Meet The New Commander of The Dutch Armed Forces
Shawtyl0w
Dear citizens of the Netherlands,
In this article I'll tell you a little something about the new commander of the Dutch Armed Forces also known as DAF.
In the past few weeks our president Odan has ordered our old commander to step down and hand over his command to the current Minister of Defense, Tim Veltkamp. Due to several reasons which I don't want to talk about to much our at the time commander Weekstrom refused to hand over command before the intentions of the president had been made clear to him. It came down to a vote of our congress members, resulting in the appointment of a new commander.
As second commander of DAF I feel an obligation to my fellow soldiers and eNL, but also to our new commander. I'll support him the best way I can. DAF (being the top MU in eNL) should be a place where new and old players can fight for our country knowing they don't have to worry about any political or personal issues between others who hold a powerful position.
I'd like to present to you, Tim Veltkamp!
Who is Tim Veltkamp?
Well in Real Life I live in Australia, we immigrated here when was I was 10 or 11. I still speak and read Dutch just fine, though the writing it a bit of a problem.
I joined eRep early 2009, v1, which was completely different game back then. Got involved in MoFA as Ambassador, then later on in MoD. I stayed in MoD consecutively for a year if not more, as General which handed out most of the supplies etc. Secretary and Minister.
What kind of commander would you like to be?
I'll try to be there as much as possible for all of the soldiers, whether that be for support or simply orders. I may not have all the ins and outs on everything MU related yet but with continued support from everyone it will be fine, we are all in this together regardless of political alignment.
Have you had any captain, 2nd commander, commander experience in the past? What roles did you perform back then?
Other than Private MUs, no. Back in v1/Rising I did a lot of stuff, handing out supplies daily/multiple times a day to reorganising our armed forces. Most of the oldies will remember hopefully!
Do you have a personal message for the soldiers of DAF?
Well first of all I would like to thank Weekstrom for his continued contribution to DAF. Secondly, I know it might take some people some time to accept me and that's fine, but DAF is the heart of our eCountry and we need to keep it strong together. There will also be a couple different changes here and there but most things should remain the same.
Tim, Thank you very much for answering these questions. I believe that the people that didn't know you before you became MoD this month will have more confidence in you as commander.
Wrapping up this article I'd like to add a little something about my personal position in the past few weeks. When Odan ordered Weekstrom to step down as commander and hand over command of our MU I sided with Weekstrom who asked for reasoning. In the next few days Congress had to vote twice, once for Tim as new commander and once for Odan having the power to relieve our commander. I found myself between the law and my heart. I considered Weekstrom to be in his right, he approached the occurring problem from a democratic perspective. I voted against Tim as new commander of DAF (nothing personal), and against Odan having the power to relieve a military commander to step down just like that. Our law has its loopholes and is open for interpretation but I guess they will never really disappear. As you might have noticed reading this article I encourage everyone to support Tim as new commander. I believe this is in the best interest of our country. Now you know my position in the past few weeks and my motives for the future I hope those of you who just like me sided with Weekstrom think about our future and look forward.
Signed,
Shawtyl0w
Comments
o7
Welcome back and good luck Tim 🙂
Thanks for the update Shawtyl0w.
o7
Thanks for all your work Week 🙂
Very good article!
I also voted against this replacement in a similar manner to Shawty. Mainly because I feel our CP firstly should have shared this with congress at an earlier stage, and should have given congress more information afterwards. I'm still not really convinced of the need to replace Weekstrom.
But these votes for sure are nothing personal against Tim, and he definitely deserves a chance to serve as commander with all of our cooperation!
True, he needs a chance. Yet the way Week was set aside was a shame to our country. And as I stated below; I don't see Tim having any experiencce fighting, nor leading our troops in the field wher Week was the major force along with epix for eNL.
Indeed, I also have been defending Weekstrom a lot on the forum recently...
And I've asked whether epix had been approached, and the answer was a simple no, without further action afaik. Epix with his high level of activity is an obvious candidate.
Let's give Tim a few weeks, and judge him on his command skills then.
This is how the congress in eNL lost the little credibility that some day they had
So Tim has experience handing out supplies. Thats a relief....
Yet I can't deny I was kinda hoping for someone have different experience. In the field for instance where he, by the looks of it, hardly ever did anything...
Almost 7 years old, "already" a Legendary force** with a total of say 430 mil dmg (something our old commander does daily), 30k strength (almost 12 str/day) and an "about me" thats talking about the law.
Sorry, but how on earth can he even remotely qualify as commander of the core MU?
Back in the day the game was different, with way less XP and damage. And right now a low XP strategy is not unwise for those not yet in D4...
