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Whenever you face any kind of problem, what do you usually do? You find the solutions for every circumstance that you confront, right? And you don’t just find the solutions; you use them to battle it out. In other words, you FIGHT for it, in order for you to pass it. Walang laban ang hindi naipapanalo nang hindi ka nakikipaglaban (There’s no battle that you can win without fighting), unless if your opponent surrenders. But most of the time, they don’t, and usually, they are way bigger, stronger, and smarter than you. And sometimes, FEAR sets in.
1) Fear is believing to something you don’t/can’t see in a negative way. Just like here in e-Sim: hindi pa naman nagsisimula ang isang bagay, natatakot ka na kaagad kung anong pwedeng mangyayari (even though something has not started yet, you are already frightened of what may happen).
2) Fear is when the “What ifs” begin to stir up into your mind. Anxiety starts to kick in. “What if someone starts a Resistance War (RW)? Are we all well-prepared?” “What if the prices of Q5 food, Q5 gifts, and Q1 weapons go up again?” “What if I will be banned?” “What if we lose the battle?”
3) Fear paralyzes you. When fear over empowers you, you cannot do anything. What’s worse? You will not think straight and will not do anything right (mawawala sa tamang pag-iisip). You will do reckless things like making minions, fighting on the enemy side instead on the ally side, proposing insane laws such as donating money from the Country Treasury to yourself, and setting ridiculous Battle Orders (BO).
4) Fear clouds your thoughts. Instead of helping to mediate an argument, you will become the fuel to the igniting fire. You can sour the relationship ties of two allied countries, and worse, you can tear a nation apart. Sa imbis na makatulong ka, nakakasira ka pa (Instead of helping, you are destroying).
Just a simple thing of distress can turn to violence. Others are like this. Right now as you read this article, some are experiencing the things mentioned above. And to the most of them, they are lacking three things in general: discipline, self-confidence, and FAITH.
Whenever we think of faith, the first thing that comes to our mind is RELIGION, but faith is mostly not religion-related. Faith is just the opposite of fear: both fear and faith are believing to something that you don’t/can’t see, but faith is positive, fear is negative. If you believe that you can surpass anything, you will do it, as long as you have faith in yourself.
1) COVENANT.
For those who don’t know what covenant is, it’s called the inconvenient relationship between people. Having a covenant with someone gives both sides of the party TRUST that they will accomplish anything, no matter what it takes. It’s like a soon-to-be-wed couple that’s swearing to themselves “’till death do us part” at the front of the altar and the people who will be witnesses of that moment will prove to themselves that they are sincere with their relationship.
Covenant is not just for two or more persons. You can have a covenant with yourself. You have to put trust in yourself that you can do anything. Even if everything is against you right now, as long as you have faith in yourself that you can outdo anything, you will get through that ‘everything’.
Covenant will also reveal your true friends. True friends are those who will tell what you NEED TO HEAR, not what you want to hear, even though you don’t want to hear it. True friends have real intentions to lift up your life and the things that surround you.
Same here in e-Sim. Even though you really don’t know the person behind his/her IGN, you feel the sense of trust in him/her for he/she has given you assurance that you can work together with him/her to help each other out. People have the instinct of who will he/she will trust, and most of the time, it works out well.
One setback though: if the person who you made covenant with changed sides, will you still trust him/her? Will you still hold to your so-called bond? Will you always be stuck together, or is it that you just don’t want to be alone when you have done your covenant?
2) COMMITMENT.
Even if you are not sure of what’s going to happen, you will still be with your so-called ‘partner’. It’s just like a title of a song made famous by Disney: “We’re All In This Together”.
Commitment means guarantee, vow, and obligation. Once you have vowed, you must give guarantee to whomever you made covenant with that you will fulfill your obligation on your part. Like most people living in the eastern side of the world, Filipinos are interdependent with each other. That’s why most of us still live in a house with our parents and close relatives. Each member of the family has a duty to do. Everyone has a responsibility to take.
In e-Sim, when you clicked the check box that you ‘agree with the terms and conditions’ of the game, you have given assurance to the Game Operators that you have read and understood the rules and will play the game with a clean conscience. When you chose your Citizenship before you start the game, you have given your word (even though indirectly) to the current citizens of that country, especially to the Country President (CP) that you will help them to achieve greatness to their nation in any way possible (without breaking any rules of course). In one way or another, PEOPLE WILL DEPEND ON YOU, and your actions will determine whether you are worthy of their covenant or not.
Are you going to give smile to their faces, or are you going to let them down? In any case, your credibility will be on the line, your conscience will be put to the test and your sworn statements will be your ticket to your prominence or to your downfall.
3) COURAGE.
Courage is taking the first step even if you don’t see the path on where you are going. Courage is making the first move while others can’t. Courage is doing something that others have never dared to do. It may sometimes be linked to stupidity (of course when you act without thinking), but whenever you have the guts to do something, even if you know all the consequences that you will face afterwards, that’s courage.
Even someone who is weak on the outside but has a great mind that can think of a way to win has more courage than those who are winning in fist fights but have very weak insides.Kahit na ang mga umaamin na sila’y mahihina ay mas matapang pa sa mga taong nagtatapang-tapangan (even those who have revealed that they are weak are stronger than those who pretend that they are strong). As one of the commercials say: “Real men cry.” Yes, it’s true. Men who have the courage to show their true emotions are way stronger than those who hide their feelings like nothing happened.
Whenever you bump against a wall or got thrown down, GET UP! Slam into those hindrances with all your might. Everyone wants to run away when there’s trouble. But if you run away, that’s it, isn’t it? Even when something bad happens along the way, you got to pick yourself up and keep going. And when you do, you have shown courage not just to yourself, but to others as well.
Having those three C’s is not a matter of winning or losing. People can’t do anything on their own. That’s why they stick together, and they learn to live with them. We even consulted to other players when we were newbies to the game right? Stand by each other until the end, no matter what happens. It’s okay to be hit and beaten up. Even some of us are stupid, rude, and hopeless, as long as our hearts are in the right place, we can do anything.
But even though people stick together, don’t wait until someone gives you a hand. Being like that, we will continue to be weak. People don’t extend courtesy and compassion to those who are not standing up firmly on their own feet. People are not so nice as to lend a hand to those who are running away all the time to their problems.
As we continue to play this game, those experiences that we have gained since the day we clicked the SIGN-UP button, don’t think that it’s just a piece of memory that you have created. It carries the weight of the days that we have spent here. Maybe some of us do not perform well in fighting, doing business, or managing offices (party leader, congressman, CP), but we must have learned how to protect what’s important to us by doing everything that we can, together. We have learned not to give up. We have learned not to run away… believing in ourselves and to our friends… always playing proudly that we are eFilipinos: high-spirited, loyal to our motherland, and having the sense of covenant, commitment and courage.
What lies ahead of us might be sad and harsh times. But when we can’t get through them alone, remember that you have friends that will be always be on your side, will fight with you (not at you), and will listen to you.
I was here for a short time, but I am so proud to be around with people that have the same intentions as mine: to make ePhilippines a great and strong nation: RESILIENT to any form of resistance from within and outside the country.
^_^
PS. Posting of religion-related comments in this article is highly discouraged, especially if it’s too sensitive. Everyone’s beliefs about their religion must be highly respected by others and must not be the cause of any argument.
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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.
