Intervju s KrMo / Interview with KrMa

Day 2,113, 11:27 Published in Slovenia Slovenia by FilthyMind
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KrMa se mi je zdel zanimiv igralec že takrat, ko sem ga prvič opazila. Izpostavlja se redko, a takrat, ko se, se takoj vnamejo divji prepiri. Očitkov na njegov račun je veliko, mnogo jih izvira iz preteklosti. Sama z njim nimam slabih izkušenj, ravno nasprotno, pred dvema ali tremi meseci me je nepričakovano presenetil z lepo gesto, nato se je izkazal še med akcijo zbiranja donacij za Neovo operacijo. Ne le, da je bil med prvimi donatorji, ampak je po ugotovitvi, da sta z Neovim očetom sodelavca, še sam organiziral izredno uspešno akcijo v službi. V zadnjem času je vzbujal začudenje s članstvom v slovenskih MU-jih; kakih pet minut je bil celo pri čisto neznanih Belokranjskih partizanih. Njegova najnovejša poteza je najava kandidature za položaj CP-ja. S tem mogočnim slovenskim tankom sem si že dalj časa želela napraviti intervju in na moje zadovoljstvo je privolil.

eRepublik igraš tri leta in pol, dosegel si praktično vse, kar se v igri da doseči. Kakšni so bili tvoji začetki? Si se kdaj naveličal in hotel odnehati? Kaj te žene, da vztrajaš?
Ja, kar precej dolga je moja pot v tej igri. Veliko sprememb sem dal čez, nekatere slabe, spet druge dobre. Lahko rečeva, da sem dosegel nekaj mejnikov v eslovenski skupnosti. Začetkov se skoraj ne spomnim več, če se iskren, sem že malo senilen glede tega. O ja, bili so cajti, ko sem že skoraj obesil vse na klin, imel vložen ticket, da mi zaprejo račun ter tudi nekaj igralcev se je zanimalo za nakup mojega računa. Bom rekel, da me nevidna roka vleče, da še igram to igro in ji posvečam nekaj svojega časa.

Vsake toliko časa se pojavijo govorice, da si prodal account. Meni se zdi ideja, da bi plačevala stotine ali celo tisoče evrov za account v igri, absurdna, po drugi strani pa razumem igralca, ki tako ali tako namerava odnehati in dobi priložnost za lep zaslužek. Kako ti gledaš na to?
Kot sem že zgoraj rekel, bilo je povpraševanje po računu in dvakrat je bil posel tudi skoraj gotov, ampak vsakič je druga stran odstopila. Kar se pa tiče vloženega denarja, me eSlovenija pozna kot tankerja v raznoraznih bitkah. Večinoma za Slovenijo in zaveznike, bilo pa je tudi črno obdobje, ko se sekal proti. Zaslužka tukaj ne moreš pričakovati, ker vložena sredstva se nikoli ne povrnejo, mogoče tudi zato ostajam.

Ob začetku MU turnirja so se slovenske enote spet prepirale glede tega, katera bo imela prednost in kam naj bi se selili igralci, Angry Angels pa ste takoj udarili na polno in presenetili vse. Xanthar se je »snel s ketne« in naredil neverjeten dmg. Ste to načrtovali dalj časa, je šlo morda za odločitev tik pred zdajci?
Hmm, ja, to je bilo zelo veliko presenečnje za vse, tudi zame. Kar se tiče turnirja, sem bil kontaktiran le s strani Andreychike oz. BP, da se jim pridružimo. Povabilo sem takrat zavrnil, ker sem nekako računal na tretje mesto v Sloveniji, kar se je tudi zgodilo. Da bomo med top 50, pa si nisem nikoli zamišljal. Moram reči, da glede dmg, ki ga bomo naredili za enoto, nismo nikoli govorili, tudi z Xantharjem ne. Poba je presenetil vse. Prva dva dni so stvari tekle kot podmazane in je bila škoda z naše strani nepredstavljiva. 20 do 25 igralcev je prve štiri dni držalo mesto med top 25 na svetu, v Slo smo bili prvi, ker pa nismo enota za dolge proge, smo začeli pešati oz. smo se max. razdajali v škodi. Tukaj bi tudi javno še enkrat pohvalil vse oz. tistih par slovenskih igralcev za pomoč, ki so nam jo prispevali. HVALA vam še enkrat.

