I’m not sure it exactly fits the definition of a guild, but anyway :
Game : eRepublik (Free Online Multiplayer Strategy Game | eRepublik )
Name : eDOPE
Contacts (SDMB name/ingame name if different)
Chessic Sense/Mike Phoenix
Clairobscur
Dosipede/Amphibious Rodent
Oredigger 77
Raza
tr0psn4J/Shanttu2
RandMcNally
Nicolas Bourbaki
fifty-six/ePerson.
Capnpitt
Preferably, ask for an invitation from one of the above (not me, for some reason, I seem to be unable to send one), since we get 5 gold (a significant amount for us) for each player invited. You can register directly, though.
eDopers have recently started to operate a weapon factory in Indonesia (one of the world’s superpower in the game) called “Fighting Ignorants Co”.
The game is a kind of geopolitical simulation. When joining, you pick a country (most people tend to pick their IRL country), and the first thing your avatar has to do is finding a job. The game is a bit slow at the beginning, since the options are limited at this point. You work, feed yourself, train for the army… But you level up quite quickly and it has much more depths than it seems at first glance. A lot of things are happening, and though you could play by just clicking on three buttons every day, you could as well play 25 hours/day. You can try to become a mighty soldier, create a newspaper or a company, become a politician…or be involved in more arcane things like spying, diplomacy, worker’s cooperatives, etc…
The social aspect of the game is very important, in my opinion. If you don’t keep in touch with other players, try to stay informed about world events, join the local forums, participate in the life of your eNation, you’re going to miss a lot, IMO. It’s also a very international game. Hence, if you start in Brazil, for instance, expect to interact with a lot of Brazilians.
The thread that started it is here. It’s a bit long and might be a bit boring too since one third third is mostly dedicated to “how to find cheap food”, one third to “what company should we create” and one third to “how to operate the company”. However, in practice, most of the time I spend playing is dedicated to the complicated inner workings of the eFrench government (eFrance being a small country where [way too much] active players, even newbies, get a lot of things dumped on their lap). Others, I assume, might be more inclined to follow a military career or something else (I remember a player mentioning he had joined the US national guard, for instance).
