[WHPR] A Very POTUS Interview
James S. Brady Press Room
President Shefutzu enjoying the perks of the office
Dateline: Thursday, May 20th (Day 5,660)
Location: James S. Brady Press Room, The White House
Today’s WHPR
1. Interview with the President
2. What's Congress? Get it Away From Me
Exclusive Interview with the President
Intrepid Reporter Chief of Staff, Stormin
WHPR: What has been the most enjoyable part of
your experience as POTUS so far?
Shefutzu: The most enjoyable part for me is starting battles...it's relaxing checking the timezones for each country (most of them already known) and checking available regions for attack.
WHPR: How has your cabinet worked out so far?
Shefutzu: There has been extraordinary coordination. From the Media Team, we've had great articles and designs.... We've also had great coordination through the Defense Team, along with our advisers and Interior with the Harlot program.
WHPR: Which ally have you built up a better
relationship with and how?
Shefutzu: I would say that I am in good relations (as much as I interact with them) with all of our allies. I can't name one that I have a better relations than the other.
WHPR Which countries do you see as our main
enemies at the moment?
Shefutzu: Code has strong countries as well... Croatia by far, the strongest and good at coordination.
WHPR: If you could change one in-game game
mechanic, what would it be and why?
Shefutzu: I would introduce this: if you wanna fight, you need to be in a MU; and if you are in a MU you need to follow the orders. If you don't follow the orders, you should be prevented from training and fighting for some time (1..2..3 days), because some peoples are working behind this orders.
WHPR: Which part of being POTUS has proven to be
the most challenging?
Shefutzu: Strategy is the most challenging one. You need to see all the puzzle pieces, from our country's and alliance's point of view
WHPR: Are you interested in doing a 2nd term as
POTUS?
Shefutzu: Of course I am, and I will run for a second
term.
WHPR: How would you sum up your experience 2
weeks into your first term?
Shefutzu: Great experience so far. A lot of new things learned by now. I've had a lot of valuable interactions with all the representatives from other countries.
Update from the Interior
Staff reporter who is bad at deadlines, Paul Proteus
First, your government would be remiss to not remind you of opportunities to receive free stuff. Harlot’s Initiative continues to provide Food for all applicants and Q7 Weapons for those Strength 250k and above. We've given out 1,550,000 wellness, 2,000 tanks to 31 applicants since the program started.
Hit us up: here
What else is going on in the interior?
Well for one thing politics!
It's the 20th which means it's almost time for Congressional Elections
Everyone loves Congress! Not as popular as Everyone Loves Raymond, but C-Span had to have something
If you don't know what Congress is, fear not, the WHPR is here to help!
What is Congress?
Congress is the deliberative body of active citizens who do important things like passing laws, accepting citizenships, setting a budget, signing in, and most importantly: complaining about congress.
How many members of Congress are there?
That depends on how many regions we have! No regions means no congress. But if we have 1 region, we get 10 congress members, 2:20, 3:30, 4:40, and with 5 regions...40. With 6, also 40. For some reason, up until 40 regions also 40. But, at 41 regions, 41 members of congress, and so on.
Does this make sense? Kind of. You get used to it.
Where does Congress...Congress?
Congressional activity takes place both on discord and in in-game messages between Congress members. But fear no lovers of transparency, all non-classified congressional activity can be viewed in this public discord channel!
How do I get elected?
Well in the eUS we have a parliamentary congress system where each party chooses a slate of candidates, and then the country gives votes to each party. If you want to run for Congress, join a top 5 party and ask your party president!
So what do I do?
Vote! On the 25th make sure to vote for your party and do your best to help shape the eUS for another month
That's it?
Pretty much! See you Space Cowboy...on the 25th....voting for Congress.
Your moment of Zen:
Shout it from the rooftops:
[WHPR] INTERVIEW WITH SHEFUTZU
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[WHPR] INTERVIEW WITH SHEFUTZU
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-whpr-a-very-potus-interview-2769494
Any news on the war with North Korea?
So, no news on the stuff we *actually* need to know about then?
Why did we declare war on NK? Why is it important?
I'm not sure what there is to know.
We had 16 war laws in the last 20 days. And if anything, things have been slow.
China is a TW base for us, and we spent the last week defending it from Code. North Korea is in a hostile alliance and currently has a Code member in it.
Thank you
I've also taken the liberty to declassify everything that was discussed about NK in the secret cabal room in the last week:
shefutzu, [5/18/2023 11:05 PM]
Do we want to go over NK?
shefutzu, [5/19/2023 7:08 AM]
NK battle started...
(I was asleep and never answered)
It was a disscussion with RO. They permit Russians to change regions in their core in eventuality of getting initiative on us.
"Shefutzu: I would introduce this: if you wanna fight, you need to be in a MU; and if you are in a MU you need to follow the orders. If you don't follow the orders, you should be prevented from training and fighting for some time (1..2..3 days), because some peoples are working behind this orders."
There is no way in game mechanics to prevent people from fighting or training.
And unless you start telling people _why_ they should fight for some random war they didn't know was coming then they aren't gonna do it 🙂
To clarify - there *shouldn't* be a way to prevent people training and fighting either!