MU Angry Angels sem vedno povezovala s tabo, zato me je močno presenetila odločitev, da jih zapustiš. Precej začudenja je vzbudilo tudi tvoje gostovanje pri SD, zdaj pa si freelancer. Kaj se je zgodilo?
Zadeva je zelo zakomplicirana in ima neko zgodovino, samo je nisem pripravljen momentalno deliti z nikomer. Kar se tiče prestopa v SD, sem šel k njim na povabilo prijatelja Duncija. Nekako sem tam našel mir in čas za razmislek, kako naprej. Moram reči, da mi ni žal, da sem to naredil.

Donu KronoXu se je ob obletnici njegove smrti poklonilo osupljivo število igralcev. Vidva sta bila dobra prijatelja. S katerimi svojimi lastnostmi je prepričal ljudi, po čem se je ločil od ostalih igralcev, da je postal tako priljubljen in spoštovan?
Moram te popravit, bila sva velika prijatelja preko neta, v živo se žal nikoli nisva spoznala. Nekako ni naneslo nikoli v tej smeri, da se spoznava in to bom obžaloval do konca svojih dni. O njem lahko govorim samo pohvalno in v superlativih. Vedno je bil pripravljen pomagati in prisluhniti, ne glede na to, ali je bila dobra ali slaba stvar. Z njim sva postavila temelje za AA na NZ, ko še ni bilo MU-jev. Vedno in povsod je zagovarjal tisto, kar smo naredili, tudi če je metalo slabo luč na nas. Don KronoX je bil več kot samo prijatelj. Z njim si lahko debatiral o čemer koli, vedno je znal prisluhniti in tudi popraviti kakšno stvar, če si se jo lotil nepravilno. Bil je človek na mestu.

Edina medalja, ki manjka na tvojem zidu, je predsedniška. Med eno tvojih kandidatur ti je bilo med drugim očitano, da si vojak in da nimaš česa iskati v politiki, po drugi strani pa je Hladen Špricar, ki je v prvi vrsti zajebant, na zadnjih volitvah prejel veliko število glasov. Kako gledaš na to? Zakaj si se odločil ponovno kandidirati za CP-ja?
Drži. Tale medalja mi manjka in sem jo že kar nekajkrat poskusil dobiti na pošten način in v Sloveniji. Medaljo lahko kupiš za gold, ponekod se jo da dobiti za lepo vsoto golda (kar pri meni ni problem). Lahko se postavim nekje v vrsto in pridem do nje. Ampak to ni to. Rad bi jo dobil za Slovenijo, ker mislim, da sem se velikokrat dokazal na bojišču kot vojak. Vsakemu, ki mi bo očital, da nimam izkušenj, lahko rečem samo to, da jih nihče ni imel, dokler ni zmagal na volitvah. Tudi če si nekje na ministrstvu, to ni isto. Biti CP je nekaj svojega, izkušnje lahko dobiš samo, če kandidiraš in zmagaš. Kot sva ugotovila, rad bi dopolnil zbirko in se preizkusil v nečem novem. Upam, da bom dobil tudi to priložnost.

Zanima me tvoja plat zgodbe o dogodkih, ki so vodili k zameram med tabo in nekaterimi vidnejšimi člani slovenske skupnosti. Kaj bi odgovoril tistim, ki bodo tvoje tankanje proti Sloveniji v pomembnih bitkah navajali kot glavni razlog, zaradi katerega ne bi smel postati CP?
Ne vem, kako bi odgovoril. Imel sem občutek, da sem vedno odrinjen na rob, le ko je bilo potrebno tankati, je KrMa prišel prav. Nikakor nisem pasal v nobeno od skupin ljudi, ki so obvladovali ali še vedno obvladujejo celotno dogajanje v eSloveniji. Kar se tiče tankanja proti Sloveniji, pa mislim, da onih reciva 100M ne odtehta mojih 10.000M za Slovenijo.

Kako ocenjuješ mandat Maničnega Poeta? Se ti zdi, da je bil nedavni impič upravičen? Boš v primeru zmage zdržal pritiske, ki jih prinese s seboj predsedniški stolček, ne da bi te premamila želja po predčasnem umiku?
Začetki so bili obetavni, ampak ker je uvedel prevelike spremembe za nekatere, je hitro dobil polena pod noge. Mislim, da je poba na mestu in je prvo polovico oddelal tako, kot je treba. Kar se tiče druge polovice, ga pa tudi razumem. O pritiskih je težko govoriti, dokler se ne zgodijo, zato pustiva času čas.

