A Not So PM to London's PM
Day 819, 15:49
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by Cutie Patootie Death Commandos
Volume 2 ▪ Issue 01 ▪ Est. July 29, 2009
Welcome to 2010s first issue of the The Big Patootie. As this issue is tossed out the backs of trucks in bound stacks, the readers are taking stock of a failed push for London. The armed patooties around the office are a grim bunch, holding on to their unspent Q5s in death grips and muttering about the need for "Buzerkage."
We found this Patootie putting good use to a discarded Union Jack. We didn’t catch her name but her shmeckshinesh will live on.
Today we are going to do something a little different. There won’t be an interview and there won’t be a recap of current events at home and abroad. Instead, our own beloved Editor-in-Chief will address the British Prime Minister's Arguments regarding the eUnited State’s choice to invade the eUnited Kingdom and assault London. What follows is a slightly modified version that was posted on the cited article’s comments.
An Editorial by Exalted
To Dishmcds, the PM of the eUK,
I think you did an excellent job of presenting a focused argument on why EDEN should not continue the invasion. Resources play a valuable part of the game and provide a strong motivation to war and occupation. eRepublik wouldn’t be the game it is without such incentives to fuel our fun.
I would like to address the series of questions you posed in your article here in my own. Though I am but a grunt in the eAmerican Warmachine (a wink at the Iron Man reference above) I'll do my best to address these queries.
"How long are you willing to pursue a conquest which gains you nothing, when you are losing in the venues which actually carry value? Will you actually risk losing Karnataka, you're only colony that contains Iron, because you choose to be stubborn?"
~ Dishmcds
Karnataka is an eAmerican fortress state now and if things got really hairy we could make it impregnable—and those of former PEACE know what that looks like. I doubt very much that there will come a day that we must choose to continue the war against eUK or keep Karnataka, USA. At worst, our war will be stalled.
As for the zero value gains of conquering the eUK, you are seriously undervaluing the price of peace of mind; The cost of honor; The worth of destroying that which needs to be destroyed for no other reason than it is a miserable excuse for a sovereign power.
Do you remember what the eUK did to us? The subtle shift of alliances? The deceptive "war games"? The blithe UK occupations in the early days of WWIII? The eUK directly facilitated the near destruction of the eUSA and you are questioning our motives and resolve?
Your argument is that of a would-be assassin negotiating his life over the price of our high-priced bullets. The eUK is a dismal, low-grade resource target. Agreed. But there are more lofty aspirations for a country's soldiers than high resource regions. There is the grim resolution to ending what was begun long ago in a manner befitting honor and justice.
London has not burned this day or the last. But it must and it will.
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Exalted
Executive Editor
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Welcome to 2010s first issue of the The Big Patootie. As this issue is tossed out the backs of trucks in bound stacks, the readers are taking stock of a failed push for London. The armed patooties around the office are a grim bunch, holding on to their unspent Q5s in death grips and muttering about the need for "Buzerkage."
We found this Patootie putting good use to a discarded Union Jack. We didn’t catch her name but her shmeckshinesh will live on.
Today we are going to do something a little different. There won’t be an interview and there won’t be a recap of current events at home and abroad. Instead, our own beloved Editor-in-Chief will address the British Prime Minister's Arguments regarding the eUnited State’s choice to invade the eUnited Kingdom and assault London. What follows is a slightly modified version that was posted on the cited article’s comments.
An Editorial by Exalted
To Dishmcds, the PM of the eUK,
I think you did an excellent job of presenting a focused argument on why EDEN should not continue the invasion. Resources play a valuable part of the game and provide a strong motivation to war and occupation. eRepublik wouldn’t be the game it is without such incentives to fuel our fun.
I would like to address the series of questions you posed in your article here in my own. Though I am but a grunt in the eAmerican Warmachine (a wink at the Iron Man reference above) I'll do my best to address these queries.
"How long are you willing to pursue a conquest which gains you nothing, when you are losing in the venues which actually carry value? Will you actually risk losing Karnataka, you're only colony that contains Iron, because you choose to be stubborn?"
