Brains, Drains, and MobileCPs

Day 2,117, 17:47 • Published in Canada Spain • by Wilfie

A look back at the long road behind us...

Greetings Misters, Misses, and Mouses,

Today I read the following statement in an article by JonathonEdwards “Election Day Concerns”
“The dynamics of our current CP election have me concerned - two things in particular.
The first one is DMV3, an eCanadian of less than 2 weeks. How can the eCanadian community be so quick to put their hopes and trust in someone they know - personally - for such a short time?”

I have to agree that the same question crossed my mind. Not really in a worried way, but more just as a “Well, isn’t that strange” kind of way.


For me, the “waaat?” factor begs the question: “How do eCanada’s past presidents stack up as current citizens?” To answer that question, I crunched the stats from the election page:

List of Past eCanadian Presidents:
June, July 08 - Adam Sutler: Multiple eCanadian
Dec 08 – Tom Hagen: Dead eCanadian
Jan+Feb 09 – Zanalan: Dead eCanadian
March, April, May 09 – Bruck: Dead eCanadian
June, July, Aug, Sept 09 – J.W.Carpenter: Dead eCanadian
Oct, Nov 09 – William Duncan: Dead eCanadian
Dec, Jan 10 – J.W.Carpenter: Dead eCanadian
Feb 10 – jbdivinus: Permanently Banned Canadian
March 10 – Chucky Norris: Living eUSA
April 10 – Dereck Harlan😛 Dead eCanadian
May 10 – nea milosu: Living eCroatia
June, July 10 – Dade Pendwyn: Dead eCanadian
August 10 – Acacia Mason: Living eCanadian (Recently Returned)
Sept 10 – Rolo Tahmasee: Living eCanadian (Recently Returned)
Oct 10 – Alias Vision: Living eTurkey
Nov 10 – Fox Blutch: Dead eCanadian
Dec 10 – TemujinBC: Living eIndonesia
Jan 11 – Wes Lewis: Living eUK
Feb 11 – KronosQ: Living eCanadian
Mar, April 11 – J.W.Carpenter: Dead eCanadian
May 11 – Kazuo Leblanc: Living eCanadian
June 11 – Rolo Tahmasee: Living eCanadian (Recently Returned)
July 11 – Sperry: Dead eCanadian
Aug 11 – Wally Cleaver: Dead eCanadian
Sept 11 – Kaptain Kid😛 Living eIreland
Oct, Nov, Dec 11, Jan 12 – Addy Lawrence: Living eTurkey
Feb 12 – KronosQ: Living eCanadian
Mar 12 – Acacia Mason: Living eCanadian (Recently Returned)
April 12 – Trenton Rendell: Living eCanadian
May 12 – Sperry: Dead eCanadian
June, July 12 – Rylde: Living eCanadian (Recently Returned)
August 12 – J.W.Carpenter: Dead eCanadian
Sept 12 – Wally Cleaver: Dead eCanadian
Nov, Nov 12 – Derphoof: Living eUSA
Dec 12 – Foxfire: Living eCanadian
Jan 13 – Rylde: Living eCanadian (Recently Returned)
Feb 13 – Colonel Sanders: Permanently Banned eCanadian
March, April, May 13 – Homer J. Simpson: Living eUSA
June 13 – Oinyo: Living eCanadian
July 13 – Pat Harper: Living eCanadian
Aug 13 – klop123: Temporarily Banned eCanadian

Total elections: 45
Total Presidents: 31
Total Living Presidents: 18
Total Dead/Banned Presidents: 13
Total Living Non-eCanadian Presidents: 9
Total Living eCanadian Past Presidents: 9

Currently living eCanadian citizens who were once our presidents:
1. Acacia Mason
2. Rolo Tahmasee
3. KronosQ
4. Kazuo Leblanc
5. Trenton Rendell
6. Rylde
7. Foxfire
8. Oinyo
9. Pat Harper

Total Born and Bred, Never Left Home, Tried&True, YaddaYadda eCanadians: I don’t know, you tell me


When I first took on this funny side-project, I thought: “46 elections, wow that is a lot.” I figured there would be a large number of past presidents to track. Surprisingly, as I worked through the first couple years of data, there were very few past presidents living in eCanada.

When I got down to a total of only 18 living presidents, I was surprised that so many past presidents were no longer even playing (38%, to be exact). Then, I calculated that only 28% (9/33) of past presidents were still living and currently residing in eCanada as citizens. Even more strange, there's an even split (9 to 9) between those still playing that remained here and those that left.