Kaj bo tvoja prioriteta, če zmagaš na volitvah? Katera zunanje- in notranjepolitična tema se ti zdita trenutno najpomembnejši?
Prioriteta je definitvno čim bolj izkoristiti bližajoči se babyboom ter se pripraviti na morebiten napad oz. brisanje eSlovenije (nekaj se šušlja po erepu na to temo). Najbolj vroča je sedaj tema o TWO oz. o izginotju sredstev, ki so se pobirala, ter napad na Srbijo in Novo Zelandijo.

Slovenija se je ta trenutek znašla na udaru, NE na nas sta dali Hrvaška in Francija, smo v vojni z Italijo, pričakovati je tudi RW ali dva v švicarskih regijah. Kaj bi morali po tvojem storiti, da preprečimo najhujše?
Iskreno povedano se veselim tega, ker v takih trenutkih slovenska skupnost stopi skupaj. Če je preveliko zatišje oz. je potrebna samo pomoč zaveznikom, se začnemo prepucavat med seboj. Boriti se moramo po najboljših močeh.

Bi rad za zaključek kaj sporočil volilcem in slovenski skupnosti?
Naj slovenska skupnost presodi, ali sem sposoben za CP-ja ali ne. Srečno.

Hvala KrMi za intervju in bralcem za pozornost!

FilthyMind


ENG version:

I was intrigued by KrMa ever since I've noticed him in the game for the first time. He rarely makes an appearance outside the battlefield but when he does, verbal fights and heavy accusations are imminent. There are quite a few complaints on his account, many of them have roots in the past. My experiences with him are not bad, quite the opposite, a few months ago he surprised me with a generous gesture and he also stood out when I was raising donations for an operation of a little boy named Neo. Not only was KrMa one of the first players who donated money, he also realised that he and Neo's father are co-workers and he organized a very successful fundraiser a work. Lately he's been raising quite a few eyebrows with membership in various Slovenian MUs; for about five minutes he even joined completely unknown Belokranjski Partizani. Now he's announced his candidature for the CP of eSlovenia. I wanted to interview this mighty Slovenian tank for quite a while now and to my pleasure he was willing to answer my questions.

You've been playing eRepublik for three years and a half and you've basically conquered every goal in the game. Did you ever get fed up and wanted to quit? What drives you to stay in the game?
Yes, I've come a long way in the game. There were a lot of changes, some of them good, some of the bad. I can safely say I've reached a couple of milestones in eSlovenian community. I can barely remember my beginings, to be completely honest; I guess I'm starting to get a bit senile that way. There were times when I was seriously thinking about quitting the damn game, I sent the ticket and asked for my account to be closed, there were also a couple of players who were interested in buying my account. I guess there's an invisible hand that's guiding me to stay in the game.

Every now and then gossip starts spreading that you've sold your account. I find the idea of paying hundreds or even thousands of euros for an account absurd, but I can also understand a player who sells his account. He's going to quit anyway, why wouldn't he make a profit out of it? What are your thoughts on the subject?
As I've already said, there was an interest in my account, twice the deal was basically made, but on both occasions the buyer changed his mind. I've invested quite a lot of money in the game, I've been known as a tank for a long time now. I've been tanking for Slovenia and our allies mostly, but there was also a dark time when I was helping the enemies. You can't really expect to make a profit with selling the account because you're never going to get back the amount of money you've invested in the game. Maybe that's the reason why I'm staying.

Slovenian MUs were quarreling at the begining of the MU tournament, because they couldn't decide which MU should be the leading one this time around. Meanwhile, Angry Angels just went full force and surprised everyone. Xanthar was on fire, the damage he was making was unbelievable. Was this the plan all along or was it a momentary decision?
That was truly a huge surprise for everyone, me included. Before the tournament started, Slovenian MU Black Panthers contacted me about joining forces. I declined because I was hoping we're going to win the third place in Slovenia on our own. I didn't dare wishing for a place in Top 50 at that time. There wasn't any talk about the amount of damage we're going to do, not even with Xanthar. He managed to surprise everyone. The first two days went by smoothly, our combined damage was unbelievable. 20, 25 players managed to keep the unit in Top 25, we were number one in Slovenia for four days. But since we're not really the kind of unit that can do this on a longer term, we slowly started to fall behind. I would like to use this occasion to publicly thank the few Slovenian players who've helped us to reach our goals and more. THANK YOU!

