My Proposals For A Better eUK EDITED!
Frixios of the Clyde
Hi all,
I know a lot of you will be thinking 'Wut?' 'This guy, not even in Congress what a non MLG n00b' or maybe even 'What a fit guy'. I agree with all that (especially that last one 😉
) and I gather as I am not in Congress my proposals will not be the best thing to come out of the paper but yano I have a few ideas...
These proposals will hopefully, eventually, be ready and supported by congress. Some of them are nice.
So, after that build up, here they are:
1) I think Military Units should be controlled by the government and fly under the eUK's flag, rather than the way it is now when there is many MU's that get their DO's set by the MoD at the time. I think if all the MU's had MoD representatives in them and received grants from the government. There would be different areas, like there is now. But now, to the best of my understanding are unified but are like different divisions. Correct me if I'm wrong as my understanding of the whole MU scene is a lil foggy.
2) I think the NHS should have a dedicated org and gain a lot more government publicity. We really need to get younger players knowing how to get free food.
3) In terms of loans, I think we should advertise them a lot more, if I know how to get a training ground loan I would get them if I could afford to pay it back. A better way to do this would be grants that are given out to players after filling out a form, and no paying back. I couldn't afford to pay back a loan as, like many players, won't pay money to get gold or don't deal enough damage to get FF and BH loans.
4) When a Congress term starts the Speaker should send or make an article with a survey that asks what you want from the next term.
A load of garbage, I know...
Thanks,
The Enigmatic and Omnipotent,
Frix
Comments
Some interesting ideas. The MUs ones are less likely to happen as their seems to be little attitude towards MU reform in the eUK. I've tried it before, it doesn't last long.
NHS isn't gov run funding comes from the general public. I reckon the scheme needs a lot more publicity though. I couldn't even tell you who runs it now I just know I get my food daily.
Speaker wise that seems a great idea and hopefully Adastros sees this and thinks on it.
I should probably point out the NHS do have their own org :3
1) I like the Royal Navy as it is at the moment and I don't think there is a problem with the way the eUk MU's are being run, I don't see the need to change our current system.
2) We can't get rid of exclusive MU's like DC, impossible.
3) If they don't have an org and they need one then yes, we should definitely give one. The government should also donate to the NHS if it needs funding, but if the current owners are happy keeping it independent then I don't want to see the government start running it. I think the NHS needs more advertising in the media personally.
4) I'll think about it later.
5) Not only should the speaker do that but the speaker and Congress should be writing regular articles to say what they are doing. Goku did them successfully two terms ago but wasn't elected last term (not sure about this term). LoB and I both did 1 or 2 over last term but he's been banned while I haven't been re-elected. Congress needs to engage with the public more.
Hmm, the MU's are running fine as they are, btw there are too many of them imo 🙂. "get rid of exclusive MU's" meh...or maybe you want to join DC? 😃 NHS, why not, I appreciate their help from when I was lower level. With 4 I have a problem with trust issues, had experience with lots of multis during my time and I don't trust new accounts, so I won't comment that further 😃 And 5, I think each parties Congressmen should ask their party members what they want...so I guess I should do that, I'll ask them on the party wal now hahal 😃
Certainly some interesting points in your article, definately some food for thought. Some like the MU idea may not be possible due to differences in opinion between the MU's. The NHS definately needs some publicity as I only came by it by luck in my mind. Yeah a grant not a loan would be a good idea but need to iron out problems i.e. multis. Finally the speaker, it would be nice but would have to say our current speaker seems quite approachable and also the party leaders have a role play in this too,
Pretty sure there used to be an NHS org which would be a great point of contact for new folks.
Wouldn't store any cash in it though these government types might syphon it off.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/economy/citizen-accounts/3310666
Aye dirty government stealing our cash
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I think all but the first one are good ideas. I personally prefer MUs to be independent of the government - however, there could be a MU that's government run for players who want to follow MOD orders.
Interesting.
I like the idea of trying to get new players to know about the NHS, it seems a lot of new players I've talked to don't even know what it is. This is to be expected however, seeing how rare it is to see an NHS article or anything these days.
Perhaps the NHS needs a change of leadership, or maybe even just an advertising campaign.
Also, if any new players want to find out about it I have no idea where to direct them. Do you know who runs it, who takes donations and how to sign up?
I don't know the first two, but I could find the link to sign up somewhere 😛
But yeah, I get your point- the NHS has faded into obscurity.
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"..... don't deal enough damage to get FF and BH loans."
FF? you mean freedom fighters? you don't need to deal a lot of dmg, just use zooks and hit in the RWs which are likely to win.
1)many commanders will disagree with this, also they don't want to be controlled by gov, however, they will follow MOD's orders.
2) some young players are multis so you need to be careful when giving young players free food. Also, they have limited storage, they either sell the food in market or fight a lot in order to empty their storage.
if young players fight too much, they will end up in higher division quickly, and this make them "useless". so what's the point in giving them free food?
3)unless our treasury is not in red zone, I think it's not a bad idea, but it needs to be revised because recently we found a multi(Lo😎 who got money from gov(and probably from others too) and then he was perma ban by admin, and this turned the gov's money into ashes.( I also feel sorry for those who lent this multi some gold)
4) I wonder if some people are willingly to fill out the survey....
Good stuff.
Yeah definately think the NHS need to make themselves more known as I previously stated found them by luck but an advertising campaign isn't a bad thing either. Make people more aware of their existence.
1) Isn't this the govt MU? http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/group-show/2596 - used to hand-over the constitutional dictatorship & set COs. We have PM threads, MoD articles, IRC, & a google doc to advise us Commanders what the priorities are - for those that want to follow them, that is. The Royal Navy, for one, follows MoD orders as closely as possible.
2) Agree with comments above. The NHS needs to use the MoH newspaper to promote itself.
3) That's up to the CP/MoF to get them out in time; applications should be taken a lot earlier so they can be agreed and paid out in time for the offers.
4) As others have said, down to the Speaker; maybe an amendment to The Speaker Act is called for.
Voted - some good ideas.
1) I think we should seek to have as many people in one MU as possible. This creates a more active MU where people have more interactions, can get advice and work with a big number of people. Even if the UK put every layer it had into 1 MU this would still not be match global superMU's. Having citizen spread out over many different MU's is not streamlined in any way and players often go inactive and die in the smaller ones. If we are serious about military reform we would ask all MU Commander to push their members into one MU.
2) If the NHS doesn't have an org they should. NHS promotion should happen more, but I don't see the NHS promoting what they are doing - in my opinion they should be putting out regular articles (showing accounts, looking for new players to assist, telling us what they do/are doing).
3) 100% loans should be advertised more, I don't think loans have been offered when offers came up. TG and TC loans are a basic need. I also believe we should offer Q1 house loans to get people using these and benefiting from the increased health and the extra daily work.
4) Yes.