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eRepublik- Is it dying?

Day 2,543, 12:06 • Published in USA USA

• by ResouIa

One of the things I hear the most while playing this game is that it is "dying". Old players with long memories and nostalgic moments make sure I never go one day without hearing this statement.

According to the eRepublik Society stats,

We have
almost 100,000 ACTIVE players in the eWorld. Certainly the game was bigger than this once upon a time, however...One hundred fucking THOUSAND. That's a good number!

But is this the real number of active players? Well let's think on that for a moment shall we. Certainly if you are an active player you would most likely have voted in your own nation's presidential elections yes? Well... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15LGt65H7II_4o7N9RP5g37gqWdwM0PJANaY40ytCjXU/edit?usp=sharing there are only 23,707 votes recorded for this previous election.

If you agree with this vote-based logic, then in the spreadsheet (Provided by Thanatos the Magnificent) above you are able to see that this game in fact, has about 1/4th of the number of active players you would have been lead to believe. After the fact, you should take into account that EVERY nation has multis existing with the sole purpose of voting. Although this vote-based logic could be arguable, feel free to do so in the comments if you disagree with it.

So...is eRepublik dying? You tell me. 7th Anniversary is upcoming. Shall we see an 8th?

Comments

Rikardoferreira Day 2,543, 12:09

Voted

Galloglaigh Day 2,543, 12:10

Yes it is. Only a matter of time.

batarija Day 2,543, 12:13

i didnt vote in my country 😛

ResouIa Day 2,543, 12:14

23,708* 😛

makedonec21 Day 2,543, 12:14

less then 23 707...
more then 2-3000 are multi acc..

Shawtyl0w Day 2,543, 12:19

voted!

Murdersas Day 2,543, 12:21

at the start of the year, game had twice as that number of active players. Example Serbia was with over 15k, and there was 5-6 countries with over 7000 , now 10 months later just have look top 5 countries barely have 20k together.. so in a year.. yea game is dead already.

Titless fairy Day 2,543, 12:23

Nah, ER just have more reliable statistics now then before.

Foxfire Day 2,543, 12:22

Wow.

Titless fairy Day 2,543, 12:24

I start to play in spring 2009, and I am listening how ER will die since 2010. Now is fall of 2014, go figure !

Master of Dojo Day 2,543, 12:28

bit ce ziva dok god ima retaja koji kupuju golde

George Armstrong Custer Day 2,544, 00:53

was just reading an article by Lofteraptor from 2009 and he was saying the same thing.

Master of Dojo Day 2,543, 12:25

there are 10k players max playing this game..game is dead because of retard owners....

chazp Day 2,543, 12:31

egov has us at 54000 citizens and 24000 fighters.You also need to remember that a lot of players just train and nothing else that would build XP.

what4 Day 2,543, 15:20

egov has become unreliable - e.g. the CO of my MU does not exist per egov

Rhual Day 2,543, 13:03

There are orgs, its also counted to the eWorld. And Im sure, many dead accounts as well

Olv007 Day 2,543, 13:11

They should cut off the artificial breath machine...

Aeriadne Day 2,543, 13:36

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

Jimmy Cincinnati Day 2,543, 14:35

Until 2017. That's what I've heard.

rainy sunday Day 2,543, 19:08

source?

Josh Whitehead Day 2,543, 20:00

Its just been extended! https://who.is/whois/https://www.erepublik.com/en

Jimmy Cincinnati Day 2,543, 20:49

A newspaper article. I didn't make a record of it.

dragon azul 07 Day 2,543, 14:49

On 2012 200,000 citizens.

what4 Day 2,543, 15:21

not only do a lot of folks not vote many are not a member of any party

Ronald Gipper Reagan Day 2,543, 15:44

Nice language...

and um no,
They had a chance to make eRep really great. This "game" was better five years ago than it is today. Says a lot.

shiloh13 Day 2,543, 20:27

God have mercy on my soul. You are still here.
I have missed you so ajay.
Tell me what have you been up to?
How is the cellar of doom?
God might sweet prince.

as George sTrolls Day 2,544, 05:20

if you had actually won an election, you mean...

morningblur Day 2,544, 05:24

Your opinion certainly would be biased wouldn't it? You have been stomped down with everything you have tried to accomplish. It is funny though that even with so few people here these days you are still a joke around the game.

