Memoirs of a Baby Boomer - Part I

Day 1,873, 16:38 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Digits 05637716

The glorious election of Brian Boru got me thinking about the (good/bad) old times. It's one of the first times in around two years that one of the golden oldie baby boomers under their own name has taken the helm of this fine and bizarre e-country, under their original name and character. Irasian did it too, but I missed that 😛

2 years ago John Gormley was elected President, preceeded by a whole heap of baby boomers, among them: moomoo, OJ, Nogin, Dubhthaigh, Edana, and Appleman. You see, a long time ago, Ireland did have a baby boom, where a whole heap of awesome new citizens joined, for who know's what reason. Heady days, they were.

So why not recount them, as I remember them - no details left out, all my mad opinions of the time - I had my finger in a lot of pies back then.

The beginnings of eIreland

Today the game has undergone so many changes it's barely recognisable from what it once was. When I joined, the game was already over a year old. Indonesia ruled half of the known world at the time. Ireland has already been politically taken over by Romanian's led by some eejit called Victor Petrescu, who robbed all our money and printed so much currency that it totally f'd up the economy. It was the biggest event of the day.

Except they did it legitimately - formed a party, told everyone they were cool, and got elected, then spirited the money away. Has that ever happened since? Who knows 😛

There was also this guy called Michael Collins, a supposed technological genius who had a little too much time on his hands. He was President 3 times, and was the supposed overlord of all things Irish, except he used to play on the Brit's side on the QT as well. You know the type of overlord, who stays in the background and get's other people to implement their ideas for them? Kinda like irishbhoy was for a long time and may still be for all I know. Still though, he had the knowledge and the contacts, so that meant he could rule the roost until he got bored.

There was also Patton, Imamewbie, Snakeyes and Hattrick back in this pre- baby boom period, and funnily, they all tried comebacks, some more successfully than others. Both Patton and Snakeyes became President again in later and less innocent times. Patton of course famously had a semi-hot girlfriend in rl who he later married, and she played the game for a while and pretended to be a princess, which was kinda funny and kinda lame at the same time, but you know what - she enjoyed herself doing it, created her character and away she went. Thing is, you gotta move with the times, or you'll just get left behind. Adapt. But, never change.

Stay true to who you are.

Digits


Next time:

* The great battles of the IUP and ISRP - my first election experience
* Learning to play this crap game