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How long have you been playing?
-Started in v1.0 but left...after in Apr 05, 2012 started again.

What were some of your previous jobs?
-I was captain and then commander of an extinct MU called TIF - Tuga Intevention Force; then I came to MEK and I'm there as commander for 2 years maybe. I'm 7 times CP and I think I was 1 time MoD congressman... a few times also.

How is the ePortuguese community now?
-It's a small community. It presents some strengths and some faults. But it's good place to live. They have a very responsible CP these days...
The community is struggling to become a more active one...

What good/creative things has Portugal done to retain players and have fun in the community?
-Nowadays we have the PAAP program, it gives a fund to air soldiers accordingly to their hits. We have a program of funded weps sell. And we have some ideas to implement but they're secret.

Is Portuguese the only language used in ePortugal?
-Every Portuguese knows Spanish, English and a bit of French... at least the eldest. But we use Portuguese to communicate. And sign language.

Who are Portuguese close allies now?
-ASTERIA in general, we are very close to Venezuela but for business matter, we have a TW and a rent agreement.

How are relations with Spain?
-Good, regular.

How are relations with South American neighbours?
-PT is at least neutral with Colombia.
Some part of the PT community is friend with Argentina.
Mexico... I like the FC Porto soccer players!
Chile.... Our last MEK Day I think it was with them....
Venezuela... as I told... we are business partners
Brazil.... love and hate.

Tell us about the historical relations of ePortugal and eBrazil?
-ePortugal and eBrazil used to be mates, friends, brothers... the language and real life bonds.
But at some point they went to the dark side, or us, and now we are in the minimum neutrals, at the max enemies.
But... it's as usual, PT players are fond or Br players but eNations are enemies.

How are relations with USA, France and UK?
-France i launch the MPP monthly
UK.... not enemies, not allies
USA... same.

How is Asteria doing?
-The Deployment issue has made us less strong... but still when we want... Nothing gonna stop us!

How has the change in Deployment affected things globally?
-Before all MPPs gave the ability to fight from home. Now sometimes we have to travel. That is not a problem for big players. The less big ones don't like it. Maybe they don't like to fly.

What were the last wars Portugal was involved in and how did they go?
-Real war.... an attack to Brasil in the Anniversary event. One round with epic battles....where the hate between Br and PT has been very visible.

Tell us about Portuguese MU's.
-There's MEK... one elite MU. Which I'm Proud to be commander.
There's FAP... some say it's the national MU others don't. Commanded by IDEIAS
There's Havoc Legion, Furious Mustaches; and in the last times there's FÃP, one strong MU commanded by Pheamus.....

How is the Portuguese economy now?
-PT has 75% on food and 90% in weapons. With some rentals we reach 100% in weapons. Taxes... 2% work tax, 1% in import tax and 1% vat.

Tell us about the last big battle.
-It was a coordinated asteria battle in aniversary event. We strike hard and we managed to deal an impressive amount of damage. Brazil has made similar figures... but COs rules this game now...and we won. After that we signed a NAP. But even in NAP the RW was a hard one...since then we are in TW with Ven.

Tell us about COs and their impact.
-In the beginning was the word...
And people sold damage. It was needed to coordinate things with mercenaries and allies so we could assure enough damage to win battles.
But then God created COs.
And all the money that was in black market flooded God's treasury.
And now, to win battles you only need to have plenty of gold (cc)
So you can handle the damage (either from greedy mercenaries either from angry scripts).

Money from black market?
-Money was sent directly from players to players, so no taxes were paid.
In COs there's taxes...

How do you see the future of ePortugal?
-The more and more this game is all about VISA and COs. Portugal has enough players to be a tough adversary. Even most when in ASTERIA. So, as long we have strong allies we are good. As long as we don't make big enemies, we are good. For that to happen, it's needed to not humiliate no one in battle, and keep to our duties and deals. I think you can ask Venezuela how we behave in deals. And you can ask Asteria how are we in our duties. So... looks like a bright future.

Who are the strong militaries are in the game now?
-I think it's still Serbia, Slovenia, Romenia...
Those who were very strong in the past... SA countries for example, lost some of their strength when emigrants started returning home.

Is there other stuff about the military module you wanna talk about?
-Yes, the so called steal of medals. I just don't get it those guys that in the beginning of the round deals some damage, ok sometimes they give a lot of damage. And because of that they think that the medal is theirs. And if someone in the end gives more damage and wons it, they are robbers!
As I keep saying, you win medals in the end of the battle not in the beginning. One thing is good in this players that only wants to control the medal from the beginning, if we need an extra damage in that battle, we only need to pressure a bit, and they suddenly unleash fire over the enemies and won the battle. So sad, but true.

Tell us about battle mechanics.
-Soldiers are divided in divisions (4)...
In the beginning, in the lower divisions were the weakest players...
Now with the advent of packs, we have strong players in every divisions.
It's time to Plato take a look on that.
Then we have air battles.... just one division. One big gang bang.
But with Plato seems not to like them. Since day 1 of air battles there's only weapons q1... not useful, and a perception rank.... all equal in 0.
No air training fields (perception). \Each ground round gives 11 point if not epic, then it worth the double. Each air round gives 22 points. The battle ends in 93 points, I think, and the soldiers press the attack button or the script does it.

Tell us about battles.
-An attack to a region can only be set by a CP or Dictator.
After a NE is set, the CP has 24 hours to start the war. If not Plato starts it in auto mode. IF a country loses the attack, he loses the turn... and the other CP can attack.... and so on and so on
It's always good to pick a good time to attack.
Usually when the enemy is at sleep, or in some national holiday.
The first country to reach 93 wins it. So... the more mini battles won the faster. Rach mini battle ends around 1830 points.... never know... and the fewer the points the enemy wons the faster we win.

What else about war do you find interesting?
-Just that it's always better to win.

You said earlier that you have to honour the enemy. How do you do that?
-I don't believe in winning a battle and maintain the enemy in wipe for a long period. In the future that will turn against us. And it will be us that will be wiped. I believe that when a wipe happens, it should be maintained for a while, if the attacker has success on it. But then it must be reached some understanding. What's the goal in being in control of everything?
One day you won't be and you will be controlled.
This is a game. A game to have a futures need that all players like to play it. If some are constantly defeated... no fun on that.

Why are most wars TWs now?
-The TWs appears because some countries are dominant... and one of the deals that I talked to end a war is to transform it in a TW. Bigger countries wants to control everyone and the smaller ones have difficulties in face them.
PT and Ven TW has appeared because both govs decided that it would be of both interest to have it. We had only a rental agreement, which didn't involve
war. But a war is always a good investment... taxes, TPs medals..... RWs medals...the war industry rules.