It's About That Time. Or Is It?

Day 2,498, 17:30 • Published in Canada Canada • by Lansizzle

Hi kids! It’s the one and only Lansizzle, bringing you the premier source for completely biased information about less than relevant subjects, otherwise known as the Daily Sizzle.

After an extremely long hiatus, numerous months of apathy, and overall contempt for the New World and all that she stands for, it’s time for another installment of my musings, in print.

Let me start by saying that I missed you, the people of eRepublik. While I never actually “left” the game, I have been so inactive lately that I bet people thought that I did. Or maybe they didn’t? Because let’s be honest here… No one really cares. Or do they? I certainly don’t have the answer to that question, but I do know this. The eWorld moved along just fine without my participation.



Since we last chatted, I moved to eCanada, the land of the best Maple Syrup on the planet, the best MU a guy could be a part of (Proud to be a Pickle), and a pretty active scene, at least when a few of the big dogs have been in charge. And even though all of this was going on, I pulled away. This place just became so boring. I would log in, click-click-click away, read the one or two messages that were there, and then log out. I couldn’t care less. And to be fair, most of you didn’t care about me either. Why would you? The answer… You wouldn’t, and you shouldn’t. I don’t have any fantastic ideas about how to make this place better. I’m no military war genius who can help you win a campaign against the evil empire. I’m certainly not a mathematician who can win the economy module. I just click a few buttons every day, fight my 25 fights (and I didn’t even do that most of the time) and then I go about my business. My eExistence is actually pathetic when looked at in those terms.



Full disclosure here… I feel like I am letting you down. I feel let down. This game has just become so monotonous and repetitive. I don’t feel that I can ever compete with the deep pocketed players who spend real money here for fake stuff. I haven’t even tried for a Battle Hero Medal in forever, simply because I cannot match the damage that the heavy hitters come with. So I languish in the background, disgruntled and disappointed, wishing that there was something else here for me to do, to get me back in the groove of the game. Politics have always seemed like it’s the “in-crowd” and the “not in-crowd”, and most of the time, I fall into category number two, simply because I cannot treat this “game” like it’s a job.



I am writing this article today as my “coming of age” statement. In about a month, I will hit the 2 year point here. I am giving eRepublik, and the players here until then, to help me get my mojo back. Help me find the fun here again. Give me a reason to play the game, and not just log in, click away, and log out. Please.

A wise man once told me “If you ever find yourself playing a Romanian browser game on the interwebs, play that shizz like it’s the last game on earth.” I did for a little over a year. Then Real Life happened, things came up, the game became second (or third) in line, and I just packed it in. I’m willing to turn that all around, and get back into it. I would appreciate the help.



With that said, if your only comment is going to be something like “Why come back, just go quit” or something similar, I would prefer that you didn’t leave it. That isn’t anything close to what I’m asking for, and I don’t need any more people on here being negative about the game, I do enough of that on my own.



Thanks for reading, if you comment (thanks!) even better, and I hope that things turn around for me in the future… Or do I? I suppose no one really knows the answer to that one either…



Until then, I am,