A Congressman's Spiel
Eamonn DeValera
Evenin' all,
So....A fairly turbulent two weeks have gone by in eIreland, admins may even go as far as saying, pornographic. A pretty crazy and from my own point of view, tiring and a lot of time, hurtful few weeks.
I want to clear up a few things with those of you who now think of me as a liar, cheater, a butthurt fool etc....*profanities* !
I do not and never wished to make enemies on here, especially since I came back. I came back after a long absence a few months ago for one reason, to share the poetry of my deceased girlfriend.
Now some of you ask, why not publish it in real life? Or get a blog? etc.. That’s all well and good for you to say that but let me explain.
This is the reason why I post her poetry here on erep and share it with you.
I don’t know any of you personally, you don’t know me. Nobody in my RL, that I know has seen these poems, other than those mentioned in my poems. Only Maria and I and you have ever read all of them. Why? Because, they are the type of thing that is so personal and dear to you that you find it hard and even embarrassing to show your friends or family. Maria did read one to both our families around the dinner table one day but she never let on to the family that she actually wrote it.
These poems are extremely personal and let’s face it, showing them to family and friends would be a bit embarrassing and even mortifying, however, sharing them with you, total strangers to me is somewhat easier. You dont know me and you didn’t know Maria, so you can take her poetry in your own way. When I read them, the first thing I wanted to do was share them, to show how amazing and wonderful she was but I couldn’t. I didn’t know what reaction I'd get from friends and family. So, I thought of erepublik, a community of strangers.
I new by posting them on here that some of you would understand why and you do, but some do not.
I hope you can understand now.
Orangejuicemmm, I have no problem with you or anyone here for that matter. Sure I dislike some but I have learned to forgive and forget. I respect you for you no bull approach and your constant will to go against every aspect of the law. 😛
I must admit, the maddog thing was actually funny, saying that at the time would have pretty stupid move from a sitting T.D. I hope you can see how important these poems are to me and respect that, I have 4 left to publish, I'd like to be able to do that...
Marcus Suridius, the way you spoke to and about me was fairly shocking. I did not think for one second you were like that. However, we got on pretty well before this and I'd like to go back to that. You’re a trojan worker and I have tonnes of respect for your IDF work but dont turn into a rogue, you’re too good for it. Bury the hatchet?
Maddog Jones, we had a good time in South Africa if you remember the South African Legion? I grew to like you a lot then and we chatted a fair bit. I’m not sure why you seem hell bent on making things here as hard as you can for me but come on, I’ve no argument with you.
Padraig Pearse, what can I say, I think your a gas man but please stop reporting the poems if your doing it man, I have only 4 left to publish. Try reading them maybe, you might understand then. How about it?
And to all the rest of you who report and slate Maria's poetry, I do hope now that you can see why I post them on erep and I hope you can respect that for the sake of 4 poems.
The Celtic Tiger affair.
Ach, I am so sick of this.
Here is what happened in a few bullet points.
- I received a screenshot from a friend showing CT and Padraig Pearse talking about Maria.
- The screenie upset me a lot, I wanted you all to see the true CT, the man you would soon have as your leader. I felt it was my responsibility to make this public. It was not about a stupid election, I was sticking up for a dead loved one, nothing else.
- CT PM'd me with a heartfelt and genuine apology which I accepted and we moved on.
- Certain people (you know who you are) blew it out of all proportions. I received some disgusting hate mail, was spoken about in ways I cannot repeat and could not believe. There was no need for it.
- I was portrayed as a liar and mudslinger. Some of you seemed to think it was a last minute attempt at sabotaging the election for the IUP. I cannot believe how small minded you are. I assure you, this had nothing to do with the IUP in fact in a poll the day before the election, I stated my support for Celtic Tiger on the IUP forums, and my fellow party members will confirm this.
I now wish to make peace with you all. I am not asking for apologies but merely to be respected as a human being who has been deeply hurt by all of this.
I ask you all to respect the poems I publish as well, I hope you understand why.
Thank you,
Bryan
Comments
Publish that stuff in an anonymous blog then. Have you not read the erep ToS? You're not allowed to publish articles that have no relation to erep or it is spam.
In fairness though Iain, the ToS is complete and utter *expletive*!
Respect, I over-reacted myself.
Thanks for clearing the air
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Subscribed and I look forward to the last four.
My apologies.
@ Orange and Maddog, Thank you very much. 🙂
If you play a game, follow the damn rules is all I'm saying. Filling the game with your own personal RL stuff is just stupid. I can understand you being embarassed to show your family. If you really want to share poetry for personal emotional reasons, get a blog. Don't spam erep with it.