It is a personal opinion. I think that I can have it.
Also, 9 days since the last official government press release of any kind!
Not acceptable.
You know Artela, you can volunteer to right these instead of triple posting stream of conscious signalling.
I know for a fact Jude is in the relevant rooms to discuss and has talked with Voots about it, and has access to the media room where the media team could have benefitted from someone volunteering to write a segment on this topic. I also know for a fact you would be there too if, for example, you volunteered to write up foreign affairs news
You gave Voots a hard time earlier for saying that people didn't engage with his DoD updates and had the nerve to imply he was being vain.
Well at least he wrote them! And answers questions when asked about it! It's 2023, if you're so upset work isn't be done then you should do it.
As is, you're the kind of player who disappears for years, comes back to tell everyone who has been doing """service""" that they are vain and incompetent, and then disappears again.
I don't have a ton of respect for that!
You have belittled Artela for not volunteering and yet you say nothing about the ones who have volunteered and are not doing the job for which they have volunteered. I have been here the whole time and this is not a new failing by our government and the Backroom Cabal. You have not kept the citizens of America informed for years now. Also, it is vanity when you expect citizens to vote for articles that should be published to inform the country without the expectation of votes. Whatever their job they should be publishing articles explaining what they have and are doing and with what results.
Judas did *not* know why we hit NK. Neither of the deputy MODs knew - they hadn't been told (when I started these threads). Try again.
Also, deflecting because *you* didn't do a job *you* signed up for in a timely manner is kinda low, even for you. *You* signed up to do a thing and didn't do it. *shrug*
Yes, I've come back after a considerable time away and still with a busy RL. Service expecting pats on the back isn't service. Been there done that service thing (a lot) in my past, so excuse me if I prefer to actually get informed before I jump into doing anything... and to get informed I need information!
Just be thankful that at least something is getting posted into media, even if it isn't things that you like 😛
Artela, before you made this comment, I personally witnessed Jude and Voots discussing this
TrY aGaIn
I also didn't sign up to do shit. Not sure what I personally am deflecting, I am not the administration, I'm not in charge of anything.
I was asked to help compile and edit a WHPR with a Presidential interview. So I did exactly that. As a favor to help out. Because when people ask me to do things, I quietly do them. Similarly, if you want things done, you should give it a try.
You are so tiring and always in such comically bad faith.
"Just be thankful that at least something is getting posted into media, even if it isn't things that you like 😛"
This is pretty ironic as you are commenting on an article I commented and published in a manner that is discouraging me from helping out and editing again!
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Franklin, you have been here the whole time. Great. How many times have you volunteered to write government media? I don't care about the answer, but if you want it, you have to create it. We all know everyone who is left playing, demanding free work without providing any is rich.
Also it in fact *is* citizen's responsibility to vote for government articles that provide useful information. Otherwise they get buried by nonsense. Come on now. (And of course Voots never brought up votes, Artela created that as a strawman, which I am sure was productive)
Voots and I didn't speak about WHY we had a war with NK until today AFTER this late-ass WHPR was done.
What you saw was me getting info on how the game is played today, as well as the bot commands. Nothing more. No info was shared with me irt NK and why. Same with the other DMoD.
So tell me, how could I have volunteered to write in this paper without the information?
Learn to accept criticism when you fail, bub.
Herr Vootsman said in comments on my article "I published daily updates for around a month on DoD articles, noone seemed to read/care". I was answering that point Paul, but do keep on trying to demonize me, it's funny 🙂
inb4 you put devil horns on your avatar
Jude, I said you asked in discord before she made this comment, not before the whpr was published. I am factually accurate there.
if you think it was too late, you can publish the next one 😁)
"criticism when you fail"
I didn't fail....I was told what to include, and included that and more. I'm not in charge lol.
I was criticizing Artela, perhaps she should learn to take criticism.
Or perhaps you and her have a martyr complex that requires this. hf regardless, I'm done
Maybe, Paul, you should stop trying to justify your unwarranted attack. Kinda makes you look like you’re 14.
Paul, look back up the comments where Judas was also asking about the NK thing at the same time I was. Try again.
And yes he does know _now_, and so now do I... but that is something the ordinary citizen still hasn't been informed on (slight advantage here being sat in the same room!). I wasn't just saying things for my own benefit - I was pointing out that ordinary Americans deserve to know what is going on (this is the first time in a very long time I've been an "ordinary American" so that I can see what gets through (or rather doesn't get through) all the filter layers.
Instead of trying to make this personal maybe the administration should just take on board the point I'm making and improve on it?
a fun fact is you did do exactly what I predicted, show up for one week, shit on people doing work, and then disappear
good stuff artela
gentlemen, ma'am... decorum, please.
if I can hold my motherfucking tongue, y'all can manage some restraint as well.
you know damn well that once one of these rhubarbs start in the Comments section the article tanks and all engagement stops.
Things were fine until one rude person kicked off ROFL
Great work WHPR! Thank you!
You know what?
We need more drama! Lol
I don't point the finger at anyone and I don't accuse either. But the easiest thing is to criticize. When you stand aside and don't get involved, you definitely can't make a mistake. But that's life, it's definitely transposed into the game.