Dear citizens of Ireland and the World - Part 2
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by Kumnaa
So the cat got out of the bag a little earlier than we had hoped.
As most of you are now aware the UK vs. Ireland war was infact a cunning ploy to boost activity in both our nations.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/forum/topic/103138/the-nitnaa-agreement/1
Originally only the top members of government in the UK and Ireland knew these plans but as the launch got closer the officials from our allies and friends were informed. I did not even inform my congress until after the attack had been launched.
I'd like to thank everybody that knew and played along and Nith who agreed to the plan despite knowing there may be backlash.
This has been the most fun the UK has had since French Toast and once the adrenaline dies down I hope the Irish will realise the same thing.
The battle has ended early at the request of the Irish so now everything can go back to normal.
As you were!
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That was a fun little jolly; moar plx.
That was a good idea 🙂
at least many people got into it.
I like your style
It was fun. Lol. People got too upset about it.
Well I was boosted into activity. I know there is contraversy over this but I (being a eUK citizen) personally enjoyed it. Thank you eUK and eIreland.
It appeared as though we could easily have conquered Ireland. I imagine that they are not happy with how poor their readiness was.
However, can we have a real war sometime, please, Mr Prime Minister?
I lol'd I admit, but I'm not sure if this act did good to the already scorned UK public image. UK😒 crusade deceived the whole world and that will certainly hinder your future alliance plans, unless you want to be alone in your island.
Fun is an important factor in eRepublik, I as a Finn know it, as our nation is in the middle of nowhere and left outside when natural resources where being handed over. We even have an entire ministry, which I run, dedicated to amuse our citizens through various in-game and other activities like national football league, chess, billiard and other games.
But is it worth to upset the whole world, threat the Wargame of your allies (at least the older ones) and make the poor people of Ireland to waste their golds to defend their island?
Sure it was fun, but some consequenses will undoubtly follow.
Jolly good show, eUK! Our war with treacherous eGermany has resulted in great baby boom.
Hopefully our relationship will recover and eUK will receive a place in eWorld it deserves.
We'd have been better off actually invading for real, all this messing around, all the beurocracy is bullshit that no-one except politicians are interested in. It's no good sitting around making allies if you don't stir things up and put those allies to the test.
Tinkering with the war button is only going to end up in the eUK public not trusting the people higher up. People fought for real in that war, I was one of those people myself and to know that I spent hard earned money on a weapon that was never truely used makes me lose my faith in our President, Congress and the officials. What has come of our leaders when they keep secrets from the people who will be voting in a few days!
I wasn't very pleased with this war, but everything to protect the Kingdom.
The pictures made me chuckle.
>>Lord Ruprecht
We could have told you but then it would've have served any purpose.
After spending all my cash on weapons and hopping it over the Ulster border only to find it is a training war...
Forty pounds out of pocket and only a little nearer to my Captaincy is all I get.
Can't we have another Operation French Toast or a Dutch Courage or Mashed Swede?? I would even make do with an Irish Cream!
I enjoyed it.
This certainly doesn't bide well, our own government lying to us, however, you still have my support, kumnaa
I think people are getting too upset over this.
Take it at face value. A veiled training war. Nothing else.
It was merely a test of how quickly we could react when called to arms. Which is generally a benefit for our nations.
i don't wanna be in a toy army. You promised me ePaddy blood, not this. But, health went up and used my big guns, so all good.
Can we train on America next?
Just another thought, ever seen that film Valkilrie. The homeguard stunt seems similar to this.
Maybe someone is planning a coop.
kisses.
Well now. Like some other posts in this thread, I am actually out of pocket with this "phoney war" and feel a bit cheated. Even though I was dubious about the war, I took it as my "duty" to respond and spent my own money on weapons with the effect that my wellness and finances are now depleted to no good purpose!
Not entirely pleased about this.
If you ended up with lower wellness than you started with, you have no-one to blame but yourself. Use some common sense.
ajholman, that is not the issue I'm sure. People thought the war was real and spent their money on weapons that they wouldn't have otherwise bought, had they known this was only a training war. The other, more important issue is that of being lied to by those who are supposed to be our leaders...
I'm sure it was exactly the issue I was responding to.
Get over it.. it was fun..you will recover your gold and your wellness over time eh..
Bloody stupid idea. What a waste of resources. Shouldn't the government be spending more time on remedying the fact that eUK wages are appalling after so much government interference in the economy?
Trust is difficult to win and easily lost. Way to go el Presidente.
I will post here what I posted in response to a comment on my own newspaper today:
"Support for the UK government, at home and abroad, is at an all-time low, tentative discussions regarding an alliance with the USA have begun, and the threat of invasion by PEACE is greater than ever. The government, rather than attempting to repair the damage caused by the previous administration, has instead elected to distribute disinformation to its own citizens, reinforcing the widely held belief that our politicians are feckless and untrustworthy, jeopardising our foreign relations and leaving the country depleted and confused whilst imminent disaster looms on the continent.
"This is the worst possible thing that the government could have done at this time, short of actually invading Ireland."
You WASTED your money on weapons? You're ranking up from the +damage, and you sure as hell gonna need those +20%'s when it comes to a real war. Why would you fight after hospital? lrn2fight, lulz
Ok, apart from the comments about people learning how to fight probably (which seem justified in some cases), I have to ask this simple question; why did we need to have a fake war in the first place? Unless the powers that be can enlighten us, I just don't figure it out. I mean if told, most, if not all would have fought, thereby gaining some good combat experience. Why lie or obfuscate. Knowing the issues many citizens have had with the governments of the last few months, what brain box in the current government thought it a smart idea to create a fake war, knowing that it may cause uproar in the public. Added to that, the very real fact that people, under the impression the war was real, spent hard earned cash. In that context, one can understand people's obvious frustrations...
YAY for being butt hurt over nothing. Come on people, this was a good spot of fun, and one of the reasons I am happy to see Kumnaa in office. Good job Kumnaa and keep up the awsome.
It was pretty fun, stop complaining
Should've captured it and let us get involved in a resistance war.
Good idea, but some people are now pissed off.
Who ever wrote this is an idiot because they used the wrong knew.
"UK and Ireland new these plans"
Suppose to be a eNational newspaper as well...
tut tut.