The Turn
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by Rigour6
As we go to press, united forces are inexorably pushing PEACE invaders back to no-man's land in the battle of Ontario. It is by all accounts the most glorious battle in the history of the eworld, one in which the entire existence of a nation was at stake.
In the past, invaders typically left their conquered enemies with one region. There are a number of reasons for this. Although the costs of a loss of a high-value territory are high, the loss of the last territory of a nation are catastrophic. Such that for many players, it is a bridge too far. Fortunes in this world naturally swing back and forth and there are certain blows one does not attempt to land because one does not wish to receive them from the other side either. Conquest is one thing; genocide is another.
One of the effects of nation destruction is typically a substantial group from the eliminated nation leave the game completely, and we're all poorer for that.
When the victory in the first (and hopefully last) Battle of Ontario finally comes, no doubt the Canadians and their allies will take great pride in it, although they should take little comfort, as the war continues to favour PEACE. It is a great victory for the underdog Canucks, and chapeau to them, and champagne for them and their allies. There is one story, however, which will likely remain less reported.
Whatever their leadership's plans, and whatever their pride in their victories until now (well-founded or not) at this, the final juncture, there were a substantial number of everyday Frenchmen, Hungarians, and what have you from the PEACE alliance who sat this one out. Simply put, they were not prepared to be part of the total destruction of Canada, either because they respect the game too much to hurt it in that way, respect their opponents too much to humiliate them utterly, wouldn't wish the same to happen to them, or simply because it didn't fit with their personal sense of fair play. They certainly aren't prepared to switch sides in this World War, but neither are they going to take an active role in the destruction of nation toward which they fundamentally bear little animosity.
In the fun of role playing and propaganda wars, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that without people on the other side, there is no game. The leadership of PEACE may have forgotten that, but a substantial number of the everyday players in their alliance haven't. They fought somewhere else today, but they wouldn't soil their hands with being part of the destruction of eCanada. And it is those players, not their leadership, who are preserving the future of this game for everyone.
SR Vol 3, Number 1
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Those PEACE players who chose not to fight in Ontario are honorable people, anyone who smacktalks PEACE today should be thrown against a wall and shot.
If Ontario falls, we're going to lose a lot of Erepublik players, guaranteed. The shifting of provinces from one PEACE nation to another is killing eCitizens there as well, as they can't afford to keep changing their currency to buy food. Those citizens should have moved to Ontario before the Citizen Module came into effect (AND TO FIGHT DAMMIT!), but now they're paying the price for their mistake.
Hmm i'm seeing the total hungarian damage at something like 11.5 million damage. What is the basis for you saying that some of these hungarians have spared us? There total battle damage is consistent with previous battles (Ie. british columbia.
The way i see it (although i havn't fully studied the previous battles) this looks more like eCanada pulling out all the stops (since we did over 3 million damage this battle whereas in B.C. we didn't top that) coupled with our allies not willing to let us perish.
Ultimatly i think that if and when we win the coudos will have to go to Canadian Defense Forces and our allies (specifically i notice that Spain and U.S.A made significant contributions)
I dont think you can blame those who did not want to leave the province they called home. I could not afford to move, but then could not afford not to move. I got lucky and was given a moving ticket.
Agreed. The starvation genocide of former eCanadians now trapped behind enemy lines is a new low in exploitation of game mechanics, seeking as it does to actual decrease the pool of players. That said, the average French/English/Hungarian player is probably unaware of it and/or feels powerless to stop it. I don't monitor foreign media sufficiently to know if there are voices of protest at these tactics being raised within their community.
If the fortune of war turns, there will be many on the side now behind who may wish to retaliate in kind. And eye for eye unfortunately leaves everyone blind, but the tactics of PEACE have been so aggressive it will be hard to refute those who will say "better safe than sorry" in wanting to eliminate the risk of future aggression.
There is some logic to the argument that some PEACE players didn't want to eliminate Canada. But I've been constantly monitoring the battle since it began about 26 hours ago (minus about 7 hours to sleep) and they tanked us quite hard when the countdown was approaching 0 (before overtime kicked in). We'd lost something like 100000 defense points in the span of 10-12 minutes.
With less than 12 minutes to go we were less than 25K away from oblivion, fighting in the command centre door to door.
The counter-attack from the Canadians and their allies was glorious.
''Simply put, they were not prepared to be part of the total destruction of Canada, either because they respect the game too much to hurt it in that way, respect their opponents too much to humiliate them utterly, wouldn't wish the same to happen to them, or simply because it didn't fit with their personal sense of fair play.''
I don't think this is a correct affirmation as they DID TRIED to finish eCanada.
SdeC, their leadership did, yes. But I suspect that some of their everyday citizens didn't follow this time.
Quit belittling our victory!
lol, wait until it happens, I'll be publishing a special edition that very second.
I don't know enough about what is happening in eCanadian politics but the information in this article doesn't match the facts. Which is to say that PEACE definitly attempted to destroy us today.
I also notice rigour that you are a member of the federalist party. Isn't this the political take over party? Correct me if I am wrong.
i certainly feel no gratitude towards peace for trying to eliminate us and Killing off other eCanadians in occupied territory via starvation. If PEACE nations really wanted to spare ontario why was it attacked. And if eCitizens of PEACE are supposedly sparing us despite the actions of their governments then why do battle stats match or exceed previous damage by PEACE against Canadians.
^To play devil'a advocate: we have to consider the number of soldiers each alliance has. PEACE is very strong but in the battle for Ontario, it's 6 of their countries vs. 14 of ours.
Even if PEACE does more damage per soldier, maybe they've fought as much as they can without getting below 40 wellness, which explains why FORTIS and EDEN have more stamina.
PEACE punches hard and quick, often to the point where the defender will say: there's no point in fighting anymore for that region. But with Ontario having nearly 400k defense points, maybe that didn't suit PEACE's punch strategy.
@lucky_strike
"PEACE punches hard and quick, often to the point where the defender will say: there's no point in fighting anymore for that region. But with Ontario having nearly 400k defense points, maybe that didn't suit PEACE's punch strategy."
additionally this could be a strong test of PEACE's commitment to our destruction. Just opening an attack on ontario costs PEACE 739.25 Gold (50 gold + (25% x population of attacked region). Let alone the weapons cost/wellness box cost. That seems like a crap load of money to me.
Rainer, you're right, the PEACE leadership, to their ultimate shame, did attempt to destroy us today. To their great chagrin, they have failed this day.
As to my current membership in the federalist party, you are correct, it is a PTO party. For information about my motives in being a member, feel free to message me privately.
Well the fact is that there are some out there who didn't fight us because they don't believe this battle should be fought. I salute them and will remember this if the tables are ever turned.
To the rest of PEACE, it's been an emotional rollercoaster ride for the past 27 hours and has been a lot of fun. A victory would be icing on the cake, and hopefully we'll get more ERepublik players in the game as a result publication of this epic battle. Tell all your friends about it, sign them up!
A special thanks to all our allies who came to our aid. eCanada thanks you! 20K more damage to go!