Did Virtua become Cyberia II?
Author: The Redaction
It is almost a forgotten part of our history, but a Cyberian politician once called Virtua “Cyberia II”. A big diplomatic crisis between the two nations was the result of it. It gave sign to the strong feeling of independence Virtua had and still has. But there are more and more similarities between the two parts of the Federation today.
The most visible of course is the standstill our political system has reached. Barely no law proposals, barely any new ideas, barely any activity at all I have to say. A week has passed since the last volcano eruption, and there is still no state school while there are no private schools at all, no court, nothing. And the worst part of it all seems to be that no one cares. The consuls aren’t criticized by the Virtuan people anymore for their lack of activity. It seems like nobody misses the dying body of the Board of Consuls.
Now where is the parallel with Cyberia? Quite some time ago the Cyberian politics were almost in the same circumstances with their parliamentary system. The political parties failed to activate enough people to become member of parliament, there was a lack of activity and so on. So far we can see a similar development between the older nation of Cyberia and Virtua. Not enough interested citizens for the politics and inactive politicians.
Then, at the initiative of a certain Thira Fellod a new system was introduced, the so called “Volksraad” (People’s Council). This to end the suffering of the dying parliamentary system. It’s main principle was that the President would be elected and selected the Ministers, while everyone who wanted to get involved in politics only had to put their name into a box placed at the entrance of the room where the People’s Council would discuss matters.
To make a long story short, this system was abolished after a couple of rounds after a successful coup d’état by the very same Thira Fellod who invented the system. The Digitalians had to shoot her to restore democracy to Cyberia and later the parliamentary system again.
What can Virtua possibly learn out of this history? First, we don’t want to keep going along the track we are currently following. Second, a new political system generates activity, especially if it becomes more open then the current system is. Third, prevent holes in the law book that allows unforeseen things to happen, like the dictatorship of Thira.
Media convention
Author: Plasticboer
Every couple of rounds there are coming new newspapers that want to beat The Miniconomist. But why to they try this? There‘s an easy answer to that question: they want to get a reputation. But many failed. I am one of them. Now I would really like to now, how this is possible. I started the Media convention this round. Goal? Improving of the media and the social side of this game.
Which means improving the newspaper market, trying to make an active radio station, creating a television station that makes news shows and so you can go on endlessly. But why are those things here already? It is a process that needs time, but to put progress to that process people want to get paid and they won’t get paid that much. Is the policy of the Federals changed that much? Because in the early days there were many newspapers, a couple of radio station andsometimes a television station. Can we improve this? I think so yes, if we work together.
Besides this, everyone knows them. Contests like the El Peso International Shooting Contests(EPISC) don’t have many subscribers.
And besides this, the mayors don’t organize many contests either. Unfortunately, but it could be the truth, because they aren’t worked out that great. So the media convention is started because of:
- Getting new Newspapers, Radio station and Television station
- Improving Social Contests
- Thinking of new Social Contests Do you think, you can help?
Subscribe now in the club “Media Convention Openbaar”(Openbaar had to be Public). There are still 5 spots open!
Interview with King Naamloze
Author: Gold Runner
Gold Runner:
How would you describe the shootings of some Virtuans?
Naamloze:
justified, but no accusations against the Virtuan people.
Gold Runner:
Do you know who are behind the attack(s) of today (attack on Figaro Seraglio?)
Naamloze:
You have to realize that Figaro whateverhisbacknamewas shot at me, after which he became victim himself. I’ve shot him, but there have been many other who shot him as well and told me.
Gold Runner:
If other people come to Digitalia and commit such crimes, would they be punished too?
Naamloze:
I can assure you when more of these crimes are committed by a certain group of persons in Digitalia, not only they will be punished but others not involved will be punished as well.
Gold Runner:
Is it a fact that more attacks have been committed on Digitalians (things as shooting, bombing?)
Naamloze:
As far as I’ve been told there have been no attacks with an impact.
Gold Runner:
Can you rely on support of your citizens with such actions?
Naamloze:
What actions?
Gold Runner:
Attacking persons who are regarded as “famous Digitalians”
Naamloze:
I think that is obvious
Gold Runner:
One last question: do you have good tips for persons who are still determined to attack a Digitalian?
Naamloze:
Practice on persons outside of Digitalia first.
Gold Runner:
Thank you for answering my questions.
Naamloze:
I hope I’ve been able to shed some light on Digitalia. Bye
Harbours Virtua
Author: Gold Runner
Are we still safe in Virtua now there are harbours? Who can tell us?
These thoughts came to my mind when I heard this week that Juizyboy was heavily fired at in Digitalia. It might have been his own fault for a bit, because what member of parliament goes to Digitalia without protection? Apparently did this trader/member of parliament not take notice of this and remained in Digitalia without knowing the consequences.
In the meantime panic spread in Cyberia because on of their most important citizens was being shot. They all agreed that an officer should help him. But who should do this? Nobody did a thing until Salvatore Maranzano would act himself and went to Digitalia.
At this moment there is lot of tension between Cyberia and Digitalia. How this will end is still unknown at the moment of this writing. But let us hope Virtua will remain safe from this with the Federal Games coming up.