First one that I saw, I was just browsing the Irish media (I browse all english language media). I read it, thought it was (tbh) crap, and posted saying so. I then got a wave of PMs from various people explaining who had written it and the RL situation surrounding it. I don't want that crap when I'm playing a game. I don't want to worry about whether stuff I'm commenting on was written by someone's dead ex-gf. That's not why I, or anyone else, plays the game. If you want honest opinions of the poetry, then make a blog. If you don't, make a blog and turn off comments.
But don't spam the game with that crap.
With respect Iain, go away.
I've been writing for years and only recently shared any of it to family and close friends. Kit published some of them here before 😛
jus saying
i dont report ur poems man
:/
@ Digits, really? 🙂 well then you fully understand why I chose to publish here. I must see some of your work..🙂
@ PP, ok, thats grand if you didnt. 🙂
i think its stark but not sure tho
"I now wish to make peace with you all"
No need to make peace in my direction. I respect that you shared these poems with us, but I stand by my comment in another article, that other people ought to see them. They'd make an inspiring contribution to Irish poetry. (As far as I know you're from Ireland IRL). Anyway, I like them 😉
Iain Keers is a poo head. Pun intended.
I hear ya Ginge, i'm just not sure now is the right time to do that. It's too soon after he death but some day perhaps..🙂
I'm glad you like them.
/me shrugs
I'll go away when you stop spamming the game with rubbish.
Ian, go love someone see how it makes you feel, before that move out from your mum you lifeless spa
"jus saying
i dont report ur poems man
i think its stark but not sure tho"
It's been Igor Thunderbrow
Spamming? If this is spamming, I'd hate to see what you'd make of all those "gold 4 free" ads. Let's not forget our dear friend (may he rest in peace) Arm whatever number. Or is it okay if it's in an erepublik context? Just wondering.
I hear ya Bryan. Sometimes, it's those you don't know who you can tell the most personal things. Not that you should go giving your bank account number to the man on the street though... 😛
Bryan keep doing what your doing, if you enjoy it(which you obviously do)
it add's a personality to the game, which is great nd speaks volume about you..
people talk about a dead media module then we need more creators in it.
art is art no matter where it's inspired from or where it's going..
hey collins o/
come back to ireland brah
lead us again
"I'll go away when you stop spamming the game with rubbish."
I publish a poem every 3 - 14 days, thats hardly spam. And they are only rubbish in your opinion, but your entitled to your opinion however, I'd ask you to have some common decency and refrain from commenting/reporting the poems from now on. Show some little bit of respect.
Thanks all for the comments. 🙂
Keep publishing them. It is not spam. You force noone to read them.
By our very nature it is impossible to share only 'in game' things. We all have preconceptions, desires and issues that define the way we play.
Anyone reporting the poems should take a step back and ask the question: 'What's the point?' You gain nothing by reporting them, you lose nothing by ignoring them.
@Iain Keers: If you actually read the ToS you'll see that admins(Plato as he is now know) reserve the right to delete anything without any real reason. So if that's the kind of regulation you're willing to follow, I'm p sure I can help you reach a record number of Forfeit Points in a few days...
@Bryan: just mention something about eRep at the beginning or end of the article, for safe measure.
Iain
I'm not a big poetry fan in general tbh.
But noone forces me to read them.
If I do read them, I feel no compulsion to comment slagging them off.
I don't feel any need to report them either, as they are anything but offensive.
If you don't like them, move along. Simples.
"Ian, go love someone see how it makes you feel, before that move out from your mum you lifeless spa"
I'm not sure what this is supposed to say, since it doesn't make any sense. But I have loved people in the past. I don't splurge my RL problems all over the game though. I like to think if I left something as personal to my loved ones, they wouldn't choose an online MMO as the place to immortalise it though.
It is spam. It's like me copy-pasting any song lyrics or poetry and publishing it in an article. How about we flood the media with stuff like that? It's stupid. The only reason anyone considers it remotely valid is that it was written by someone you know IRL. Cool story bro.
Voted 🙂
@Ian Keers
If you don't want crap while playing this game, stop commenting.
we know you're not a bad guy Bryan, Iain is a poo-head x2
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Wtf is Iain spamming the comment section?
Iain Keers.
For a man, giving out supposedly philosophical reasoning for what a game is for, your not very clever. If you haven't noticed, real life is exactly the reason us Irish and British don't get along. Do you need that in writing?
We'll drop Bryan's poems, and Northern Ireland when you drop your eKings/Queens, join Ireland and convince every other sod who brings RL attitudes into this game that they shouldn't. If your stuck for a target, try eIsrael.
^ Try eIsrael x2
Ive never even commented on an article before, and this one made me. To OP, keep doing what your doing man, forget the ToS if this is what you need to do. And to Keers, if you don't like it, don't read it. Problem solved.
voted.
Keep publishing Bryan. If we were not supposed to make this game personal then why allow us to have avatars and names? Country one vs. Country two with player 1 vs. player two. If you were publishing poems written by a former player would the admins have an issue? We support you Bryan.