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The Military Units Tournament is now officially closed. The passion shown by fighters and military commanders to win this tournament couldn’t have been at higher levels. We find this to be truly inspiring, as it’s events like this that show what eRepublik is really about: healthy competition, team play, and a lot of dedication.

Without further ado, we will post the names of the Top three Military Units, so they are known by the whole world:

1. Macedonian Army – Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) – 29 billion damage
2. Bulgarian Civilian Corps – Bulgaria – 17 billion damage
3. S.O.S. – Serbia – 15.9 billion damage

The Polish Civil Army deserves a special recognition for coming just short of the 3rd place, with 15.7 billion damage. It’s also interesting to note that among the Top 50 Military Units, the Greek and Polish ones dealt the highest amount of combined damage. Here is the ranking of New World countries, based on the number of Military Units they had in the Top 50:

We wish the winners to enjoy their bigger rewards for completing the Daily Order and to stay strong in the future as well. Regardless of whether you won or not, thank you for being part of the tournament and making it so awesome.

Our most respectful o7 goes to you all.

The eRepublik Team

May 12th, 2013 was celebrated as the Mother’s Day in many parts of the real world. However in the New World it was also quite an important date, as it marked the 2000th day of eRepublik.

If we consider one month of eRepublik to be the equivalent of 4 real life years (because of the length of political mandates), the New World would be about 267 years old. That’s 30 years more than the United States of America!

To make this a happy celebration, all Energy Bars consumed on day 2000 offered a full Energy refill, so our citizens could play as much as they want. One player who really took advantage of this was omg_87, who dealt over 5 billion damage in one day.

The record for the highest damage dealt in a campaign was also broken in Day 2000. The previous record was 44.091.816.241 damage, dealt in a campaign of Bulgaria vs. Greece during the Gold Mines contest. Here is the ranking of the most disputed campaigns of Day 2000 (the numbers indicate the damage dealt in the campaign during this day):

Romania vs. Bulgaria                                                   62.491.850.180 (new record)

Israel vs. Serbia                                                                      31.575.155.114

Iran vs. Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)                  29.834.781.916

Croatia vs. Serbia                                                                   24.487.899.725

Serbia vs. Albania                                                                  24.480.268.511

Bulgaria vs. Saudi Arabia                                                    20.343.469.188

Thank you all for playing in the 2000th day of eRepublik. Your support made it possible to reach this number and we hope to reach day 4000 (or even 5000) together! And since we mentioned the Mother’s Day, we would like to use this opportunity to send our warm regards to all the mothers in eRepublik!

There is one concept in eRepublik that was created 2000 days ago by the citizens and became so strong and so important for the community that the eRepublik team introduced it in the game in the end: the Military Unit. We can actually say that by celebrating 2000 days of eRepublik we also celebrate all the Military Units across the New World.

So it’s time for each Military Unit member to proudly prepare his uniform for 7 days of parades during the first official Military Units Tournament. It’s time to fight not just for your country but for your uniform, for your comrades and for prizes and national and international achievements for your military group.

For 7 days all the Military Units across the world will compete against each other, we will measure and reward the ones that deal the biggest amount of damage.

Stay tuned and get ready for battle!

The past week was really intense in eRepublik. Tens of countries fought and competed for winning five Gold Mines worth 100 000 Gold each. The contest was very disputed, not only in terms of raw damage, but in a tactical way as well. We won’t make use of big words to describe the billions and billions of damage points dealt, because this contest might be just the tip of the iceberg.

Now that the Gold Mines are placed on the map, even more intense battles started for the five Gold-rich regions in the New World. The venerable dinosaurs (i.e. very old eRepublik players) here at the eRepublik HQ are anticipating this week thinking of the battles that defined the term “epic battle”: WSR (West Siberian Region), Podolia, LionKing (Liaoning), and all the others. But before expanding on this subject, let’s see the five winners and the five locations of the mines.

Area	Country	Capital City, Region	Damage
Europe	Serbia	Belgrade, Belgrade	73,106,278,596
Americas	USA	Washington DC, District of Columbia	27,491,887,976
Asia	Turkey	Ankara, Central Anatolia	31,560,162,616
Oceania	Australia	Canberra, New South Wales	6,785,043,676
Africa	South Africa	Cape Town, Western Cape	5,822,498,172

Europe

Here the contest was the most disputed, yet Serbia came out clear winners. The other countries did so well that we want to publish the damage rankings as a recognition of their efforts:

1	Serbia	73,106,278,596
2	Poland	50,591,980,248
3	Greece	38,303,953,471
4	Bulgaria	29,790,228,608
5	Romania	23,338,670,987
6	Hungary	21,722,222,147
7	Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)	20,878,196,409
8	Croatia	20,656,384,835
9	Spain	15,836,285,943

As you can see, nine countries dealt more than ten billion damage each. Congratulations to Poland, which was neck to neck with Serbia for most of the contest, and to the other countries for making the race so disputed.

