16 Shells Interviews Brand New Citizen
Gnilraps
Day 3369 of the New World
February 9, 2017
16 Shells stumbled upon a rare find today, a New Citizen in eRepublik! Rather than write an article about this breaking news, we instead decided to turn it into an interview whereby we older players might learn a thing or two about the psychology and mindset of a new citizen. So we present here our very first interview with... a New Citizen
16 Shells: Welcome to the New World! What was the first thing that really struck you as unique about eRepublik the very first day you played?
New Citizen: I was really impressed by how, even though the game is obviously in Beta, some people are active. Most Beta games that are this far from being fully developed into a total working concept have players, but they are not that active. It will be really cool to see what happens to this game once it finally launches.
16 Shells: I see. I should probably tell you that the developers do not consider this game “Beta”, but I can understand what would lead you to think that. So now you’ve logged back in a few times, what dynamics of the game most interest you already?
New Citizen: Houses seem cool. I totally look forward to the Q6 and Q7 houses that it says are “coming soon”. I also noticed that on the Gold and Other Items page they are listing 6 more items that are “coming soon”. That’s what’s got me interested in logging back in, I am really eager to see what those items will be. To me it is a great sign that a game like this lets you know when something new is right around the corner. It builds my anticipation and excitement. I am a tiny bit surprised, though, that there is no information anywhere on the eRepublik Forum about what the Q6 and Q7 houses will do, but I am sure that information will be released by the game administrators very soon. Also, what’s this thing called “Perception” that it says is also “coming soon”? That sounds totally awesome!
16 Shells: Well, honestly nobody knows what’s going on with any of that, and some of those “coming soon”s have been there for, like, 6 years. But I admire your fresh enthusiasm. Tell us what your goals are for your Citizen over the course of the first few months?
New Citizen: Good question. I read on the eRepublik Forum that it will be possible to be a local governer, and since I’m kind of interested in politics I think I’ll do that. I just haven’t figured out yet how to run for governer. I also want to buy a Weapons Company and begin selling products to other Citizens so that I can make a nice profit from that. It seems like a great use of Gold. At first I thought it would be pretty cool to develop my strength and win some Battle Hero medals in Division 1, but then I started noticing a bunch of Division 4 guys totally overwhelming the Division 1 guys for the medal. At first I thought it must just be one of the Beta bugs that the game administrators would be working to fix, but now I see that it is a game feature. I hope they remove that feature once eRepublik officially launches as a game because it would be nice to set the goal of earning some Battle Hero medals. Us little guys sure could use that extra 1 Gold. So yeah, run for Governer of New Hampshire, that’s Goal #1, and my second goal would be to overthrow the dictator. I can’t for the life of me understand why the virtual United States of America should have a Dictator. And when I learned that Congress has no actual power under a Dictatorship it made even less sense. Maybe you can explain that to me. But yeah, I would like to overthrow the dictator, so once my weapons company starts raking in the big profits I’ll be saving up the currency to do that.
16 Shells: Um… Once again, you have awesome goals in mind, in fact many of those goals are reflective of how eRepublik markets itself - become a business tycoon, a successful politician, etc. But I feel obligated just to let you know that they may never introduce the Governership module, the Dictatorship module - as much as it is a Congress killer and a cancer on social engagement - it’s sort of necessesary to have, and you shouldn’t waste your Gold on a weapons company because the return on investment for that is like 4 years. But hey, with energy like yours you are sure to develop some other goals that are actually feasible in this game like… um… I know, get 100 friends in your friends list!!! That’s a fantastic and exciting goal which truly shows you what kind of a game this is. One final question, do you plan to spend any real life money in this game?
New Citizen:...
16 Shells:???
New Citizen:...
16 Shells: Well, I guess that’s all for today. Be sure to vote, subscribe, endorse, and shout my excellent newspaper article.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled clicking
Comments
Where did he go?
New Player: "And this is a game you can play several hours per day, right?"
Gnilpraps: "Yes, several hours per year."
New Player: "What?"
Gnilraps: "What?"
Most of us played 10-20 mins a day at most when this game was at it's prime, we spend more time now than we did those days (unless you were CP/MoD/MoF).
yep
hahahhahaaa.... this is great article XDXXD made me LOL XDXDXD
hahahahhahahahah yes in deeds good one.
like him a im waiting for 3 years to some of those coming soon items.
"...even though the game is obviously in Beta..." HAHA
I remember when the game was in the real Beta stage.
It was 9 years ago...
And indeed there were mayors (elected) for each capital cities of every region.
fake 😃
Hahaahah
To be fair the term "coming soon" is all relative. Plato is 2400 years old so what is just 6 years?
It's funny because I registered few days ago by clicking ad on facebook which said you could be a governor or economist here.
(?)
LOL
Will never happen. xD
We actually have a great team of Economists here in the US. Unfortunately we figured out all the game mechanics years ago, excepting for any changes of course, which provide for several posts, and minutes - or even tens of minutes- of conversation on an annual basis.
He means to say.. they have one person that tells them all what think and the rest of them insult and run off anyone that dares question that.
Team.. xD
That's not what I meant to say at all 😇
"economist"
Oh dear 🙁
Perception!
Beta tester 🙂
Legitimately good article Gnilraps. I laughed at the end and it did an excellent job at showing the forest through the trees.
That was hilarious. Well done.
Let me amend that last comment: that was hilarious (and heartbreaking at the same time.)
The end just had me chuckle. 😂 Well played.
why bother reading a negative portrayal by the most cash infusing player (very confusing why you tear down what you seemly need with some desperation)
http://www.lifehack.org/325656/15-signs-self-absorbed-people-2
you fit the profile quite well, based on my experiences dealing with you in this game
And you are completely OBSESSED with him.
he wishes it was so...
I just like getting at the facts behind why the eUS continues to suck arse, and ask him how many times he has either: not followed thru on his offer to me (Fed candidate for CP) or ruined an idea I presented him (fantasy MU league) or cursed me. I know he buys loyalty regularly so I forgive you for your utter stupidity in this matter.
In fairness, I was in the WTP first congressional caucus because I promised to stop referring to him as ....... This was after selling himself to Glove for nothing at all (Glove as far as I know is completely gone from this game, but if in fact he hasn't left, that might give light to some of Gnils behavior since the incident I refer to)
And especially when he really is one of the most "infusing players", we should allow some protest when they:
1. don't give us what they promise,
2. take from us what we love,
3. give us what we don't want.
Yeah bruv, obviously he couldve just straight up offered fed CP support back in the day. You dont even know the current account of that weird glove fellow, so who are you anyway.
not a chickensguys supporter ...
Yeah you got me, I am one of those guys who just has no opinion himself and that randomly supports other people just to look cool. Go to bed kiddo.
Nice article, unfortunately with the new media module "enhancements" I totally expect this article to disappear from top 5 and any other place where other players can see it since it's critical of the admins.
\o/
More satire is needed. 🙂
It is so accurate. 🙁
I think about leaving at least several times a month... but those fluffy posts and Friday the 13th keeps me here. Still curious about who is buying all these packs?
(it aint me)
😢
: )
voted xD
Genius
so true. i didnt see any new real new player since 2013 xD
I have ;v
fake multi for sure 😃
Wait! Hold the phone. This is a game? No fkin way! How did I miss that all these years?
The good news is that he doesn't have to spend his own RL money. We can *gift* him all the packs he needs in exchange for CC!
Our money for Plato will be in ''coming soon'' mode too 😉
Great article
V
ahahahahah hope plato endorses this. totally deserves 50 gold
Vote
RIP New Citizen. We hardly knew ye.
There is no "new citizen", is there?