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大家好，花心又來了！

這次我專訪的對象不是eROC的國民
而是神秘的羅蘭大

我相信許多eROC的國民對他並不陌生
如果你有加他好友，也會發現他幾乎每天都有拿到BH或CH
也常常以英文在我們的文章底下回文
偶爾卻又用中文回覆

點進個人檔案才發現他不是台灣人，也不是中國人
反而長期在日本生活
最近又移民南韓去~

這樣的一個玩家到底是什麼樣的一個人呢？
同時，我也請他幫我們描述一下日韓的情況~
讓我們來看看吧！

PS：這次的訪問是以英文進行
所以中文是我翻譯的，很不通順還請包涵~
有誤也請指正~感謝

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傳說中的羅蘭大 -- roland_up


1. 有暱稱嗎？

我不覺得我有…(譯按：那就叫羅蘭大吧！XDD)


2. 什麼時候進入遊戲的呢？

2009/8/1


3. 在真實世界裡是什麼身分呢？

我是住在雪梨的澳洲人，明年要進入研究所，在這段空檔賺點工作經驗和小朋友，我們家有一半是中國人，我也在學校讀了點中文，這是為什麼我看得懂中文，不過老實說，我的中文很糟糕，所以我必須寫英文放進翻譯機裡才知道怎麼寫。


4. 為什麼選擇成為日本人呢？

我小的時候很喜歡看動畫，這裡的電視也常常播一些流行的卡通，雖然現在已經沒有這麼多。我也喜歡日北料理，像是拉麵、烏龍麵、鯛魚燒，但澳洲這裡不容易看到也很貴！(譯按：我十年前去澳洲也看過神奇寶貝…XDD)


5. 在日本的時候，做過哪些事情呢？

大多數時間，我是一個商人。我應該只當過三次議員，儘管我在日本超過一年了，我並沒有進入議會很多次，這是因為我認為不一定要參與政府才能夠有所貢獻或讓這個社會進步，我看過很多人參選議員，提出很多重大承諾像是創造嬰兒潮或者其他等等，但通常都只是空頭支票。

在朋友Metic的幫助之下，我們接管了一個叫做Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)的廢棄政黨，並讓這政黨從只有兩個黨員成為前五大黨，我們藉此來幫助新手，也嘗試讓這個社會更加活耀。我也成立過幾個公司，包括一個少見的高工資Q5麵包廠，但其實那時候，我們也試著讓價格降低。


6. 能不能描述一下你眼中的日本？

在我剛開始遊戲的時候，我並不認識日本裡的任何一個人，我只是一個三擊黨同時試著了解這遊戲怎麼玩，然後我加入了DPJ，一個很不活躍全部都死人的政黨，我開始認真玩這個遊戲，然後慢慢認識遊戲裡的人。當我認識了更多人，我發現大多數人都不是真的日本人，只有少數幾個而已，但他們不說日文，反而用英文與其他人溝通。

然而，這是個非常棒的國家，雖然我們是只有大概300個活人的小國家，但我們有很多活動。就算我們並不強盛，但我們試圖走在對的路上，像是「幫助南韓抵抗Theocrats的PTO」、或者「放掉九州讓美國經過去解放PEACE的殖民地」，即便我並不是都同意上層的決定。

但在V2的時代裡發生了很多事情，這遊戲變得複雜使很多玩家不開心並放棄，這對日本的影響很大，很大部分的老玩家離開了遊戲，卻沒有新血補進來，日本變得真的沉默且不活躍的地方。


7. 請描述一下日本與南韓之間，從以前到現在甚至到未來的關係

日韓之間的愛恨情仇從我加入前就開始了，所以我無法告訴你我加入前的故事。

當我加入時，基於在保護南韓不被PTO的原則下，南韓完全在日本的統治之下，這也是雙方都同意的協議；我加入後不久，南韓決議要再次獨立，而我們也讓他們起義幾個區域，使他們恢復獨立。不幸的，一個有高度組織的PTO隊伍，Theocrats，在南韓還沒有國會的時候抓到機會進入了南韓，由於他們的數量與力量，日本被Theocrats打敗了，所以Theocrats開始統治南韓，而原本的南韓人都四處奔散了，有的來到日本，有的去了美國等等…

