M. de Ruyter interview
Bucephalus92
Greetings bros,
Recently I published an article covering responses I received from the party presidents of the Netherlands to some questions I asked. In the course of my discussion with M. de Ruyter the idea of having an interview was proposed. I asked M. de Ruyter 10 questions, here are his responses.
1. What initially made you join erepublik, and what has made you stay as long as you have?
I joined when I read in my newspaper that eNL needed ppl to help the country.
2. What jobs and positions have you held during your time playing erepublik?
I started out as a vice MoFA, been many times MoFA after that, even SC of EDEN, and 10X CP 😉
3. Of these jobs which would you say has helped prepare you the most for being cp and why?
By being SC I learned a lot more about the feelings there are in our e-world, as in who likes who. But especially that it's all about who you know, and have established good relations with. Maintaining these relationships is paramount to keeping the reputation of the Netherlands as one which is a good ally.
4. What do you feel is the biggest issue facing the Netherlands right now?
The biggest issue in eNL is that there are some ppl who like to play it dirty, and use the law as they see fit, and then blame my side for not following their rules XD Those guys have the law over the fatherland 🙁
5. If elected, how do you intend on addressing the problem you identifies in question 4?
By informing them, and just keep on giving them the facts. In the (vain) hope they will finally see. 😛
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
6. You are currently party president of the Geuzen Partij Nederland party which states that it fights for the little guy. If elected how will you fight for the little guy in the Netherlands?
We basically made each and every coaching article there is, for the exception the ones made by Djirtsdew, he's also a gem. Maintaining a comprehensive education effort for new players is a top priority.
7. You have been cp 10 (holy s**t) times, what makes this cp run different than those times, what makes it similar?
I'm running for the highest post, to serve the folks of eNL, and to safeguard the country from loathers and populists, who are here only for their own gain, and leave the country at the first sign of danger, as they all did so before. 😛
8. The admins recently released some major changes to the game, primarily the ability to gain revenue from owning regions, and a determination bonus for regions occupied for long periods of time. How do you see these changes effecting the Netherlands in general, and more specifically in terms of your region renting agreement with Canada.
you can read that in my first serious article, here.
9. Who do you consider to be the Netherlands most important allies at the moment, are their any countries with which you would like to improve relations?
Our best and most important allies are China, Croatia, Albania, Canada, Eire, Norge. Even both Brasil and Argentina are our good friends! As such a small country we don't have a lot of enemies. 😉
This last gov didn't take good care of our allies, and allied themselves with Belgium and Japan. 🙁
I want to tighten bonds with our true allies and friends again!
10. What do you consider to be the most important domestic issue facing the Netherlands and how do you intend on combating it.
The most important domestic issue seems keeping Weekstrom as our MoF and MG, as the populists want him out, to, probably, get their hands in our state coffers! This has happened in the past, nearly two years ago now and is something we cannot allow to happen again.
I would like to thank M. de Ruyter for taking the time to answer these questions for me.
Comments
Welp, the answers are as ridiculous as expected.
Great arguments, well done! 😃
And you are just stupid, give up your dutch CS now when it can!
Says the guy that has no clue what he's doing, and doesn't know his place in this game.
ha ha ha, easy for you to say!, you don't know it!, after a fair elections start an inpeachment!, wow, a true honorable player! NOT!,
Thanks for the opportunity to explain myself!
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waar dan? ik zie ze niet hoor!
Jij ziet wel meer niet, zoals hoe Canada je bespeelde om UK aan te vallen vorige week.
da's ook apart, ik hoorde daar enkel zijdelings wat van😁
Dat is jouw stijl van retoriek, altijd doen alsof je via zijgangetjes dingen hoort van oh-zo-belangrijke mensen. Ik ben grof en direct, maar ik zeg waar het op staat zonder elk verhaal mooier te maken dan dat het is.
da's geen doen alsof hoor 😉
zo, en wij willen zo iemand als jouw als CP?, met zoon grote mond?, stop dan met het spel als je niet tegen de waarheid kan!