~ Dishmcds
Karnataka is an eAmerican fortress state now and if things got really hairy we could make it impregnable—and those of former PEACE know what that looks like. I doubt very much that there will come a day that we must choose to continue the war against eUK or keep Karnataka, USA. At worst, our war will be stalled.
As for the zero value gains of conquering the eUK, you are seriously undervaluing the price of peace of mind; The cost of honor; The worth of destroying that which needs to be destroyed for no other reason than it is a miserable excuse for a sovereign power.
Do you remember what the eUK did to us? The subtle shift of alliances? The deceptive "war games"? The blithe UK occupations in the early days of WWIII? The eUK directly facilitated the near destruction of the eUSA and you are questioning our motives and resolve?
Your argument is that of a would-be assassin negotiating his life over the price of our high-priced bullets. The eUK is a dismal, low-grade resource target. Agreed. But there are more lofty aspirations for a country's soldiers than high resource regions. There is the grim resolution to ending what was begun long ago in a manner befitting honor and justice.
London has not burned this day or the last. But it must and it will.
___________
Exalted
Executive Editor
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...So...your high target will never fall because its a fortress state.....but....our high target will fall, despite it being an even better fortress?
Intresting....
Win.
@ efae -
"...So...your high target will never fall because its a fortress state.....but....our high target will fall, despite it being an even better fortress?
Intresting...."
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eUK Population: 5.012
eUS Pupulation: 25.541
'nuf said.
eUK Population: 5.012
eUS Pupulation: 25.541
Makes your failure even funnier.
The point was comparing fortress to fortress, of which population is a factor. MPPs from other countries do not count to the "fortress factor" but certainly had an impact on the battle.
@ haughenator -
I can assure you that your little wall has yet to feel the kind of hammer blow that is EDEN elite tanking. Did you see many Marines and Airborne avatars (and other elite outfits from EDEN nations) in the final hour of the London attack? No? I didn't think so.
All you felt was the shiver and darkening sky of the coming storm. My prediction? Day 821. 😉
You will again, marine and airborne are funny mobile units of USA doing 200-300K dmg, you fell 1.5 million short, hows 300K going to change that? Not to mention that at the same time many PHX mobile units and countries hit China vs Hungary in LionKing.
Also, 22.000 USA citizens - yes, and 15.000 of them are dead, 2000 are inactive...On the other side, look how many citizens are there in London, then look how many are there in Karnataka. Karnataka is protected by MPP's, not your "might". It is far from a good fortress. Look at HelloKitty, that is a fortress!
Day will come and Karnataka will fall, it is easier task than conquering London. Timing is everything. 😉
regards,
Ludak021
@ Ludak021 -
I don't have the accurate figures on dead and actives and neither do you. However, I must assume that by whatever criteria and estimate is made, it has a constancy throughout the eRep community. If there is a large share of dead eAmericans there will be a proportional number of dead in every other country (excluding recent baby booms). Your native Serbia has 29.7k listed citizens. By your own calculations and my reasoning there should be about 3k active eBritish and be more dead eSerbians than eAmericans.
The London attack was premature and showed perhaps 10% of eUS tanking. (I have no idea of the amount of allied tanking that was involved.) Most players I know of that attacked on time did so 5 times with low quality weapons.
As for Karnataka falling, I'll believe it when I see it. I was looking over the wall in Florida the day PEACE sued for peace. PEACE didn't take Florida because it simply couldn't afford to, period. Phoenix is PEACE's crippled step-child. Impress me.
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second tima!"
(By the way, I hope you know I'm joking about going away. You made some valid points and I encourage debate.)
LONDON does not have a Prime Minister, noob
@ Stancer -
London’s got Jack S**t, and Jack just bought Moving tickets.
And when a nation is reduced down to a single frickin' city, its leader (Prime Minister or otherwise) only has authority in that city. The word choices were intentional, fooh!