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so.. about 7 monthes ago i sent some questions to Admin, and finally got answers
enjoy!
who are you (in short)?
)?My name is Kacper Górski, 33 years old polish guy from Wroclaw - we have office here with 5 other programmers and marketers. The moderator team are volunteers of people of different nationalities, religions and races...
If your name is Kacper, what 'Railman' mean?
This is my nick from Quake 3 Arena times. There is a kind of sniper rifle ‘railgun’ in Quake 3…
how many e-mails on average you get every day because of this game?
Around 20-30 email per day.
Also I’m warned to be ‘sued’ once per week
And warned to be reported to police every month
And every few months someone claims to have access to our servers or our database
… but so far nothing happened in real
how much hours you spend daily on the game?
It depends who you ask - if you ask my girlfriend, she will say that way too much. If you ask some players, they will say none
I think the first answer is correct - When I sleep I should have nu*e dreams, but instead I dream about e-sim ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°
On average, how much euro you get every day into your Bank account from e-sim?
Its enough to pay salaries of 5 developers, office, accounting, taxes and get some money for living
Game has also expenses? Which?
The main expense is the development expense - the game need to be in constant development to keep it alive.
e-sim have office?
Yes, we have 16 sq. meters office
how many people have the password of "admin" account? (how much developers e-sim have?)
Just me.
Can you tell us a little about Namir? why he leave? did he still help you some times?
Namir was our main programmer since 2013. He left e-sim because he wanted to work on other project - he is trying to make his game right now. Hope he got lucky with his project
Do you see and read when someone reminds you at shout/article?
Usually yes, but with few days delay
Did you learn economy? You know more than the average person?
I didn’t study economics, but this is definitely my passion and something that makes life easier.
Don’t you think it interesting, that many people don’t even know that their salary is taxed?
Is has situation that you unban/unmute someone, and you will not unban someone else did the same thing? (gold buyers for example).
It’s up to moderator’s decision if the players is valuable to our game society or not. Yes, they make harsher penalties for toxic/cheating people.
Is there anyone (private or group) you hate in the game?
Hell yea! All sort of people who make the game less attractive to other players - multimakers.
Fortunately there is the small minority, most players play fair.
Also there is group of aggressive crybabies - they insult other players and moderators and once they are muted or banned they cry and call us nazis
)
Possible to buy unban with Euro? If so, player that unbanned for some Euros, did the same act will get ban again?
So far we didn’t unban players for Euro, but we had few cases of players asking for that
It’s rare since paying players very rarely make multies
there is any protected player that staff can't punish?
Yes, there are protected players - these included inviters, payers and influencers. Moderators give smaller penalties to these people and give them second chances.
They also make harsher punishment to players who are vulgar, who cheat other players or who made multies on other servers.
Do you change something in game that someone paid you enough although most players oppose?
Hey, it just doesn’t make sense - the majority has paid more money.
Which consideration are stronger for you, money (immediate profit) or have fun players (long-term profit)?
Of course long term goals are more important - that’s why you need the money, to improve the game and keep your motivation to work on the game
Some countries around the world have disputes if consider them as a state or not. In addition, there are quite a few countries have disputes of boundaries their. According to what you are decision?
We usually put a country if there is enough native players
Something you miss from e-sim past?
Yes, definitely missing facebook ads prices from year 2013
It’s 5 times more expensive now.
A particularly funny request from a player?
Yes, I got email like: “GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY YOU THIEF!! WTF ARE THOSE PAYMENT FOR 149.99EUR??? I’M CALLING THE POLICE AND THEY WILL GET YOU.
YOU *** AND *** (and lot of swearing) !!!!111111111ONEONEONEELEVEN”
Wrote by some woman.
After some time I got second email that she is sorry...her son stolen her credit card because he has problems with anger.
Yea, I wonder why he got anger problems
You dream about the game at night? Sometimes can't sleep?
Yes ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉)
What your 'dream' about the game? Where you want to see it in future?
Since i’m most interested in economic part of the game, I would really love to expand this part of the game. Currently I was thinking about introducing logistics into the game. Basically materials would be bound to region where it is produced. It then need to be transported to factory and into the battle field. That would also give government more options - like customs and embargos.
However, this need to be carefully designed.
How do you think will be e-sim while 20 years?
Personally I think this project will survive a long time, just as tibia did
We already last almost 10 years - for the game it’s extraordinary long to keep the game alive and with so many users
do you think E-sim is perfect or need changes? (What problems do you think exist in the game?, why there aren't many new players)?
The reason the game is not having as many new player as before is simply competition
We monitored new players in similar games to e-sim and they all face the same problem.
At some point we were able to make cheap advertisement in facebook, however, the price of ads rose more than 5 times in the last 4 years!
There are more and more companies bidding for facebook viewers, so the price goes up.
Fortunately we still have decent number of new organic users - seems like trying different kind of servers is attracting new players and makes the old players come back.
On a scale of 1-10, how do you think players like Admins and staff?
Probably like 3/10. Trying now to get to 2/10, then to 1/10.
When it finally reach 1/10, players will release the anger join the dark side and destroy the rebellion once and for all!
Which changes are expected to us soon?
It will be one of the ideas proposed by players, but I will keep it as secret for now
Is has ideas you want to change and you don't know how / require too much work?
We wanted to make race tournament, but it required way to much work :|
If all players without exception were listen to you, what would you ask them to do?
Oh, that’s’ an interesting opportunity… hmm... make some bank run?
Or make some prank.
How about everyone dress like Kim Jong Un, then at the same time try to enter North Korea Embassies?
Perfect trolling.
How the simple player can help the game?
Just by playing the game
)
Currently the people who are helping the most are the ones the bring new players to society
Finally, a message you want to tell players?
Always remember, that you are unique!
Just like everyone else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you want anoter part of interview with Admin , write your questions in comment below.
if will be some nice questions i will send him and in another half year we will have another part
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.