missingno, honestly.
Bernard Hoffington
Politics aside, i feel like for the past few days I've turned a lot of old friends into enemies. Well, It doesn't feel like it, it has physically happened. This is not the result of me running for president in the eNetherlands but purely because of how rude and ill mannered i have been to fellow politicians.
Where simple arguments or disagreements have been raised to my policies/ideas, instead of debating them or explaining myself i have whipped out and in a rude manner attacked people. This is uncalled for and should never be the case. I regret almost all the things I've done in the last few days, I've lost a lot of friends. I've gained 'political support' but lost true friends. I can never change that.
I was suggested not to write this by people who are supporting me, but i assume most will think this is another political stunt, It's not, this is me writing, not missingno, It's Sam. (my real name). I don't regret the thing I've done because it will effect my ePolitical career but because how i reacted to pressure and negative feedback, that is a reflection upon myself, outside the game. People say eRepublik is a bad game, but how many games can make you see yourself like that? None, i say.
But it's online games like this where we can create a persona (mine is missingno, the handsome politician) and hide behind them. But behind that persona is me, a shy and polite person who works full time in quality assurance. I think we all enjoy pretending to be politicians, i only wish part of myself had been applied to this persona I've created over the years.
It scares me that a character I've created in my head over the duration of playing this game has become so evil and corrupt, knowing that it is me controlling them.
I have sent personal apologies to the people who were most effected by my outbursts. The majority of you reading this are most likely just bystanders in the presidential elections. I understand if your opinion of me remains negative, i don't mean to attempt to change that, i only wish I'd have stayed true to my original self.
Regards,
Sam Maiden.
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Yay for hysterical joy! \o/
/me is googling Sam Maiden right now, creepy stalker that I am. 😁
Anyway, I highly respect your publishing this article, and I think others will, too. Let's move forward now and make these elections all about plans, not personal attacks, the occasional well-humoured jibe excluded.
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voted, and thank you for these words.
Classy article. Still a UK bastard though ... 🙂
I am happy to read this, and hope the electionrace will now be about adressing eachothers plans. And hope this also counts for your "thugs" like 2.D.G
Respect!
Thanks, missingno/Sam.
Happened to me once
voted 🙂
So now anyone that still is for vS is a slave/puppet? Oh jeez. These guys ... lol. Please no controversy on this article.
People in my campaign have been spoken to.
It's difficult to get so many people with different ideas to express the same attitude. Although i don't condone censoring peoples freedom of speech, it's agreed that 'election week' is definitely a sensitive time for people's opinions to be expressed.
2DG has done government work in the past and should be remembered for that, while his 'confrontational' style of politics may seem disrespectful and offensive, in his area of work it may gain results.
But i also agree that politeness and good behavior is a must when it comes to politics in eNL.
Let's all get along
/me throws flowers everywhere.
its always good to apologize and i do belief your honest on this, but to me it gives me a impression your not ready for taking on the biggest role in politics .
no offense it is not my goal to be hurtfull or provoke you, this is just my opinion as a citizen.
Nice words from you.
KiraBee, on the other hand. This is how Geert Wilders got known. It is good to put some pepper in people's asses (1:1 translate from Dutch :- ) ). Not that this was the way it should be done, but it is still needed. Be active & dare to discuss about everything even the hard discussions.
And not to forget: Learn from your mistakes. You are allowed to make some.
Good words from Kixtart.
I think it's good for a politician to be able to admit when they know they're wrong. So no, I don't think this changes anythung, not for me anyway.
@kixtart: I am sure you too don't want to see Wilders running the show in RL, would you😁
Not the finest comparison imo, if you want to help missingno here XD
Anyway, nothing wrong with a firm debate, as long as all are well-informed, do not attack under the waste or use real pepperspray to blind the other one....
We all make mistakes. If we learn from then then we do not have to go through that lesson again. Hope you can stay true to what you have learned. Thank you for sharing your lesson with us.
I will be voting for VS, but would have done that anyway since he and his government have been good to me and I feel that they are doing a good job.
Good luck and Best wishes.
@Kixtart: my point is what if he would be cp there will be alot more people to criticize him and we dont want a cp who breaks down half way and starts attacking his people verbally.
i agree we are all human making mistakes is normal, still when taking part in something like elections seems to me you would think twice about those things.
and Geert Wilders wasnt doing those thing for attention or to spice it up. he just really is that crazy 😛
Respect and voted
Voted good to hear this
I doubt that Geert Wilders could write an apology like this though : p
he doesnt have to he still had the chance to get moszkowicz as advocate 😛