幾個月後，Theocrats決定要離開南韓回到歐洲，南韓又再次取得獨立，得以掌管自己的國家，許多在日本的南韓人也回到他們自己的國家。這時候，PEACE/PHEONIX漸漸離開亞洲，日本也開始從中立國家慢慢傾向EDEN，但南韓還是中立。這很重要，因為幾個月後，日本對南韓宣戰了，這背後有很多原因，像是：無聊、資源與太過自負等等，當日本輕鬆地打敗沒有系統又脆弱的南韓軍隊時，情勢改變了，南韓與俄羅斯簽了MPP，南韓奪回他們所有的領土，這次戰爭之後，日韓之間的關係變得正常，而第一批真南韓人也空降了南韓。

新進來的真南韓人與原本在南韓的老玩家有些疙瘩，而FSR也在此時移了很多很多人進南韓，在2010年12月選舉後的某一天，FSR利用在議會的優勢彈劾了Grease，並從真南韓人手中奪得政權。一個月後，在日本反PTO的協助下，rythemdj打敗了Clopoyaur贏得選戰，但這使得Clopoyaur帶了更多人來南韓，選戰也被操控。於是南韓執行了一個大膽的計劃：與eROC和日本合作，讓兩國暫時佔領南韓國土，藉此與FSR談判。

不幸的，在Alfagrem的幫助下，FSR在簽訂協議前便幾乎趕走了日本，使日本無法幫助南韓人；另一方面，Clopoyaur 給了eROC兩塊地作為和平協議。此時，某些南韓人決定離開南韓到日本來。接下來的幾次選舉，FSR不只PTO南韓，更PTO了當地居民所屬的政黨，於是，一些日本人跑去幫助南韓人；不久後，Clopoyaur給了eROC第三塊地作為幫助換首都的代價。

接著，真南韓人的嬰兒潮開始了，並且在議員與總統選戰中獲勝，選戰之後，CLopoyaur運用他的議員數目與真南韓人談判，簽訂了一個「力量交換協議」。就在幾個月前，eROC與南韓的軍演爆發成一場全面戰爭，在中國的幫助之下，南韓幾乎被滅國了，日本便與南韓簽訂了MPP，以便幫助真南韓人。在ONE淫威掃蕩歐洲、美洲與亞洲時，eROC接受了停火協議，停火後的一兩天，日本人與南韓人在南韓創造了可觀的嬰兒潮，使之一個月便增加了將近6000人，有了這些新住民，南韓人從FSR手中奪回了政黨，並開始阻止他們進入議會。眾所皆知的，就在上禮拜，加拿大決定侵略日本，在協調之下，南韓很快地移動並阻止加拿大的進一步攻擊。

此時，我認為兩國之間有很好的關係。但他們的統治方式是不一樣的：在南韓，有著很繁忙的管理，且他們是一大群年輕人；在日本，卻有著少量但有經驗的玩家，且被同樣的一群菁英所統領。我不能預測未來，但我希望南韓人持續發展他們的年輕玩家，並且在一年之內便能成為遊戲中強大的軍隊；而日本，曾經被danyeo比喻為退休村，只有一些老玩家拖著步伐走來走去，我認為日本正處於很多問題之中，而且也已經在問題中很久了，我希望日本能找到一些動力慢慢進步。


