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I would laugh if it weren't so tragic.
You have such a great population. So many people willing to fight and give. So eager to learn and find their place and make their name.
And all so abused by the powers that be in their selfish tug of war, with these power players using you as their rope. How can it be that the most defining characteristic of this country is a division of power? That the only personality that seems visible in this culture is the fight for power, lopsided warmongering and a sense of confusion and disconnection?
Let me put this in stark terms for you.
This is a fight with no regard for any of you and that does not serve your interests. Regardless of who you side with or have sided with, letting a political conflict go so completely out of control represents a total failure of leadership.
It speaks volumes that your former Presidents have already taken citizenship elsewhere and even more that some of the most active, informed and engaged American citizens on Primera call themselves Korean, here, and take up arms against you.
Many of you have been fooled into thinking these are simply trolls or they are unpatriotic. I know many of them and I know that's not true, because on Primera they fight for America.
Why?
Why there and not here?
Because on Primera, America loves you and America needs you and America treats you with respect.
This? This isn't respect. This isn't love.
This is two parents who never really grew up, got a divorce and had a custody war, just to get back at each other. Then when it was over, they both left you alone and confused.
Many of you may not know me, some of you do.
I have played on the Primera server for 9 months now. I have been President, Secretary General of Sigma, Military Commander of AGC and am currently Military Commander in the Aleutian Pact. I run the second largest Stock Company in the United States, three Military Units and do the majority of strategic planning for our military.
I do all of this not out of a lust for power or even any desire to do them, but because there are simply not enough hands and there seem to be fewer every day. I spend, literally, hours a day working on all these things. I'd love to have less work.
That's why I can't laugh, no matter how ridiculous this farce is. Because it pisses me off.
I'd kill to have any of you. Even one of you. I'd hold you close and tell you I love you every day. You deserve that much from your leaders and you deserve leaders that will nurture you and help you grow and eventually pass that leadership over to you. Not a bunch of bickering f*cking kids with credit cards.
You deserve that much.
Every f*cking one of you.
And I hope you realize how much you're worth, someday soon and demand better.
If any of you want to come and see how a nation that exists as a nation should, a people united. A nation where all the MU's fight on the same team. ALL OF THEM. A nation where we don't lose our dignaty when we disagree. A nation where you can't just buy your way to the top.
You know what's wrong with buying your way to the top? You don't have any respect for what it takes to get there and you take it for granted. And that's, really, what went wrong here. They took it all for granted and they took you for granted and, really and deeply, am I sorry for that. It's a travesty.
Ours is not paradise and we struggle every day.
I can tell you this much, not a f*cking one of us forgets whose side their on.
I'd like you to join me. It's too much work and I don't know how much longer I can keep doing it, but goddamnit I'm going to try and I'll hold on because I believe in you.
Here, you spend every day fighting the same resistance wars in the same tiny countries you're trying to hold down at once.
Where I'm from, we just got attacked by Poland and we, a nation barely in the Top 10, pushed them back. We pushed them all the way back to Western Russia. A week ago, I fought a battle for Alaska with support from nations all over the world and I commanded citizens from all over the world ready to to give everything just to f*cking punch them in their smug faces.
The moments after that were, honestly, some of the best I've ever had playing any game ever. And, as crazy as it sounds, some of the most most memorable in my life.
I wish you were there.
It was the realization of the reason why I and so many play these games.
I'm sorry that I can't come here and save you. I already have too much to do and too many people depending on me and I can't let them down.
If you don't come, that's okay. I just wanted to offer.
But I hope you demand better. I hope you take all the anger and indigence I feel and I hope you clobber the people that did this to you with it.
It's just not right.
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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.