Statistics
Author: Federal Assistant
Top winkelomzetten
Totaal: 3,696,218.71
# Name Turnover Home Town
1 Federal Government 211,130.46 Eurodam
2 martijn5 121,984.35 Roebelarendsveen
3 alecto 112,931.41 Nasdaqar
4 Sneppie 108,188.92 Zwollar
5 Sura 97,119.48 Cashington
6 Naamloze 83,410.21 Monapoli
7 dara 71,574.96 Monapoli
8 sugarfree 67,946.33 Monapoli
9 Salvatore Maranzano 67,061.71 Eurodam
10 Minimize 66,809.61 El Peso
11 xagon 64,774.94 El Peso
12 nasi 63,882.31 Monapoli
13 Billy Green 63,102.74 Cashington
14 Ragnarok 61,452.00 Roebelarendsveen
15 goudie 59,874.72 Cashington
16 Likemyitem 56,090.76 Cashington
17 koolo 54,082.56 Zwollar
18 Joep Eerlijk 51,268.04 Zwollar
19 jorref 48,445.59 Zwollar
20 Flapdrol 47,929.24 Roebelarendsveen
21 White Queen 46,994.50 Nasdaqar
Other statistics:
Product with most skills: Wood (306)
Product with least skills: Diamond drill (6)
Highest marketing level: 6
Net worth 100th place: 2339.38
*These statistics are several days old as they came from the Dutch edition of The Miniconomist.
A guide to the Consulelections
Author: Ravox
Compared to a month ago, interest rates for the Consul elections have improved impressively. With only 4 candidates during the previous elections there were hardly enough people to fill up the open government spots. This time, however, there are 8 candidates signed up.
There’s no significant reason for the sudden rise of political activity. The current Board has gone through an easy period without any mentionable problems or critics, but also without any worthy activity. The main reason of this evolution probably is the improvement of a number of new players, combined with the coincidence of others becoming interested. However, the upcoming Board is under some pressure since there are a lot of inexperienced candidates. To help the citizens make their choice a short summary of the candidates is included:
Michel182: Michel has been Consul of Education for numerous times but that seems to be the only thing he cares about. He seems to be interested more in education than in being an active Consul that is valuable in discussions. But that can be said about the entire current Board. As any Consul this round, he did his job well, and hasn’t caused any difficulties. His biggest disadvantage is the fact he isn’t an active member of the community, which will definitely cost him votes. Having a lot of competition for the upcoming elections chances are he won’t be re-elected.
Demon44: New in the Federation since this round, but very promising for the future. He has already achieved decent trading results, became replacing officer, and grew to become a solid member of the Virtuan community in no time. It’s impossible for him to have experience in politics yet, but he definitely deserves this first chance.
Gold Runner: Gold Runner is an active Centropolian, always being around in the community. He hasn’t shown recent activity as Consul, Judge,.. but he is a good candidate since he is regarded as a social and reasonable member which is a very important characteristic in Virtuan politics. The way Consuls handle discussions are more important than having a program or certain views. It’s hard to estimate if he will be elected, but with no doubt he will be backed up by a part of the local community in Centropolis.
Shinchan16: Starting 2 periods ago, he was already elected Consul with 8 votes in his first round. He became very active member of the community and learned fast. He currently is Consul of Justice and Safety. The lack of experience didn’t show at all, he did a decent job. But as for the entire current Board, he also hasn’t caused any worthy improvement. He submitted one law proposal, which was very vague and defended badly so there hardly was any discussion at all. But this is the fault of the entire Board. As a first time Consul after being around for just a few weeks he has done a very good job. The question is if that will be enough to gain the support of enough citizens.
Alecto: More of a trader than a politician, Alecto will still with no doubt be able to fulfill this job as he has built up overall experience for a long time. Consul will be a second job for him, next to full scale trading but he can bring activity and stability to the Board, by using his experience in discussions. Since he has been elected Mayor for the current round and did a good job, he will most probably be elected Consul too.
Dhaval0707: Dhaval has achieved experience on most levels, having been Officer, Mayor, FCS, Judge,.. But he still is on the way of becoming a real veteran, needing a little more experience and activity. He could definitely be a very good Consul, which will mostly depend on his level of activity and attitude in discussions. Recently he has been around, but he hasn’t been very active, which makes it harder to be recognized as a fully fledged candidate.
Samurai02: Samurai has experience as Consul, Judge, Mayor, Officer, FCS and high-scale trader. This is the perfect combo for a candidate. He will be able to use his experience in every sector that is discussed by the Board. Nevertheless he will have competition from other candidates with very high rates of activity. But regarding his status as a respected Virtuan veteran he will probably receive enough votes for his qualities.
Figaro Seraglio: His alter-ego is a Cyberian politician. Now he is trying his luck in Virtua with his concept about a new political system. He hasn’t been a member of the Virtuan community recently at all, just showing up for the elections. He might become a valuable add in the future as he is an active politician in Cyberia. But it’s way too early to judge his political capabilities in Virtua already. As for the upcoming elections, he isn’t ready at all to be elected.