8. 有多少政府官員在日韓當中重疊？

我不知道這問題的意思，danyeo是唯一一個在兩國都有政府官位的人。


9. 接著上題，你認為日韓能為對方做決定嗎？

他們都自己做決定，他們唯一合作的地方是外交政策，但這是盟友都該如此的。如果你看看其他國家，他們也有獨立的軍隊、獨立的福利服務、獨立的移民政策等等


10. 再問一次，你認為日韓是不是個別獨立的？

這跟上一個題目是一樣的，而你會在我身上得到同樣的答案，你也可以問同樣的問題：在六個月前，日本與美國是不是為自己做決定？畢竟那時候他們走得很近。或者你也可以對中國與eROC問問同樣的問題，曾經他們也非常親密，你們前任的國防部長Kirk.Xu也在中國當過兩個月的國防部長，你可以刻意挑出這個點並妄下結論，但那將會是一個邏輯上的錯誤。


11. 你同意日本未來需要更多真日本人嗎？

日本需要更多的人口，這是毫無疑問的！


12. 為什麼這次南韓要把日本滅國？

當時我們征服了關東，也終止了加拿大對日本的NE，但有小道消息說，加拿大將嘗試使用不同的戰術去奪得水果，也就是在我們佔領的日本區域起義，那麼他們可以再次NE日本並獲得他們想要的水果。加拿大擁有比南韓與日本都還要強大的軍隊，而且FSR可能站在他們那邊，我們處於一個非常艱難的位置，我們和日本還有軍演，也不知道什麼時候加拿大或FSR會發動起義。

在軍演的剛開始，我們的MPPs輕鬆的贏了戰役，情勢對日本很不利，我不知道誰實際上下了滅掉日本的決定，但我被告知說決定是來自日本那邊，而他們只想快速結束軍演；然而Grease之後在公開大喊日本改變了心意，我們必須保住日本，但那時候已經太慢了，我們已經7-0而最後一局是60-40，我試著開坦克，但在MPP一直進來的情況下沒有任何影響，我們在挽救四國的努力上是沒有用的。

很多人說我們是為了資源才滅掉日本，但這完全不對，因為我們已經歸還大多數土地，包括被加拿大征服的那些，我花了500G在這場戰役上，而且這還只是我個人，當然，花這麼多G才拿到那一點點資源根本就是不符成本的生意，得到一個公民身份只要花5G，不是嗎？


13. 呈上題，所有日本公民都知道他們要被滅掉了嗎？

這個你就得去問日本人了，我沒有到大多數活躍玩家待的日本IRC去看，但我猜沒有，如果他們公布了他們的策略，不也是告訴了敵人戰爭的計畫？當你的敵人知道你要做什麼的時候會發生什麼事？

當前陣子eROC被南韓滅國時，eROC有告訴所有的人民他們讓南韓滅國，所以之後可以比較容易奪回土地？如果這麼做，不就是冒著讓賽亞人打敗南韓，然後獨自吃掉eROC所有土地的風險？


14. 再承上題，你認為藉由議會能解決這次問題嗎？

時間是當時最重要的關鍵，日本並不是在兩國的爭執下被滅國的，我們在許多不同的壓力下。

1. 我們選擇不打後，戰爭還是會自動發起

2. 我們MPPs比日本MPPs多，使我們很難阻止日本被滅國

3. 加拿大與FSR已經比我們強了，如果我們繼續浪費傷害在軍演上(保護日本不被滅國)，我們將很難在起義戰戰勝他們，所以軍演必須以某一種方式結束。


15. 你會再回到日本嗎？

應該是不會了，日本在我離去之後已經改變很多，我仍然想念在那裏認識的朋友，但有些事情已經變了。


16. 其他想說的話~

首先，要謝謝你的好奇，在你們的媒體豬很難找到南韓或日本的觀點，其實我讀很多eROC的報紙，而且我發現在日韓這方面有很多問題，他們都寫得很好，但卻不一定是事實，很多作者讀日韓的文章卻沒有去找證據證明，很多的文章都是個人觀點與揣測，也因為如此，有時候便會誤導其他人去相信並不存在的事情，結果，便造成很大的誤解。