Ronald Gipper Reagan Day 2,544, 12:30

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. 🙂

SuperKingBobby Day 2,543, 17:30

A bunch of accounts of people that I invited are still active after almost 2 years and they haven't played this whole time. The accounts are supposed to be dead after one month of inactivity but they don't always die. Here is one:http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/6893137 created december 2012, 0 exp but still alive.

wookyjack Day 2,543, 17:31

dafuq

SuperKingBobby Day 2,543, 17:59

SuperKingBobby Day 2,543, 18:00

http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7592997
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7581025
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7568428
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7991081
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7899552
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/7833834
http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/8229298

ResouIa Day 2,545, 09:58

I just noticed 1 person I invited has not been deleted. http://www.erepublik.com/en/citizen/profile/8388953 Thing is, he has never ONCE signed into this game after signing up.

wookyjack Day 2,543, 18:00

Do you report those?

SuperKingBobby Day 2,543, 18:02

I haven't I just looked through today and saw they were all still alive. Plus there were about 10 more I just got tired of copy/paste.

wookyjack Day 2,543, 18:04

Do you think admin is just fluffing the numbers then? Seems kinda ignorant and sloppy on their part to leave shit like this hanging around....basically, extreme laziness if its not on purpose, you know?

SuperKingBobby Day 2,543, 18:06

I would think it would be automated to just kill citizens that haven't logged in in a month, I'm guessing they're trying to keep their numbers up, it would look pretty bad for them if the eworld population dropped another 70 thousand.

wookyjack Day 2,543, 18:08

So they're crooks and fluff numbers xD bahahahahaha

ResouIa Day 2,543, 19:47

That's crazy. Everyone I have invited has already died. Either there was a bug at once? Or perhaps they are just "fluffing" the numbers by about 75,000. 😛

RaccoonGoon Day 2,544, 00:45

Yeah, I think a certain percentage of the people who "die" are kept alive just to prop up the numbers. This isn't the first claim of it I've seen, but it surely is the one with the most evidence attached.

Nerx Day 2,544, 14:52

I believe these are accounts that haven't been confirmed.

catsch73 Day 2,543, 18:28

I know of at least 1 player that was pronounced dead after only a week. As far as voting, some do, some don't. I'm not sure that there is a completely reliable way to keep track of that. I'm new here and probably don't know my ass from a hole in the ground as far as the game is concerned but there are always those who live in the past and nothing or no one will ever be as good as it was. JMHO. 🙂

eShades Day 2,543, 18:41

Definitely not growing at the same rate. 🙁

Marc Aldrix Day 2,543, 18:59

Owners neglected the game, not quite sure where its going to go from here. Maybe with the addition of a Community Manager the CUSTOMERS (key word) will be able to see some positive changes.

shiloh13 Day 2,543, 20:34

It started dying from the beginning, everything does.
Most of the blame rests on Plato's shoulders.
But a lot is with the players as well.
I say we make the best of what time we have left.
Let's have a little fun before end times, rapture or whatever the hell is going to end this eWorld

Real Steel 4 Day 2,543, 21:53

It is dying!

Ace Viper Day 2,543, 22:47

It is dying!

TU4EA Day 2,544, 02:22

people under level 15? I think, can't vote

Dr. Strangeclock Day 2,544, 02:24

I am not that old as player here, and i have seen larger numbers of players- simply from some tough battles that used to go on.
election might be a good indicator (as you put it for voting reasons) for the presence of players, but then there is many other players that simply do not give a flying fcuk about them. besides, there is also others that do not log in everyday---
finally, yeah, the game is dying- 'tis just a matter of time when that death would be certified- but until then, i plan to play!! 😉

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