Give them power and you'll see what they are
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by Semper5
When kids are playing God
Ok, now let's write one rational article. Let's talk about what this game was once upon a time, what is now, what will be and what should be.
First of all, let me point out a word GAME. What is a game? A game is something that should entertain people, something that should make people satisfied and happy. Something we can enjoy in. And eRepublik was exactly that, a long time ago. We really had fun playing this game. One of the most important and unique feature was a possibility for us to be constructive and creative. Everyone could have find an aspect of the game most suitable for ones needs and be creative. But as time passed by, things has started to change. Not just aspects of the game, not just modules. An atmosphere, circumstances, game rules or "laws" (what a stupidity to call it "laws") started to change, attitude toward players/users or "citizens" (another stupidity) became much more cold, arrogant and disparaging.
I know that there are a certain number of irresponsible even malevolent players that are doing bad things. But punishing the whole eRepublik users' community because of several hooligans is out of any reasonable sense.
Let's talk about creativity. A human kind is generally creative by nature. Of course, there are exceptions, but generally we are creative as a kind generally. Some people are able to fulfill their needs for creativity by doing their jobs. Others have hobbies etc. Why do people have hobbies? It is that need for being creative.
Personally I don't work anymore, I'm retired. I miss my job, I used to love it. So what should I do in my retirement? I have my hobbies – computers, aquariums and eRepublik.
eRepublik as a hoppy?
Yes, of course. In a time I discovered eRepublik I realized that it gives me an opportunity to, a kind of, develop my alter ego. To become somebody else, to build a career other than one in my real life and challenge myself in areas I didn't had a chance in a real life. So I decided to become a virtual businessman and manager, as well as journalist. And it was great. It gave me new challenges every day. I have to admit that eRepublik made my life at least a little more interesting. I was even ready to pay from time to time, to buy gold packs and additional storage space for my organizations.
And then, something happened. THEY (I don't know who they are, so by THEY I mean eRepublik Labs) started to be destructive. They started to do experiments, changing the game. There were more and more restrictions in every possible meaning. They started to dictate us what we are allowed to write about and what we are not. And besides that, they started to dictate us HOW we are allowed to write about something, in which manner. Any kind of critics became forbidden and only commendations became allowed.
A little bit more about creativity.
One's creativity is reflected not only in content of an article, but also in the visual impression of the article, in its design. They took it from us too. Humor, comics, that makes thousand people laugh and feel good about playing this game also became unwanted and forbidden. If you make some funny video, fully related to the game itself, upload it to YouTube and link it in your article, it will be treated as spam and you will be punished.
Once I had a little discussion with Mr. Alexis Bonte. For those who don't know, Mr. Bonte is eRepublik Labs CEO. So I wrote him a message named "Securitatea lives again?" An in the message I asked him what is the reason for such prohibition. And he answered me that it wouldn't look nice if people can read critics addressed to them, so people could give up playing the game.
Well, for those in eRepublik Labs, dear friends, it's much worst if the people feel it on themselves. Facts are facts and truth is truth, no matter how much we keep quiet about it. Even worst, people are not stupid. They will realize the truth no matter how much repression you apply on us.
You are worried about your image? You can force us to be quiet inside the game, but you can't silence us outside. People will talk, press and magazines will continue to write about games and eRepubik, specialized TV shows will keep talk about it. And most important – your users/players/citizens will write about on their own web sites, blogs, forums, Facebook, Twitter etc. You can't silence them. What kind of public image eRepublik will have depends on you guys at eRepublik Labs. You can't blame your users for your own mistakes.
It seems you are unable to understand that you are the one who making people leave this game or at least to stop paying you real money for something that use to be a good game, but not anymore. It's all up to you.
If someone doesn't believe I can post all my payments so everyone can see. But will pay no more. I have no more reason to pay. You took my favorite game away from me and I'm really angry about it.
Now you can delete this article, you can give me another FP, but you cannot silence me. I have the right to have an opinion and I have the right to say it in public. I'll post this one and many other articles at my blog, at my Facebook profile, maybe even create a Facebook group. You can't shut me up. You can only destroy your own business by incompetent management making silly moves. Repression will only do harm to yourself. Think about it.
Kind regards,
Semper5
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Vote ali djaba ti, njihovo je i mogu radit sa tim sta hoce. Na kraju, nitko te nesili da igras, ako ti se nesvidja slobodno "logout" 4ever.
Zalosno je vidit da je ovo nekome drugi zivot. Zalosno je vidit covjeka da govori kako nesto nije mogao u zivotu, kako nije mogao uspijeti, zalost ...
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John, to je njihovo i mogu raditi što hoće, to je istina. Ali što ti misliš zašto oni uopće ovo rade? Pa radi NAŠIH novaca. Kao i u svakom drugom slučaju, ako želiš zaraditi, moraš imati zadovoljne klijente, a ne govori ti im "ma tko je j....", to je balkanski način i zato mi ovdje i jesmo u govnima kakvim jesmo.
