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Killerstartups.com - Multiplayer Social Net Game

2009-11-20T12:59:00.000-08:00

While currently in a private beta testing mode, erepublic promises to become a hugely popular online game that will allow users to choose their profession, such as: Politician, soldier, entrepreneur, journalist etcetera and the country that they would like to be a part of. Basically, erepublic is a massive world simulation game mixed with a social network whereby users can interact with each other while at the same time trying to take over the world or build a massive corporation. Erepublic also states that users will only need to spend about 14-minutes per day playing so this should appeal to those casual gamers who don’t have hours to play a game each day.

“History is something that already exists. You inherit it and you enrich it with your life experiences. But now you have a chance to create a different history in the Erepublik world. Being part of it, you have the opportunity to develop your economy and to create a working society with political institutions. You may concentrate on serving your country or on finding a way to personally advance in this new world perhaps by having military activity, creating private companies or getting others to elect you as a political leader.”

This mix of part social network, part world geo-political simulator should appeal to both hard core and casual gamers alike. Of course, it is difficult to comment on playability due to the fact that they are in private beta but if they deliver as promised, this will be a hugely successful endeavor.

When will they be going live so that those of us not invited to the private demo can get a peak inside? Will this be a text-based game or will it have graphics as well? What sort of customizable user profile options will be available?

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Run your own country !

2009-11-20T12:31:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at running your business or even your own country? Does the prospect of coordinating a mass-scale war effort interest you? eRepublik offers the opportunity for all three and more.

I'm surprised this gem managed to evade my attention for so long. Currently on its 544th day, eRepublik's leading countries (Romania, Indonesia, Hungary and the USA) have already established competing newspapers, companies and political parties. Battles and sometimes multi-front wars are a daily thing and alliances have already been determined, though their ties are often shaky at best.

Fortunately, many countries have set up programs to accommodate fresh blood, with the USA leading the way. Through groups like the eNational Guard and Meals on Wheels, the groundwork has been laid for active citizens to expand rapidly. Most of the essentials are already provided and eUSA's leadership ensures you're well-paid.

If you prefer to take a more-active role in the community, beyond working day-to-day, training and fighting in battles, you're given the option of joining a political party where you can run for country-specific political bodies. In eUSA's case, Congress or President. It's even possible to begin your own fledgling nation, though the few I've seen rise in the two weeks I've been playing have been short-lived.

Many of the game's major newspapers are run by citizens who eschew political affiliation and instead attempt to guide and keep honest the existing political parties. In some cases, the quality journalism you'll find would equal or rival most real publications. The forum community is equally active and, while some discussions degenerate into drama, the handful of trolls that drag them into the dirt should in no way represent the eRepublik community as a whole.

As far as browser games go, this is one of the better ones and most certainly one of the more unique. If you join eUSA, I suggest Florida as it's one of the states with maxed infrastructure, including a five-star hospital. You can choose other areas or other countries, but living there and building the province into something useful can be a challenge that you may not want as a new player.

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10 Steps eRepublik tutorial

2009-11-20T12:08:00.000-08:00

Step 1 – Welcome to eRepublik

eRepublik is massively multiplayer social networking and online strategy web-browser game. It provides a realtime model of the modern world and allows players to simulate their political, business or military aspirations, in so doing potentially changing the course of history. This tutorial covers the points mentioned by Plato in his introductory video, the first issue of which is the homepage. Familiarize yourself with the homepage.

Step 2 - Upload your avatar picture

Experience points unlock eRepublik's features and the easiest way to achieve your first two is to upload a avatar for your citizen.

Step 3 - Your profile page

You'll find the information about your citizen's career and biography on the profile page. The wellness indicator and the inventory area should be closely monitored as they're vital to the day-to-day routines of your citizen's life in eRepublik. Learn more about your profile page.

Step 4 - Buy / Consume food

Just like in the real world your citizen must eat daily in order to survive. You can acquire food from the marketplace, and once a day the highest quality food unit from your inventory will automatically consumed. See more details about buying and consuming food units.