As for Serbia, not only they won a mine in Belgrade, but were close to securing a second Gold Mine by conquering Ankara. However their ally, Poland, launched a surprise Airstrike on Ankara one day before the contest was over. The Turkish defense was fierce, yet the Polish won by a great margin.

Americas

As it was expected, the USA dealt more damage than Argentina, Chile or Brazil and comfortably won the American Gold Mine.

However things were expected to get less comfortable for them. Poland was rumored to make a move and attempt a conquest of Washington D.C. Poland’s ally, Spain, had conquered much of the Eastern Canada and was just north of Washington. Sunday, Poland’s attack on Turkey certainly made the United States breath in relief.

Given all the hostility, the USA were planning to respond in a superb way: by attacking first with an Airstrike over Europe. Now it remains to be seen whether they will use the Airstrike or keep it for darker days.

Meanwhile in Latin America, Chile and Argentina are still in a tight clash, but Chile conquered Canberra and will receive Australia’s Gold Mine. Unless Argentina has something to say about it.

The other big power of the region, Brazil, now controls the Gold Mine in Cape Town, South Africa.

Asia

China was billed as the strong favorite here, but Turkey pulled a surprise. Of course, this served them very little since their capital fell to Poland. It would take an even bigger surprise for Turkey to liberate their Gold Mine.

Indonesia, once a huge power, is in the fortunate vicinity of two possible mine sites: Australia and South Africa. However the Australian capital is under the occupation of an ally of Indonesia, and the South African capital is occupied by a stronger country. It’s therefore unlikely that Indonesia will attempt to attack any of the two mines.

Oceania and Africa

There were only two contestants in each of these continents, and neither of them are in a position to defend their mines. As said earlier, Canberra fell to Chile. The more interesting situation is in Africa, where drama hit in the last second.

Egypt was in the winning position for the entire contest. Meanwhile Greece and Bulgaria fought with all their strength for the control of Cairo. The amount of damage dealt in their battles was enormous, and it all peaked late Sunday night/Monday morning. It was the decisive moment for whom will control the Gold Mine in Cairo.

At the last moment, South Africa topped the contest rankings and won the mine. In effect, Brazil got the mine, since they control Cape Town. Rumors say that they are also responsible for South Africa’s win in the last moment. Either way, the war between Greece and Bulgaria proved to be for nothing, while Brazil got the big prize with only a fraction of the effort. This turn of events ended the contest in a really spectacular way.

As a conclusion

Given all the data in the equation, the week ahead will certainly be an entertaining one. For once, EDEN is a prominent alliance who had good chances of winning two mines through Turkey and Greece, yet are left with nothing. It remains to be seen whether they will resign the fight or rise even stronger. Also, if the big countries decide to fight over the mines, smaller countries have a good chance to start some resistance wars and liberate their territories. Only the future can reveal what the top military commanders of the New World have in their plans.

Regardless of the side you fought or whether you won or not, eRepublik wants to thank all the participants in this contest and wish them good luck ahead. Your feedback was very helpful in organizing it, so please use the comments below to express your thoughts, now that the contest is over.

Hello guys,

As you may already know by the end of this week the new eRepublik module, “Guerrilla Fights”, will be fully available. The participants of the beta tests already saw that this is something quite different compared to our previous releases. Our aim was to create a player versus player module, a module that will hopefully make the eRepublik experience more intense.

We all love strategy games but sometimes we want to play and win, we want to challenge other players, we want to show our skills in battle. It’s a feeling we hope you enjoy as much as we enjoyed coding this module.

We are also glad that the stability issues we had were solved in the last beta test and players were not having problems getting into the “Guerrilla Fights”. We worked hard to create a module that is friendly and simple to understand but at the same time is challenging and deep at a tactical level. We know very well that there is still work to be done and we are doing our best to update it in order to make it as enjoyable as possible.

We also would like to thank all our beta testers because without them we couldn’t fix the stability issues we had. We hope all of you will take this leap of faith and try this new gameplay experience.

