All the King's Horses and All the King's Men...
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by Jhorlin
Gentlemen,
I am highly disappointed today. With the reactivation of the military module, my faith in the eRepublik admins is stronger than my faith in our current military leadership. This is a sad day indeed.
1. Military Orders
Whether you agree with them or not, whether they're aimed at you or not, vote them up. Having orders in the top 5 is key to a surviving military, as they can be edited and updated and remain in the eye of the public.
The fact that 16 hours on, the MoD orders are ranked 6th with only 68 votes is indicative of one of 2 things:
-incompetence: Command are unable to distribute orders and have them voted by their troops
-laziness: Command are too idle to vote using military orgs
Given that around 50-60 military orgs exist (I should know), one of the above statements is true (or our military has dropped to a membership of 18 people).
This is not acceptable.
I'd also emplore anyone considering sticking a vote to this article (thank you by the way), to stick a vote up for the MoD orders.
2. Supply Problems
We've known V2 is coming for a while. Even during my term, firm preparations were in place. Then, after release of Rising, Command have had over a week (almost 2) as a grace period, in which to organise their infrastructure, organise their troops, organise their supplies, and organise their suppliers. It is a great disappointment to be reading reports all over the place that this is not taking place.
Quite simply, Command need to be firm with people. It always comes down to people. Resourceful people can get the jobs done.
One of my regrets from my term as CGS is that I was too lenient with people, giving them the benefit of the doubt. Half of those are still present in command, doing very little. I ask this to our current leaders: do not make the same mistake. There are a large number of people holding honourary positions that should not be in the command team.
This is not acceptable.
3. Unit Sub-Orders
I've also seen some discussion that sub-unit orders are not giving our troops their full potential. This is just silly.
Our current commanders have a gift: an organised armed forces. There are 5 branches in existence, each with 4 regiments. These are the building blocks of your military.
Not only do these sub-units exist, but each has a Commander responsible. This is so simple. Pick an active commander, who is able to distribute orders to his men. If they can't be there all the time, pick a 2/IC to delegate some tasks to.
This is not complicated, and considering the building blocks are all there, if it isn't happening, it's the fault of the people.
This is not acceptable.
4. Fortress London
For King and... London?
Considering our Prime Minister earlier stated that he can produce a good quality hospital in 3 days for a price of 50G, this dogmatic sticking to fortress London policy is ridiculous. Although I suspect he has done it for party political reasons, let's look at the facts of the matter.
London is key to our economy, I do not challenge this. However, we have been invaded before, and although it was a gargantuan effort to move people back to the capital, it happened. We went from having a split population across the regions, to our fortress London. It can be done again. If people don't want to do it again, that screams of laziness.
Secondly, London will not fall in a day. Aside from our Phoenix allies and our own resources, the regions act as a buffer, giving some time to defend London if need be. It worries me greatly to see our Prime Minister stating that he will surrender all regions other than London without any real fight. Where is his resolve?
Thirdly, returning regions helps people get involved. Not only does it go part way to solving the ridiculous mobile voting monopoly that currently exists, and bring us closer to democracy, but it will also help with player retention. Regions are a great way to micro-manage people, just as Branches or Regiments in the Armed Forces. People can get involved with their local councils, get involved on their regional forums, and use it as a stepping stone to national matters.
To see archaic practices continue in this new version is disappointing, and it shows a lack of competence.
This is not acceptable.
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In conclusion, Command need to pull their socks up and start leading from the front. The eUK military is quickly losing a well-earned reputation. Sort it out boys.
Jhorlin
Former Chief of the General Staff
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You expect everything to run perfectly on the first day? We made mistakes yesterday, and will try our hardest not to repeat them.
Lol ITA: Jhorlin Bawwwwwlin
Fire him for insubordination? Oh wai-
Genuinely dissapointed. Unsubbed.
Good article
I agree with some of your comments, but definitely not all of them, i was at the military strike last night and will admit it didnt go well, but the an example of positives is the RA coming together and making the most of it for much needed experience, and i know first hand there has already been changes to guidance for future battles, progress may have to be trial and error but we will ofc get there.
Oh and hey look i didnt just flat agree with or troll an opinion just because it was made by a member of my own party or different party respectively luckily all parties do this... Oh wait !!
(that was aimed at eUK politics not single parties)
ignore jamesw, he's a terrible troll.
ITT: the president and his lackeys disregard criticism as baaawing, though that's typical in this day and age in british politics
I love this - just let jhorlin back in, that'd be better, isn't that your point?
Arrogance much?
ITT: the president and his lackeys disregard criticism as baaawing, though that's typical in this day and age in british politics
So criticism of criticism being disregarded as bawwwing is completely different?
I wasn't going to say it in public, but meh.
The way to fix problems isn't to publically try and make people look stupi😛 if you genuinely have concerns, then perhaps you should bring them up with command and offer solutions to them directly, instead of trying to be seen as the disgarded genius. Your article isn't to help, its to portray command as inept. I'm not the biggest fan: indeed i've bawww'd at them for the last few days: but instead of writing ill considered articles, I engage with the system, offer my help and try to improve things, instead of just complaining from my armchair.
Point 1 wasn't a problem today.
Point 2 wasn't a problem from what I heard, and I didnt even hear anything about it yesterday either.
Point 3 was delt with and the new system worked great today, it was a rather fun experience despite the bugs and slow start. 🙂
Anything else you would like to add? ^__^
Clever title.
You had a chance to vote in someone who can actually lead!
I agree with your article, moving everyone to London is the dumbest idea ever.
Nobody even thought of the adverse effects this has on the economy, due to the fact that 50% of companies are outside of London, we now have crappy paying jobs, a messed up economy and some good regions gone, hi5 to our past prime ministers!
I totally agree with MoD orders, and possibly the distribution of orders to the military as well, since I feel we can give 1 set of orders to each level (Army and SAS) and stay co-ordinated.
RE: Raw Mats - I believe we are still at the donation stage since the MoW is starting to get the old military iron + titanium companies running in Russia. Donating 10xQ1 raw mats at a time mat be putting people off, although this is a flimsy excuse at best.
Fortress London is tricky, I'd like to see us fortify that place heavily, 1xQ5 and a some Q3s, but we can, and perhaps should alternate between deploying them in outer regions and in London to make sure London is prepared as well as some key outer regions (Scotland for example).
@Joshua Whelan - you can work in companies outside of London if you live in London, so that is not an issue. Also, in the past moving everyone to London was an excellent idea, and without it there may not be an eUK today, so yes, HI5 Dishmcds, Karacticus, GLaDOS, jamesw and Woldy.
Nobody even thought of the adverse effects this has on the economy, due to the fact that 50% of companies are outside of London, we now have crappy paying jobs, a messed up economy and some good regions gone, hi5 to our past prime ministers!
The vast majority of our companies are in London.
Sorry to butt in eUK, but he has a point...but so does jamesw when he says dont do this stuff publicly...