[eRoxane 15] eGenocide and why ONE has won

Day 1,321, 13:03 • Published in France France • by cyrano24100


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Warfare and Analysis: ONE wins, all of eRep looses
I love Serbia (PANAM fan), and I admire Poland, but enough already -- we know they played the better game, now how do we move on? Are Brazil, the USA, Greece, Rumania, Germany, Italy and France going to be occupied (or rased) for the foreseeable future?

Only Russia, China, and Croatia are left on the map, and in light of the utter failure of yesterday's massive 36 coordinated RWs we might as well acknowledge that TERRA/EDEN has lost.

And why not, afterall the latest admin updates have done nothing but favor well-established populated countries and all small to mid-size nations are in danger of getting rased quickly by larger eCountries.


Admins, you loose!

The Italian Case - eGenocide
Italy after three months of occupation is a mess. The population is way down. and despite new updates that help rased countries (rased countries no longer have their market disappear, and can still elect presidents) any country that gets rased for a significant period of time is going to suffer what I call eGenocide.

New Italian players can't get Italian jobs if their country is rased! Admins should fix this. Again, I have nothing against Macedonians, or Slovenians; they played a good game and it's kudos to them for the feat of invading Italy... but for Italians long term it means eDeath; and this is entirely the admins' fault and their missed opportunity: think of all the eSuicides from youths who don't see opportunity in their country on eRepublik!

And the eItalians are not alone: Germany and Switzerland to name a few, and Denmark -- though arguably Sweden meant well.


eItalians, with hope in sight?


What's the solution(s)

I call upon the admins to introduce a bit of Cinderella luck, a bit of David vs. Goliath type of dynamics, fog of war... Sheer randomness is not what the large gamers like: they appreciate the predictability of the outcome but right now the game has no strategic element to help the underdog over-prepare against a larger foe; it comes down to straight math in the en😛 and the 36 coordinated RWs yesterday proved that! We need a sort of "random element", or Cinderella luck...

Second I'd ask the admins to change the 1 RW rule; One should be able to start RWs in every occupied province (if one has the cash to do so!) -- and perhaps you may want those RW to be a bit more expensive, but in the end it comes down to helping take down large empires. If the 1 RW limit is still in place, than at least allow for something to ease countries' ability to regain their provinces, say an NE-like bonus of 10% if your nationality is the same as the province being liberated.


Admin, give us some Cinderella luck (thanks Scarlett for illustrating)

The Republic of Paris (France)
I live in New York, but I come from the southwest of France (Bergerac), and I long advocated for France's territorial integrity: See, I referred friends who did not understand why their region (Aquitaine) was occupied.

People either gain courage, or loose hope when their home region is in enemy hands -- mostly the later if the government doesn't seem to be "doing anything" to change the situation.

Propaganda works, and right now in france there is no HOPE. there is no momentum for liberating any of our regions. Paris is a big part of France's identity and so the fact that Paris is free helps avert the Italian situation, We will probably not see eGenocide, but we are definitely NOT ready to pull ourselves out and as can be seen from stats, most of our citizens are not fighting: they are occupied and saving their Francs and gold for better days.

I raise a glass, and pray to Saint Cabernet, Saint Merlot and our Mother Syrah that France will be strong again, and that it's vines may grow strong and hardy! But it looks to me like we have to wait for an admin update to change the dynamic, because as things stand ONE is leading us to "GAME OVER"...



GAME OVER ...or how Cyrano sings it


You duck, you jump, you shoot, you crawl
You loose a battle then you loose it all
TERRA 'n EDEN have begun to fall
ONE has won, it's GAME OVER

You visa, cash and gold away
You spend on tanks, you buy, you pay
TERRA 'n EDEN are in dismay
ONE has won, it's GAME OVER

You pray, you beg, you hope, you know
You've failed your last, your final blow
TERRA 'n EDEN have nowhere to go
ONE has won, it's GAME OVER

Players keep hope, stay and play
Admins can't keep the game this way
TERRA 'n EDEN will have their day
but ONE has won, it's GAME OVER






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