The Flatline of the Masses
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by Teucer
Am I the only person who actually reads articles for substance around here? I watch people release informative, helpful articles or editorials on recent news that receive no attention, but at the first sign of an easy flame people will rip apart some n00b complaining about the US sacrificing Alaska. If Emerick or Zoli release some ridiculous one line article with a Youtube link the ignorant masses will vote it up into the top 5 just because they can with a zillion "lololol" comments, while important articles go unread.
COME ON PEOPLE! ENGAGE YOUR BRAINS!
Instead of bashing that n00b and running him out of the game, how about you friend him and start a conversation. God knows that an extra 10 minutes to explain him parts of the game is well worth your time out of Youtube or Facebook. Instead of blindly voting everything someone like Emerick or Zoli releases, how about you withhold you vote for a real article with substance. It makes what you read immensely more meaningful for everyone that way.
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voted, agreed, subscribed and hear you ...
I have to agree with this 100%. It disappoints me that we're too interested in sitting at the cool kids table and sucking up to self proclaimed beta gods around here as opposed to helping a new player understand game mechanics. Gimmicks and redundant pictures garner more attention than some new guy making an attempt to get ahead and learn here. This is why so many leave the game. This is why so many leave the eUS.
I don't vote up articles by Emerick just because it's his. I actually rarely vote up articles at all. Only when something big catches my eye. Because the more you vote, the less important each one of your votes becomes. However, I put a first post on really stupid articles to try to discourage new players from thinking it's right.
voted, agreed, and subscribed. Good point. DOWN WITH EMERICK 😃 no but srsly, we do need to reward the most analytical, substantive articles. Sounds like you're a game mechanic...
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Sorry for the triple post but @ Teucer 😃
@ Mr.
Already there, but thanks. 😃
lololol
J/K...Agreed, I find myself not voting up the "gods of olde". But prefer the noob of new with substance or orginality. Thanks.
I know which n00b article you're talking about, and let me tell you, that wasn't simply a loudmouth n00b being a loudmouth n00b.
That was an ignorant n00b directly insulting me and my fellow countrymen.
And speaking of fucking awesome articles:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/peace-totally-meant-to-do-that-1014003/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/peac[..]/1/20
Hari did go too far in the comment section of that article but misinformed people should be some what discouraged from writing such opinionated pieces so void of any knowledge
a person could take that guy and try to show him the ropes but how vocal he was about things understood so little also speaks somewhat of the guys character.
If someone could have just provided a link to aeros article or something it would have been more appropriate but the author of that piece should have had a little responsibility to find facts before he went of about things the way he did
Aw, did you mean my article, Michael? 😛
I do agree with voting up important articles that go unread far too often, but... What's with all the anti-Emerick whining here? I don't vote up "lulz" articles, but there's nothing wrong with a little humor, and his articles do occasionally have valuable insight. I'm irked at the notion of lumping Emerick in with Zoli. So, I'll take your advice about exercising the ability to note vote up any crappy article you come across, and not vote this one.
You still suck.
Thanks, Pshark. I love you too. <3
There is definitely no correlation between effort spent making an article and the number of votes it will receive. It's unfortunate.
I entirely agree with Teucer. If you want to read an analytical and thought provoking article, try this one...
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/who-are-the-imperialists-now--1012282/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/who-[..]/1/20
Voted and Agreed well said!
voted & spammed lol
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Agreed, voted
I agree with you Tuecer my articles no matter what I write about never get very high votes but if I bash PEACE or put bikini's in it I get a ton of votes look at my article yesterday it is barely an article and it got voted because of the bikini.
A month later, but I totally agree. Hope my newspaper may be more what you're looking to see. 🙂
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http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/stars-and-stripes-journal-191155/1" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/st[..]155/1