- ERepublik
Infobox Website
name = Erepublik
caption = Front Page
url = [http://www.Erepublik.com www.Erepublik.com]
commercial = yes
type =Website ,MMO ,Strategy Game ,Social Networking
language = English
registration = Required
owner = Copyrighted 2007-2008, Tevin Solutions
author = CEO Alexis Bonte, and CTO George Lemnaru
launch date = Erepublik went betaNovember 20 ,2007
current status = Beta
revenue = Sale of Virtual Properties
slogan = The New World
alexa ="Erepublik" is a massively multiple player online,
social networking and strategyweb browser game. The game allows players to participate as individual citizens in an online mirror of the real world. It was developed by Alexis Bonte and George Lemnaru. Erepublik went private invite only onBeta onNovember 20 ,2007 . [cite web| url=http://www.crunchbase.com/company/erepublik |title = Crunch Base Article ] According to an interview given by Alexis Bonte more than 12,000 invites have been given out as of February 2008. [citeweb|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/02/elevator_pitch_erepublik_offer.html |title = Pda digital Content Blog] As of 28 April 2008, there are more than 10,000 people waiting for invitation to the website. Beta testers come from 43 different countries, and the website logs around 5.5 million page views a month. There are currently 14 members of staff for the website besides the creators.Overview
"Erepublik" combines both
Social Networking and Strategy into a single massively multiple player online game where players can participate in a variety of activities. Citizens of the Erepublik world can own businesses, form political parties, vote in elections, write newspaper articles, and even go to war as citizens of virtual versions of real life countries. The game has very few visual elements, and is primarily text-based in nature.Upon joining a citizen picks which virtual country he wishes to join. Each of these countries is named after an actual country in the real world, and is located similarly. The citizen then seeks employment at a company within that country, and is allowed the opportunity to train as a soldier for that country. Training, and working at a company is done on a daily basis by a simple click of two buttons. One of the main drawing points of the website is that it takes a mere "14 minutes a day" to participate. [cite web| url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/erepublik-combines-mmog-and-social-networking/|title = Erepublik Combines MMOG And Social Networking ]
War Module
Recently the developers of Erepublik have enabled the War Module allowing the virtual countries to wage wars of attrition with each other. A Spanish Language news site recently quoted Alexis Bonte as stating Pakistan of Erepublik was a Military Dictatorship instead of the intended Democratic paradigm that was designed for countries to work from. [citeweb|url=http://www.publico.es/ciencias/tecnologia/68890|title = publico.es Ariticle (Spanish)]
References
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*Simcountry External links
*http://www.erepublik.com/
*" [http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Main_Page Official eRepublik Wiki] ", Created March 2008 by the eRepublik team
*" [http://ewikipublik.athoim.com Spanish Wiki of eRepublik] " Created May 2008 by Spanish eRepublik Players Eldeantesdeel and Basquiat.
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