The Economist ~ The secret of success in eRepublik revealed!
Spite313
Dear friends,
Most of you are probably expecting a jokey article, maybe with a few pictures of bots for maximum anti-admin sarcasm. But to be honest, I’ve decided to write a little article to try and motivate you not to quit, since nobody else seems to be doing it
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OK. So the title of this article is ‘the secret of success’, and as it suggests I’m going to tell you what my secret to success is. Longevity. Simple as that. When I was young, everyone was older than me, their deeds stretched back over a year of the game. Many of them were both in the first hundred days, making them giants by the time I was born on day 394. Everywhere around me were older, wiser players, who could use their great experience and long friendships to dance around me in debates and punish me in elections.
Over time, I came to use brute force to get my way, simply because it is the only substitute for cunning and wisdom available to the eYoung. Yes it made me a bunch of enemies, but it covered a lot of ground early and gave me a good solid reputation, which in a social game is the most important thing. However, like any sprinter, I had exhausted myself early, and was now left with a bunch of enemies like lactic acid in my blood. I couldn’t do anything further, because these enemies (whilst unable to pull me down) were able to prevent my further advancement. And so I did the only sensible thing, I stepped back into the shadows and played the game for fun.
“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope”
A few months after I started playing the first of my enemies quit the game. A lot of them wrote friendly things in their quit article about me. A few months after that, others slowly faded into the background, and a few of them still haunt me, but ineffectually. Later, people quit the UK to go abroad, even joining enemy alliances. Now, in the present day, the only one of my “enemies” left is Dishmcds, and we’ve been enemies so long we’re now friends. The secret to success in eRepublik is survival. The longer you, or your country, survives, the stronger and more powerful you/it becomes.
Perfect example of this is Hungary. Hungary has been booted and stomped on a few times. But like an irresistible tide, it always comes back and comes back just as strong as before. Other empires have challenged, and beaten it. But in the end those Empires fade and Hungary is still there, waiting for a sign of weakness. You might think the parallel is a false one, but it’s not. If I could list the number of citizens who suddenly thought “this two clicking is boring, but I won’t quit I’ll get more involved” and then went on to make it to the highest levels of government I would, but I’d be here all day. To be honest every one of us has at some point thought of quitting. It is a game of survival, and those games are always the most difficult to remain engaged with, but if you succeed, you win.
So don’t despair, see this as an opportunity. Sometimes the playing board becomes too crowded with pieces, it makes it hard to make your mark. See this as a levelling effect. The game has become much more balanced in v2 as well. I was a skill 14 manu worker in V1, which earned me 1g a day in wages. Now my manu skill isn’t worth beans, and I’m up to skill 6 in harvesting, which pays for Q1 food every day. I fight in battles with my Veteran/Field Marshal heli skill, and I’m beaten now and then by a skill 6 who gets lucky on the attack odds. In V1 I did over 500 damage per fight, whereas that guy would have done maybe 150. Now he can beat me. So yeah, for young players V2 is much better. You can play on a level field with the big guys.
So in conclusion, don’t give up, survive. Quitting is for losers, literally. If you need any help or support, send me a message. I’ll either hook you up with some p cool guys, or if I judge you’re better suited to the other side of the game, I’ll point you towards Dishmcds
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Best of luck, and hang in there,
Iain
Comments
'the only one of my “enemies” left is Dishmcds'
ye be no sure.
\o/
"So yeah, for young players V1 is much better. You can play on a level field with the big guys."
Out of context, i guess you wanted to say V2. And yes, I totally agree.
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Its a good time to be a noob \o/
Good spot Adamantum 🙂
Iain Keers speaks the truth. I endured alot of shiz in the last year of the game, but now I have a job I really want, rubbing shoulders with the big boys and actually doing something worth it in the eUK. Stay in there guiz. ❤
good article
good article
whey
So if you stick around and fail long enough, you will be a success? Right.....
Believe it or not, yes.
The current President, this is his 2nd go at winning, and his fourth or fifth try to gather enough party support to run. This is often the case 😃
sorry Iain but you are pollyana xD
"Quitting is for losers, "
Sorry but the target is enjoy , not to "win" (and all of online players know that there is no winning at online games) so this statement is totaly wrong...
Quiting=lose of admins. I mean, loser are not players, losers are admins...you should see reality... 25k active player is playing but there is 350.000 "player" in the game... That is the problem...
VOTE , good article 。
just stay in erep and have fun 🙂
voted - im staying putt 🙂
Muhtar- anyone who is active and plays faces difficult times. It's no different if you support a football team, or you play yourself. If you lose, or things go wrong, or the referee makes a bad decision- do you quit? No because although no game is enjoyable 100% of the time you play for the good times.
So many people quit the game, all the time, not just because of V2. I know every time there is a major change, whether in the mechanics or in the politics of the game, people leave. And I have got where I am now by not leaving, by sticking with it. That is the message I'm trying to give to people.
iain,
first issue is that games are for fun, especially browser base.
in v2, the main issue is regarding battle systems, especially if you have to win the battle you need to have a lot of coordination. now due to the slow attitude of war module, it will off couse have effect on your RL.
now think,layman people use to do the daily task in 5 min, but now entering into battlefield means you need to have 1 hour of free time.now if you gonna spend 1 hour on those battles, then i guess people will lose the charm. and that is what exactly happening across the world.
Voted, although just being old doesn't help, you need to get involved and be active.
^ I mean look at me, I just sit here and moan all day.