DIVIDE AND CONQUER
PlasticAlley
Dear eRepublikans,
This is my last article concerning Day 5000 updates.
I started this game in 2012 and as long as i can remember,
eRep labs has been encouraging in multiple ways the separation
of the players into 3 major groups.
(Usually by allowing one country/alliance to cheat for a long time,
conquering the other alliances and then by implementing the exact
opposite approach (favoring the opposite side), to give a solution
to the problem which they allowed to grow in the first place !!)
It is a very old and successful tactic on how to control the masses.
You just divide them into smaller groups which are a lot easier
to control by turning one against the other.
This way, they always have at least one third of the players supporting
the Admins because changes that are applied will surely fit at least
the needs of that one third.
One third will be indifferent and the final third, will be against
the changes made.
Everyone sees it, few notice what is going on and even fewer do
something about it that makes any difference (they usually leave or
become 2 clickers until they decide to leave as well).
We all have seen and we all know this kind of tactics that they use
- Pack-buyers Vs non-buyers
- Cheaters Vs non-cheaters
- Medal farmers Vs non farmers
- Small accounts Vs big accounts
etc etc etc...
These tactics were used by the Romans, the Nazis, the Soviets
and in fact everyone that wants to control masses, including religions,
governments and more..
You stay divided as eRep will consume and devour you, one group at a time,
one person at a time, until they have squeezed all the money out of your pockets
and all the will to continue playing this game.
Please... STAY DIVIDED !!
Make it easier for eRep to accomplish it's goals, while you are too busy
hunting down "the bad guys" and openly supporting any and all changes
in the game (if they benefit you), not paying attention to the big picture.
After all, why do you care ?
eRep is hurting the "others" not you..
Right ??
I will close my article with this:
"First they came …" is the poetic form of a 1946 post-war confessional
prose by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984).
It is about the cowardice of German intellectuals and certain clergy
(including by his own admission Niemöller himself) following the Nazis'
rise to power and subsequent incremental purging of their chosen targets,
group after group.
Many variations and adaptations in the spirit of the original have been
published in the English language.
It deals with themes of persecution, guilt, repentance, and personal
responsibility.
GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK !!
Thank you...
GIVEAWAY
I decided to copy Marcel's approach, to make sure that my last article
will be voted, shouted and viewed by as many players as possible.
- 50k cc for my favorite comment
- 2 x 50k cc for two random comments
(not comments on comments for this one,
would be too difficult to count.
Only your first comment can win this.)
- 2 x 20k cc for two random endorsers
No multiple wins.
- 10k cc to the first 25 players with 500
or more friends advertising this article
including a link in the Friends-feed
- Post a link to the shout in the comments as evidence
After the 25, I will pay the next 75 5k cc each
However, allow me for some time sorting through.
As long as you are "close" to 500 friends, it's also
good enough when there are enough active ones.
I will conduct the giveaway and send all prizes sometime
this weekend or the next one.
Comments
pole
You give too much credit to developers of this game. They hardly know what is going on in here, they just implement things from time to time so they can justify the work they do. Do you really think they spend any time on analysing the players? Neeeh
On the other hand, this is the way this game has always been, making changes without feedback from players, sort of like shoot first, ask after. And you know what? It has survived this long, and it will survive no matter how many players say "i quit because of this change". It's just the charm of this game, treat players like: take it or leave it 🙂
I had such high hopes for what might come with day 5000. The changes don't necessarily directly hurt or help me, but I think the admins certainly missed a great opportunity to make needed changes and really get the community excited about the game.
I guess they are ok with the continual slow bleed of the player base.
I agree as a small time player the changes didn't really effect me as much as others but it is sad to see them squander away what could have been a really good opportunity to encourage the player base.
Excellent article and very good historical data and accurate analysis of the current situation, voted👍👍👍👍👍👍
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Plato must be rich now that he wants to encourage us to spend less on the game
Shouted! https://www.erepublik.com/en?viewPost=23857648
Well, my dream was LXX before Christmas (it was possible, I have a lot of tanks, boosters) but I have to buy MP and PP. Now I know that I will not have LXX in next few months, thanks Plato for great update 👏
Favorite comment here.
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Tak
words that comes from the heart and stays in the heart
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o7
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nice poemmm
veni vidi vici.
good post o7
https://www.erepublik.com/id/article/divide-and-conquer-2742460
link with your own post in the feeds not the article's link
eto XD https://www.erepublik.com/id?viewPost=23857680
Hello
Good
I don't think the admins know what they're doing. LOL
With the latest update, it's not interesting anymore to become a medal farmer, then the packs (MP, BP, PP) will not be attractive anymore. They are killing their own game. 😃
Oh look, Erza Scarlet.
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/divide-and-conquer-2742460
aye aye aye captain o7
link with your own post in the feeds not the article's link
https://www.erepublik.com/en?viewPost=23857682 im sorry sir o7
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O7... Semoga menang.. hehehe
This is correct
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nice o7
o/
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just play on what we like... don't too care about others
First...
For some of us, we played the game in order to escape the reality we are facing in the real world... So, for some, they will accept the bad treatment and kept moving on... Heck, they need a release, and the is a release
Some are unable to speak fluently, sharing ideas on the real world... By using the newspaper, they can shout out the ideas...
In the real world, we need titles, a degree to become something to gain respect and fame... In the game, we can achieve that, by paying a lot or by active a lot...
I guess most of the players will kept on playing eventhought the price for the prize will eventually rise up...
They came to play freely and deliberately... Hopefully, when they realize that they were being squeezed, they will look for similar and open source game, kinda like bit coin... A system to overthrown the currency system...
But, lets us face it. .. An independent open source game will not gather enough money to survive... So, the chance is slim...
We are back to square one...
Second...
The basic idea of creating a game is to produce a means to gain profit... That is the true nature of a game...
So, the developer will come up with ideas and ways to collect income from players, subtly or openly...
It is up to players how to react... Some will accept and kept on moving... Some will accept, grudging and kept on moving... And the last of the pack will just grudging and leaving...
There are a lot more ways to keep a game interesting and the players happy,
especially in a game like eRep that includes, battles, strategy through alliances,
journalism, commerce, politics etc etc...
Sadly eRep has chosen the "easy" way to make a profit, through players' constant manipulation...
I suddenly heard the song... Que sera sera... And the french C'iest la vie...
Mister, not all people is an idealist as you are... An idealist sometimes dont have the courage to speak... Fewer even to act to fight back... Lesser than that has the ability to encourage, to convince the crowd, to urgent the the necessity to react and fought back...
Glad to know you, hopefully we can have another chat upon another grudges... Hehe...
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o7
vote
I do not like the latest article and the distribution of your assets
I guess this next explanation means quitting the game
I need my friends here, not their money
I hope I got it wrong
all in