Organizing America
Emerick
My people, we need help. But Jesus only helps those who help themselves, so we need to reach down inside of each other and fix this situation.
This war. If this war has taught us one thing, it's that aren't what we thought. We aren't as strong, we aren't as prepared, and we're not as well put together as we thought. Well, I don't think anyone really thought we were really organized, but we all hoped we were. We were living on hopes and expectations, a lot of them bred from real life, and some of them from the assumption that no one would open up battles with some one with 15 MPP's. The plain truth is that we weren't ready for an invasion. I aim to change that.
When I first started this game, America wasn't anything special. We were #8 or so on the population list. I would read the articles in foreign countries, mostly European, and laugh at how silly they were, fighting amongst themselves. "Don't they realize," I thought, "that there's a whole world out there to compete with?" Then we started getting more population, and political harmony ended. A group started a party, and decided that they wanted to be the most powerful and greatest party in the US. The forecast was for massive storms across the country. And so they ensued. For months afterward, this party clawed its way to the top, overreaching federal programs the whole way up. For some reason, this party cared about becoming mayors, a mostly useless occupation in beta. I mention this, not to call anyone out, but to explain the beginning of party politics in the US. I'm not going to say the name of the party, and I ask that no one mention it in the comments, if they know what I'm talking about. I'm trying to make a point here. We used to be Team America. In the last dozen months, Team America broke up and started side projects, and we all know how side projects turn out.
We've been chaotic for far too long. We've had our fun, we've had our Ajay and Lewis(heil the Savior), now we need to get down to serious business. This is not a game. Gone are the days of petty squabbling amongst ourselves, chaos in the streets, cats and dogs living with each other. We need to organize if we want to succeed at anything, America.
I'm bringing Team America back
I'm expanding the mentor program to at least 100 mentors. Soon, they'll start mass messaging the country, getting in touch with all Americans level 14 and under, and helping them in any way they can. This is Americans for Americans. Mentors are friends who teach people the ins and outs of eRepublik, answer their questions regarding game mechanics and current events, listen to their ideas, encourage their good ones, point them to all the important venues in eRepublik(forums, wiki, the military, egobba.de and other good sites), and help them to become the best eRepublik player they can. I've personally been a mentor to dozens of eRepublik players on my own, as I'm sure most of us have, and I still help noobs to this day. This is something that is very important, as the benefit of one player helping another is without parallel.
We need more mentors. If you fancy yourself a quality player with a good overall knowledge of the game and knowledge of the venues to increase your knowledge, then http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cEhyd2ljM0pZUkkzT0hEajFMZWdjQ1E6MA>sign up to become a mentor.
Americans, your country needs you. The benefits of this program are astounding, as you may soon find out.
Of course, I'm not going to say that Big Brother knows all and discount any other organizational groups. If mainstream isn't your thing, then you might want to try out some underground resistance groups like eNOVA by Ananias, or POTATOE by Lefty from Mulberry St. They're not officially endorsed or funded by the US government, but if it's your style, then by all means. Their goals aren't too far removed from our official goals.
Other News
If you haven't yet, read http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-special-edition-battlereport-day-631-892406/1/20>this account of yesterday's battles by Co-XO of the Marines, Lucius Varenus. It explains how I tried to gain tactical advantage in the war against Portugal, but was bugged out by this wonderful war module.
Greece is doing great at keeping Turkey at bay at the moment. They've regained all of their regions but the Aegean Islands. This is awesome. Good luck to our brothers in Greece
If you're not in Florida or New Jersey right now, pm the http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/1520136>Flying Unicorn for a moving ticket.
A lot of people have asked about the falling monetary market. I have a small team of monex experts playing with the market throughout the day, trying to stabilize it as much as possible. We can't completely fix it without restoring confidence in the USD or without spending thousands of gold, but we're doing what we can.
Lowell Kennedy put out an awesome http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/help-for-new-players-v4-890129/1/20>noob FAQ. Read it.
The Allies have a http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/the-allied-paper-195693/1>newspaper now. Subscribe to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKZkkBFCceY>What did you learn tonight?
Comments
Greece is not your business!
Amerimaxxxxxxx
>Jesus
Emerick is grate
Mentoring a young American is the closest thing to an eChild you'll ever have. Let's get it on for America.
Yeah? And turkey is a food. What's your point?
Emerick you need to stop act like you are big brother of whole world! You need to defend your regions first!!