Step 5 - Get a job

Working daily is essential as your citizen needs money in order to buy products, so visit the job market and find a job. Find out how you can get a job.

Step 6 - Work

In order to work you'll need to visit your employer's headquarters. Your citizen will receive a salary for each day worked... and don't worry, working in eRepublik is more fun than in the real world! See more details about working in eRepublik.

Step 7 – Train

Serving your country in a war is important in eRepublik as it helps you to receive the recognition of your fellow citizens, one of the key concepts of the game. To achieve a higher score when you fight you should train daily. Find out how you can train.

Step 8 - Exchange money

In eRepublik you can exchange any currency (including gold, an intermediate currency in it's own right) for other currencies, each of which is particular to one country. You can do this by accessing the "Market" tab in the main menu, followed by the "Monetary Market" button. Learn more about the Monetary market.

Step 9 - Fight for your country in eRepublik

You can see if your country is involved in a war or Resistance War by viewing the wars list, accessible from the homepage. After you decide on a battle to fight in, click the green "Fight" button on that page. Learn more about the military system.

Step 10 - Vote in eRepublik

There are three major political events occurring monthly in eRepublik where a citizen can vote to elect party presidents, members of congress, and country presidents. You have the ability to express your choice in these elections once you reach experience level 6. Learn more about the political system.

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The most pretentious Web based game of 2008. Fun to rule a country or conquer it. A must play for miniclip/other gamers

2009-11-20T08:45:00.000-08:00

So long.....

Farewell, everyone. Real life holds neither meaning nor significance for me since I discovered eRepublik. My final act within this incessantly real world will be the scribbling of this review, and then that's it, I'm done. No more will the bonds of mortality restrain me - to eating, to exercise, to responsibility, I say "Pish!".

Knowledge

Perhaps I pished a little early. As it turns out there's quite a bit of responsibility to be had within eRepublik, so long as you're inclined to plod off in search of it. Disgustingly, one of these duties is indeed that of improving physical fitness. You'll need big strong arms in order to succeed in what I can only describe as the geopolitically-charged fusion of The World's Strongest Man and multiple-choice exam which characterises the battles (or as eRep cutely terms them - 'fights') for territory that form the backdrop for this game. There's a great deal of warring going on right now in eRep - if you join the eUK today you'll find the local media moguls stoking nationalist fervour as the country prepares to defend its ally Argentina from quixotic Brazil's brash behaviour - yet my priorities lie elsewhere.

Only democracy....

I truly started to love this game (and I really, really love this game) when I discovered the lubrication. eRep's political machine is so well oiled, it runs its own Korean hairstyling business. I've been playing a mere four days and I've already become a regular on the forums, signed up for a degree scheme, and become an integral part of the National Health Service - each of which has been established by the concerted efforts of twelve months of elected presidents, their governments, and the input of opposition parties and the general public. You probably noticed I said 'president' rather than 'prime minister'. It's true, the eUK (and every other nation) has a president. This is symptomatic of eRep's greatest weakness - there's a deficit of flexibility in the way a nation can be governed. The developers have dictated that every nation must be a democracy, replete with monthly elections for president, congress, and party leadership, so we'll see no dictators or diffused authority within this version of the game.

Levels like in WoW....

It's not all doom and gloom for the power-mad. Once you've reached a certain level, newspapers and companies can be created or bought from less maniacal men, and used to wield power over those creatures who know so little about your true nature, so little. There are investigative journalists eager to pounce on the governments' new 'Gulags for First Time Buyers' scheme, and companies fulfilling the role of provider to every segment of society.The eUK government seems content to allow the free-market to free-marketeer, yet the situation could be entirely different in one of the gazillions (perhaps just zillions) of other countries you could become a citizen of.

