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[wallish]

I'm pretty new to this game, so as an "outsider" I have to say that the donations look suspicious even to me. (No accusations, just saying I could see why someone, especially Antonio, could make accusations.)

[beorn080]

So Rody, thanks for attempting to have me and Ealb banned back in beta. Real nice. I hope you get banned for that. PERMANENTLY!!!!!!!!!

[E. Albright]

Aye... that was classy, there.

Shorter Rody:
"Well, I got caught fair damningly with my multis, so I'm going to 'fess up in a braggy, pat-myself-on-the-back sort of way, and then state that I feel banning a subset of my sockpuppets while doing nothing to my main is sufficient, and we should now move on like nothing ever happened!"

Ah, Rody, when you're gone who else will give us such fine displays as that one? You really were one of a kind. Thankfully.

[Servant Corps]

Sorry to dig up old wounds but...

Did we still know who was responsible for our first defeat?

[beorn080]

If you are referring to the first party elections in which we had a shot of beating LCP in a fair fight, then it would be RODY@K(.

[Servant Corps]

Yes, I am referring to that.

One thing I do wonder is the idea of 'Multis' in a simulation. I know that many people are just referring to this as "ballot stuffing", but the idea of receiving funds illegally, attempting to frame someone for the act of making fake accounts, or creating "slaves" that can easily man your sweatshops for $0 makes me wonder about Multis in general some more, and the Sockpuppeter that controls them. This isn't just "ballot stuffing". This is the creation of androids.

'Multis' subvert the simulationist nature of the game. Here, the keys to a perfect utopia is right in front of us, no need to resort to Socialism. We can having a bunch of people voting for the Nation, slaving for the Nation, giving money to the Nation, etc. Why be selfish and only benieft from the fruits and labor of the Multis? Why not share the beniefts to the entire Nation?

The reason most people don't engage in such a thing is because we are restrained by a sense of fair play, that we want the game to be simulationist and we want fair competition. And yet...I still can't shake the idea that 'multis' may lead to the utopian society that many leaders in eRepublik dream of. Prehaps this is why Multis are used, altough usually to benieft the owner, and not to benieft society as a whole.

Multis are made less powerful in V1 (thankfully), but even then, I don't think they lost the capacity to be used as slaves.

[beorn080]

Multi's are against the ToS of the game and hence completely illegal for any use.

[Squeegy]

I tried moving to Thailand, but I can't get all my americanmoneyz turned into thailandbucks.

[Karlito]

Well, it is an awfully large amount of money you're trying to get rid of.  I bought some off of you, so you can get set up in Thailand, but I doubt you'll be able to sell it all.

[Squeegy]

I'll see if I can turn it into gold and sell that.

EDIT: Yeah, there. Lowered my offer down quite a bit. 1.6k thailandbucks, anyone?

[Rilder]

I'll see if I can turn it into gold and sell that.

EDIT: Yeah, there. Lowered my offer down quite a bit. 1.6k thailandbucks, anyone?

  I have...20.

[beorn080]

WOW. Consider buying several hundred lotto tickets.

[Squeegy]

I actually bought out several offers because they didn't have enough money to take all my gold.

[Squeegy]

Btw, does the Thailand Reform Party need 30 gold? I only need 20 to start my company, and I doubt anyone has 2 in grain skills so no need to upgrade.

[Karlito]

There's not much of a labor market right now, so you'll have a tough time finding workers.  You might be better off getting a job elsewhere, and holding onto that gold for now.  And plenty of people have 2 or more land skill.  The trouble is there off working somewhere else.