Nadalje, nema tu ničeg žalosnog, pogrešno si shvatio. Radi se o tome da nema osobe na svijetu koja u jednom svom životu može biti sve, raditi sve i izgraditi karijere u svim mogućim aspektima života i rada. Ja sam u svom životu izgradio respektabilnu karijeru u onome čime sam se bavio. I ne bih ti mijenjao ni za što na svijetu. Ali eto, nisam bio novinar, niti ću to biti. Kao što ni ti nećeš nikad biti liječnik ili pravnik, astronaut ili predsjednik države. Nitko ne može baš sve.
Ali eto, ova igra ti pruža priliku da se barem malo uživiš i da se iskušaš u nekim stvarima koje nisu tvoje zanimanje.
Jesmo se sad razumjeli?
Pa nismo bas. Ako si imao karijeru zidara, ok, razumijem da ti je ovaj "svijet" sad "plafon" i da nema predrasuda, svjez pocetak u zrelim godinama...
Apsurdno je uopce pricat o nekoj karijeri unutar erepublika. Zasto? Zato sto nemozes vuc paralele sa RL. Situacija, atmosfera, stil ovdje nije isti kao u RL. Zasto ja ovo tebi treban objasnjavat, pa imas 50 god min (kazes da si penzic) i to ne kuzis.
Cuj predsjednik ovdje poredis sa predsjednikom u RL ...
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Ma gle, necu dalje, nisi mi se nikad zamjerio niti mi nista nazao uradio da te sad tu ocrnjivam i blatim.
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Ajd mi odgovori, a zašto ti uopće igraš eRepublik? Zašto bilo tko igra?
Nemoj misliti da sam lud i ishlapio, ne brkam ja RL i eRep. Ali neke su stvari slične u RL i ovdje. Pa to i jest bio cilj kad je igra stvarana, virtualna, paralelna stvarnost, odnosno svijet. Ekonomija ovdje, ova virtualna, temelji se na istim principima kao i u RL. Sve ekonomske zakonitosti koje vrijede u RL vrijede i ovdje. Za razliku od većine svih ostalih igara, da li ćeš kao poduzetnik uspjeti ili ne ovdje ovisi o istim čimbenicima kao i u RL. Politika se ingame temelji na istim principima i načelima kao i u RL.
eRepublik je simulacija RL-a. A znaš valjda što je to simulacija?
Prema tome, patalele itekako postoje i nisam ih ja postavio, već idejni autor igre. Jedina razlika, zapravo osnovna razlika je ta da ma što činio u igri nema utjecaja na RL. Kad se odlogiraš - virtualni svijet nestaje i ostaje u virtuali.
I uopće, kako si došao do svega ovoga? Potegao si nešto što nema blage veze sa člankom.
I ne, nemam "50 godina minimalno", imam 40. Umirovljeni sam dočasnik HV, ratni veteran, dragovoljac i invalid DR-a. Ono što sam ja prošao i proživio, karijera koju sam izgradio, a za koju sam istresao jako puno rada, truda, krvi i znoja, je nešto na što sam ponosan. A govoreći o "plafonima", mnogi ovdje trebaju još jako puno griza pojesti da bi uopće mogli razmišljati o ovakvom plafonu. Sumnjam da ćeš shvatiti o čemu govorim, no moji kolege ovdje kojih ima dosta razumiju jako dobro. Kad dođeš u moje godine i prikupiš malo životnog iskustva i mudrosti, shvatit ćeš.(No hard feelings).
Što se paralela tiče, jesi li se zapitao zašto netko u igri ima jako dobar poslovni uspjeh, a drugi se polomi prodati kruh više da bi mogao uopće platiti radnika? Jesi razmišljao kad o tome? Što misliš, zašto je to tako?
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@john fakman, čovjek govori o tome da ovo prije svega predstavlja zabavu za nekog, koju neki i plate, pa ljudi žele proizvod koji će ih zabaviti. Jednako je u svim edržavama, ima ih koji imaju viška vremena i vise cijeli dan, a neki i noć na kompu, a nekome je dovoljno pola sata - sat nakon posla.
Nekima je ova igrica, a i sve ostale, totalno gubljenje vremena i svaki slobodan trenutak će otići u birtiju. Kako se kaže svaka budala ima svoje veselje.
E sad kad bi mi u omiljenoj birtiji svaki dan mijenali konobaricu, cijene i svaki mjesec interijer, naručim nešto što pijem redovito, a drugi dan kažu više to ne drže, vjerojatno bih promijenio lokaciju. Tako je i ovdje.
Eto, Rockyrd je sažeo. Ja ga po običaju razvukoh.
Nego daj da malo navučem glasova i subova:
UAAAAA, fail Phoenix!!!! Živjela Cromania!!!! EDEN ili Iron Maiden!!!