The Frustration of Running a Resistance In Erepublik/Huvudet i Sanden!
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by Grev Per
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Comrades in the resistance. If you do not post on the resistance forums I highly encourage you to sign up now.
http://www.erepublik.dk
If you believe you wish to fight for Danish independence we also would like you to sign up for those forums and let us know. (If you are able to, and want to, join our party).
Our Swedish brothers are welcome to form Snapphanar units and join us. 😛
What we need is commitment. I do not believe that Sweden will want to grant us independence. I've heard there was a discussion in the Riksdag on Danish independence, but if it's the one that was published recently, it's very disappointing. Of course perhaps this has much to do with the uncertainty around V1.
However that's not the most annoying thing about the resistance. It's close. But not quite. Let me continue.
It's bigger than it's ever been before. (Maybe it was slightly bigger but not by much). The size of this resistance party has absolutely no correlation to activity, article writing, the creation and re-starting of our own forum or any of that. So that much is cool I guess. I wish the snow ball effect was more effective. People still join our old board forums, god knows why or where they get that link. But that too, is not what annoys me.
It's the absolute inability of the game to sustain a resistance. The mechanics of resistance only feed into apathy and boredom. The longer it takes before independence the higher the ratio of this. This also has very much to do with the fact that almost all hitherto wars have been fought by enormous countries against tiny countries. Which makes the chances of a successful resistance remote.
And really how does that correlate to real life? When has it ever been easy to occupy other nations over long periods of time without severe drain of resources and a high amount of political unrest?
Leaving Denmark with two choices.
1. Appeal the fuck out to the international community and spam the internet. Cannibalizing in game players is rarely a successful strategy, and spamming the internet is never a successful strategy. Also apparently I never ever spell the word successful right according to my spell check. But it uses an imperfect British dictionary.
2. Cut a deal with Sweden. This is an unfortunate argument as EVERYONE CAN SEE WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BARGAIN WITH. It would be nice if we could keep that oil region. That's pretty much the only thing we'd have. Ugh. The thought already annoys the hell out of me. I think negotiating with Sweden will be similar to Hitler negotiation with Franco. Hitler said of those negotiations that it was something like "going to the Dentist with no pain-relief." I mean we have a vague threat of violence. "ooh be careful Sweden we might temporarily screw with your economy and health bars!" "oooh be careful Sweden you might have to click THREE times a day."
3. If we chose to fight with Sweden it would have to be done in coordination with international brigades. And we would really have to try really hard to convince any neighbors to invade Sweden at the same time.
Damnit Alexis I want that pipeline!
Really it has always seemed like an insurmountable task. It's fucking annoying. The elimination of smaller countries is equivalent the elimination of individuality in this game. Smaller nations were where a person could shine and you were charged with the task of building them up. If you have no nation, what is your motivation? People continually ask why we can't just integrate into Sweden. Let me paraphrase something I just read
"It didn't matter how hard I tried to create utopia, these people just fought harder for their right to live in hell."
-Superman, Premier of the USSR, Red Sun, Else World comics.
With no nation this game loses it's life. It's a game based on nations. You are an individual but also a member of a community. Now I'm a member of a shunned minority. Wee.
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As a citizen of an ex-communist country IRL living both regimes I can say that is much better living this hell.
Understandably! It\'s the same with colonialism. All colonies have broken free only to face poverty and hell. But they did it anyways. All colonies. And the remaining communist countries are required to continually allow people to own various consumer goods to keep them occupied. Or else!
I support a free Denmark.
Why?
I would hate if eSweden was conquered.
Al nations deserve their independence. As a swedish citizen, off course I wouldn\'t want my country to be destroyed by the DGIN, and certainly not being occupied by any imperialist either. Therefore, Denmark should have its independence and our nations should cooperate in a spirit of friendship instead of hostilities!
> And really how does that correlate to real life? When has it ever been easy to occupy other nations over long periods of time without severe drain of resources and a high amount of political unrest?
- Actually Denmark was such case during the WWII 😉
@Toothpaste: OH SNAP! Although my grandmothers classmates from school were caught by the germans for blowing up a railroad used by the germans to move supplies and never heard from again. Although this was only days before allied troops liberated denmark and one of them was rumored to have been alive but never confirmed by my grandmother, sadly she died two years ago and her stories of occupied denmark with her. The difference in this game is that no one ever dies as long as they play.