From our point of view, this is just the beginning. Your feedback is very valuable and will be key in helping us make this new module better. So don’t be a stranger and let us know if you have anything to tell us that could help improve “Guerrilla Fights”

Thank you all for your support,

eRepublik Dev Team

Northern Alliance, ATLANTIS, Peace, Phoenix, ONE, EDEN, CoT and so on… these are not just simple acronyms. Almost all eRepublik citizens understand their meaning: they are alliances in eRepublik, groups of countries with common goals that support each other in wars. These entities were not a game feature initially, they were created by the players within the metagame.

Things changed in December 2012.

In December 2012 hundreds of eRepublik players gathered together in Bucharest to be part of the first eRepublik Military Summit. During the event, among other things,  the citizens voted to have alliances in eRepublik, as an official game feature. So Plato needed to find a window in the development planning to work with the community and implement a beta version of this metagame feature in eRepublik.

After weeks of research, analysis and coding you can now browse the Alliance page in eRepublik. For a start, you can check in what alliance your country is, who are your allies and who is leading the alliance. Soon, you’ll be able to see on the Alliances page (in the Community menu): news, orders or the alliance charter and, later on, you will be able to browse the alliance layer on the eRepublik map.

Please check it out in the Community menu and stay tuned for future blog updates regarding the “Guerrilla Fights” and the economical module!

The eRepublik Team

There’s one item which is indispensable to any strategy game. Whether you are fighting a war against aliens or building an ancient settlement you need to have this at the bottom of the screen. You can also find it in various locations of the real life, from the legendary strategy room hidden deep inside the basements under the Pentagon, to the pockets of any tourist using public transport in a foreign city.

If you’re into strategy games you probably figured by now we’re talking about a map. The thing old school generals used to unfold on a table and stick flags into. If you would like to think about the eRepublik homepage as your strategy desk for the New World, then we’re going to roll out a map on it for you. So flag-proof your monitor and stay tuned, the map will be here any day now.

Hello, eRepublikans!

Vampires, werewolves, and other night loving creatures surfaced in eRepublik last weekend, threatening to throw one huge Halloween party.

For the safety of our citizens, we summoned the most powerful weapon to match their dark forces. Called the “Batzooka”, it’s sort of like a Bazooka from the underworld, a slimy weapon that fires rotten pumpkins. Just like the normal Bazooka, it kills enemies with one hit, but in a slightly slower and more painful fashion since the stench needs some time to kick in. Obviously we don’t recommend playing with the Batzooka in closed environments like bars, offices, or your grandmother’s house.

For our citizens who are trapped at home with ghosts, witches or evil midgets, our team has prepared a new set of missions that should make the time pass easier and forget about the horrible creatures lurking in the house. Short of having a direct line to the ghostbusters HQ, we reckon that this week the safest place to be is the erepublik battlefield, as long as those werewolves don’t get an internet connection. However, fighting for your life (and country) is well worth the risk as there are plenty of life replenishing energy bars among the rewards given to those who complete our missions.

If you care for the safety and fun of the loved ones don’t hesitate to invite them to join the fun in eRepublik.

Don’t forget your daily dose of garlic!
The eRepublik Team

This fall the New World reaches half a decade of history. We would like to thank everyone who was part of it. You basically wrote the history yourselves! Let’s hope we will celebrate with you again after another five years, with twice as many stories and memorable moments.

Speaking of memorable moments, this week is bound to be one of them, as eRepublik goes into  party mode. For starters, all battles will be epic as damage was increased by 50% for everyone and rockets are twice as cheap to produce. Battle and Campaign Heroes will be well rewarded for their contribution with rockets and bombs. Everyone who misses the party at eRepublik.com will certainly feel sorry, because they will also miss the anniversary rewards for daily tasks, the 5% bonus to strength gained and the special BootCamp training building.

Probably the biggest surprise is Plato joining the fight on the battlefield. After spending 5 years behind the servers, he is finally testing the military module for himself. Plato is also bringing reinforcements with him: Lana – the famous training adviser, plus one very aggressive headless chicken.

More surprises are to be on display at eRepublik.com, and be sure to visit during Black Friday. Thank you again for making these first five years possible, and have a great end of 2012!

Yours truly,
The one year older eRepublik Team

To all our friends who joined us last month in Bucharest, but mostly to those who couldn’t, we would like to present a short video of the eRepublik Summit. One of the topics discussed back then was the eRepublik map, which will be the subject of our next blog post. Stay tuned for pictures and more information on the subject. Until then we will let the video do the talking. Enjoy!

eRepublik has been from the very beginning a very immersive and complex virtual world. After five years on the market, we gathered some data to see how it compares to the real world. The result you can see below. If you feel intimidated by the apparently gigantic weapons industry inside eRepublik, remember that it produced no casualties, just tremendous amounts of fun.