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Orlandio . At first i thought to make an interview but then i realized why not to do something different as ordinary interview. We agreed and just talked about game and about him. Following conversation isnt been edited nothing hasnt been added or removed its original and im sure Orlandio can approve it. I really hope you will enjoy this.Hello thanks for agreeing to have little conversation with me. You have been lately quite inactive in this game but here you are. What is that "thing" what is keeps you here? The simple answer would be readers. My newspaper is the only thing that hasn't quite depleted itself when it comes to e-sim. I haven't cared for politics for years now, with reset i also lost interest in fighting and gradually the business side has become less and less important for me. With readers i have that personal relationship where i write about what i think and feel however, in return they comment under my articles and also sometimes send me PMs. I don't want to let down all the people that have supported my articles so far by quitting the game. Whenever they give me some nice feedback, it also makes me feel good. This keeps me motivated enough to keep an eye on the game and write about it.
About your newspaper Orlandios Apple i remember it with shiny gold apple, now it has black and white logo is there some reason behind that change? Is really game have gone so desperate that it has to be like those colors? That's a real interesting question. I like changing the appearance of the Apple every now and then. At first i used to have Steve Jobs as the face of the newspaper but since then i've had several different Apple logos. I hadn't changed the logo for almost ayear so it seemed like the right time and since i had just fallen upon this really cool black-and-white one and put it in my folder "(yes, i have an extra folder for this )", i picked it up from there. Oh that is good to hear i started to think that you didnt have anymore enough words to describe your feelings about game...
When i went with the golden avatar, i also changed my own avatar into something more steady (and didn't change either one in a very long time). My new avatar and the new Apple are supposed to show that my newspaper is not all that serious as some seem to think and even with serious articles i try to joke around and lighten players up. It's all about the fun. The reason i went with Orlandio's "Apple" when i decided i'm gonna go more global with my newspaper is because i think what Steve Jobs did was he innovated people and made them achieve the best they could. I decided early on that i want to write about things that make a change for better in the game and wha's most important, make people do that change. That is main thing games should be here for entertainment. Unfortunately latley peoples forgets that and will bring real life into the game and sometimes it really annoys... Ofc Apple was also a very ambitious project for Jobs and it proved to be very successful. I'm glad that the same happened to my newspaper.Yes we can compare your newspaper success with Steve Jobs Apple company success im sure
Lately you got regocnized too by admins you got chosen to write about new updates. How that made you feel? Well i'm always ready to help them any way i can, as long as it benefits the gameplay of e-Sim. I wasn't too moved by the fact that i got this letter from them.At first i thought all the top journalists got it and only later i got a message where they said that they'd picked only one journalist from each server. Either way, the game is not so active these days and there's not a lot of competition to go around, not many active journalists with a lot of reader-base. I have got both s**t and celebrations from Admin in the past, neither one moves me anymore. As i said before, what really gets to me is the readers opinions. When they have something good to say in the comments, that's something that sticks and keeps me playing.Ofc its main thing what readers think but from my point of view that shows they still respect you despite that you have written many articles about them as necative it also shows that they read your articles probably and knows that players likes your articles
But it's really nice that we've accomplished to make Admin interested in our opinions sometimes. That's the ultimate goal anyways. Back when kMeel was running the show they also gave me a profile badge for my articles. That actually did move me because back then the game was much more active and there was plenty of journalists to give it to.
I havent seen myself those times but ive heard that to get to global u needed several hundred votes not like now you get like 30 votes to be in global. Do you think that europa server merge to primera will help this somehow ? To bring back little bit old times? I would sure like to hope so but i really can't see it happening. This game has much deeper problems than our developers like to dig into. The main issue is not something as superficial as too little players... indeed, there's been more players in the past but there's also been 5000 players with more activity than right now. What we've seen is that new updates and design changes doesn't bring in activity. If there's not enough of communication, players have no motivation to spend more than 5 minutes a day in the game. I remember the times when there were Admin comments all around - admin commented under articles, popular shouts, wrote shouts himself. eople logged in, did their daily business and then went on to read what Admin had said or to generate something that Admin would comment about. When the owner of the game takes apart of its inner topics, people will follow the lead. When Admin doesn't care then soon enough people won't care either. This is also the reason why global is at less than 20 votes more than often now. People don't read or vote and then why should anyone even write anything if they get no response.
True that game is mainly like 2 clickers paradise they just log in as u said to work and train and then when is bonus days they will hit something and that is it.
Enough for past and present lets talk about future little bit. You have under 3K subs do you think you can reach that in near future? I don't know about near future but that would definitely a dream come true. Btw, when i reached 1000 subs in Primera then one of my alltime favorite e-Sim journalists told me something like "congrats Orl but you deserve 3000 subs". The same person soon became the first - and so far only - player in Primera to reach 3000 subs. So this number actually means a lot to me and if i ever reach it, it will definitely be an event.Here is one other reason why u cant quit you have to reach that goal.
Haha it's not one of my priorities but if it comes i will greet it. Hooray Orlandio will offer us free beer then guys !Beer would be a nice update to the game. My readers would definitely get quality 5 Heineken.
Well back to reality. You are currently Ireland player any idea when u will come back to play for Estonia? I've promised to do this several times, more than once to yourself and i guess now is really the utmost time. I joined Ireland mostly because of good company and also because i saw there was something to be done through the Ireland Org's newspaper. For the past months the population of Ireland has been falling, atm it's under 30. Any player can benefit to make this country a lil'bit more active, that's why i stay for now. Maybe November though, huh?Lets say diplomatically then when is the time
Would love to be back tho, it's certainly going to happen during '15. Then we can celebrate too i will drink bottle of beer to honour you That's very kind of you...
Anyway i want to thank you alot that you gave me oppurtunity to make little be different as ordinary interview. I really enjoyed our conversation It was great, even if i couldn't afford to concentrate a 100%. I very much love your interviewing style and you're easily one of the coolest active people in game. So thank you as well for the great questions and a great time
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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.
