Baby Boom or Bust?
Day 2,280, 11:16
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by Auk Rest
Over the past week or past several days, eCanada has been gaining citizens at a seemingly rapid rate. I'm not sure what the exact citizen number was in the country before this influx started happening, but eCanada currently has 1405 citizens at the time of this article. I know checking back one or two months ago that number was closer to 1000.
We can also see that the Canadian Progressive Front has gained around ~30 members and the Conservative Party of Canada has ballooned from ~15 members a week ago to 58(!) today. The party is almost entirely consisted of players under the level of 30, with many of them being born in the past few weeks but other low level players born at varying points over the past several years. I haven't seen any major movements in the MDP, PFC, or Rolo's Horse House but I haven't been following them, they could also have had some movement.
So what's going on here? To tell you the truth, I have no idea. If these citizens are multis then you must wonder why they weren't used in the election yesterday. The CPF vote total of 55 was completely unchanged from January-February, with the MDP posting similar numbers as last month and the CCP voting numbers actually declining from a month ago where there was a heated race for PP. The big decrease in voters came from the PFC, where last month, this player and his multi army tried to take control over it. This month Saradinus ran for PP of the Conservative Party but did not post the same numbers. Did he not feel secure in using all his multis on this election and is waiting for a future one? I'm not sure but this situation is definitely something to watch in the future.
Anyone else with thoughts about this should post below in the comments.
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Although I can't speak with regard to the political side of the baby boom, I can provide further intel and say that the HOPE MU's membership is stable - no sudden influx; nothing out of the ordinary. (I check the list daily).
Baby Boom? I don't think so 😉
Indeed.
Lord Beorn has returned \o/
Its simple and its easy to find out if you just ask one of them 😛
They are from other countries at war with us and they are here to see what we are up to.
They may or may not put someone into the CP spot that is going to bury us or force us to ally them but there will be a lot of damage.
Time will tell but for now they will simply raise their numbers before they make any move.
Multis of existing citizens in Spain/Poland? Because I don't see anyone whose citizenship was approved that is really questionable: http://www.erepublik.com/en/country/Canada/citizenship/applications/approved/434
Rumors from the rumor mill then perhaps 😛
Yep lots of eBaby & new player since a couple of weeks but only a few of them are really active. (Or worste, real new player....)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApOsqMLxlhbFdFJBUGJFOEFFN2xKY1Z0ZFNjbHF6eWc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
quite a few Americans are disenfranchised with how that country is being run, so this is the alternative.
im not a multi I was simply asked to join the cpf I just recently started playing again
I'm not claiming everyone is a multi - I am genuinely befuddled by the current population growth
I know I just wanted to let you know some of this influx is genuine people not old players alt 🙂
Yeah somethings up. I warned people about Kozak Bohun over a month ago. Funneling all new players into his MU and now Party.
I'm sure a bunch of them are his multi buddies.
To be honest, I got an email saying that Canada was under attack, so I logged in and started playing. I originally registered in 2010. Kinda wish I had been playing all along, though.
Pretty much the same thing I did, started for something like a month in 2009, and then stopped. Saw that eCanada was under attack and said "Woot! Time to fight!" and now I wish I had been playing, even just a little bit daily, since then.
Well in one week I've gone from 102 in the National Ranking to 95. Seems we are losing people not gaining them. Same happened the last time we got wiped.
There seem to be a lot of old players coming back - apparently there was some sort of email blitz - but also a high number of new players joining the CAF. Could be another ad campaign. If they don't all die off in a month or so then I'd start getting concerned about multis because we all know that the rate of players who stick it out with this game is quite low.
its curious and suspicious.
my wife, who quit a year or so ago got a email from eRep telling her Canada needed her help
maybe a few heeded the call and are trying it out again
she didnt but maybe some did
it would be nice if eRep advertised it a wee bit more in countries that have been stagnant for a long time instead of relying on people who know the game and would probably never refer a friend to it
I would rather delete my Facebook account than refer anyone to this... monstrosity.
Facebook is a monstrosity also, so at least you have eRep to keep it company.
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Yes, the eSky is simultaneously falling and rising. Plato is raising the eDead and then lifting the Division thresholds. ...it's as sorta like over-inflating a tire that has a steady leak to it, just so that you can get a few more miles before it's totally flat.