Wake up call, part II
Lawkee
''I'm no hero, and i'm not trying to be one. I'm not seeking for attention, hell, i'm just the opposite. ''
I'm also not a genius like Exalted Druid. /sarcasm off.
I've never claimed that i'm the smartest guy around, directly or indirectly, nor i ever aspired to be. I'm just an average Joe who's being lead by his emotions because that's how i roll. I stand by every word i wrote in my last article. And since i noticed that some people didn't read the whole article/or didn't get what i tried to say, i'm going to try to clarify some things in this article.
Your government is tirelessly trying to persuade you that there isn't any good option beside AS. That the AS is the only right, and 'smart' thing to do. Your government knew that we can't fill up the energy bar for an AS for the 30 fu**ing days, and yet they've waited and waited. Because 'twas the only option'. They say we'd lose MPP's and 90k. I say f**k 90k. We'd piss off half of the world? FINE BY ME.
So what's the worst thing that can happen... we'd get wiped? If you look closer at this broken nation, you will notice that there is nothing else to lose. Only 10 players are actually playing the game in Canada while the rest is 2 clicking or they're just dead. When you sign up and get elected, you're responsible for everything, you can't blame the game. YOU need to find the way to bring the fun to the people asap.
Also i think that anything, even wipe, would be better than this. THIS LETHARGY, ladies and gentlemen, is what's killing our nation. Now i don't know did you have the chance to be in the government during a wipe, but i had. I also had the chance to serve during peace too. And let me tell you something. Even during a wipe, we had some activity and fun, not just the government, but the people too. That level of cooperation, unity and activity in general was astonishing. Hell, it was the only time when we put our differences aside and fought for the common goal. So i don't think that the wipe is the worst thing that can happen to us. Just contrary, MAYBE we really need to get wiped, hit the reset button and start all over again. Just a thought. You shouldn't be afraid of the wipe, unless it's longer than 8 months *winks at Rylde*.
I'm also not saying that an AS is a wrong option, don't get me wrong. It could be a good option IF it's done right and asap. I think that launching an AS during major tournament can screw up our chances to land successfully. And lemme ask you, what if we fail? No wars for the next what, 1,2,3 months? We can't afford that. And i simply wouldn't gamble like that. I'd seek for an option that will bring us a long war, which is exactly what we need. It is not the question about winning or losing a war, because in the end we always prevail no matter what, we're just too stubborn to give up. It's about doing SOMETHING that will stir up the water in this stale pond. Which is why i blame the government. Because they spent all the time seeking for a 'smart' option, not the option that we really need right now. Some of you will agree with me, and some of you will call me crazy. That's fine. But don't call me stupid only cuz you don't get me.
Having a war with the USA was probably the best way to shake things up. The only thing that our leaders could have done was provoking them to start the war with us, like cpt.Obvious Druid pointed out. See? There was an option. If not that, they could've worked out the details with Serbia and other allies, giving them an explanation, among other details. Compensating the money we'd lose wouldn't be a problem. Serbia is the strongest nation in this game, and they're always down for a war with the Yanks. I won't go any further, my point is - there's always an option. I don't care is it 'safe' in your book or not. One thing is claiming that there is no other option, and the other is disregarding other options because you wanna play 'safe'.
Long story shorts: i wouldn't be ready to wait months so we could find a 'smart' option unlike our current leadership. Because it's clear that this game is dying, and our nation is dying and we can't afford to wait any longer. I'd try to provide something that i think our nations needs right now, as soon as possible. And i'd give my best to make it happen.
So if you follow the philosophy of our leaders, we're friends with the 80% of the nations in the game, and we can't have a goddamn war in the fu**ing war game. Screw that. Don't be a sheep, think with your own head. If you agree with me, vote for me. If you don't, i'm sure there will be some hippies you can vote for. That is all.
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I'm all in sheeple.... Bring on the wipe. It's beats this.
I'd rather AS somewhere and actually work hard to maintain a Colony that could lead to even more fights then be wiped and fight from under the rug (wipes kill players).
Wipe kills players if it's 8 months or longer, as we had the chance to witness, and with the 'new' determination points system (which we didn't have during that longest wipe in our history) i don't think we'd be wiped for that long even if we went to war with the USA. But you clearly missed my point... i don't prefer the wipe over successful AS. My point & what i tried to say is, that unlike our current government, i wouldn't wait 28 days so i could start a war. I'd be ready to explore and grab other opportunities, because there's always more options than one, not like they claim-that there's only one 'smart' option. Our allies are expanding, leading their own policy, which doesn't mean that we have to stay surrounded by them/or depend on the successful AS. And that we shouldn't be afraid of the wipe if it happens, because we'd actually do something for a change, and not just sit idle while our government 'works hard'. That's what i believe.
Actually, with less and less to do with a full country, I'd place bets on people quitting within the first month if not week.
Oh really mr. MoFA? I'll take your bet and raise it if you endorse me for the upcoming CP elections. Do you have the balls to find out who's right?
