[Rylde4CP] A Meta-game Argument
Kaminarinote
Hands of Lightning: Yep, I wasted two gold.
Yes, you read that right. I’m endorsing Rylde, the patron deity of my arch-nemesis Xander “Snuggle Bear” Kross. Let me explain why.
Rylde has made mistakes (such as instigating war with a world power and getting us wiped), but who of us hasn’t made a mistake? Well, maybe Lelouch (or Emcee Mixsilly now, as I call them), but that’s more grounds for McCarthyist suspicion than lauding. He also knows exactly how to play eRepublik, which is to say he plays the game by throwing the rulebook – one he has set ablaze – out the window. Rylde is bold, thus fortune favours him, and he’s also a political genius (though he doesn’t want you to know that). He doesn’t always do what is “right”, but he always does what is fun, and that’s the point of playing a game, in case you haven’t noticed.
Let’s look at Dozzer, the poor man’s Brazzer. He’s your typical public servant: competent, hard-working, and charismatic without being authoritative. He’s good, but not great, with a clear talent bias towards foreign affairs. In short, he’s Mackenzie King without the dog and the desire to talk to a painting. Dozzer’s also the official candidate for the tripartite Coalition of the CPF-IW-PFC, which means technically I’m speaking out against my party’s decision (odd behaviour for a Spokesman, I’m aware, but this is a personal endorsement, not one from my party). However, in all good consciousness I can’t allow my former MoFA to be CP. Because he’s just not good enough.
Dozzer was my second choice for MoFA, and technically Dill’s considering he was the Putin to my short Medvedev regime. I originally wanted klop (because he’s the best MoFA in the country. Full stop.), but he was busy with RL commitments. I was scrambling for a FA minister, and Dozzer just happened to be hanging around. He did his job, albeit in the most boring and inoffensive fashion, through mine and latter adminstrations.
Look. I’m not going to say that Dozzer isn’t a good choice, because I’d be lying. He hasn’t proven any major deficiency, other than perhaps jealousy (if DMV’s recent article is any indication), and will make an adequate CP if/when elected. That said, he’s not the best choice. Rylde is. Rylde’s dedication to making his, and our, off-hours exciting makes him the best of the candidates. I live in RL Canada, in its RL capital, and I can decisively say that our politics are filled with Dozzers. Let’s not make the same mistake here, when we have a choice in entertainment. And that’s all a CP in eRepublik is, a master of ceremonies and guild master of our faction. I’m sure both of us would agree that we want October to be a month of intrigue and conflict, because that’s why we play this game.
Plus his avatar is Drizzt Do’Urden, and he would totally win in a fight with Salvador Allende.
Tomorrow, you have a decision, eCanada: beige cube/rubber stamp or Malcolm Reynolds (which in this case makes DMV Inara Serra).
Decide right.
Until next time,
Kaminarinote
Comments
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Wow. Lightninghands endorses one candidate, you endorse the other. It's like choosing between a pile of sewage and a pile of toxic waste.
Toxic Waste MAY give you superpowers.
Rylde4CP.
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Dude. That's f**king crossing a line. Rylde's cancer is anything but a f**king joke.
Wasn't my intention to refer to that, rather to the comic book superpowers through toxic waste meme -- but point taken.
I come back from several months of inactivity and I find that you are the best the nay-sayers have got to offer? I am ashamed of you, on behalf of curmudgeons and trolls everywhere. Please, by absolutely no means stop yourself from eating paint chips.
you should have just written an article praising dozzer. Probably would have made more people vote for Rylde.
let's petition lelouch to change his name into emcee mixsilly!
MCMXCILI is close enough 😉
Plz stop making me not hate you. Voted, but with great shame.
Our agreement is a coincidence, a freak occurrence and a further sign the end is nigh.
All pent up sexual tensions seem to be resolving in eCanada. Another Bromance in the offing
I would say you couldn't be further from the truth, but since I'm pretty sure Brucie is still harboring a massive unrequited crush on me, I'd say you might actually be uncomfortably close to it.
oooh Brucie 😉
Unfortunately, Xander's not my type. I'm more moe than...whatever it means to have to be attracted to aberrant horrors.
Amirite, past me?
Guinness secured you vote even before I read it all.
lol, pretending this has something to do with anything but your DMV3 fan club.
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lol, pretending this isn't an endorsement of Rylde.
...because of the above point.
🙂
Go PTO a country, Sheogorath.
Good one.
Still better than "screw you all I'm going to USA and we're going to wipe you"
I didn't specify that I wouldn't come back, and I didn't specify when USA would wipe you.
So we're still good on my end.
;_;
Now look, you went and made WookyJack cry.
Welp, time for you to go home to eUSA again, Brucie. Can't say it wasn't a thrill having you back for a day or so, don't let the door crush your spine and spit on you on your way out.
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"(such as instigating war with a world power and getting us wiped)"
It's funny how people blame Rylde for the wipe when congress not only pushed for the war but voted unanimously in support of it
Canada is funny!
Good luck Rylde!
Instigating a war with ePol was a success because last time I checked, this was a War Economy game, not a "Try to hold your land for a long as possible" game (which I may add, is boring as fuck).
eWars make Players richer and stronger, even when wiped. Weapon prices are more volatile (which is good), there are more battles, BH/CH Gold, More TP Gold, more CO cash and etc.
Rylde is the only choice for CP until someone can show they can stir the pot better than him.
So based on your description, Rylde = Stephen Harper... Therefore I must if I could vote, vote for anyone other than another Stephen Harper who could win.
Last time I checked, Rylde wasn't a malevolent arch-demon that wanders the streets of downtown Ottawa at night, murdering women
Shut up Goran and drink my Kool-Aid.
Um, no. I make my own iced tea and that is what I drink. Though I did expect to be handed a big cup of hater-aid for that comment. 😛
Im unpredictable at best glad to still keep u on your toes after all these years
The mental image of a drow beheading Salvador Allende won my vote!