Broom! – The other side?
Author: Entropy
Anyone reading this should know this is a response to the article ‘Broom!’, published by Ravox.
This is the story of a young, self-respecting adventurer, trying to make his way through life. Looking for some cash, for he was a very poor, though modest man, he one day noticed an advert telling him everything about a so-called Broomrace. Picking it up, his eyes immediately turned towards the lower part of the piece of paper, because that’s where the five thousand I-shell cash price was mentioned. After drinking some beers and thus helping the economy by spending the little money he had, he decided it would be stupid not to join the Broomrace. Although people might decide a lot of things when drinking beer, one cannot deny this actually was a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Being totally sobered up, the handsome adventurer showed up at the start the next day. The competition consisted of two Virtuan citizens, two Digitalian “citizens” (because if I would call the Digitalians the way they should be called, this article was never going to reach the newspaper) and one Cyberian politician. The adventurer couldn’t help bursting into tears when he saw one of the Virtuan competitors, Samurai02, was totally dressed up like a ninja. It was only then he realized winning the race was going to be as difficult as aiming next to the toilet when peeing, which was really not difficult at all, as he had experienced the night before, just after he had finished his nineteenth beer.
The odds on his side, the young man joined the others and seconds later they enthusiastically took off. The race had only just begun when Sugarfree proved why Digitalians should not be called citizens, by taking his shotgun and starting to shoot at the ninja. The ninja immediately reacted by reflecting the bullets with his sword – my god, who the hell actually believes this crap? – , resulting in Sugarfree having to drop out of the race. It was at that point the adventurer experienced something no one can imagine.
Ravox, a Virtuan inhabitant who has been struggling all his life to lose weight, fell out of the sky hitting Centaura, our heroic adventurer. The impact was massive and it threw Centaura off his broom, knocking him unconscious. Later, Ravox covered up this story by saying Centaura was magically turned into a cow. Little did he know that I, Entropy, saw everything happening. What really happened is that Ravox dropped out of an airplane and knowing Centaura was the only participant who could defeat the Virtuan competition, he used his bodyweight to take him out.
Unfortunately, this is not where the story ends. Since the collision took place while everyone was still flying above the Valuta, it resulted in Centaura dropping into the water. Remaining unconscious, he sank to the bottom and drowned. This explains why Ravox had to cover up the story: he could not have foreseen the tragic death of such a young and beloved man.
The Virtuan hunger of supremacy, something they obviously do not deserve, has made its first casualty, causing a depth point in the history of mankind. Centaura, who has been missing for more than 4 days now, will always remain the symbol in the struggle against Virtuan boastfulness.
This was the story of a young adventurer, who is no longer amongst us. This, my dear friends, is the reason I lost the path of rightfulness. This is what made me into what I am today: a criminal, seeking my blessing in the misery of others.
May Centaura live forth in our hearts. Rest in peace.
Getting old?
Author: Riemer_1990
Lately things pass me by so quickly I can’t keep track of it. I forgot the important tasks who await me, recall old laws who are removed ages ago, all these new players on the chatbox jumping on me for everything. Am I getting old?
I think I am. I always have the bad/good habit of attracting a lot of work. I run the VBA school, think I can run the Board of Consuls as well in the spare time. And why not, I can work on the this beautiful paper as well it seems. Or at least I think, in practice things seem to go wrong. While I always had a lively nature where of all the things I said I would do, would be done in a minute, it seems I get overworked by everything.
Take this round for example, the Board is inactive with me as head, the VBA only teaches one course at this time, I wanted this newspaper to be more successful.
Maybe I got too many dreams, but I think it is better I retire on most of the things. Just focus on two things namely: this paper and the education system in Virtua. Those things really have the future now to make things better. The only thing I hope is, that someone just takes my place in Virtua which I got apparently according to all the polls further in this edition.
To all people in Virtua, make something of our country. Maybe you will see me nitpicking about something you do. But keep in mind, I’m just a confused old man.
Ps. I am looking for a secretary. Applying can be done by writing something in the next edition.
Michel 182, greedy consul of Virtua
Author: Anonymous
Dear citizens of Virtua, as you all know, the Virtuan Business Academy is a free school in Virtua. Every single course you can take is free! It’s a good thing that Education is free in Virtua, and we are the only country that actually has free education. But this after the latest volcano eruption, things are different, not only was the exam room built in the second(!) week of the trade period, but the Consul of Education, Michel 182 decided to ask a 50-ISH fee for taking the state examination. He says it’s to cover his cost he made by building the necessary clubs. Well I say: It’s all greed. Plus, Michel 182 also doesn’t think when he does something! Why?
Well, let me explain myself: He built a 35 squst club named: ‘Dep. of Virt. Edu.’, it can hold up to 350 messages. Why do you need 350 messages in a club only meant for announcements and per round maybe 5 questions? It’s plain stupid do build such a big club, it’s like buying a Hummer when you only need a Mini. Now every consul gets 3500ISH of budget, this is a lot. Now, we get back to the point where Michel 182 (ab)uses his power as Consul of Education to gain some money for his own wallet. The consul of Education has a monopoly on taking state examinations, only he can ask for the examination fee, and only he gets the money from this fee. I ask you not to vote for Michel 182 with the next consul elections, we don’t need greedy consuls, we need support from our Virtuan Government, we need people who we can trust.
