Everything Was Beautiful
Aeriadne
Old dog, old tricks.
Doing a Thing
Something Franklin Stone wrote about got me thinking the other day.
Betcha never thought I'd start an article off like that.
To provide context, and thus disavow the illusion that this will somehow be an article about laying graces upon CHS, it was his throwaway comment on this thread that got my gears grinding. For those too lazy to click that link, or who may otherwise be technologically limited in clicking it somehow, Franklin linked to one of Phoenix Quinn's articles, and said of Quinn that he was the "best writer in eRepublik...."
Why the OP ellipses were necessary is beyond me. I don't pretend to know how CHS thinks or why he writes. But again, that isn't the point of this article.
The point of this article is that I may or may not disagree with him.
To wit, Phoenix Quinn has been writing articles in this game before I was even playing it. His paper is one of the oldest ones in game that is still active, and he is one of the few to have ever legitimately earned a Media Mogul Medal by actually working for it. He is a fantastic writer. I read every one of his articles. There is no other paper like his.
But is he the best writer in eRepublik?
Now, I'm a writer myself. Some would argue a hack writer (lookin' a you, Custer), but a writer nonetheless. In point of fact, writing about shit is one of my very few talents, the other two being self-deprecating humor and being worthless.
Hey, I didn't say they were useful talents.
But point is, I write. Quid pro quo, I am a writer. And as a writer, I have a vested interested in written things. I tend to think about them. And stuff. Things and stuff. That are in writing.
And while Phoenix is phenomenal, the best? I don't know.
So I wanted your guys input.
There are, and have been, a lot of really talented writers who pass through this game. Many go unrecognized. They'll write a few articles, can't break the top media block, and quit writing. And that's a shame. And since we all love complaining how crappy the current media is, sometimes nostalgia can be a good medicine.
A long time ago in a profile far, far away, I did a contest, and I'm gonna do something similar here.
The Writing Games
In the comments section of this article, I want you to write the names of as many great writers as you want. The only condition is, they must have at one point been eAmerican. That's it.
After that, I'll take all the names, put a ballot up, and we all can vote for who we think is the greatest writer this country has seen.
Now, because writers are an egotistical lot ("You actually think someone wants to read what you wrote? HA!"), I'm going to play to that. The top five names that are voted are all going to get a very special prize. As a friend once did for me, so too will I do for these five great writers: I will buy them a Media Mogul.
If they already have one, they get another. They deserve it, and in a day and age where this medal is harder to get than virtually any other without buying for it, I feel it's safe to say that this method provides a nice outlet for people who may want the medal and can't really get it.
For the first place winner, the one who is voted best? They get something even better: this award will be named after them. And they, like, like Necrosis/Glorious Failure, will be able to proudly brag that some hack writer gave them a special award.
Cheers, writers. And may the odds be ever in your favor.
Comments
At the ballet.
I worked my ass off for my MM Medal, writing is one of the only fun things left to do in eRepublik other than tanking your face off. Also I'm a former eUS citizen. 😛
http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/rants-raves-and-rumors-219611/1
chutley
Profile link?
🙁
dead citizen: http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/4282254
but if you read his old articles you will reward him posthumously, I promise you
Oh man, I remember him now.
New Azazel (Russian cs but still), Gnilraps, Custer, Melissa Rose
Buce
You are too kind 🙂
There are so few active writers left that its tough to think of a name of a citizen that isn't edead. Personally I always loved lieutenant Scheisskopf's paper.
Me, myself and I.
Yes Phoenix Quinn is the best of all time. Hands down. All my other favorites are eDead.
NewAzazel
Paul Proteus
Aramec
Custer
Bucephalus92
HeapSeppo
desertfalcon and sossu were my muses.
Oh man those two were f**king awesome
[15:58] can you put it there Aramec on my behalf
And Wild Owl has now been nom'd.
PQ is great, really puts a lot of work into it.
Yet my favorite was Sam Wystan.
Gates Schellinger - The Hamburger Conspiracy
ArcNox - Soldiers Without Borders
Nicholas Ryan - Freedom of Dissociation
Athanaric - The Halfling Times
Candor - Voice of Candor
Dumb Emma - ~deleted paper~
Claire Littleton - A Little Claire-ification
Chisholm - Chisholm's Musings
Wait, both Aramec and Athanaric have now been nominated, how do I do this.
Do both, ofc!
I'm gonna beat myself up over this.
/me passes the cold spaghetti
Astra Kat G's Shining in the Darkness (specifically her Congressional reporting)
and
Jewitt's The Jewitt Report (pre-PotUS publication)
also deserve mentions for usefulness.
I wish Candor would start writing again
PQ
Mainegreene
DesertFalcon
Chutley
RexObject
Jason Welsh, http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/welsh-comic-custom-made-avatars-1596559/1/20
I remember stupid funny UIP cray Pac Welsh, and I always smiled.
Also Halfie's stuff was always funny
Zheng He's 2-Clicker Morning Coffee was always informative
Also
Kyle321n - Fightin Round the World
NeilP99
Joe DaSmoe
Just trying to pick some people that are not usually picked, but had good media.
That PQ guy is a hack. Some of my all-time faves have been...
Sam Wystan
Chutley
Flufferton
and...
yes...
Emerick
There are many fine writers playing this game. All of them excel in what they do. In no certain order some of mine.
chutley
NewAzazel
Paul Proteus
Aramec
Sam Wystan
Flufferton
Joe DaSmoe
Alexander_Auctoritas
'Why the OP ellipses were necessary is beyond me.'
Habit? Tried a 12 a step program, but it didn't take....
God damn it, who was the guy who had like the golf head? Or the baseball head? Does anyone know who I'm talking about?
There was a guy who was Mr Met as an avatar and he had a baseball for a head. I don't remember his name though. He was in Congress a lot, and I remember him winning the Congress MVP that we would vote on each month back in the day. I just can't remember his name.
found him. Mr Hyphenated. http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/1933609
Gulden Draak
St Krems
CRoy
Jovan Tekelija
Everyone else that comes to mind for me has already been mentioned. We're getting a good list together here.
good idea and nice of you to pay for the mmm
voted
Wow, RainySunday and RaccoonGoon hit the nail on the head.
Phoenix Quinn
WookyJack
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Jack Flufferton. When I came into this game I thoroughly enjoyed his writing and he inspired me to write in erepublik.
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Sam Wystan
Jack Flufferton
Jude Connors
Max McFarland 2
Civil Anarchy
Zheng He
Halfie
Sleeve
PigInZen
And Mr. Hyphenated.
Comprehensive list here. Everyone should have seen Aramec, Wookyjack, and I hashing out some names in IRC - lol
yeah we brainstormed haha
I enjoyed Civil Anarchy and Gulden Draak. Who was the citizen who used Frodo as his avatar? Thought it was Flufferton, but also thought he only had one name, maybe Hobbiton or that might have been his newspaper name.
HobbitTon
Well, I was almost right.
Chutley and Dogpyle