我覺得揣測，或是更專業的說法「政治評論」是好的，但前提必須根據事實，如果不是，那將可能轉變成你想像中或者恐懼帶領的噩夢般的場景。


17. 更多想說的話~

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18. 最後一個問題，你在eROC有很多朋友嗎？

我認識一些eROC的人，有些是我做rythemdj總統的顧問時認識的，像是aibocow, sisko and ReStar(很想念他的文章)。我對sadanaga也蠻熟悉，尤其是他總不能停止拿BH章。我認識chenglap，我們曾經有一些良好的溝通，雖然我們也許永遠不會同意對方 😃

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1. Do you have nicknames?

A: I don’t think I have any......


2. When did you join the eRep?

A: 2009/8/1


3. Who are you and what are you in RL?

A: I am a RL Australian living in Sydney. At the moment, I am having my gap year just to get some work experience and $$$$ before doing Postgrad next year. Half of my family is Chinese, and I also study some Chinese at school, so that's why I know, but my Chinese is terrible TBH, and I often have to write something in English before put it into the translator to find out how to write.


4. Why you choose to be Japanese?

A: When I am small, I like to watch animation, and the TV over here also aired some of their more popular cartoon. Not so much now though. I also like Japanese food a lot, ramen, udon, taiyaki cake are some of my favour, but it is not always easy or cheap to buy over here.


5. What have you done when being in eJP?

A: For most of the time, I played the role of a businessman over there. I think I have only been a congressman 3 times. Despite being in eJP for more than a year, I didn’t get into congress very often. This is somewhat due to my belief that being in government isn't the only ways to contribute, or make the community better. I saw many people who ran for congress, and they made big promise of what they will do, like creating a baby boom, or others things, but most of them never materialized.

As an independent, with the help of my friend, Metic, we revived a previously dead party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). We turn a party with only 2 members into a top 5 party. We used the party to help out new players, and try to create a more active community. I also run quite a few companies in eJP, included one of the few Q5 food company that offer high wages, but at the same time, we also tried to drive prices low.


6. Could you illustrate the eJP in your opinion?

A: When I first started in the game, I didn't know anyone in eJP, I was just another two clicker trying to figure out how the game works. Then I joined DPJ, an inactive party with really dead people in it. I took the game more serious, and I slowly meet some other players.As I meet more people, I realized most of the people are not RL Japanese, there are a few Japanese around, but they don’t communicate in Japanese, instead they communicate with the others in English.

But, it was a pretty nice place even though, even though we are a very small country with ~300 active citizens, there were a lot of activities. Even we aren't very strong, we tried to take the righteous path, such as "Helping our eSK to fight the Theocrats PTO group", or withdrawing Kyushu to allow eUS to pass through to liberate the PEACE colonies in Asia. Though, I didn’t always agree with the leader's decision.

But a lot of things happened in v2, the game became too complicated and a lot of players became unhappy and quitted. And this affected eJP a lot, as a number of older players exited the game, and there were no new blood coming through. eJP became a really quiet and inactive place to be in.


7. What's the situation between eJP and eSK from past to now or even future?

A: The love/hate relationship between eJP and eSK started way beyond my time. So I can't tell you what happened before I started the game.

When I started here, eSK was completely under eJP’s control, basically this is an arrangement to prevent eSK from being PTOed which both sides had agreed to it. Not long after I joined, eSK decided they want to be independent again, and we allowed them to RW a few regions to regain their independent.

Unfortunately, there was a group of highly organized PTO group, known as the Theocrats, and they took this opportunity to gain eSK citizenship during the time when there was no congress (that's the rule at the time). Due to their number, and their military strength, eJapan was defeated by the Theocrats. So, the Theocrats begun their rule in eSK, and the original eSK scattered, some went to eJP, and some went to eUS, etc...

