For the strategy minded enthusiasts around, there is a new social network strategy that is hitting the net. The concept is pretty much similar with “Mafia Wars” in facebook but in a grander, global scale. It combines the social networking concept with real time strategy where you start of as a simple citizen and work your way up the social ladder. You get to choose your virtual online country and start of as a simple resident. From a worker you could become business tycoons, war generals, politicians, media moguls and many more. Just have the right connections, focused dedication and long term thinking, you can climb your way to the top. This interesting website can really bolster your long term thinking skills and strategy skills. For the record, I find their political module really interesting. If you reach a certain level of “experience” which is quantified through points, you can join or create a political party and run for office. Once you are in office, you can propose vital legislation that affect the entire population of a virtual Philippines. The down side is it really requires time for one to progress, but I see this a great way to feel what real time progress is all about so our complacent instant gaming compulsion will be neutralized.
For those who are interested in such a game, register now for free. For a clearer picture about this, I quoted wikipedia’s own description of this cool social and strategy online game. eRepublik is a massively multiple player online, social networking and strategy web browser game developed by eRepublik Labs which launched on October 21, 2008 and is accessible via the Internet for free. The game is set in a mirror world (called the New World) where players, referred to as citizens, join in local and national politics, set economic policy, start businesses and wage wars with other countries.[1] It was developed by Alexis Bonte and George Lemnaru. There are currently 23 members of staff for the website besides the founders.
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HAHA. this game takes a lot of patience and perseverance. but i think it will be worth it if i get elected as president! HAHAHA start ta ug political party ton!
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