Most of the people taking an examination are new players, they should be helped and stimulated to learn, trade, etc. But no what does Michel 182 do? He takes money from them, you might say it’s only 50 ISH, but it’s a lot when you are new in our lovely Virtua. I say people of Virtua: Stand up agains your Consul of Education, let him hear you are not happy with the 50ISH examination fee! Post in his club: “We don’t want a 50ISH examination fee! Education should be FREE!”
Thanks fellow citizens, you are magnificent.
A mayor drama
Author: White Queen
Last week, two mayors were dismissed in Cyberia by the parliament. Reason? They made a by-law which forbade criminals to be on the territory of their city, respectively Eurodam and Kronenburg.
Two dismissed mayors, a lawsuit in the International Court and a Federal Government who vetoed one dismissal. Cyberia has gone through some heavy weather last week. It was Wednesday the 27th of January when The Minic, mayor of Kronenburg made the following by-law:
“From Wednesday the 27th January 06:00 AM is it forbidden for everyone with the status of criminal, gangster or criminal mastermind to be within the boundaries of Kronenburg
Violation of this by-law will be punished with a fine of 500 ISH at the start of every hour that will be spend in Kronenburg.”
The mayor of Eurodam, Tha Game Master, followed up soon.
It was a by-law against which Digitalia reacted with anger, as they regarded it as a threat against themselves. According to The Minic though, the target were criminal Cyberians, not the Digitalians. As reason The Minic declared that crime was running rampant in Cyberia, and the parliament was doing nothing against it, so he took faith in his own hand by making this by-law.
The parliament wasn’t amused as well, and a voting was passed to dismiss both mayors. A heated discussion started in the Achterkamertje, the place where politicians and citizens meet each other, very much like our own BoC Public.
In the end, only The Minic was fired, as the Federal Government decided they would not fire the mayor of Eurdam, Tha Game Master, thus overruling a voting of the parliament.
In the end, this was a very interesting case, while the verdict still has to be given by the International Court. This verdict will essentially decides whether these by-laws were illegally discriminating.
The results of the Virtuan Awards
Author: Ravox
Over the past few weeks the Virtuan Awards have been organized in order to honor hardworking Virtuans. A perfect opportunity to hand out flowers, and of course thousands of ishes from the many donators. The best new player even receives free premium membership for a month!
The BoC’s best player overall award is as important as it is vague. Usually, people tend to take recent achievements into consideration mostly. Trade results are far more important here, compared to social jobs like Consul, Mayor, Judge,.. Those jobs also are a factor of course, but high profile traders already are very important on the social level as they are very active. It’s evident in the results, with two winners sharing the first place:
1. Goudie and Billy Green
3. Markallen3
4. Ravox
5. Riemer_1990
6. White Queen
Both winners have achieved big successes in the past, on different levels in the game. But their current activity and impressive results lately also definitely had a good influence on the amount of votes they received. They both win 500 ish donated by the Board of Consuls.
JohnBonachon’s best new player award is with no doubt the most interesting award of this round. A few very promising new players have been around lately, and this caused a big fuss. It also shows in the donations: the winner receives 1000 ish and a free premium membership for a month! The runner up receives 750 ish. However thrilling this poll was, the results were very clear with more than 50% of the votes for the winner:
1. Demon44
2. Hinata Hyuzudreia
3. Shinchan16
4. Diggib
Being sympathetic at all times sometimes can be the roughest job of all. Only people with a true kind heart at all times get to win this one. You won’t have more at all votes if you just have lots of money or success, it’s not as easy to win field in this poll. In my personal opinion, the most personal and underrated award around:
1. White Queen and Sahib
3. VirtuaCash
4. Riemer_1990 and Furywind
6. Ravox
7. Takenalook
8. Likemyitem
White Queen and Sahib will split the prize of 200ish given by an anonymous donator.
Virtua has an increasing number of successful traders. Our economy grows bigger every round, and Cyberia has lost its economical dominance a long time ago already. Of course this results in the up rise of a few very big economical experts, namely:
1. Goudie
2. Markallen3
3. Goudie
4. Likemyitem
Goudie wins Dhaval0707’s Award for Best Trader. He receives a whopping 2000 ish!
The funniest player award received a donation from Entropy because: ‘There are no donations yet for funniest player and I deserve a prize.’ But of course his competitor-when-things-get-foolish is also around. ‘He’s like a clown’, As Riemer_1990 puts it. Not sure if that’s a compliment:
1. Entropy and Ravox
3. Alecto
4. Commiekiller3
5. Billy Green
As Ravox is Mayor Entropy will win his complete 500 ish back, amazing!
Being subject to a discussion in the chat about authenticity these are the results for the best female players award:
1. White Queen
2. Furywind
3. Hinata Hyuzudreia
White Queen receives 200 ish by an anonymous donation.
