User:Hans Rienveld
Citizen Page - Hans Rienveld
Early Life
Hans Rienveld started life on day 895 (RL date: 03.05.2010) of the New World. He immediately became a proud citizen of the United Netherlands. The first few days of his life he spent on getting himself a job and learning more about the world he was born into.
On his birthday however Hans had also found and joined the official eUNL forum and this was the start of a surge of activity as he posted many questions about the game and it's workings. On the forum he found a very helpful and friendly community, and at this point Hans started to realise the true potential of the New World he had discovered.
Indeed, so active was Hans, that on day 910, a mere 15 days after being born, he had reached the 100-post mark already. There seemed no limit to the information Hans wanted to know or was able to take in. Some of the questions he asked have been saved in the archives and it shows the different things he was interest in in his early life:
About economy: "What is peoples experience with the Stock Exchange?" About congress: "I am allowed to post in this debate right as ordinary citizen right?" About history: "As a newbie it would be interesting to read about in-game history of erepublik and how the alliances came about etc. Is there such a site perhaps?" And finally showing his inevitable inexperience: "what is a MPP?!"
Day 899 was an important milestone in the still very short life of Hans as he reached level 7 and was able to finally join a political party. His RL political beliefs led him to the Libertarian Social Democrats (LSD). The reason that this was an important milestone was that Hans has decided very early on that what appealed most to him in the New World was the world of politics. Having had joined the party, he wasted no time in introducing himself to his fellow party members. From this introduction we can really capture the excitement and passion Hans felt for the New World:
"Ever since i've joined erepublik my interest and excitement have grown day by day and level by level and I am looking forward to becoming a active participant in this party and erepublik."
He didn't mince his words as on day 902 he volunteered to join the eUNL Awards group. This was the first official appointment of Hans in the New World but his second was soon to follow as on day 908 he joined the government as State Secretary of Ministry if Recruitment & Coaching when coollisport, who had held the post, suddenly moved to eUSA. According to some people Hans was the second youngest eUNL citizen ever to be in government.
This was the start of a very active spell for Hans as on day 910 another milestone was reached when he first started his own newspaper, The Rienveld Review, and with his first article announced that he would be running for Congress ([1]).
On day 917 the Congressional Elections for June 2010 were held and Hans was voted into Congress for the first time in his erep life. To say he was proud to have become a Member of Congress is an understatement.
