Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
Manny Calavera
For the better part of a year I have played this game. I spent most of my time in the eUK where politics and people that have played from the beginning made it very difficult to get involved with the inner workings of eRep based on internal disputes, favoritism, etc. I left for a while and came back to find that my RL country of eNew Zealand was on the map and within minutes I had emailed the CP and moved here. I can honestly say that I am not happy with what I have seen so far.
My point is this, eNZ is a new country and many of us have played for so long in other countries that there may still be allegiances to those countries. I hope most of you moved to get away from the drag of political infighting and other people’s personal agendas. If this applies to you then you are creating the same environment that many of us came here to get away from. I implore you to not go down the same road that I saw before. Many good people left because they were just tired of all of the infighting. The results were almost as devastating as a nuclear bomb.
I have only been in eNZ for about a week, but what I have seen since I have arrived is almost as bad. The only way that we can accomplish anything as a nation is to band together and put aside our petty differences. I am a RL Kiwi and I only know of 4 or 5 others and I am hoping that there are more out there. I came here to effectively start over and get away from the political nonsense of other countries, not to be dragged back in again.
Expatriate agendas should be left at the door when you request new citizenship or why bother? This is a fledgling nation with the ability to make an impact at an early age. I have looked at a number of citizens within the populace of eNZ and there is a great deal of experience here. I feel that if we can put aside the bull%$#! and work together the results could be phenomenal.
I know I haven't been here long but I have read a lot of media since I arrived. I see that at this point Congress is split, and that the different political parties are not seeing eye to eye. Cries of PTO echo in my mind and it is frustrating. It seems that with so many individual perspectives and ideas that this game is inundated with propaganda. There has to be a solution! I propose that those of you in positions of power i.e. CP, congress, get together and figure out WHY CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Thanks for reading.
Xanthar Zaiban
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All we are saying, is give peace a chance...
we try.....
Try harder... forget the past... focus on the future
There is always a way, we just need to find it. This he said, she said has to stop and then we can move on together!
Xanthar, most of the people in positions of power are instigating these arguments between the different factions.
If you want change, you're going to have to keep writing articles such as these, and perhaps run for political office to gain some more influence.
As it stands, the only way the fighting is going to stop is if the game suddenly closes or something.
@ Adam Reese
I wonder if that will work? A massive crash...
Nah, petty differences always cause strife. How do you bring people of different cultures together? I guess that's the real question we should ask.
The best hope for the future is more people like you and more articles like this.
Xanthar Zaiban , one hand can't clasp (with some exceptions), people can get togather if they really want to.
DDV, cheers mate
Voice, we have to find common ground...
something to unite us all... \o
do you have any idea, we can try...
Wait for my next article... I suggest an idea!!!
great article Xanthar. Good to see a RL NZ living in this country. Sorry you had to see our country like this but together we can make it better.
That is SO EASY and SO fullfilling to play that card, when you don't really understand the difficulties in it. They frustrate me so much because the people usually making them don't understand the full extent of both sides perspectives and just enjoy being "that guy" who feels so self-righteous/enlightened playing the "why can't we all just get along card." Not to be a hypocrite I've done this many times myself. x2
Very true lol, nicely put Marcus
Or you could just be intelligent enough to see that both sides are frequently acting like retarded children who need their heads banging together....
vote and sub. Hail eNew Zealand!
you are great marcus
So basically I don't really care since I'm gonna be here forever anyway. If things get stupid I'll just 2-click for a while and reappear later. People rage too much in this game, they should learn to behave like real New Zealanders and follow the (not official) philosophy: Work easy, play easy.
Gaius, you sure like to be long-winded when trying to make a point, when a lot of what you said was redundant. Anyway...
When someone says "let's get along" it means "let's not be enemies", not "let's be best friends". You're exaggerating the meaning of the term.
That is SO EASY and SO fullfilling to play that card, when you don't really understand the difficulties in it. They frustrate me so much because the people usually making them don't understand the full extent of both sides perspectives and just enjoy being "that guy" who feels so self-righteous/enlightened playing the "why can't we all just get along card." Not to be a hypocrite I've done this many times myself. x3
what spud of doom said. 😃
"So basically I don't really care since I'm gonna be here forever anyway. If things get stupid I'll just 2-click for a while and reappear later. People rage too much in this game, they should learn to behave like real New Zealanders and follow the (not official) philosophy: Work easy, play easy."
Gaius Marcus
No No No, I am not asking you to not fight back, but there has to be a way we can get the Serbs to concede something, or nobody will ever come here. Simple concessions are what I am asking both sides to do, by getting along and being reasonable.
All I want is a whole country, with everyone working in the same direction to achieve the same goals. Not these guys over here working for this, and these guys working for this, and both groups going nowhere. It's not only counter-productive but stupid.
Simple concessions are what I am asking both sides to do, by getting along and being reasonable."
Well that is not going to happen.
We played that game with the Serbians even when we had most of the congress, and very few of theme responded at all and there leadership refused contact with us almost all of the time. Now they have a majority in congress what position are we in to try the same crap again?
Sure it's the situation we are in is not good, but your belief that both sides can hold hands and skip through a double rainbow is plain stupid.
@Jacobo 'but your belief that both sides can hold hands and skip through a double rainbow is plain stupid.'
Yea, because that's what I said. You keep trying, then you try again, and then you try some more! Or let someone else try!!!