As Riemer_1990 puts it: If you get up in the morning whose messages will somehow always be apparent on the chat? Right. Demon has a way of winning awards with over 50% of the votes, so he also wins the Award of most talkative player in style.
1. Demon44
2. Goudie
3. Entropy
4. Shinchan16
5. VirtuaCash
6. Ravox
The coolest player award: not much to say about this one. Who leans back in a sexy way at the bar, checking you out from behind huge sunglasses?
1. Ravox
2. VirtuaCash
3. Markallen3
4. Likemyitem
As Ravox is Mayor, VirtuaCash will receive the 200 ish and new sunglasses.
The Best Mayor award always is victim to a kind form of corruption. All Virtuan Mayors have done a very good job with little to no difficulties this round so it tends to be an indicator of the most wealthy and active town, with satisfied citizens.
1. Ravox
2. Alecto
3. Ronaldse
When Virtuans fall in love with their country they become a bit mellow, doing efforts for others, so the country evolves for the better. But these efforts actually just make themselves happier. Sneaky!
1. Ravox
2. Riemer_1990
3. VirtuaCash
4. White Queen
Since Ravox is Mayor, Riemer_1990 will be will be rewarded with 1750 ish(!) for dhaval0707’s award for Best Helper of Virtua.
Same as asking which city is doing well with many social active citizens around? The results for the Best city award:
1. Nasdaqar
2. Cashington
3. Centropolis
Just as during the elections Riemer_1990 wins the Best Consul Award with the closest difference to White Queen after a round without problems but also without any interesting developments:
1. Riemer_1990
2. White Queen
3. Shinchan16
4. Michel182
The polls with the exact results will be shown later tonight as the staff of the Awards is visiting his grandparents. The different awards have resulted in a great deal of diversity. People on all levels of our community have made it to the Virtuan Awards, receiving the honor they deserve for all of their hard work to make Virtua a nicer place to stay. Next round we will be back without a doubt; hopefully to even greater interest!
The Virtuan Miniconomist
Author: Ravox
From this moment on Riemer_1990, White Queen and Ravox will issue a English version of the Miniconomist. They didn’t opt for a fully Virtuan paper, because they usually are out of print rather soon. Hopefully being a part of the Miniconomist will create the stable environment that’s needed for success. This has been tried before, however, just one edition appeared in two languages. Virtuans felt no connection, as they mostly read about the latest gossips in Zwollar or Kronenburg. And the paper was run by someone called Bonanza. All slightly odd names right?
This version of the Miniconomist is for Virtuans, and by Virtuans. Articles that apply to the entire federation however, will be translated in the future, which means we’ll provide two sections in the paper. We hope to see a lot of support so the Virtuan TMC can grow increasingly successful over time!
Virtuan Politics
Author: Samurai02
During this trade period Virtuan politics are already off to a strong start. The current Board of Consuls consists of riemer_1990 as Chairman, michel182 as Consul of Education, sinchan16 as Consul of Justice and Safety, and White Queen as Consul of Foreign and Internal Affairs. Riemer_1990, michel182, and White Queen all have many rounds of past experience as being a consul. It is always good however to see new faces on the BoC, such as sinchan16.
The Consuls have decided to take a proactive approach to City Budgets and have asked the mayors what they would like to see for budget factors. All of the mayor posted what they would like to see included in the Budget and posted it in the BoC Public. Then the consuls took an average of what they all wanted and came up with proposals. Currently a Budget has not fully been accepted, but there one made by riemer_1990 looks like it has the current support.
The Consuls have also been busy getting together an International Convention. From the current member count of the club it would appear that all officials from the three governments have been invited and joined. However, what is being spoken about has not been made public, however talk on education was said to be an idea that might be spoken about. That wraps up all that has been going on in Virtuan politics.
Ambiguous Elections in Virtua
Author: Ravox
The Virtuan elections have been both like a thrilling ride on a rollercoaster and a visit to the animal farm. In Cashington and Nasdaqar the Mayorelections remained unpredictable until the end. The Consulcampaign however, was showing a declining interest again with only 4 candidates for a Board of 4 members.
A few weeks ago an interesting Mayorcampaign was being hosted in the Cashington townhall. Both alecto and VirtuaCash were convincing candidates, and since that also means heavy competition the topic adressed to campaign talk became more fierce every day. The election bill was showing a 3rd candidate – JohnBonachon – too, standing in the shadows of the other 2, more talkative candidates. Eventually alecto turned out to be the new Mayor, probably partly having profit from high scale trading. Those players usually are very active and are in touch with lots of people all the time. With 7 votes against 12 VirtuaCash proved himself a worthy opponent. John Bonachon achieved 3 votes.
But compared to Cashington the heat was on in Nasdaqar. One period earlier, then current Mayor elzo, was the only candidate. But the latest election turned out to be a lot more of a thrill. Sahib, ex-mayor and veteran in Nasdaqar made his comeback to the election bill. Ravox, also ex-mayor, returned after a break of almost a year and competed along the other 2 for what was one of the most exciting Mayorelections Nasdaqar had seen so far. The results were likewise, with very small differences between the 3 candidates. Ravox turned out to be just a very close winner with 8 votes, having only 2 votes more than elzo and 3 more than Sahib.