@Grev Per: I\'m not speaking for FBS as that is hard to do since everything we do is based on what the majority of the partymembers think is the right choice and we only allow sane people into congress/riksdagen/regeringen but if it were my choice I really would like it if we could find a way that would please both the swedish and the danish people because honestly, I think you and I would get along just fine IRL (I actually speak danish, even). I\'m going to denmark in december and might be in copenhagen in between christmas and new year. Give me a PM and we can have a beer. Bring Skinke, and Eddike, I owe him an eyepatch.
Altough it is possible to find some motivation to play without having your country in this game I agree that no one likes to have their own nation occupied for other people. It is an universal feeling.
There are other countries, as eArgentina, where there are people for other countries as Uruguay, Chile, etc. and they are also asking for their own eCountry. That is why I support danish independance, because altough I do not need to have my own country in the game, but I have it 😛, I can just feel from the country I am eLiving in the moment. I respect and support people that want to free their nation and build their own society.
That`s why maybe swedish will leave other countries independent, because it is always better to have productive neighbours as a allies than people that it is working against you in your own country.
Please can\'t you just understand this: Denmark will NEVER EVER be a country again.
As for a fact, it is a country. It is not independend, though. Hopefully that will change one day.
They can have every region except Aalborg because of the oil
Thank you President David....?
Falkonetti, it\'s amazing how accurate your avatar is.
Pechorin, well said! Well said indeed.
Algaroth, I think Eddike is going somewhere (maybe not though). Anyways definitely would be cool to hang out and have a beer. If you\'re staying on Sjælland during your vacation then you can pretty much travel to Copenhagen whenever you felt like it.
Anyways Toothpaste, as far as the occupation in WW2 goes. It was no easy occupation. The Germans had an easy time invading true. But the Danes were left largely with their own political autonomy (due to the fact that the Germans wanted Denmark to be the *ideal* occupation.) Naturally however the resistance grew stronger day by day. But the real struggle was between the body politic and the Germans which the Germans eventually won in 1943, allowing for the resistance to take center stage.
Yeah Eddike is going to Saudi.
Oh well. And the occupation of Denmark only lasted a few years btw.
Sweden don\'t need Denmark for Raw Materials, there are no 2\'s in Denmark.
I was just saying my own opinion about Denmark.
You does not have to be rude to prove me wrong.
If you dont respect my opinion, why should anyone respect yours?
Who was rude towards you Mr. David?
Grev Per
No he wasn\'t.
Oh Yeah?
Yeah.
Are you sure?
Pretty sure. Speaking of rude, you reply to my article, you refer to the Danes in general, and yet you speak in 3rd person over our heads. If you wish to state your opinion on what I said or on a subject in my article, you are more than welcome to say it to me. Or you can speak in the 3rd person plural and make your statement addressless so to speak.
I merely replied sarcastically to a comment where you position yourself as if you were in a position to negotiate on Danish independence. Or that your opinion mattered at all? I mean I suppose it\'s nice you have opnions. But there is a hierarchy wouldn\'t you say? The president\'s opinion is probably the most important. Certain opinions have political and international support, others are supported by an interest group. Your opinion is your own, and it\'s a very fine and nice opinion. But really it\'s worthless when it\'s only yours. That\'s not an insult, that\'s just an obvious fact.
Denmark deserves their independence. In my personal opinion because of two reasons:
1. I never really understood why Denmark was occupied, of course I didn\'t play much more than two clicks back then. But I still can\'t find any argument that makes the occupation righteous.
2. I would like to see Denmark as a free nation, its progression and all that. It would be quite interesting to see. Especially with Grev Per, you, in the lead.
Don\'t mind Mr. David, he\'s kind of a troll.
I think that Denmark should have their own country. As I said I think you are better of with your own government and as Sweden have the challenge to make your own country flourish.
However, as the FFF works this will only be one region.
Excellent Flammbar. We will get one region with a possibility of more later on? Is that how I should understand you?
That\'s how FFF works.
@Leon Pong: We did it for the lulz.
I do not understand why the Danes can not form an political resistance, just like the Poles, and eventually try to change the opinion of the Swedish parlament.
if there is one thing history teaches us, it is that nobody likes a cry-baby.
That\'s seriously the one thing history teaches you? Are you some kind of idiot or something?