Tsja, als je de waarheid weet achter sommige antwoorden die hij geeft zou je dingen in een heel ander licht zien.
ja ja, en nu dit op een aardige manier zeggen he?, en gelijk word t geliked, alleen maar weekstrom vervangen voor ONS geld, je bent net pas terug in e-nl en doet nu al mee aan deze verkiezingen? riekt naar PTO en dat onze staatskas zoo leeg is! maarja de waarheid is hard,
Als ik dit land al 4 jaar opbouw waarom zou ik dan precies nu de staatskas beroven? Waarom niet 4 jaar geleden?
omdat je nu blijkbaar veel steun krijgt, en 4 jaar opbouw? waarom ben je dan net pas weer terug?,
I like your papers Buce ! Voted o/
Thanks mate! \o
that brotip is quiet educating.. keep up the job
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Keep writing, voted!
Would have liked to see a CP program from MdR... And maybe a cabinet list... BEFORE the elections started...
I think he owed us "citizens" that much...
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-the-admiral-on-internal-affairs-and-the-cabinet-2348825/1/20
That was a little late, the option for parties to support candidates had passed....
I rather think eNL citizens owe MdR than that he owes them...
wow, backup please... It's should never be that the people owe the CP! He took the job, he did the job, and we thank him for that! But OWE him? No way... The CP is in service of the people not the other way around mate!
Its a very dangerous statement Frankie... Your basically saying, because he did well for our country in the past he nolonger has to answer to the people for his actions? That we should just blindly accepts what he deems fair and just? I have nothing against MdR and he knows that! But he is just a man that we (the people) ALLOW to stay in office....
Your so clueless lol.
That's way to genarally speaking Frankie. I'd say we owe him to trust him if he states something as he's proven himself. For garmr that's long past and players of my age or younger know him for the fact that there were some "unlucky" decissions with him at the helm but apart from that he's a relic from the past to me that is only shouting blunt or harmfull statements. So when it comes to value of statements i'd say thos from vS prevail way above Garmr's. Could change in the future, but given Garmr way of communicating I don't see that happen soon. So we still have no real alternative for vS although I would very much like to see a new trustworthy CP that actually delivers something notable. We depend way to much on one person 🙁
In essence you are right Kiecho, but please don't forget that it's thanks to MdR and his excellent international contacts that we had enough support from our allies to get our regions back where for months several other politicians could think of nothing better than "negotiate" with ePoland. The same politicians who now want to drop those allies in exchange for new ones that kiss up to Poland because that suits them better in their desire to subdue eNL to ePoland again.
So I think my statement that eNL citizens owe MdR holds as much water as yours that MdR owes eNL citizens...
When taking the job as CP, isnt he suppose to do that?! There is a difference between being thankful and to owe someone...
Thankfulness was mostly drowned by party politics and the hunger for power so I guess 'owe' is all that remains.
Just because people don't show their thankfulness, for whatever reason, doesn't mean we go to 'owe' by default.... Besides... If you become CP just to get praise or to get citizens in your debt doesn't sound too kosjer too me...
The only reason we got our regions back is for the determination bonus. Nothing to do with MdR.
dream on...
Your living the dream obviously.
Exactly Brokenlove
OMG do you guys really think that our few eNL players could have won on our own against ePL? That's extremely unlikely even with the determination bonus... but I guess anything that belittles MdR's efforts in this will do for you...
Easily since there were like 6-10 other resistance wars going on. And try fighting a 7+ determination bonus.
The last three that's correct. NN however was retrieved before that so that we could AS. That me managed to pull off due to mainly Chinese support. By that we had 4 regions for congress elections. That would have been the case without the figting bonus as well. Don't judge someone on things in the past in present when the situation is different.
Lol, no way we would've gotten WN without the bonus. Only oil they had. We would've never won that.
Sorry Frankie, but I'm not belittling MdR efforts! I have great respect for the man! And I do think he did very well for our nation! This is why I voted 'yes' on the Ridder Grootkruis in the Orde van Oranje-Nassau medal vote for MdR in Congres. I'm thankfull for his efforts but I do NOT owe him anything! He has my respect and thanks for his accomplishments but that is it...