Centropolis saw its declining activity reflected in the elections. Ronaldse was the only candidate, and took home 21 votes. But despite his easy victory he made a worthy debut as Mayor, even being around more than any other citizen of the Federation.
The Consulcandidates turned out to be in stark contrast to the Mayors-to-be. 4 open spots were offered, which were perfectly covered by 4 candidates. 3 veterans entered the elections – Riemer_1990, White Queen and michel182. With 21 and 19 votes Riemer_1990 and White Queen proved they were still in top shape in spite of their old age. 1 surprise enlightened these elections a bit: the debut of Shinchan16. He even beat veteran michel182 with 9 versus 4 votes and so far showed a great deal of interest and activity wearing his brand new Consul suit.
The Mysterious Miniconomy Genie
Author: Diggib
The other day I woke up and went on Miniconomy, like usually. I looked at how much money I had, and it said 600 ish. I said to myself: Bummer, I wish I had more money. Suddenly, I heard a “woosh” and there was that cha-ching of getting money. I looked at my amount and it had become 1,600 ish. Amazing! I thought. I looked at my mail. I hadn’t gotten a subsidy and I hadn’t gotten VAT restitution. I then took a look at the live newsfeed. Nothing indicated a sale at my shop. Then I looked at the chat. There was a private message for me.
It said: I have granted your wish. You now have more money. It was from someone called the Miniconomy Genie. Did this genie read my mind? Is something happening on Miniconomy that has never happened before? Is there something out there that is granting wishes, making Miniconomy a magical website? Will the mystery be solved?
To be continued next issue.
The Legend of Franklin Ibisha
Author: Ravox
Standing on the shores of Nasdaqar I was staring at the rough cliffs at the horizon, which once were the gateway to a rising culture. However, Federal orders came, and the island had to be abandoned again. All that was left were ruins shattered across the island, and its founder, after which the island is named, Franklin Ibisha, disappeared along with the abandonment. Franklin once had great dreams about a new expanding culture, with its own standards and values.
The few expeditions that were organized in order to discover new ways of use for the island after the abandonment meant the beginning of a legend. Several members of the team would have seen Franklin, mumbling to himself, wandering across the ruins. When being asked about it openly, they just nodded their heads with a sad look in their eyes. According to the Federal Governement and the CBI Franklin Ibisha went missing during one of the eruptions of the volcano.
As I was pondering over this, an idea came to me, as a wave rolling gently into the shore. The mysterious volcano that had been spreading disaster time and again always made every citizen of the entire federation flee, leaving everything in dense layers of ashes. But what if it was true that Franklin still lived there? How did he survive the burst of the volcano? Perhaps, surrounded by the ocean, and protected by its high cliffs, Ibisha was standing up high and proud against the terrifying volcano. Could it be possible there is a safe harbor inside the borders of our Federation? Would it be able to house the thousands of people fleeing to foreign countries? And if so, then why would the Federal Government keep it a secret?
Here’s what I think about the legends and the rumors. If Franklin is still alive, the expedition teams must’ve found out. They probably spoke to him, and found a man lost in shattered dreams. But there’s a reason he stayed there, living as an outcast. I’d think, probably, he discoverer wants to die alone in peace, escaping in his dreams, and disputing civilization forever. He offered his discovery to the Federation, hoping they would help him establish a new country. But the capitalist Federal Government didn’t show gratitude at all and ordered the upcoming culture to be destroyed again, moving the citizens to cities across Virtua to stimulate the economy so they would become even wealthier.
But the Federal Government or the CBI must’ve heard about the rumors too, and went to inspect the island themselves and indeed found Franklin alive. I think the Federal leaders, greedy as they are, are crawling back to Franklin on their knees now they found out about the unique possibility of Ibisha. But would he welcome them with open arms, letting his beloved island become a temporary shelter, home to chaos and capitalism? He offered the island once, twice is too often. But if the Federal leaders would be capable of pursuing him somehow, it might be cause to a great improvement to all its citizens. As the volcano would become a threat again, they would just have to sail to Ibisha. There cultures would meet and people would live together in the best possible way. Maybe if all countries accept to live under the laws that Franklin states, and they respect them, he just might accept it.
And for sure he would be grateful to those that remained loyal to Ibisha; its ex-citizens and those who still shared an interest after it ceased to be inhabitable. New citizens could sail towards the Federation all of the time, not being stopped at the borders due to the horrible conditions. And after a while, when the countries would become safe again, the citizens could sail back to their homes. The island would be too small to house all of those people, but if just temporarily; it might be possible, giving the island a chance to recover. And leaving Franklin to its own for a while, as he surely isn’t capable anymore of being around others all of the time, being the mysterious legend that he is.
