A thousand days of eRepublik
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by RodderickJames
Why!?
, you ask. And this is the only relevant question of course.
In September 2020, we had something in the real world called Corona. It came from Mexico and was pretty tasty, especially if you served it cool. But we also had a pandemic that caused our social lives to cease. Which was not so cool.
I had played other online multiplayer games before, but those were more time- and thought-consuming, which I lacked the energy for. (Cycling-for-freaks will always be in my heart though.) eRepublik is an easy farm game, that offers little successes every time you accidentally touch a button on your mouse, which was just what I needed at the time. I wanted to stop soon after, since it didn't seem to deliver on any of its promises: strategic game, political simulation, offers a real second life... (that Guardian-quote from another time which they still have up there somewhere).
Then I got into some social interaction and that's where it became more interesting. Some were positive, some negative, both motivating in their own way. Still, was that enough? I could have been active on some of those social networks instead, where my account vegetates in a dark server-corner. But I got curious: The next chapter was the riddle. Hints and whispers indicated, that once upon a time there was more to this game than just farm wars and angry chat messages. Which had to be true, otherwise how would so many players hang around in a dull game like this for centuries? So I started to put some puzzle pieces together for a while and felt like a clumsy historian dusting off broken ancient amphoras here and there.
And time just flew by. eRepublik is so limited in what it offers gameplay-wise and still it is kind of an open world, where you can do your own thing, set your own goals, make friends. And if you wish to find one, the game always provides one or more filthy enemies worthy of ruthless destruction (or at least an attempt of that).
This game is a terrible waste of time... but somehow, it is still fun to play. Thanks to all you lost people who are shipwrecked here along with me.
A thousand days... amazing. (1.062 to be exact.) Might well be a good time to think about quitting.
But now I wanna see how it ends. 😉
Have a nice summer everyone!
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Good one!
We are all waiting for someone to turn off the lights but that day never comes..
I myself, became a sort of an elder here. But you know.. we're still here cause we dont have other priorities 😂
When something more important comes up - we will definitely forget to work and train.
I hope you're right 😃
I started playing 10 years ago... and I have a very similar feeling: I want to know how it ends!!
I’m happy, that you came to eAustria. You are an important part of our small community. Without this community, I would have quit the game long time ago.…
Thx Capo, i feel the same 🙂
Dear Rodderick,
I am happy our ePaths crossed through this social experiment called eRepublik 🙂
And looking forward to the day we meet in person as well 🤗
Congrats are in order, it is not easy to survive here for 1k days 😛
And same as Capo said, for me also eAustrian community is a big part of my enjoyment and laughs eHere, and I am very happy you joined us as well 🤗
I love your sense of humor, your taste in music is also great source of some flashback music I adore with mix of new groups and sounds you discovered to me 🙂 So thank you for that and many more things 🤗
And I am an unrecoverable optimist, I still see that light in this game and I do believe it can be more than it is atm.
At the end, we, players, make this eWorld.. so don't you dare to quit 😛
I plan to be here here when the lights turn off, and hopefully with all my dear eAustrians and Rabbits MU members next to me!
❤ 7
That's a nice thought 🙂 We'll all sit in the dark and sing Halleluja when it happens 🙂
Dear Rodderick,
I am happy our ePaths crossed through this social experiment called eRepublik 🙂
And looking forward to the day we meet in person as well 🤗
Congrats are in order, it is not easy to survive here for 1k days 😛
And same as Capo said, for me also eAustrian community is a big part of my enjoyment and laughs eHere, and I am very happy you joined us as well 🤗
I love your sense of humor, your taste in music is also great source of some flashback music I adore with mix of new groups and sounds you discovered to me 🙂 So thank you for that and many more things 🤗
And I am an unrecoverable optimist, I still see that light in this game and I do believe it can be more than it is atm.
At the end, we, players, make this eWorld.. so don't you dare to quit 😛
I plan to be here here when the lights turn off, and hopefully with all my dear eAustrians and Rabbits MU members next to me!
❤ 7
eRebuglik 🙂
When my comments have more text than some articles 🤣🤣🤣
I came here in 2008 and I can relate.
wow. you probably had your fingers on one of them amphoras 🙂
We were cursed
I blame my son, he suggested i come here in 2009 and i cant leave.......... 😉
He left years ago so it was obviously a trap.
😃 Can't trust those kids 🙂
I blame my brother for the same reason 🙄😒
🙂
I am one of the damned.
14 years and still here.
Why?
I was fortunate to have played this game when things mattere😛
when congress elections required a major effort by a prospective politician,
when Core regions of a country were sacrosanct,
when social interactions were paramount,
when you had to save, gather weapons and plan to earn your First battle hero medal,
when it was a major achievement to reach a rank of general...
Stupid eRep and their smilies:
I was fortunate to have played this game when things mattered
yeah, I heard about that before, but can only imagine. Sounds like a totally different experience
So it was... There was a drawback, though... the game was so intense that many players suffered from burnout.
When I appeared into this word, It was a window to a world thatvI had no acces when I was 15. Now, in my almost 30, I'll be able to do that in RL. But for the moment. I did good friends on this Internet Titanic. And I am glad of being here will al you people.