So, 72% of those who once were our forefront leaders are not here, dead, or in some ways banned. It’s a surprising track record. At first for me, it did seem odd that a player with only 2 weeks of citizenship in eCanada could become its president so swiftly. However, when I look over the past records and tally up the numbers, DMV3 is the 10th living president to currently have eCanadian citizenship. After 46 elections and 34 presidents, coming in at #10 on the list is either a great political feat or a rather sad statement on eCanada. I choose to be optimistic and welcome DMV3 to do his best and keep the words of alarmists in the back of mind for now.

We seem to accept without alarm that many of our superstar politicians have left the game and the country. I mean, we all know that Canadian actors, comedians, singers, hockey players, lawyers, doctors, and so on leave Canada to gain fame and money south of the border. It naturally feels odd that a superstar from the States should want to come here to make it big. It’s all backwards, right?

So if you start thinking it's odd that the last two presidents spent most of their game in other countries (eUK and eUSA), just remember:

9 players

That’s all there is left of our past political leaders. Gotta wonder what kind of brain drain is going on in this game and how can we put a stopper in that hole.


UPDATE: eUSA Stats and Comparative Analysis

After reading the comments, I updated the 'Recent Arrivals' to eCanada and then thought about which country to compare eCanada to. Naturally, eUSA seemed like the best choice and eUK would be the next choice if I go that far (or you could crunch the stats...lol).

Here are the figures for eUSA:

Dec 08 – Benn Dover: Permanent Ban eUSA
Jan 09 – Justinious Walbergson: Dead eUSA
Feb, March 09 – Uncle Sam: Permanent Ban USA
April, May, June 09 – scrabman: Living eUSA
July 09 – Harrison Richardson: Living eUSA
Aug, Sept 09 – Emerick: Dead eUSA
Oct 09 – Gaius Julius: Dead eUSA
Nov 09 – Battle Kitteh: Living eUSA
Dec 09, Jan 10 – Jewitt: Living eUSA
Feb 10 – Battle Kitteh: Living eUSA
March 10 – PigInZen: Living eUSA
April 10 – Woxan: Permanent Ban eUSA
May 10 – Harrison Richardson: Living eUSA
June 10 – Chocolate McSkittles: Dead eUSA
July 10 - Bradley Reala: Living eUSA
Aug, Sept 10 – St Krems: Dead eUSA
Oct 10 – Illya the Great: Living eChina
Nov 10 – Alexander Hamilton: Dead eUSA
Dec 10 – Battle Kitteh: Living eUSA
Jan 11 – Haliman: Living eUSA
Feb 11 – Batoa:Living eUSA
March 11 – Glove: Permanent Ban eUSA
April, May 11 – Emerick: Dead eUSA
June 11 – Glove: Permanent Ban eUSA
July 11 – Blank Keating: Dead eUSA
Aug 11 – Coxswain McGillicutty: Permanent Ban eUSA
Sept, Oct 11 – Alexander_Auctoritas: Living eUSA
Nov 11 – GoalieBCSC: Living eUSA
Dec 11, Jan, Feb, Mar 12 – Oblige: Living eUSA
April, May 12 – Artela: Living eUSA
June 12 – Israel Stevens: Living eUSA
July 12 – Evry: Living eUSA
Aug 12 – GloveIsLove: Living eUSA
Sept 12 – Israel Stevens: Living eUSA
Oct 12 – Henry Pfeiffer Arundel: Living eUK
Nov 12 – Coxswain McGillicutty: Permanent Ban eUSA
Dec 12 – Inwegen: Living eUSA
Jan 13 – fingerguns: Dead eUSA
Feb 13 – John Killah: Living eUSA
March, April 13 – Vanek: Living eUSA
May 13 – Artela: Living eUSA
June 13 – Tenshibo: Living eUSA
July 13 – Paul Proteus: Living eUSA
Aug 13 – Oblige: Living eUSA

Total Elections: 46

Total Past Presidents: 37

Total Dead/Banned Past Presidents: 12

Total Presidents Living in eUSA: 23

Total Presidents Living Outside eUSA: 2
-Henry Pfeiffer Arundel --> eUK
-Illya the Great --> eChina

Comparative Study:

eUSA Presidential Survival Rate: 62%
eCanada Presidential Survival Rate: 29%

But then Goran mentioned that 3 past presidents returned, which would have made the survivors as low as 6 out of 31. It seemed interesting to crunch that number, too:

eCanada Presidential Survival Rate in August: 19%

Wow, 19% versus eUSA's 62%!!!



I wondered if it was something to do with the game, like once you become president you win the game and see no reason to keep playing. After looking at eUSA's numbers, that doesn't seem to be the case. I suspect it is eCanada's lack of economy and bonuses. More digging would reveal these facts, but that's enough mucking around in the dirt for today. Time to get outside to play for real.