My dearest erepublik and its inhabitants,

Its time to make a choice, and all I wanna hear is your voice. What am I talking about? We are stuck. The tumultuous peaks we have conquered together were a terrific feat. But this molasses we’re trudging through now comes with a morbid sense of realization:

Why are we still here?

Apathy is a perfect word to describe this feeling. But at one time there was a player or two that kept your head on a swivel. Kept motivating you to get out there and try something. Two players come to my mind that have kept me in the ringer: Trekker Tlumac and Wild Owl. Trekker brought me back into this world after my break from 2010-2014 and Wild Owl really, and I mean really, showed me how to play this game. I could bore you with my own personal upbringing, but I will spare you.

For the most part, the eUSA players who are still here have a lot invested in this game. Yes, I’m speaking financially. There are prominent, well known citizens in almost each and every party/MU in eUSA that have spent a king’s ransom to keep our country’s heart beating, albeit the blood flow is near rigamortis. Then there are the hooligans who, for their own benefit or others, stick around to help or hinder progress. And finally there is a group of players who are basically eBabies. They’ve been around long enough to realize something still exists here even though its a fraction of the pace that our predecessors kept: writing, camaraderie, and community.