From my point of view, Angry Angels and KrMa were always one and the same. Your decision to leave the unit surprised me quite a bit. You've spent some time as a member of MU Slovenian Division, which was also rather unexpected, and now you're a freelancer. What happened?
The story with Angry Angels is very complicated and it has a rather long history, which is why I'm not willing to talk about it for the moment. My friend Dunci invited me to join Slovenian Division, I accepted and I finally found some piece of mind while being their member. I don't regret this decision at all.

Hundreds of players paid their respects to Don KronoX at the anniversary of his passing earlier this year. You two were good friends. What was he like, what were the qualities that made him so popular and respected?
I have to correct you, we were great friends in the virtual world but unfortunately we've never met in real life. Somehow it just didn't happen and I'm going to regret this 'till the end of my days. I can only say good things about him, he was simply amazing. Always willing to help and listen, no matter what. We created the basis for Angry Angels in New Zealand back in the day when MUs didn't exist yet. He always stood behind the decisions we made, even when they weren't the best ones. Don KronoX was more than just a friend. You could talk to him about everything, he always listened and pointed you in the right direction, if needed. He was one hell of a guy.

The only medal missing on your wall is the CP one. During one of your presidential campaigns people objected that you're just a soldier and as such you have no place in politics. On the other hand a lot of people voted for Hladen Spricar, who's basically a joker and a troll, when he was in the running for CP not long ago. What are your thoughts on the subject? Why did you decide to try for the CP position once more?
That's correct, the CP medal is the only one that's been eluding me, although I've tried to get it several times in Slovenia. You can buy that medal with gold in some countries, you just have to have a significant amount of gold, which wouldn't be a problem for me. You pay, get in the line and sooner or later it's your turn to be the CP. But that wouldn't feel right. I would like to win the elections in Slovenia, the country for which I've fought numerous times. People may say that I don't have experiences as a politician, but noone had them until they won the election, right? You can have a position on one of the ministries, of course, but that's not the same. Being a CP is something unique, you can only gain experience in that particular field if you announce your candidature and win. Bottom line, yes, I would like to complete my medal collection and try something new. I'm hoping to get the chance to do that.

I would like to hear your side of the story about events that lead to bad blood between you and several well known members of eSlovenian community. What would your argument be towards people who are going to state your tanking against Slovenia in several important battles as the reason why you should not be elected as president?
I'm not sure how to answer this. I've always felt as an outsider, I was only welcome when tanking was needed. I was never included in any of the groups which had the last word (or still have it) when it comes to controlling the situation in Slovenia. As far as tanking against Slovenia is concerned, I would say that a 100 millions against Slovenia is nothing compared to tens of thousands of millions of damage I did for Slovenia.

What is your opinion on Manicni Poet's presidency? Do you feel that the recent impeach was entitled? Would you be able to withstand the enormous pressure that comes with being the CP or would you be tempted to retreat early?
The begining of Manicni's mandate was very promising but the changes he introduced were not welcomed by some people and they started to undermine him. I think he's a great guy and for the first half of his mandate he was doing a solid job. I can also understand the events that took place in the last two weeks. It's hard to talk about pressures in advance, so let's wait and see what happens.

What's your priority going to be in case you win the election? Which current political topics strike you as the most important?
First of all there's the approaching baby boom which we need to use to the full. We have to be prepared for the attack which could lead to Slovenia being wiped off the map (rumour has it that something is going to happen soon). The missing TWO funds are also a hot topic, as are the attacks on Serbia and New Zealand.

Slovenia is under attack at the moment, Croatia and France declared us as NE, we're at war with Italy, there's a good chance of several RWs in the Swiss regions. In your opinion, what would be the best way of handling this situation to prevent the worst from happening?
I'm going to be completely honest – I'm looking forward to the mayhem, because the members of eSlovenian community are as one when the going gets tough. If there's a calm, if we're only needed to help our allies, we quickly start to get into endless arguments. Now we just need to fight as good as we can.

Would you like to say anything else to the voters and members of eSlovenian community?
I'll let them be the judge on my abilities for the CP position. Take care!

Thank you for your attention!
FilthyMind