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Up until recently the US did not have forum space to discuss the game E-Sim with a US nation centered focus. Almost concurrently eUSAforums created boards for E-Sim and John Gato created a separate forum. So, there is some confusion and some hurt feelings over this. There is some mixed loyalty and some unclarity in regards to how we should go forward as a nation. Myself amongst many new citizens and old favor the eUSAforums as a home for our national forums.
USA, you need citizens. You need a population. You need tax revenue. You need active and educated players. You need dedicated and vocal citizens. You need a lot. We have 1 province. We do not have enough power to offer foreign friends a reason to help us out of our current weakness. We and we alone have to climb our way out of our current state. The only way to do this is to grow as a nation. Since Logomasters initial post the chain reaction of new accounts coming from the eRepublik community is probably between 30-60 easily.That is just in 2 weeks. That is just from E-Sim activity on the eUSAforums filtering through the eRepublik community and former playerbase. This is not new players who work/train/fight for a week. These are players who have already overcome much of the learning curve built into an MMO like E-Sim and eRepublik. These are players that can easily be future presidents, cabinet members and someday high ranking soldiers. The eUSAforums has a community of players who have history and friendships that stretch over 3 years in some cases. This is exactly the place the E-Sim USA community needs to recruit from. This is exactly the place.
Now, many of you who never registered for the eUSAforums and already know John Gato I understand you have either mixed feelings or negative feelings about this. I absolutely do not mean this in a negative sense but in the last presidential election only 79 votes were cast . A presidential election is a fairly good indicator of the active US playerbase. That is 79 players compared to an easy 30 and upwards of 60 accounts that registered through friends of friends. I do not say this to compare worth of different communities. I say this to highlight the asset that is the current activity on the eUSAforums. If the nation and many of you choose to use John Gato's forum at the expense of the eUSAforums it will diminish a growing cohesion in our community that the eUSAforums can give. A brand new forum that has a playerbase of 79 players has no sense of self and will experience very slow growth. Only a small group of you guys will use it and due to the small population there will be very poor activity. I do not say this to disparage John Gato and what he did to create the forum. I say this because it is poor strategic reasoning to stubbornly use a forum no one else we see and frequent due to the lack of attention this game has amongst the millions of other options people have in spending their time on the internet.
Whether the E-Sim community decides to break away from the eUSAforums at a future date or not is a separate issue but this nation needs the population growth the eRepublik community and formerly active eRepublik player community can provide. The situation is not perfect for everyone but I hope you see there is a clear benefit to use the eUSAforums
Thank you.
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
