Apparently this is spam
Fionia
The first version of this was deleted as spam. I don't know how that's valid. This is game-related, and a legitimate argument. There was even some interesting, game-related debate going on in the comments. But hey, if you want to call this spam, admins, I might as well actually make it so.
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There's a lot, a lot of bitching about the way the military skills were converted into strength. A lot of people focus on how some noob could get as much strength as you in 3 days/2 weeks/a month.
The counter-argument to this has been: "If you keep training, they'll never catch up! So what's the problem?"
That's all well and good, admins, but you failed to see the bigger part of the argument: you messed up when converting the strength. There are people out there who have lower strength than others. You can't just brush it off by telling us that you weren't originally going to make training worth 5 points a day. You can't blow it off by telling us that we won't fall behind if we just keep playing this game after you've screwed us over.
So let me walk you through this.
Let's compare these two profiles.
We'll start by looking at when each of them joined the game.
Ok, they were born on the same day.
A bit of history: Both have been consistently training. Neither has used gold training extensively. When the migration to v2 was made, Evry put all his skills into Air, and before the reconversion, was lvl 10 (2/3 of the way to 11), with no levels in any of the other skills. Fionia split her skills going into v2 between Tank and Air. Before the reconversion, Fionia had lvl 9 Tank (about 40% to 10), lvl 8 Air (90% to 9), and lvl 3 in both Rifle and Artillery.
So what are their strengths now?
Evry
Fionia
I don't think this needs any further explanation.
You can't brush this off admins.
Signing off,
Fionia
Comments
make an open letter about this, it much more effective...
I f-king love spam! 😃
spamamaxxx
You can't brush this off admins.
u be trippin, they can brush off whatever they feel like ^__^
The counter-argument to this has been: "If you keep training, they'll never catch up! So what's the problem?"
just to comment this again
this is LIE, and the reason is if you have registred 1 day before migration trained 2 times before it happened, and the oher player registred after it on the day of migration then that player who registred later would have bigger strenght...
im just wondering would they make me call it differently...
support
make an open letter, and you might be surprised at how many people will sign it
; )
go fiona!
"make an open letter about this, it much more effective... "
What?
Didn't see admins reacting to open letters...
CENSORSHIP!!!!
SPAM!!!
Fionia is right -- I'm about the same age and have way more strength than them, and have seen people younger than me with even more.
Previous article apparently had too much votes.
Support!
As I said last time... I don't mind sacrificing my strength if it means giving an incentive for new players to join.
Also, I still believe these articles are rather useless. Of course you're going to get a lot of "support" from disgruntled players, so the admins won't feel the need to pay attention.
They would pay more attention if you reacted formally, not with such public uproar that you threaten the livelihood of the game.
Tasty tasty spam
well my article was deleted right away when they changed converted strength days ago, i think i was the second article written about this issue but i can't say for sure seeing as maybe others were deleted...
I agree with Adam (a first) that this might be just a wasted effort and useless because they might delete it again...but at least its a way to show the admins how we feel (someone is reading and deleting them and must report how many he deleted that were about this issue) so it is not entirely useless... but the next change to fix this error might be even worse...
I say everyone buys an xbox, plays gears/COD/halo etc and we determine battles from there 😛
Your spam rocks
You have the best looking spam I've ever seen, Fi!
Silly Fiona... your article implies that admin is not the infallible god of the world... of course it is spam 🙂
and I ordered the spam, spam, spam, spam, eggs, and spam
Spam on!
I would love some green eggs and spam
Down with censorship!
Fi rox my sox ^.^
MOAR FEDORA SPAM!!! ❤ Fi!!
awesome spam fi
"They would pay more attention if you reacted formally, not with such public uproar that you threaten the livelihood of the game."
Bahahahahahahaha. Fionia's only a minor offender on those charges.
Spams awesome
spam, spam, spam, eggs, potatoes and spam.
looks like an informative News article to me.. educating the players, looking for feedback and maybe someone would show you some different angle on things.. looks totally game related, and not a "not through official channels" petition to the Admins.
unless we're not even allowed to discuss game changes openly among ourselves...
spam is tasty
If this is spam, call me Myles Davis.
lietk12, "minor offender" is subjective. She is inspiring others to take up arms against the admins.
GAC, it's not about "discussing" game changes. It's complaining about them. There is a difference.
I would completely understand if the original had been deleted under the "no public debates" rule. But calling it spam is just trumped-up BS to censor this.
A user reported it as spam, and the admins deleted it whether it was spam or not, probably because it violated one of their rules.
The official reason is "spam". The real reason is for probably a number of reasons, amongst those being that Rule 7, Section 2 matter I quoted in your previous article.
On a side note, these articles complaining about the decisions of the admins aren't helping people want to play eRepublik. Keep in mind that the new user will only see people complaining and not having fun.
That's one of several reasons why I want this to stop before it gets out of hand.
Reported for spam.. 😛
Adam Reese: Fionia didn't react "with such public uproar" as many others have done (i.e. she is "a minor offender" against your charge of such an act). Instead, she presented evidence and her conclusion. Go ahead and complain about the articles of others, but don't make a false accusation about what Fionia wrote.
They deleted it? Trolololol.
lietk12, she posted an article, and now she reposted it. I don't think that's being a "minor offender", but a repeat offender.
Repetition of an individual thing is irrelevant to the severity of that thing.
Yeah, that really didn't deserve deletion.
Publicly questioning the decisions of the admins does not allow smooth operation of the game itself, nor does it fall within the parameters of the articles you are allowed to create, as it crosses the line between real life and the world of the game.
In other words, it depends on who you ask, Spud.
down with the admins
Adam, quit sucking up to the admins. Also, most of the so called rules have been changed, so there is no longer a rule stating that we cannot object to stupidity on the part of the admins... after all we are the customers, and therefore admin works for us!
I'm not sucking up to the admins, Eric. I don't like the rules any more than the next guy. But, I respect those rules because that's how they keep the game flowing without chaos reigning.
Also, the definition of "filth" is vague enough where they can still penalize those who they believe are obstructing the smooth operation of the game, which could mean articles like these.
Finally, you may be the customers, but there is nowhere that's said that they have to put up with people that complain all of the time about the game.
If you don't like the game, don't play it. Simple as that.
Meow
Yes I can attest that this happen to me also.
I had such a nice comment with calculations in the deleted article :/
I WILL TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST THE ADMIN BECAUSE FIONIA AND ADAM REESE TOLD ME TO
Adam Reese: Public debate is encouraged. The only thing we are not supposed to publicly debate is individual or group sanctions. Those should be taken to the contact form. It's right in the old rules.
Public debates in the forums are one thing, Jythier. Doing so in eRepublik articles is another.
Whether or not Fionia will be penalized for this article remains to be seen, however.
Really? I don't remember seeing the 'different rules for articles' section. Can you link me?