Yeah...so you'd completely ignore our allies just to throw a war in our faces against someone we would lose to?
i wouldn't ignore allies, actually right now, there's few countries who'd be ready to support us in this endeavour, and the support is growing. As soon as you realize that you cannot lose a war,only battles, you'll see that it actually makes sense to do such a thing. Every country is expanding and evolving, and we aren't - that's why we're surrounded by our allies. The governemnt has been leading wrong long term policy which brought us here where we are. We haven't had a decent war since...idk how long. If you stop looking at it superficially,it begins to make sense...unless you're a complete and utter shortsighted sheep,then no one cannot help you. I just hope that there's less sheeps than the ppl who think with their own head, and if i'm wrong, then this nation's a lost cause.
v + s + e for passion. Stir it up, bro! 🙂
War is closer than you think.
if i had the dollar every time i heard that, i'd be able to pay for our MPPs and start the war with the USA right away.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Canada/161806
Not long ago this apathy was blamed on the dictatorship. Democracy reigns again and yet activity is falling even lower. Having a CP with chronic narcolepsy certainly doesn't help, but the continued bastions of the status quo doesn't prompt activity either. It will take an entertaining, and potentially conversational, leader to spur the country back to activity. Playing it safe is putting the country to sleep.
Just being at democracy is not playing it safe.
that's what i've been trying to say the whole time. We need to remove the stinky diapers and do something bold which i suggested in this and previous article. I believe i have offered a chance to change things, as a CP candidate for the upcoming elections. Now it all depends on you, citizens of Canada, will you follow me, or continue to walk down the same path who brought us here where we are.
Anyone can blow the whole thing up and pretend it is entertainment. At least for a week or two any way. When you deliberately do things that are stupid no one is going to throw you a life line or lift a clicking finger to help. I don't remember the 8 month or the 6 month wipes as being that much fun. Do you?
Or were you one of the ones that went to the States during that time?
First of all you've had the chance to do SOMETHING in the past...i don't know exactly how long,but you've been in the government for a long time. And yet look where we are. You are worse than the 8 months wipe, just look around ya smartass.
I actually do remember that being wiped brought us together, we worked hard, and we all fought for the common goal - and we've succeeded. Wanna know how? Because i wasn't in the States as you claim, i was a MoD at that time when Oinyo got elected. I was in the States during Rolo's reign of chaos.
You see when u try to act smart so hard... you end up like complete jackass. Drop the smartass attitude, and take a long break from serving in the government mr. genius.
I asked the question because I did not know the answer. That is generally the propose of a question.
Well the Spain wipe cost Chochi and I, 50k cc each after 8 months. USA and the 6 months cost everyone much more, although we got peace for free.
Actually, I think I got paid back. I'm pretty certain that I'd remember giving away 50k (as loaning 50k is only a lingering memory).
You make some good points but I wonder if you would mash your head against a concrete wall if you were really really bored because its better than doing nothing.
Attacking someone like the USA would be kind of like that.
Do you realize that we need a long and big war, that will 'shock' these people back into activity? You see it as smashing head against a concrete wall,and i see it as a last resort, to try to make a change. I'm not afraid of the consequences because i think that it can't get any worse than this. You obviously don't think/or get that, and that's ok. You'll realize it one day.
There is usually an alternative, just as you say, or many of them. So,...have you thought of an alternative to war? to many alternatives to war? seems that the chronic recourse to war as the solution to indolence has only brought chronic and accelerating inactivity. Please don't do as the government does, or as you have done, and insist that there is no alternative. There is always an alternative... just as you say.
What is with the "hippie" thing? You understand that YOU are the hippie in this narrative right? and Druid is like Nixon ? Embrace your inner self punisher!
"I'm not a crook"
i was referring to the candidates who are not pro-war like me, but you already took the liberty of interpreting it in your way...
Everyone's pro-war. You're the only one pro-wipe.
strong words from a 2clicker. I'm giving an alternative to the people,call it bold or call it crazy,however you want, because i think that only large scare war can regain interest of the ppl in this almost dead game. With the new war opened, we're gonna postpone that plan. But at least ppl have a choice now. And i'm not the only one who has this opinion,i assure you.
If your philosophy is that we should 'play' this game like bunch of pu**ies, that's your own choice,and i'm sure you'll have a 'let's play it safe' candidate.
We're all two-clickers! Other than write three screedy articles you have done the exact same as me.
Now you're backing out of your bat shit crazy stupid ass plan? Who exactly's the pussy, then? At least if you're going to go off the deep-end you should have the courage to land your cannon ball and not belly flop.
And if you now support the current war instead of going after the US (30 days is a long time, man) then aren't you a pussy, too?
To paraphrase myself: everyone's pro-war but not everyone's suicidal. Yeah, it took a while but we got a worthwhile war that won't leave us dead. Try a little harder rather than looking at the first country we can attack with an NE.
attacking USA was one of the options, to bring us the war, if i remember correctly the war with Italy was opened 3 days before the end of the term of our current government. I wrote that it's still plan B if our government screws up, so i didn't back out. Expecting to open another war while we have one already, now THAT's suicidal and dumb.
