I'm Really Not Liking This War(editorial)
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by Emerick
God damn. Can you say shitstorm?
Category: Things that suck
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You know, when this war was announced, I was kind of surprised(the PropagandaSAUR was a pretty big tip, but then somebody let it slip on the forums lol), but mostly excited. We were going to be one of the first countries to try out the war module. For real, not like the unions that've been happening. But then I read the comments on Nave's article. Good God, ya'll. You guys put Hilary Clinton to shame. And that chick has no shame.
Seriously, I was really surprised by the Canadian's reaction. They took it really personally. And then they started getting support from other countries. And then I started reading the forum. Jesus, does everybody really hate America that much?(notice the lack of 'e') I mean, I know that their's a lot of tension on the inside because of a terrible situation in Iraq, and I used to feel the same way. "Why are we even there?" I asked my government teacher one day. She didn't have a very good explanation, nothing that involved why we went there in the first place. Well, I remember talk about WMB's and Sadam not letting UN inspectors in, but it'd been so long, I needed a refresher. Then I saw a two-hour show on PBS about it that went through the entire war, the entire struggle, the entire thought process from 9-11 until now.
It was about WMB's after all. Hmm. Well, wtf. How did it turn into this gang-versus-America war that it is now? Well, according to the show, it was a lot of bad people being hired by Bush and his advisors. I don't mean bad like how your dad used it when he explained why Captain Hook was going after Peter Pan, I mean bad like....well they made bad decisions. Like not taking out the guy that's heading the (idk, Shiites?) when he was first identified as a threat, and the guy they put in charge of turning Iraq into a democracy turned out to be a real asshole. Basically, what I took away from that is that Donald Rumsfeld was a jackass. The way they portrayed it, it looked like most of Bush's advisors were friends of his that he didn't want to turn down, but were no good. That's what I got from it......
And I know some of you are thinking: "Well, there were no WMD's, so, ya know, America sucks lol," so let me just clear this up for you. Sadam Hussein was accused of making WMD's, and denied the UN inspectors access to look for them. That's a red flag, right there. So he didn't have them. Why didn't he let them in? And you might think this is a great example of stupidity. But it's not. It's an example of nuclear weapons being serious business.
Anyways.....let me get back into the eWorld for the rest of this....
My main point is this: this war sucks. I was excited about it at first, but fuck, you guys. You really know how to suck.........wait for it............wait..................the fun out of a game. I've been loving the hell out of eRepublik, once I figured it out. It's the perfect online game for me. I've always wanted to play an MMORPG, but I don't have a good graphics card. I don't play on the computer. And I don't have very much money, so I can't even play Final Fantasy XI on my PS2. So when I found out how much fun eRepublik was, I fell in love. I'm not afraid to say it. I freaking love eRepublik. It's everything that Web2.0 represents. I describe eRepublik to my friends as a browser based nation simulator slash RPG. The first thing that struck me was that it was completely player-based. I saw the forums and articles filled with people talking about how to grow their GDP, trying to figure out ways around the limitations of the game(not talking about war yet, here), and how eRepublik could be improved. I love it when I see people actively working to make the world, or eWorld a better place to be in and experience.
WARNING: This has nothing to do with the war, read it or don't. It contributes nothing to my point.
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So I looked for ways that I could contribute without taking somebody's thunder. What I decided on was that there weren't enough newspapers that focused on international news. Especially in eAmerica. So I started planning a newpaper, reading everything that I could, everywhere. I considered forming a group of publishers from different countries that contributed news from their home country to each other in one big newsey fiesta. And then zaney posted a topic saying the same damn thing. So of course I joined him, kingofapples, jimutt, Aureliano Triste,
isnuwardana and Titu Maiorescu. Pretty soon, most of the people that signed up started dropping out, ubtil it was just Titu, zaney, and I. Eventually those two said that they couldn't do it, and left. So, with the International News Agency in shambles, I carried on that name, hoping that I'd attract some new jounalists. I actually got a message from one person, but really, I'd been on my own for a while and had gotten used to it. So I told him that he was the only person who'd approached me about it, and that I was just going to change my name and cancel the agency. And so since then I've written a few articles that I'm proud of, particularly the one about the Italian businessman in France, because it was small news, not something you'll find on the international pages, but still pretty interesting if I do say so myself.
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ATTENTION: Usless ramble over. You may continue your regularly scheduled article.
And so I've found my place in eRepublik, and I've gotta say, I'm kind of proud of myself. I write relevant, interesting article, again, if I do say so myself. And I haven't overlooked the other international papers. N3mo's offsite (in English, it's in Indonesian here) paper is really good, and I just recently joined the site. Banach started his paper when I asked on the forums if there are any good international papers, and I've been a subscriber to The Ottowa Times for a long time, now. I really respected him before he started flaming Americans(again, no 'e') in Nave's article. And yes Banach, I really didn't know you were a guy. I had the same problem with Vos. Idk why, but when I see girls on an avatar, I think it's a girl. But keep your avatar's guys, it's always nice to look at pretty women when you're....................well, any time.
It Banach's comments that really got to me. Maybe it's because I was a fan of his paper, or maybe because he said some really shitty things. But I was really taken aback at the ferocity of him(at the time I was thinking he was a girl, so ya know, hormones came to mind). But then I thought: well hell, it's an rpg, why not have some fun? But it wasn't fun. I think him and the other Canadians are actually serious about being so pissed off. Or maybe I've been intellectually checkmated........hm..........
