The Army Times Hits A Grand Slam!
Day 785, 17:06
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Dateline: Wednesday January 13 (Day 785)
Location: Quantico, Virginia, USA
Reporter: Lt Col George Armstrong "F-Bomb" Custer
Monday's Army Times article about eRep War Criminals drew a bit of attention. A respectable number of Votes, a few added Subscriptions, and a Comments list that shows how our eRep community is largely a fairly intelligent bunch who can express support and disagreement and present alternate points of view without degrading to snotty remarks and name calling.
I thank and congratulate all who contributed to that thread... Rodney King would be pleased to know, we're all getting along just fine.
That article has resulted in the Permabanishment of ALL the featured eRep Criminals, plus the honorable mention of having the swastika avatar removed from the Bonus eRep Criminal.
At least one, possibly more, eRep players followed through, using the Report hyperlink in the article to push the matter along.
Here is a letter which was forwarded to me and is published with the permission of the sender, a former fellow USArmy soldier and current USMarine, Helkz.
They are all banned.
This is what the admins sent me regarding the report.
"Hello,
Thank you for bringing this article to our attention. We have removed avatars where needed and banned citizens with inappropriate names. Please continue to report people who have avatars and names that spread hate and fear in eRepublik.
Regards,
The eRepublik Team"
See this nice little montage of screenshots, maybe it'll inspire you to get involved because, you see... taking action does work.
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Now... I want you to know that the "eRep Criminals" article was just to whet your appetite.
I had started off on another topic and got kinda side tracked, the foundation for my intended topic made a full article of its own.
So tune in tomorrow.. or Friday.. I think 2Lt Ralph "Pants" Vundu has something for us tomorrow, and I could use another day to flesh out the piece I really set out to write. If it's as controversial as the last, it might just run for two days for that little bit of added exposure.
And I have another little pet project I might run by y'all on Sunday.. it's done well in private testing, could be time for a pre-launch public test run.
Your Army Times paper is and is not a lot of things.. it is what it is.
We hope you like it enough to keep tuning in, and refer it to your friends.
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The Defense Intel Review by USArmy 2Lt Aeros
The Department of Civilian Orders' daily DoD paper.
The Jewitt Report by US President Jewitt
USArmy Enlistment Application:
USArmy Enlistment Application
Minimum Strength 9 and game rank of Captain
Links to and info about all USArmed Forces:
Join the US military, Save the world
Put me in, Coach! I'm ready to play!.
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Lt Col George Armstrong "F-Bomb" Custer
USArmy Public Affairs Office
Editor, The Army Times
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Location: Quantico, Virginia, USA
Reporter: Lt Col George Armstrong "F-Bomb" Custer
Monday's Army Times article about eRep War Criminals drew a bit of attention. A respectable number of Votes, a few added Subscriptions, and a Comments list that shows how our eRep community is largely a fairly intelligent bunch who can express support and disagreement and present alternate points of view without degrading to snotty remarks and name calling.
I thank and congratulate all who contributed to that thread... Rodney King would be pleased to know, we're all getting along just fine.
That article has resulted in the Permabanishment of ALL the featured eRep Criminals, plus the honorable mention of having the swastika avatar removed from the Bonus eRep Criminal.
At least one, possibly more, eRep players followed through, using the Report hyperlink in the article to push the matter along.
Here is a letter which was forwarded to me and is published with the permission of the sender, a former fellow USArmy soldier and current USMarine, Helkz.
They are all banned.
This is what the admins sent me regarding the report.
"Hello,
Thank you for bringing this article to our attention. We have removed avatars where needed and banned citizens with inappropriate names. Please continue to report people who have avatars and names that spread hate and fear in eRepublik.
Regards,
The eRepublik Team"
See this nice little montage of screenshots, maybe it'll inspire you to get involved because, you see... taking action does work.
Now... I want you to know that the "eRep Criminals" article was just to whet your appetite.
I had started off on another topic and got kinda side tracked, the foundation for my intended topic made a full article of its own.
So tune in tomorrow.. or Friday.. I think 2Lt Ralph "Pants" Vundu has something for us tomorrow, and I could use another day to flesh out the piece I really set out to write. If it's as controversial as the last, it might just run for two days for that little bit of added exposure.
And I have another little pet project I might run by y'all on Sunday.. it's done well in private testing, could be time for a pre-launch public test run.
Your Army Times paper is and is not a lot of things.. it is what it is.
We hope you like it enough to keep tuning in, and refer it to your friends.
:::
read, vote, comment, subscribe:
The USArmy Times, The Official USArmy Publication.