Magic
Author: Samurai02
It was a Saturday afternoon and Riemer_1990 and Ravox were headed out to their favorite bar. Unfortunately, when they arrived at the bar, they discovered a sign that read, “Shut down due to asbestos.” Also, all the doors and windows were boarded up and a giant padlock chained the door shut. “Man, now where are we going to go get a drink?” Ravox said. “Well there are tons of bars in this city, let’s go look around,” Riemer_1990 said. As they were driving around they spotted a bar that looked appealing to them. The name of the bar was, The Broken Wand Pub and Bar. Neither of them was sure what made them want to go to a bar with such a ridiculous name, but something about it lured them to it. They stepped out of the car and walked up to the door of the bar. As they were walking up the people on the street started giving them funny looks, as if they were walking towards a brick wall. Little did Riemer_1990 and Ravox know they were the only two people standing on the street who could see the bar.
As they stepped into the bar they felt a strange warmth envelop them. The two looked around the bar. Immediately they noticed that over half the people in the room were wearing long robes and pointy hats. “Wow, these people take the name seriously,” Ravox whispered to Riemer_1990. “Well we shouldn’t be so fast to judge, why don’t we go over to the bar and see what they have,” Riemer_1990 whispered back. As they walked over to the bar people in the room gave them funny looks. “Geez, shouldn’t we be the ones giving them funny looks,” Ravox thought to himself. The bar tender approached the two with a skeptical look on his face. “Nice get-ups, you two must blend in perfectly out there,” the bartender said them. “Yeah,” Riemer_1990 and Ravox said nervously. Both of them started to wonder what kind of weird place they had wandered into. “We’ll each take a Heineken,” Riemer_1990 said to the bartender. “A what?” the bartender asked bewildered. “You know the beer,” Ravox said with a sound of annoyance in his voice. First, his favorite bar had closed down, now they had stumbled into the only bar where the bartender didn’t know what Heineken was. Suddenly it hit the bartender like a ton of rocks. These two were not their type of people. He called someone over and whispered something in their ear. Suddenly a jet of white light hit both Riemer_1990 and Ravox square in the chest. The next day both Riemer and Ravox woke up thinking they had gone bar hopping and passed out.
Starting of My New Era
Author: Demon44
This Article was written just for earning 200 ISH and getting two PM days. But I edited this when my heart said I was doing wrong. Now this article is what I really felt in these three days. Dedicated to all my friends.
This is about my experiences being a new player playing his first round, This is about players who helped me to become stable. This is for new players who are broke and they think that they will not be able to recover.
Day 1
As I entered, I did not know what to do so I asked Shinchan16 about what I should do. He suggested me glass and explained me everything. I started on glass making when Nasdaqar Mayor Ravox said to me “You really helping our economy with such low prices on glass.” I was still having profit of 11 ISH on every glass. This saying by Mayor Ravox made me repeat in my mind ” You are the one who will be position #1 this round and you will be the one who won his first round.” His lines gave me a lot of confidence on myself and then I was too confident to keep my business running. Suddenly I saw myself Out Of Stock. Here enters White Queen, she demanded me to make more glass and asked me to increase price where I get more profit , she made me buy an oven and I produced glasses and sold at 36 ISH each (exclusive of all taxes). I was getting richer and richer. My limit reached and there was a person who helped me by giving me 5 PM days. That was FuryWind. She gave me PM days so that I could make more glasses and then we had a deal that I will buy plastic from her. She said “Make more glass , buy more plastic.”
Then came Billy Green and started purchasing bulk glasses and we had a deal and I sold him 100 glasses at 32 ISH each. Billy Green became a regular customer.
Day 2
FuryWind is gone…Where is she?
I got three more ovens, started making many glasses, and reached a count of making 600 glasses out of which 400 were sold.
But then VirtuaCash appeared who sold me plastic for a higher rate as compared to FuryWind. Difference was only in points so I started buying all his plastic as I had no option than to take. VirtuaCash used credits to give me 250 ISH.
As the day passed, Billy Green asked me to go Cashington and goudie sold me a shop there. The shop could be extended because it had less condition. I thought it is over for me… Goudie and Billy Green requested a park and My lots condition increased. This is the main reason I like to see people like them who are actually good persons even being good players in MC.
My sales increased but I had a competition in Cashington with two glassmakers. We had a deal not to be talked about.
Later that day, Ravox asked me to open bank account so I can get my part of subsidy. White Queen invited me in her house. I got my Bank in which players could give me some ISH.
After reading this, you will say that my life has been easier than one could expect, but it has been tougher that one can go through.
FuryWind is back with plastic at four ISH and Virtua is selling for five ISH. White Queen and Billy Green both sell planks, which I often require. Shinchan16 and FuryWind both sell Shovels, but I could get more shovels in lower price with person named Vdakevin who gives me discount.
Sahib and Goudie sell iron at 8.40 ISH.
Where do I buy? Billy Green says, “See business ”
Goudie says “Be loyal” Shinchan often says, “You are being greedy and you can ruin anyone to come up”
But am I really doing bad? VirtuaCash and FuryWind don’t say much except “ah” , “cool” and “Thanks for buying plastic”
Whom do I help? What do I do ? From whom should I buy my stuff?
I said it to everyone that I want you to win just because I wanted them to go on help me but when I read my own thoughts while writing this article I can just say “Sorry” to everyone whom I was betraying from inner self.
