[CP Elections] What I Stand For

Day 1,747, 14:54 • Published in India India • by ArawnLives
Before you freak out about the length of this article - tl;dr section at the bottom. But do read it - I hope you have as much fun doing so as I did writing it.



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If you are reading this message, then there is hope. We are few, but as long as there is anyone - anyone - who can read this and believe, then the end is still in question. And survival and even prosperity are possible.

Many solar cycles prior, a new world was begun. This world was full of chaos and war, driven by brave men and women who fought to create an eIndian identity that would withstand the ages.

THE EPIDEMIC


Information from the time of the epidemic is scant. All our records are lost. What we do know is simple - there was a vast disappearance. Our comrades would often make plans - and then just not turn up. Soon, the official counters of the land would declare them deceased - and our numbers dwindled. Our land had never been densely populated, but even our scant numbers seemed not to dissuade the beast - The beast of boredom.

The few that were left banded together - but there seemed to be no escape. The small group of survivors who stuck on often fought amongst themselves - some of our cousins and comrades have departed to a far off nation to escape the malaise. We have little news of them, but we eagerly await their return.

THE WAR
We would regularly have skirmishes with a set of androgynous warriors from a region called Stinkbia who had enslaved the local population of the land to our East, Chailand. Our own androgynous leader, Alector, had run from the ideological dilemma of fighting his brother/sisters/you-know-what-I-mean to a land in the far East - but the battle did not cease. It continues, but - is there salvation?

THE ALLY?
Our friends from across many seas travelled by magical technology to assail our enemies from behind. Given their predilections while the Stinkbians of Chailand would have enjoyed getting assaulted in the rear, our allies the Croatians were masters of battle and were easily routing them. However, the future is uncertain. The Stinkbians shall be defeated - but should they, in turn, be enslaved? Should the Croatians be rewarded in some way for their contribution?

And the biggest question of all, fellow eIndians - where do we go from here?

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THE CURRENT CONTEXT

All fancy stories apart, eIndia is in a moment of crisis. Our past is riddled with inexplicable mistakes, our future is uncertain. Our revenue is less than our expense; we're like kids in college who are living far beyond their means right after they get their allowance - but expenses will catch up, when we are least able to run.

Our numbers are stable, and there is much new blood - but there seems to be no system for consolidation or encouragement for our fresh warriors.Even our dispatch system is buckling under the strain due to the lack of organization.

WHO IS ARAWNLIVES, ANYWAY? IT'S A STUPID NAME
If you're here and reading this, I assume that you are at least tangentially aware of my existence. I'm moderately new to the game, but I'm getting used to the fact that I'm relatively older than I thought - but my experience of eRepublik n00bness is fresh, and I hope to address those needs. I have exposure to another nation, foreign MUs, and have friends in quite a few friendly EDEN nations. I have spent my time in this game constantly trying to figure out how we might make things better for ourselves - and I have many ideas. Most of them are probably purely rubbish, but I'm laying them out here in the hope that you might be the best people to decide their worth.
THE PLAN
Yep, this is where the people who want to skip the writing part should come

Quickly, then -
1. FINANCE -
As was recently expounded in an article, it seems like the ONLY profitable venture that currently exists is manufacturing Q5+ factories. We don't have too many of those, and it seems that manufacturing WRM and FRM might be (at this point of time) a better idea. I would attempt to implement the creation of a Q7 factory, such that we could provide employment at decent rates. Gold is likely to be a concern, but I have a few solutions for that - one, we make this a shareholding kind of concern. We sell shares in the 'Company' as notional values, with the understanding that dependent upon the percentage of the cost you contribute, that's how much of the profit you'll get. The basics can be worked out, but that's the plan.

2. RETENTION -
2 a. Retaining n00bs - A regular message system for n00bs - identification through MaxiHellas, three people have to message all n00bs as they join each day. Create a special MU for them with a separate dispatch and an incentive system - best performers will get loans to upgrade to Q3 training centres. We shall also focus on getting our n00bs to efficiently increase strength and XP.
2 b. Retaining oldies - Making them mentors/commanders is, of course, the first step. Other than that, I shall attempt to reconcile with Jai Hind MU members and other old eIndians, and ask them to come back to their (virtual) motherland.

3. DISPATCH -
This is much ado about nothing, honestly. The solution is simple (I remember someone on IRC coming up with this, so credit to that person - I think it was Asmita, in fact) - dispatchers come at the turn of every hour and dispatch. The tool recently developed by Akshay (everyone should thank him, btw) can be modified to verify over an hour. That way, problem solved. Dispatchers must pick shifts, and all should stay in touch via Whatsapp/e-mail and smartphones, etc.

And finally, bringing democracy to the people - the question of EDEN, and having a census.

We have spent far too long in this limbo, as being almost-members of the alliance. I shall ensure that there are people who make their cases heard over a 5 day long period, culminating in a quick question-and-answer session followed by a public vote.

I also want to use the MUs to conduct a census of eIndia - to see what levels people are at, where our population is, how many are active, etc.

SO WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?

I can do none of this on my own. If you support these ideas, please vote for me. If, however, you feel the desire or the calling to do more than vote, please PM me. I'd love to make a team of people who could cohesively accomplish this aim. I know this game is boring in many ways, I know there is a fake Greek philosopher being annoying in his search for material pleasures and gold (ironic choice of philosopher to pick) - but we make it entertaining for ourselves. I'm searching for a good cabinet - please PM me with what role you'd like to play, I'll be happy to have all those willing to work.

Finally, I hope that if there is any other candidate (and I hope there is - a want there to be a multiplicity of views to debate on) the campaigns can be on the issues, and not on the personalities. It is in that context and in the interests of FULL DISCLOSURE that I want to make clear that I have an outstanding gold loan also. I have been saving gold, but each time there is an eIndian war I use it to buy mercenaries, like I did recently. I know this is no excuse, and I assure you it shall be paid very, very soon.

Vote for the best candidate, the one that you think ensures eIndia's future best.

Regards,
ArawnLives.

UPDATE: I'm sorry I forgot this. In recognition of eIndia's most recent God of War, the inimitable Hamturk, I want to create our own God of War Ministry, where Hamturk's ostensible job shall be to tell us how to make more people become GoWs, but is actually a platform that shall allow him to sing praises of himself; in exchange for which he shall be providing me with some Scotch, but you don't need to know that.

PS: This is UTTERLY unrelated, but have a look - Gold Giveaway! Just see a blog and win 1 gold! http://www.erepublik.com/en/edit-article/gold-giveaway-and-other-goodies--2113986