Many months after that, the Theocrats decided to leave eSK, and move back to Europe. eSK regained its independence as the Theocrats transferred power back to the original eSK community and left, and many eSKers left eJP to go back to their own country. At this time, eJP slowly drifted from a neutral country to a Pro EDEN country, as PEACE/PHEONIX is being driven out of Asia, while eSK remained neutral. This is important because a few months after that, eJP declared war on eSK, there are many reasons behind the decision, e.g. boredom, resources, egos, etc... While eJP easily defeated a very unorganized, and weak eSK army, things really turn around after eSK signed an MPP with Russia. eSK regained all of its territories on the mainland.

After the war, the relationship between the two countries begun to normalize, as the first wave of RL Koreans came into eSK.

The RL Koreans newcomers had a fall out with the eSK's older players, and the FSR started to move more and more players into eSK. One day after the December? 2010 election, FSR used their congress majority to impeach Grease to take the presidency from the RL Koreans. The next month, with the help of Japanese ATO, rythemdj was able to defeat Clopoyaur in the election. But as Clopoyaur brought in more people in eSK, the election was all by gone. In a daring plan, eSK cooperated with eJP and eROC to temporarily occupy all of its territories in an effort to force the FSR to a negotiation.

Unfortunately, with the help of Alfagrem, the FSR drove the Japan out and almost wipe them out before they signed a peace deal that barred Japan from helping the eSKers. In a separate peace deal, eROC was given 2 regions by Clopoyaur. Some of the Koreans decided to leave eSK to come to eJapan. In the next few elections, some eJapan citizens went to help the Koreans, as FSR didn't stop at just PTO the country, they also PTOed the party formed by the resistance. Not long after that, Clopoyaur gave eROC a third region in exchange for the help of moving the capital.

The RL Korean babyboom started, and they narrowly defeated the FSR in the congress and presidential election. After the election, CLopoyaur used his congress number to negotiate with the RL Koreans for a power sharing agreement. Just a few months ago, the training war between eROC and Korea had erupted into an all-out war, and with the help of China, eSK almost got wiped, eJP signed decided to sign a MPP with eSK to aid the RL Korean.

With ONE forces swapped through Europe, America and Asia, eROC accepted a ceasefire, about 1-2 days after the ceasefire, the massive babyboom where is supported by both eSK citizens and eJP citizens rocketed the population to >6000 for around a month. With these new citizens, this enable them to take over the parties headed by FSR members, and stop them from running for congress. And of course, just last week, Canada decided to invade Japan, with good coordination, eSK move quickly to block the Canadians from advancing further. And the moment,

I think the two countries are sharing a good relationship with each other. But they are governed very differently, in eSK, you have a very busy administration, and they have a very large but young population. In eJP, you have a small and aging population that has been dominated by the same group of elites. I can't predict the future, but I hope the Korean community would continue the hardwork to develop their young players, and within one years time, they could be a formidable force in the game. Japan, once described by danyeo as a retirement village, where only the veteran players move there for a bit of trolling. I think eJP is in a lot of trouble, and they have been in trouble for a long time. I hope they will find some motivation somewhere to improve themselves.


8. How many government officials are overlapping in eJP and eSK?

A: I don’t know what the question mean. danyeo is the only one who has a government position in both countries.


9. Following with previous quetion, do you think eJP and eSK could make a decision for each other?

They made decision for themselves, I mean the only thing they are collaborating are foreign policies, but that is what allies do. If you look at other areas of government. They still have a separate military, separate welfare services, separate immigration policies, etc....


10. Once again, do you think eJP and eSk are independent or not?

A: This is the same question as the one above, and you will get the same answer for me. You can ask the same question regarding whether eJapan and eUS could make decision for themselves at about 6 months ago, since their relationship was pretty close.

Or you can ask the same question regarding whether eChina and eROC could make decisions for themselves, since once again eChina and eROC are pretty close, to the point where your former MoD Kirk.Xu was eChina's MoD two months and we can cherry-pick that and draw conclusion purely based on that, and that would be a logical fallacy.


