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Hello! Today I suggest instead of using IRC, we develop a chat system in-game! Here is a picture
of what I am thinking about.
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In this picture, you see that there is a channel list on the far right. This has sections of E-Sim where the official E-Sim channels are, then it shows Your Country, which lists all of the channels that are in your country. Next, it will show your Military unit, and it will show your military unit's channel. After that, it will say Other Countries and put a list of all country channels. When you click on one of the blue texts, it will open a channel such as which is already open, my Military Unit - Supreme Beings of Leisure. This is the "Active" channel, which you can actively participate in. The tabs above it, E-Sim and E-Sim Support are "Tabbed Channels" which you are in, but you cannot actively chat in them, but they are updated and you can click on one of the tabs to turn it into your "Active" channel. You can press the X at the right of the tab to close this channel, and it will close. To the left of the active channel is the active channel's information tab. This tab basically is a list of how many people are in chat, and a list of who is in the chat. Players will have a certain colored name, depending if this channel is their active chat. Their name will be a darker blue if this channel is their active chat channel, and their name will be a lighter blue if they are active in another channel.
When clicking upon a player's name in the left box, it expands the player's box and gives you the option to PM them in chat, or to go to their profile. If you click PM, it will automatically type in your text box "/pm InsaneParrot " and you can type the rest. When you receive the PM from someone, you can click the (reply) and it will automatically type in your text box "/pm Miniteck " and you can fill in the rest. Also, there is a chat settings in the bottom right hand corner. Chat Settings opens up a new window and allows you to add people to your blacklist (stop them from PMing you), it also will allow you to disable PMs, so you can't receive PMs. If you have PMs disabled, and someone PMs you, they will receive "Error: This player has PMs disabled."
Each country has access to a total of 6 channels. Each country starts with 1 channel, which can't be deleted or renamed, and it is called "United States - Country" for example. After that, each country can create a max of 5 more channels using the "USA Org", "Poland Org", etc. Their main org. Creating a channel will cost 15 gold per channel. The Org will have access to many things for each channel. For the country channel, the channel can set people to "Operator" who can kick, mute, and ban people from that channel. The Org can also set who has access to the channel, there are only two options for the main country channel, "Global" and "Country" global means that everyone can talk in there, no matter what country, and country means that only citizens of the country can talk in the channel. Countries can also set access for other channels, such as a Congress channel, which is only available to people that the USA Org sets to have access to the channel.
Military Units will also have one channel, which is just named after the military unit, for example in the picture, Supreme Beings of Leisure. There will be a new rank in military units called "Channel Operator" which allows whichever player in the military unit that is a Channel Operator to moderate the channel (they cannot ban players from the channel, only mute or kick).
Game Operators will have Channel Operator in all of the official E-Sim channels. In addition, they will have access to Channel Operator in all main country channels, but nothing past that. SGOs and GOAS will have access to editing all main country channels.
Parties will also have a channel, which is similar to a military unit, the party leader will assign players with the Channel Operator rank, and they can kick/mute players from the channel, but can not ban players from the channel.
The chat system will also have a filter system, which when a player tries to say a vulgar word, it will be replaced by asteriks. For example, "**** you!" instead of the obvious.
Lastly, channel operators will have more of a blue-green color to make it easier to identify who is the channel operator of a channel. Also, if you are a channel operator, you can type "/announce hi" and it will say "[00:50] ANNOUNCEMENT: hi."
This is in my opinion, a much needed module, and it will improve the game GREATLY. More people will be active, and there will be less elitism if everyone is involved just as much.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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