Today 50 000, tomorrow 100 000

There's only the one server, with a global population of around 50,000 and a UK population of 3,000. There's a wiki set up, detailing the fascinating history of the world since its inception almost a year ago, and the internet is just brimming with further examples of creativity and passion displayed by the (generally amiable and intelligent) eRepublik community. Most of the countries speak English, either because they're populated by citizens who're familiar with the internet's most common language, or because they're really Americans/Brits who've gone on holiday and decided they prefer the exotic climbs of some far-flung land. One of the candidates for the eUK's House of Lords (a bunch of clever chaps who're not politically affiliated) is having his appointment blocked because he's busy working as a Thai congressman.

Conclusion:

It might take you a minute per day to play eRepublik, but it's worth the time. I recommend this game to politicians or gamers who still play Miniclips....or normal gamers.

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Browser Based Gaming: eRepublik Review by Casualtygamer.com

2009-11-20T08:07:00.000-08:00

By: Codanon
When I first heard of eRepublik, I was curious. It claimed to be a browser-politics-SecondLife mix. It did not sound bad. I went to the erepublik site to register and instead found this…

Yeah, 538 people waiting to play this game. The first thought that came through my mind was “This game has to be GREAT!”. So I signed up and waited patiently for my invite. After a month and a half, the invite arrived. I had already forgotten about the game but was eager to try it out.

First Look: When you first sign up for an invite, you can pick what country/region you want to join, but it means nothing as you have to pick again when you get the invite and actually register. You start in your picked country/state and if it isn’t a popular region, there won’t be many people in your town to interact with. I picked the USA for country and Montana for the state. From there, I was assigned to the city of Helena, which has a population of 9. Some regions like New York City have a population of over 200. Others, like Spain, have regions with 500 citizens. But don’t pay much attention to the region you select as you can move later on.

First Impressions: There isn’t much to do. When you first start, all you can do is join the military, and make a CV (portfolio, resume) so you may get a job. Depending on how much salary you ask for, you get a job offer from one of the user-owned companies. Depending on how often you work, you get raises as you level up. Later on, you can even create your own company. Another option is to join the military and take part of the wars in the game. I haven’t been part of one yet so can’t say much about that.

Daily Tasks: There are several things you can do everyday. You can work, do military training, check your food inventory, and vote. All these only require a click of the mouse so it won’t take long. Another thing you can do is invite friends. They claim you get gold when you do so, but I invited a friend who then joined, but I never got any gold, despite emailing them twice about it. Another aspect of the game is the media. You can write articles about in-game politics which is supposed to be interesting. It’s not.

Conclusion: This isn’t a game that will take much of your day. It will barely take a minute, if that. In fact, there isn’t much of a reason to join. You might want to join if you’re bored, in which case, don’t. But if you insist, leave a message on the comments with your email address and we’ll send you an invite. And by the way, that 538 people waiting message has not changed…yet.

I had recently stumbled upon eRepublik through one of my friends who had given me an invite. When i saw that there was over 500 some people waiting to TRY this game, I thought we had found a keeper. The general idea of eRepublik is Players can be politicians, soldiers, entrepreneurs or journalists in different countries, and much of the environment is user generated. The game is still in invite only beta testing, but has 10,000 beta testers from 43 countries currently playing the game. A key pitch of Erupblik is the time required to play the game. It can be a simple 5 minutes or it can be a half hour. You really decide how involved you want to get.

When i first started playing and saw the layout of the game i was really excited because its very indepth with alot of things. Ultimately i would come to find out the only things i can really do in the begining are finding a job, becoming a solider, and buying food at the market. Not really a great interest keeper there. All in all, this is one of the games that looks good from the outside but when you divulge into it you come to find its not really all its cracked up to be. The hardcore gamers will stay clear of this game, and the only audience this game will find are those who are bored and willing to try new things.

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Hello Erepublik Addicteds

2009-11-20T06:42:00.000-08:00

This is my first post, its just a test... I created this blog to get plenty referrals and to get rich fast. Please don't call 911, I give you half of the loot.