11. Do you agree that eJP needs more RL JPer in the future?

A: It need more citizens, no question about it.


12. What's the reason for eSK to wipe eJP this time?

A: At the time we conquered Kanto, we also ended the Canada's NE with Japan. But there were rumour that Canada will try a different tactics to get to the fruit region, namely to RW the Japanese regions that was held by us, and then they can NE Japan again to get to the fruit region they want. Canada has a much stronger army than us and the Japanese. And with the FSR is probably going to side with them. We were in a very difficult position, we have the TW where we are fighting the Japanese, and we have a RW we didn’t know when the Canada or FSR will start.

At the start of the TW, things were already looking pretty bad for Japan as our MPPs were winning the battles easily, I don’t know who actually make the decision to let eSK wiped eJP, but I was told the decision came from Japan and their justification was to end the TW quickly. Because Grease (our president) later shouted Japan has changed their mind and we have to save it, by that time, it was too late, it was 7-0 to us, and we were winning 60-40. I tried to tank, but it didn’t make any impact as the damage from our MPPs keep coming, our effort to save Shikoku was useless.

A lot of people said we wiped them for the resources, but that just doesn't make any sense since we have already given them back most of the regions, included those which was conquered by Canada, I personally spend over 500g on this war and that is just me. Surely, it is just bad business to spend a huge around of gold to get a few more resources for a couple of days. I think getting a new citizenship only cost me 5g, isn't it?


13. Following, did all(most) of the citizens in eJP know they gonna be wiped?

A: that you have to ask the citizens of eJapan, I didn’t go to the Japanese IRC where most of their more active people would stay. My guess is no, if they announce their strategy in game, wouldn't that be the same as telling your enemies your battle plan? What would happen if your enemies know your moves?

When eROC was wiped by eSK recently, did eROC went and tell all(most) of the citizens that they allowed eSK to wipe them so that they can get back on the map a lot easier? If you do that, aren't you running the risk of allowing the Serbians to defeat eSK, and take all of the ROC regions by themselves?


14. Following, do you think the problem can be solved through congress?

A: Time was the issue in that situation, eJP wasn't wiped because of any sort of disputes between the two country, we were under a lot of different kinds of pressure.

1. The game will automatically start the battle even if we don’t want to fight after a certain period of time has passed.

2. Our MPPs > Japan MPPs, which makes it difficult for us to stop them from being wiped.

3. The Canadians and the FSR are already stronger than us, and if we continue to waste damage on the TW (e.g. trying to save Japan from being wiped), it would be very difficult for us to beat them in the RW. So, the TW must be stopped one way or another.


15. Will you come back to eJP in the future?

A: I probably won't, eJP has changed a lot since I have left the country, I still miss the friends I made in eJP, but something has changed.


16. Something else you want to say~

A: Thanks for the interest first of all. It is hard to get an eSK’s, or eJP’s point of view in your media. I mean I read a lot of newspapers in ROC, and I find a lot of problem with them. They are very well written but a lot of them are not based on fact. A lot of writers read their articles without any evidences that support them. A lot of writings are based on private hunches, speculations, and because of that, sometime it misleads other people to believe in something that doesn't exist, and as a result, it creates a lot of misunderstanding.

I think speculations, or in a more professional term, "political commentary" is fine if it based on fact, but if it is not, then it can turn into whatever nightmarish scenario as far as your imagination or fear can take you.


17. More you want to say~

A: ｡ ◕ ‿ ◕ ｡


18. Finally, do you have lots of friends in eROC?

A: I know a few people in ROC, some of them from the day when I was the advisor for president rythemdj, like aibocow, sisko and ReStar (miss his articles btw). I knew sadanaga quiet well, especially from the BH medals he can't stop getting. I knew chenglap, and have some good discussion, although we probably never agree on anything 😃

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非常謝謝羅蘭大~真是認真的玩家啊！

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