The Defense Intel Review by USArmy 2Lt Aeros
The Department of Civilian Orders' daily DoD paper.
The Jewitt Report by US President Jewitt
USArmy Enlistment Application:
USArmy Enlistment Application
Minimum Strength 9 and game rank of Captain
Links to and info about all USArmed Forces:
Join the US military, Save the world
Put me in, Coach! I'm ready to play!.
:::
Lt Col George Armstrong "F-Bomb" Custer
USArmy Public Affairs Office
Editor, The Army Times
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o7
Nice work o7
Exposing players who choose to represent themselves as RL War Criminals is just the tip of a much larger and more important iceberg.
Follow this series and learn how to help bust the cheaters and keep this game fun and fair for everyone!
07
WOOT score one for the Tea and Crumpets liberation front
o7
Where do you get all those hot chick pictures?
I won't argue with the admins decision to ban whomever they please. It is their directive and they can do as they wish. However, I am personally in opposition to banning people simply because of their username, and in opposition to the tattle-tale mentality of exposing them for banning. If we are going to ban certain names due to their offensive nature, where does the line get drawn?
I would rather see all names permitted. And equally permitted would be the ridicule and flaming of those losers who choose Nazi leaders.
If the Admins are going to ban every nick which could be offensive (or spread "fear" and "hate"😉, they will quickly find the population of the New World cut by many thousands.
In my own instance, I chose a nick which is partially designed to invoke memories of Mongol Hordes tromping through all of Asia.
for great justice!
Nice work!!
O7
TemujinBC, you missed the point Monday and you've reasserted that fact today.
Friday I'll bring this "unlawful or inappropriate citizen name" jazz to tie in with the larger problem of multi-character creation, a topic which I hope will interest you as it ill-affects all rule abiding players.
victory
custer, you never disappoint. i voted hard for this article. three times to be exact.
Yeah, clearly I missed the point.
Way to go F-bomb, another win for the eUS army!
Voted with all my multis 😉
we have a WINAR \o/
Great job!
Coach! If you're not going to play her, I'm going to have to! 😉
w00t! \o/
@ TemujinBC:
Your plea for freedom does not fall upon deaf ears. As citizen/users (or user/citizens) we bear a certain responsibility to use CLEAR messages delivered with good CANDOR.
Of course...pure LOGIC would be that simple BRUTE FORCE is the ULTIMATE display of a "CLEAR MESSAGE DELIVERED!"...our point being, that ALL things are by "😉EGREE".
As eHUMAN BEINGS, we must live together in ways that justify our very ELIFE(in the NEW WORLD).
While good communication is important...it is the ACTIONS that set citizen against citizen.
But WORDS ARE ACTIONS...Depending on one's "sensitivities", WORDS have the power to "affect" one ("susceptible"😉 citizen's delicate sensitivities...or to INFLAME those who are, "volatile"...and "pre-disposed" to violent thought or behavior.
And, SO it IS...that matters of such GRAVITY are ADDRESSED with a HIGH level of SERIOUSNESS...by those able to enforce STANDARDS OF EBEHAVIOR.
TemujinBC, as you DO acknowledge(at LEAST) the EXISTENCE of a POWER higher than your 'citizen'...wouldn't it follow that working WITH that "FORCE" would be preferable to jeopardizing good 'careers', "beautiful eLIVES...and (most of ALL) a FUTURE that may well offer a BETTER NEW WORLD!?!
Yes...this whole thing IS about "fantasy"...it's helpful to "turn-loose" imagination, when it is inclined to CONTRIBUTE to the great legacy of our Ehuman spirit...adding "😉imensions of Interest" to the ongoing and future experience common to us ALL.
Carlos M., Media Liaison Officer, Public Relations Dept., H.A.H.A.
Aeros, that's exactly what I've been thinking when I reached the end of the article! 😁
spoken like a true politician, Carlos M... a ton of words with all-caps flourish, I trust there's a message buried in all that.
Good article, better chick.
Very good post overall. I don't know how all this posting/ article creation is done.
What the f*ck.
Later you'll report citizen's who's name is "😉ick" or contains "😉ick".
Worst yet, report citizens with "Richard" in their name because Richard is a nickname for "😉ick".
W00ters for Army Public Affairr office!
Hip Hip, HOORAY!
Nice job 🙂 Vote
get a grip, KIPPERS OF THE MUD, on something besides your own...
read both articles. click on the links to the Rules and read them.
and if you still have a problem with the rules, and playing by the rules, take it up with eRepublik Admins.
you're whizzin' into the wind, brother.