Whom should I buy woods from? Billy Green or White Queen or that person JPP who sells cheapest
Whom do I buy plastic from? FuryWind who gave me PM or equally VirtuaCash who gave me 250ish when I needed.
Whom do I buy shovels from? My real life friend Shinchan16 or FuryWind or should I look at business and buy from vdakevin who sells it for even cheaper price.
What do I do? Choosing one is betraying other.
What should I do?? be loyal or do business.
I know you guys might think it is a story I made but it is what i really went through.
These are my real emotion that i want to show via this newspaper.
Sorry Everyone.
I saw many ups and downs in 2 days , but those who helped me will always remain great to me
I do not want to eat their credit so their names are Shinchan16 , Ravox , White Queen , Billy Green , Goudie , Ronaldse , Sahib , FuryWind , VirtuaCash and PM days.
I hope to be the king now and even if i reach Top 20 , i will be really happy and i will meet you people in the next consul election.
Virtua is the Future
Author: Ronaldse
Five out of the previous seven rounds has been won by a Virtuan citizen. And which of the last victory of a Virtuan citizen, was by someone with a background from ‘New Zealand’, which was the first victory from someone without a ‘Dutch’ background. Let this be a start of an evolution.
As some people already notice, is that Cyberia and Digitalia aren’t really growing anymore, those countries have about reached their limits. Virtua however remains an attractive country for successful traders with a lot of potential for growth. There are many new faces passing by, and many have found the comfort of settling in Virtua, which makes it socially diverse and dynamic. Always new stories and experiences brought up, from all corners of the world, at any time of the day.
Virtua will soon be the biggest country in the Federation, it’s only a matter of time, and you can all help a little to speed this up. Contact friends, get onto the main fora of your region and let them all know of the existence of Virtua, inside the world of Miniconomy, a small action can start a chain of events resulting in an evolution we’ve all been waiting for, so what are you waiting for, spread the word around.
Broom!
Author: Ravox
Yesterday afternoon the 21st Grand Broomrace took place in the Federation. 2 citizens of each country were chosen. They took on the challenge of flying over all countries of the Federation, trying to finish first. Virtua sent in Samurai02 and Ronaldse. They flew the Virtuan V3, a new model, crafted out of very rare wood, that is only found in the Jungle of Nasdaqar. The Cyberian team consisted of Centaura and Bonanza. Geeky as Cyberians are they flew the CybD-9 which featured a fully developed engine working on ion technology. The Digitalians only arrived at the start just in time, with big rough brooms of no specific brand. Their team featured Sugarfree and Y2K.
Everyone wished each other good luck, then a flare lit up the sky and off they were. They started in Nasdaqar and were racing in the direction of Digitalia. As they were getting closer to land, Sugarfree suddenly made a steep dive, and appeared back in the race with a bag in his hands. Everyone knew what this meant; Sugarfree took the shotgun out of his bag and aimed for Samurai02. But he – what’s in a name – took his sword, and with a *zoof!* swift as the wind he reflected the bullet. The bullet hit the tail of Sugarfree’s broom, and the branches lit up. Soon he had to make a crash-landing in the ocean because it was becoming too hot under his bottom.
In all this chaos, Centaura had kept his eyes open, and being the natural born thief that he is, he closed in on Samurai02 and stole his sword. But it wasn’t just a sword. It carried a magical spell and *flash!*, Centaura turned into a fluffy cow. But he was looking so funny, and he was mooing in such a silly way that Samurai02 started laughing so hard he fell off his broom, into the sea.
As the shores of Roebelarendsveen were coming closer there were only 3 candidates left. Again a member of the Digitalian team suddenly dived underneath the clouds. But Y2K just made a pit stop because he was in need of fuel. But he forgot that he was in Cyberia. Cheap and crappy as their gas is, his broom refused to take off again. He then decided to just use his broom as a plank and beat up the shop owner.
Now the race became a heads up battle between Ronaldse and Bonanza. They ascended and descended; spiraled down and up again, a whilst bombarding each other with potiongrenades. At the last moment, Bonanza was able to avoid the heavy fire from trained pilot Ronaldse which was faster on his Nasdaqarian broom, and had more experience too. But that made him ascend very high above ground.
Right when they were flying over the place were once Bathoevedorp was, Bonanza – high up in the sky- had a lack of oxygen and he started hallucinating. But in fact he took a hit from a potiongrenade which made him see what he longed for in his dreams. He was convinced he saw Bathoevedorp and flew off. Turned out it was just El Dorado.
Ronaldse was too far away already, and he flew over the finish in Centropolis as the first and only pilot. Once again the Virtuan V3 team achieved a great victory for the glorious Virtua.
Luckily no one got hurt during the performance. At least not seriously. Sugarfree went home with a burned bottom. The shopkeeper that was beaten up by Y2K had to be taken to the hospital and Y2K got fined and ended up in prison. Bonanza became mad after he found out about the existence of a city consisting more gold than Bathoevedorp. Centaura still looks a little fluffy, but that saved him and Samurai02 because the fluffiness kept them afloat after they crashed into the sea. But other than that no one got hurt. Congratulations to the Virtuan team!