[POTEUS] ...Baby One More Time
Paul Proteus
Hello eCitizens,
It's been a while, so let's get to it~
Onwards and Upwards
First, if you haven't noticed, I am running for one final term as President of the eUnited States. There are campaign promises I have yet to achieve, and things I want to do, so I humbly ask for your support one more time.
So remember to vote~
I'm finishing my second term, I'm not going to talk about lofty promises, I'm going to talk about what we've been working on and what we have on the table.
First, I want to point you toward our recent executive media:
Have you ever wondered how our myriad training wars work and how to participate in them? Well our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Herr Vootsman, has put together a comprehensive guide.
Read the Rules for Efficient Training Wars here.
Speaking of Voots, our MoFa wears many hats, and also serves as Secretary General of Asteria as well. Our vMoFa Marine Le Pen interviews him here, to help keep our citizenry informed of what that role means.
Finally, thank Pfenix Quinn for his inimitable work on the WHPR these past two months.
Finally, if elected to another term, I wanted to talk a bit about changes to our team. Pfenix Quinn will be stepping back as SecMed, and Cthulhu., aka A^2, aka a good guy, will be taking over as our new Secretary of Media. Somehow Secretary of Fun, an entertaining and totally undefined cabinet position, has become cursed. I will be taking suggestions of any enemies you have to appoint to the role. Otherwise, next month I will do it myself.
A book about what keeps happening to people I appoint to Secretary of Fun
So what can you expect from another month of Proteus Presidency? I will continue to provide media from our Foreign Affairs team, demystifying the series of TWs and real wars that make up the game, I will get on our currently lagging interior department to try to fix the problems of underutilization of our current Q5 weapons program, and I will continue to do my best to make the eUS a good partner coordinating with our allies.
Also I'll put a pony back in the budget, just watch me.
Results from the American Community Survey
Last time I addressed the nation I introduced the American Community Survey, an effective way for me to give away boatloads of money, and for the American people to give feedback to their government.
What selection bias?????
So, I hope we get two things from this. 1. Regardless who is President next, I want future administrations to be aware of what the community wants. And 2. I hope this sets a precedent for future attempts at transparency.
To make this happen I'm going to share a representative sample of what people in the eUS had to say.
What people like:
-Everything
-Well, we are fairly good at TWs, except when our 'allies' forget to not win.
Whole lot of scrambling to save the day. That is why I always take anything offered, even if I have plenty. I figure it's owed to me for wasted supplies.
-Supporting the fighters with Weapons and Money...
-Being a good alliance partner (finally). Parties (mostly) starting to respect each other.
-posting battle win/lose
In other words, citizens do appreciate our work with managing our training wars, our current standing with our allies, and the tireless work done to keep Americans informed and coördinated in the national feed.
I think it's easy to forget the logistical successes we do have, and just how much Voots, Patanok, Thee Dude, and others do to keep the American machine running. I think there is a lot to be proud of, and our citizens' responses reflect this.
What can be improved :
-Better coordination on Epics for start of eWeek
-Periodic article on mundane things for new folks - (for things that haven't change can be just a pointer to other articles) like what are the safe regions (I've recently been asked this by a few different people), our TW partners and why half the country is occupied (been a few new folks & returnees that saw this as the eUS being in dire straights), current programs (like GIMP), which countries are our friends & which are our enemies, pointer to discord and what its for, pointers to various informative articles
-Advance notice on when a new war with Code is starting - so don't dump energy just before battle starts
-I long for the vibrant media of the olden days. No idea how to recover that.
-Allow new people in government positions.
-D 4 Epic Tuesday please
-Bring back the House Aid Programm but with a other structure that abuse can be prevented
Still, there's a lot than can be improved. Our communication on TWs has often been last minute to be generous, and while the lack of consistent and telegraphed Epics has long been a difficult complaint to address, particularly when we are struggling with real war battles that we have struggled to coördinate responses to, it is important to note this is a common and understandable request.
Many of these complaints are broader and about difficulties in the community that are hard to address immediately. I, however, am running for President. So, these are my campaign promises:
1) If anyone wants to be in my cabinet, message me, and I will bring you into as much as you have the time and desire to be involved with. We are too far into this game to be an elite, I want all hands on deck.
2) My first order of business will be fixing inefficiencies in our interior department
and 3) I will do everything I can next month to kickstart the community and keep the media inundated with the information that new players require. Let's get started on that last promise early:
Write, Die, Repeat
This game is a very confusing landscape for new players. There's no tutorial and much of the game and norms takes place either off-site or are rooted in community norms that have developed over years and years. It's also hard for even older players to know every facet of the game. Additionally, the media module, my favorite part of the game, is far more barren than it used to be, filled with articles from weeks ago.
So here's the deal:
Publish an article in eUS media that includes a guide for some part of this game, comment below, and I will send you 250k USD
This can be comedic, this can be short, this can be anything. Just write a guide, a guide to fighting, a guide to the economy, a guide to writing. Just publish something, and I'll send you money as well as a defunct Department of Education tote bag.
My new Secretary of Education is literally all of you
Alright, let's get to it~
Oh also, my favorite starburst is red...or yellow...Share yours below and I'll give you 5k usd.
Yours,
Paul Proteus
Comments
pertamaxxxx
Good luck!
o7
Poor ministers of fun, no one wants to cover that charge any more by now.
It's just me, or the party of Trite is the biggest ?
https://www.erepublik.com/en/presidential-candidates/country-24
I saw that...fastest growing party in the game xd
o7
Hit me baby one more time!
when I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign Tyler, give me a sign
the tote bag is actually made of paper, not bad actually
Proud n Horny!
o7
Published 2 articles
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/worker-s-rights-2758656
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/where-to-reside-2758655
The nation thanks you o7
piña colada starburst, def.
oh my god, I didn't realize that existed
we're original Starburst twins
Nice article.
Please appoint
Trite of The Northern Penguin Posers.
as your new Secretary of Fun
https://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/9546255
Grand Leader of the fasting growing Party in eAmerica
The moist awesome Party or now known as
maP
https://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/9546255
Do that and I promise I will vote for you, your next 3 terms.
You have outstandings goals for eAmerica.
And I support them.
But…?
If Trite wants to be my SecFun, have him PM me, I think we could definitely do something fun with that combo
I am sincerely hoping I am not stupid enough to do 3 more terms of this though
Why do you have hidden PaulGate scandals? are you planning to resign in a timely fashion?
None yet, but maybe we can invent some
Let me know if you need me to play a part in future scandals.
Favorite Starburst Dragon Fruit. o7
I gotta vote for my guy.
Pink starburst, dude. Pink.
I like your idea to call all citizens to be engaged in educating people at game mechanics.
Can I ask you what bring you to this decision?
Btw, great article and great updates.
Thank you 😃
Hi, sorry I saw this so late!
I think that so many of our citizens have been here so long that they have a deep wealth of knowledge, which can be an untapped resource. I really like the idea of crowdsourcing education then because it means people can write about what they really care about in this game, but also that more people are engaged and in media.
Great answer. I totally agree but i wanted to understand if we had the same idea.
Thank you for answering and, again, congratulations!