It's your problem if you think that war with USA wouldn't bring us fun. And you're delusional if you think that we would be without any support. You don't even know how many ppl actually support that war. But again, you know everything, and you're the best, you're the smartest, and your opinion is the only right opinion. Gimme a fu**ing break.
tl;dr version please?
The game's boring so we should antagonize the US into wiping us so that we have something to do.
I only counted 3 this time but the sarcasm multiplier was higher in this one so the overall effect is around 9.
Nah, man. The sad part is he's actually serious about this. So overall effect - 12 or 15.
the only sad thing here is that there are ppl like you, who only sit on their a*s and do nothing. At least i'm doing something.
No, you're bitching. You haven't done anything yet.
let me rephrase that - at least i took an initiative to change things and i'm not just sitting on my ass like you, and criticize other ideas, no matter how they are. You're the one who's a narrow minded idiot. Just take a look at the elections results, do you still think i'm 'the only one' who wanted this? I just wanted to rub it in your nose.
So not only are you bad at game strategy but you're bad at math. Good to know. You came in second - only 1 vote from third. You didn't even get a quarter of the vote! You call that a strong mandate? Well, I guess that's on par with real life politicians (yay?).
I don't even know what the point you're trying to make is. No, you're not the only one who thinks this game is so broken that it's worth blowing up. People are leaving in droves so how is that news? Just about as many people as you was willing to elect Rylde again despite the fact that he was unwilling to hand over power when he was a dictator, costing us hundreds of thousands of dollars. How do you think that you would have done if he had handed over the reigns?
Our options are limited, as evidenced by the election (DMV3 again, really?). That's why it took a while to get a worthwhile war going. War now at any cost is about as much of an initiative as eating your own leg after being in the lost in the woods for three hours. You're not proposing positive change, just criticizing others for no good reason (I at least have one).
And just because I've got enough of a real life to not want to be in the driver's seat as we plow into a wall does not make you better than me (in fact...). In fact, I tried to work with the community to improve it last month as a Congressman. Positive change, working together is worth a million times more than destructive ideas.
But it was totally worth you coming back here to comment again. Before I just thought you were a guy with an idiotic plan. Now I'm thinking you might actually be an idiot on top of being an ass hole. Well done, mate!
and i came in 2nd, only 11 votes behind,and i could've won, but unfortunately i don't have butt-licking skills like our CP, so what are you trying to prove here, that's i'm still 'the only one' who had this opinion as you said before?
so let me rephrase myself again - a narrow minded idiot who talks a lot, and has absolutely nothing smart to say, that's Chochi.
Lol, only 11 votes. Yeah, so close, buddy. Use whatever excuse you want but you didn't come close in percentage. I don't know why I'm wasting my time with you. We've already covered how you're not just an idiot but bad at math.
And you're apparently really caught up on something I didn't even say. I didn't say that people wouldn't agree with you, just that you're the only candidate advocating a wipe. So you've got reading comprehension issues, too (hardly a surprise).
So just because you're too stupid to understand what the grown-ups are saying, doesn't mean that we're not saying something important. No go back to the kiddy table for another month and maybe next month you'll get a chance to sit at the big chair (I doubt it).
keep raging and acting like a kid, and then call me a kid, that's really mature. You should direct that energy into doing something productive for this country, like taking an initiative to change things, for example, and not being a useless fly on the wall that you are now. Fucktard.
Yeah, because I'm so pissed that every three days I need to come back to try to a dead discussion in order to try to get a jab in. I'm willing to spar, if you want to, but I really don't care that much about you or what you have to say. And at least mine land, eh?
Again, you've actually accomplished nothing. You suggested a really stupid idea. It was not chosen.
Last month when I was in Congress I proposed good ideas. They also failed to be adopted.
The way I see it we're about even. Well, I might be a little further ahead actually, as my ideas would have helped Canada and I didn't have to invest nearly as much effort before seeing them fail as you did trying to get us wiped. And I didn't have to resort to juvenile name calling either.
That's one of several reasons I think you're immature. The other is your unwillingness to accept responsibility. You said you lost because you weren't willing to kiss ass. First, I'll point to Rylde. Secondly, I'll just say that there's actually a difference between kissing ass and just not being one. You're never going to be a Rylde - knowledge of military strategy is a prerequisite. So if you ever actually do want to be CP and you're unwilling to change your invasion (of Canada) plan then you may want to just calm your shit and stop insulting everyone.
JeusHchrist.............
Punisher is speaking my language
embrace the futility of the game and go with it!!!!!!!
Every day a canadian flag isnt on the battle list is a day the eCanadian government has failed
Honestly, crisfire, if your last best idea is a useless war leading to our wipe then you should just skip the fighting and get to the part where you quit the game. I'm not playing much either but if people are still wiling to give it a shot we shouldn't take the ball home with us (but it might be time for us to go home).
V!! 😛