Well now that we've won some areas, we're getting spammed like crazy. Of course I saw this coming, you guys said you'd do it days ago. So I've been collecting links and sending them off to the admins, but really, I kinda feel bad for these guys. Maybe I'm just a softy, and maybe Banach really got to me....but I hate feeling like this. You guys are making me really hate this war, and almost want to quit eRepublik. I'm not going to, but fuck, people. Calm down. Yeah, we declared war on you. Surprise! And yeah, I used an exploit to fight a few Canadians. If it makes you feel any better, I spent a lot of money moving from hospital to hospital before I figured out that I didn't have to move. I still have a pretty good cache of moving tickets that I can't get rid of. Maybe I'll use them to backpack through Europe this summer, who knows. We really need a resale option.
But I hope we can put this business behind us. I know a lot of you feel like we're giant assholes and want to leave. Well then go. Don't have money? Earn it. You can't say this war was in vain, we've pointed out several bugs that the Czech, Slovakians, and British hadn't found, and they've been warring since Wednesday.
I wish that we could get together and stop this hate. I actually liked a few of you before the flames came at us. Banach, we'd be rival international newspapers in the same country, don't you think that'd be fun? Probably not.........
tl;dr(for you Pakistanians): The Canadians' bitching and spamming is making me regret supporting this war.
-Emerick
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Comments
Yes, IRL grudges ruin the foreign relations in eRepublik.
...and people say that we bring RL into the game.
For the remarks about not using e-USA. well, some forget to use it. I myself use e-mericans to adress your people. but sometime I forget and write american.
if someone says he hate this american, it not necceassry means RL americans.
Your article misses the point. Most Canadians aren\'t pissed because of the USA and Bush, we are pissed because about 15 Americans single handedly conquered Canada from the safety of Hawaii.
lol, @ turning the reaction for an aggressive, hostile invasion into some sort of anti-American propaganda. Guess what. We don\'t want our country\'s future dictated by some sub-literate wannabe rulers. But if you insist on doing it, then do it within the rules layed out.
This isn\'t a difficult concept. It\'s sad you don\'t recognize it.
moar lyk ameriKKKa
amirite?
I\'m not saying you guys have IRL grudges just that I have seen it from others.
@Hans and BBJ:
You guys were flaming us from the beginning. The exploit just gave you a new subject
Like I said, I don\'t care about Bush or RL but I do care when someone takes away my stuff. As a Libertarian you should be able to understand that, what you and your countrymen have done is theft. So much for your libertarian philosophy of the non-aggression principle, read a book next time before you try and role play a libertarian.
I\'m not defending the glitch, but you guys were complaining about America and insulting Americans when we first proposed the war to congress. Just look at my earlier article WAR: America and Canada.
Stepping in here: The hate started long before the war even started. I remember the words Imperialist American and War-Hungry Pigs being thrown about.
No, it added to the growing list of BS you have given us. First your president telling us that an invasion would be good for us and now this cheating BS. Whats next? American hackers attacking Canadian users or perhaps you will steal the source code?
\"...Imperialist American and War-Hungry Pigs being thrown about.\"\"\"
^ all this was in charcter, role playing.
I don\'t see anything wrong with that.
Spell checked it
OK then.
I challenge you to find a time where I flamed the US, NOT BECAUSE OF eUSA\'S ACTIONS, because of RL USA.
I went out of my way to post in one of the articles a while back that I didn\'t want people holding things against eUSA because of RL USA. Now I am flaming because (A) It helps the war effort for Canada and (😎 Because the USA is claiming a victory because of the actions of 15 glitchers. Its like a mix of me claiming France was the only reason the Americans won the revolutionary war and me claiming I won the battle at Vimy Ridge. The first because the French (Honest eAmericans) did have an impact, but their impact was completely dwarfed by the American impact, and the second because there are Americans claiming \"We win!\" when they didn\'t win: The glitchers won. eAmerica has just had its reputation torn to shreds, and the shreds chewed up and crapped out, and the crap being light on fire, nuked, and buried. If anything, eAmerica has successfully signed an unofficial contract that gives the USA parts of Canada, but completely destroys the US economy.
The only person who was pushing the RL crap was Garp as far as I know and I have no comments for that.
Yeah. And thats because Garp is Garp. When you treat Garp like hes Canada, you treat the guys who caused 9/11 like all Muslmis, or Bush like all Americans, or Mugabe like all Zimbabweans.
While I understand it is difficult to differentiate between real world remarks and in game remarks. The anti-american feelings expressed by Canadians when hearing about this war were completely valid and based on the IN GAME situation. Myself, and numerous other Canadians have stated this repeatedly.
How can you not expect a backlash with negative words in a political, social, economic and military game. Our anti-eAmerican tirade (sorry to not always place the e there) helped bolster foreign support for Canada and would and may still help us in the future.
I\'d like to add, the anti-eAmericanism is completely valid and still growing. If we must continue this war from this disadvantaged position we still will, and it is not over yet.
they canadian we enter to the party that gave the power him to opresor
president \"Liberty Party\"
I already enter and innext elections the game finished to
them, I do not want to form a party of Canadian I want that we
infiltrate the one of our enemy and we destroy it from within... we
cannot coexist with a government who does not attack without reason
excuse but I do not speak english and I am using a translator of the
Web
yes everyone hates america nothing personal lol
Like othere Canadian guys said, it\'s all in-game. This game a world simulation, it\'s obvious that a coutry is proud of it\'s indipendence, so if very pissed if someone comes to bring their \"peace\". And si obvious that this changes foreign opinion about eAmerica.
But this is only a in-game reaction, like the economic crash.