Voted and applied.
eNova could help you with this, if the eUS sponsored them.
eNova could help you with this, if the eUS sponsored them.
"This is not a game."
Why don't you calm down a little, ADEM. Our allies are our business, and we should feel happy for them
All hail Emerick, for lo, He is Great.
So we are your enemies right? That's OK Emerick. But you don't gain anything with this role.
SoulSalvage: we won't officially sponsor eNOVA or POTATOE, but we're willing to work with them. I, for one, am happy to see good groups pop up, and I look forward to possibly working with you maybe.
@ADEM
Your point?
If your country decides to attack Greece, then for the moment, yes, we are enemies. I hope that you can one day end your aggressions so we can build a relationship.
cool stuff
Ok my enemies, have fun...
Nice of you to announce what you're doing Emerick. I like enemies like that.
Adem is total nutcase,btw good article E! 🙂
ATATURK ATATURK ATATURK TURKIYE TURKIYE TURKIYE ^
eNOVA = Win.
And so does Emerick.
Nice message, Pres. We all hope you've got some other nice tactics up your sleeve.
Any word from the admins about VA? That was really a travesty!
Let's all laugh the PEACE-pukes off of our boards. SHUT UP ADEM WE'RE NOT LISTENING YOU ANYWAY!
@Adem Kursat Ozcan You're our (eIndonesia) allies, doesn't that make you part of Peace and enemies of the eUS?
Emerick is Great!
Turkie isn't in Peace, Wolf♥Girl
REally? hmmm Then what are we doing in Turkey? Emerick?
I don't know, but they're not a part of that alliance. See for yourself: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/PEACE_GC#Members" target="_blank">http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/PEAC[..]mbers
Thanks.
Thanks for the eNOVA nod. I look forward to working with you and the newly expanded mentorship program.
Well Turkey isn't "officially" a part of PEACE. But it's actually quite simple to understand how this will work. PEACE will help Turkey so that they can try to get to the high iron region of Central Greece. Obviously this is the same reason PEACE wanted to take over Asturias, Spain. And since there is a RL dislike between Greeks and Turks, it will be easy to gain support from the everyday citizens of Turkey. As much as we would like to keep it out of the game, RL conflicts, friendships, etc., will always be a part of the mindset of the people that play this game.
Emerick is Greater than PEACE.
Id support Greece over Turkey any day. Turkey needs to look "to its own regions" and get the heck out of Greece. Bunch of hypocrites.
Emerick, good stuff.
Nice job, Emerick.
PEACE trolls, I think you all need big hugs. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so cranky!
😉
applied to be a mentor, eagerly waiting a response
Thanks for the communications, Emerick. Not sure if I have enough grasp of all the nuances of the game to be a mentor yet but I may give it a shot.
@wolf: I assume you were being sarcastic with that statement; it's not like Emerick was giving away battleplans or the like - he was communicating his thoughts for pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps again.
Thanks for the good word about eNOVA, Emerick! We're definitely on your team!
Also, w00t Greece! I
"Nice of you to announce what you're doing Emerick. I like enemies like that."- Wolf Girl
We do too, Wolf Girl, loved your own article, which is now erased.
He announces nothing. He only states the obvious. Greece is now the only non-Peace nation who has high iron. Simple economics, nothing personal. He also explains that we're promoting our neighbors' fight against the tyranny of foreign oppression on native soil. It seems more like, 'When you're ready to put down your guns, we ready to talk' to me.
PS: Nice fireside chat, Emerick. Team America, F yeah. But, when we "reach down inside of each other" can we wear surgical gloves?
Greece \o/
Snake, do you even know what you are talking about? We've been trying to liberate Greece for months
ADEM,
here is my message to you
Don't piss other people and remember that this is just a game. in RL if INdonesia would attack US with missiles(which won't happen in 100 years guranteed) then USA will hit back within .34 seconds. We understand that INdos are hard multiplayers and u too. so enjoy the game and instead of playing all day, JUST HELP YOUR COUNTRY IN RL. END OF THE STORY
Greece rocks.
Turkey/fail.
Help your n00bs.
Wolf Girl we still love you.
Cheers,
WD
Team America Fuck Yeah
>Greece is not your business!
ROFL he is just all pissy cause turkey is losing
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admins are cheating, help to communists in takeover eSlovakia, they are kicking reallife slovaks, president and other members of government.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/forum/topic/118347/someone-banned/1#post1237000" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/forum/topic/[..]7000
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