These in-game military stats do not mean a lot.
Important things for the commander are also "boosting morale", accurate orders, high activity... If Tim manages to do these things he is a good commander regardless of his fighting.
Tim started with a daily MoD article, and now sets prio's anytime I message him I receive a reply within a short period of time(talking minutes/few hours). Commanders and MoD are working together trying to create an efficient objective coordination process. Our regiments will also be reorganized every 1-2 weeks based on activity of our soldiers.
I think Tim is doing really well, he will never be the military powerhouse.
Right now that fits indeed Djirtsdew. Yet i can't help having the impression he never really played the game. I'm way younger, don't fight a lot yet have higher rank and way higher strength. So I estimate he's a forum player mainly.
Also, and I forgot to mention it before; As he lives in a different timezone and sleeps during our evening he will be unavailable during prime time...
Well, that's not right Daan. I know Tim longer then anyone else in this game and let me tell you that Tim stays up, or come out of bed earlier when it's needed. I had a conversation with Tim and Odan last Sunday from 1500 until 2000 Dutch time...
I think our prime time is after 20:00 AI. But lets wait and see. Based on the visible statistics however it does not look like a wise choice.
ever clicked on that little book icon?
I'd say he actually has played this game. whereas you seem to be one of the people not playing, but just clicking.
now that's fine, not everybody wants to play the full game. but don't just judge a book by it's cover.
Yeah like djirtsdew said, the game was different in v1 and even more so in Rising.
I actually had pretty high strength and rank in v1, top 15 of eNL. Then Rising came and completely screwed me over in that regard along with others, so we gave it another go. Only to find out that Rising was complete garbage. So once they finally got around changing the military modules I got screwed over even more. Haven't bothered since.
So before saying I hardly did anything take into account the 7 years of playing several different versions of this game and admins idiocy.
@odan; I play the game, not the forum and as I don't have that much time I want to spend on it I wont join politics, nor a role as captain or something like that. as that would need you to be on a lot more.
@Tim; Sounds frustrating. Yet having played it way shorter I'd say you should have had all the opportunities, more than myself, to increase for instance your strength. not doing so seems to me like not using the given potental within the game. But thats just my view. just like trying to get an impression based on visible stats is of your potential as commander.
the forum is part of the full game. if plato actually managed to implement a good working one, we would have used one erep made.
and politics is a huge part of the game.
Well, as Plato didn't implement it its no part off it. Its something the community made themselves odan. And politics in game indeed is a part of the game, just like economy, or whatever's left off it. And most players focus on one aspect off it. Tim, like you, focusses on politics. At least I think Tim is as I never heard off him before. Sure I've seen posts off him, but never actually act.
Should he have more experience "in the Field", just like you seem to lack a bit we would for instance not have redicoulous actions like an AS that AM posted about in the MU feed in which we don't stand a chance nor is funding used for it wise. But that would also require financial skills that seem to lack. unless you tell me its all funded by Orion?
Voted!!!
Good luck Tim! And thx to Weekstrom for all the work he has done for DAF!
Weird choice
Not Qualified
By a mile
In your dreams
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Yeah not even close to be a commander with his stats !
so you think an MU commanders only qualification is being able to point the gun at the right direction and shoot often?
I'm I correct interpreting this as you stating that the MU commander needs to be a succesful BH hunter or a D4 Titan capable of billions of damage? Or is this to black and white? (I'm not judging here)
No odan, but it helps to know how things work and when's the right moment to try matters. That's something Tim seems to lack due to his stats. Same goes, to a lesser extend, for you. Not saying I know better, but for sure a player like Week, Epix or NoTie nows way better.
Maybe he should be active -.-
maybe he actually is active, but you are the one that is not....
He is not active at all Odan, this is just another of your cries to get what you want, what a shame
But if you got friends it seems even the biggest retards can get in
I'm crying of happiness, this is impressive, no words
Thanks to Weekstrom for all the work he has done for DAF!
quote "So once they finally got around changing the military modules I got screwed over even more. Haven't bothered since."
if this is a statement of activity ....... i get very curious how it gets to be when he will be inactive...... a MU commander that states that he didn't even bother to try and strenghten up in the past.... isn't the right choice in my perspective.
But hey thats just a personal opinion and hope he will prove me wrong.
My strength has no impact on me leading this MU.
nope but shows ur interest in the war module , doesn't it ?
As a commander you should be an example for the rest of the MU, and a commander with such little interest in a war module ..... isn't it for me sorry
Like i said i hope you prove me wrong......
Ad hominum, ad hominum everywhere...