
de data asta da: fara dictate, fara conditii umilitoare. suna mai bine ca o provocare (challenge)
Interesting idea .
Si o abordare interesanta in a vinde ideea 🙂
Stai bre,dar cu Polonia cum ramane???Fa intai ce ai promis sa faci cand vei fi ales...si pe urma,facem si chestia asta...
Desi nu cred ca vei face nimic din cele doua,cum de altfel ne asteptam...Tipic romanesc😒unt ales pentru niste promisiuni,si cand vad ca nu le voi putea indeplini(sau pe care stiam ca nu le pot indeplini),deturnez atentia venind cu o chestie de genul celei mai sus pomenite...
...i mean conquering all the world and call “game over”... come on!
And the prize will be paid at a rate of 10 GOLD per day. Peanuts.
arghh... imi place stilul. mai ales structura...
smells like awesomeness 🙂
Ideea nu e noua .
A fost o ideea de genul asta cu RO-SRB pe o regiune din eBulgaria .
Ai bagat-o frumos p'asta cu pacea !
: )
noncombat mode!
Romanian has nothing to demonstrate. We have already ereased Hungary!! There is nothing above this.
Dupa ce i-am batut pe cel mai mare stadion ne propui un meci in curtea scoli?
Daca asta e modalitatea de a schimba paradigma hai sa spunem ca ne-au batut si sa incepem sa ne jucam de-a altceva.
Romanian (admins) has nothing to demonstrate. We (admins) have already ereased Hungary!! Yes, it's true.
@OM: inteleg ca vrei de fapt sa-i enervezi pe ei, dar na... daca asa intelegi tu sa joci... nu te pot opri.
Interesant 🙂
peace
intram in NWO? ((:
o7
"Ms.Carmen Day 1,209, 13:30
35m ago
)))frumos ambalaj. "
u jelly, smelly? : D
traducerea pentru bizoni:
Se face pace cu ungaria, ca cadou de ziua lor nationala.
ce inseamna asta?
ca ne tradam aliatii lasandu-i liberi pe aia sa faca ce vor, si anume ce n-au putut face pana acum.
recapituland mandatul cascheta pana acum:
Polonia - fail
Turcia - future fail
pace (deghizata) cu ungaria - fail
let the games begin!
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-presidency-pace-la-frontiera-de-vest-1636146/1/20
Aceasi Trista cu alta palarie ((:
Radar.2: Nah, de data asta e si mai misto. xD
clica contraataca. eRomania la vanzare.
crom-vanadiu 0
clica 1
hopez0r u troll! :😁)))
eu sunt de acord cu orice este nou , sunt satul de unguri
crom-vanadiu 0+1(zeusdinolimp)
clica 1
sper sa castigam in prelungiri...
exista si o parte buna - nu rezulta implicit din articol decat pentru cei 'ce stie sa citeste'
e bun!
OMG, peace has broken out! God help us all!!!
Depinde si de modalitatea folosita remesh. Daca tot ne-au facut pace or sa lase partidele in pace? Tu ce spui?
daca va fi, ceea ce nu cred, pacea va dura maxim cat mandatul cashchet.
Az elmúlt héten teljesen privát csatornákon felvettük a kapcsolatot pár román vezetővel (politikai/katonai), szintén régi játékosokkal, akik a háború három évének a többségét, akár egészét megélték (Butnaru, Ghishae, Alpho, Peach, AlexCraicun).
crom get a gun, use it ... on you. Thank you.
Cronoss,vezi ca te-ai mai pacalit odata cand ai inghitit o piatra...😉
Saracii unguri, tocmai deruleaza o colecta de bani ca sa rada Romania de pe harta si noi ii lovim in moalele capului cu o propunere de pace.
Deja i-au si bagat impeachment presedintelui lor pentru ca a indraznit sa discute despre asa ceva (dar nu cred ca vor reusi sa-l dea jos).
Eu personal sper sa se voteze pacea cu ungurii. Nu ne tradam niciun aliat, ca vom putea sa-i aparam prin MPP-uri, ca si pana acum. Si nici ungurii nu vor sari pe aliatii nostri.
Alta e manevra. Si e de bine. Nu se poate spune in gura mare, dar cine are putin creier poate sa si-l foloseasca si sa se prinda ce se intampla de fapt.
Awesome!