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Character Created: 2007/09/22

Corp/Alliance: Dreddit/Test Alliance Please Ignore

Country: United Kingdom

Podcast: Declarations of War

Reddit: Jintaan

Twitter: @JintaanEVE

YouTube: Jin’taan

Eve Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Candidate Self Description

In my past two terms, I’ve been able to do a great deal within the CSM, taking over from the tough position it was in after CSM 10 and forging it into what it is now.

I’ve been able to lead the charge to get balancing & iteration on the forefront of CCP’s agenda, which has lead to the few most recent patches being universally proclaimed as good.

I’m not a perfect candidate for a great deal of you, but I hope that my track record of openness, honesty and work ethic will speak for themselves and you’ll find a place for me on your ballot, be it at the first or last position.

Thank you for your time.

Campaign Post

Rather than do much in the way of making promises, I would like to instead point to what I have achieved of my goals as set out in the previous election, as quoted from my CSM 12 campaign post here 

What Are My Goals?

My goals are – probably to no surprise to those who know me – nothing to do with specific changes. I don’t see that as a major part of the duties of the CSM, and I’ve attempted to correct that belief where I can. It is in my view, the job of the CSM to first and foremost investigate what the fundamental problems are, then to present this to CCP.

But, what I wish to do within my second term is much the same as I have already done;

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* Promote iteration on stagnant features

* Provide consistent, neutral communication & transparency from the CSM

* Ensure that as many points of view are brought to the table in discussions

* Argue for an increase in balancing velocity

* Continue to drive the CSM-CCP relationship in a positive direction

And, if you vote for me, these are the things I will continue to work on.

I think if you compare our position in these areas since I was elected, in 2017 and now, have markedly improved. The CSM is more communicative, transparent and effective in helping represent the players’ best interests than ever before. We have worked at a very high level with CCP to help support some of their latest iterations to Jump Fatigue, Sov Warfare and other key areas of the game that were causing stagnation in Nullsec. Beyond that we have been able to drive an increase in the velocity of banning through some vigorous campaigning on the topic – with my article “Balance is not Optional” playing a part in that, as well as helping to advise and work with the community to help drive a fix to Ghost T...

Character Created: 2016/07/27

Corp/Alliance: EVE University/Ivy League

Country: Canada

Twitter: @jaha_preynar

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Media Appearances

* Interview with The Mind Clash Podcast

Candidate Self Description

to be honest. my aspirations of space politics aside. I have a unique perspective… as an old-bitter-vet null sec person I know the concerns and views of the experienced player base…, but also because of my work with the uni… I have one ear for the care-bear high sec and new player experience.

And I think although there is a certain disdain for the CSM as being largely ineffectual… I think it doesn’t have to be. And although CCP set up the CSM… the players can and DO give it some weight… and I think it could be leveraged more effectively rather than just acting as a glorified “focus group”. True or not, there is the impression that historically CCP has come up with changes, and gets to the point of launch, gets advice from the CSM then goes ahead with the changes regardless of the advice they get because they have already invested a great deal of time and money in those changes….that’s sort of backwards. Above all I find Eve Online to be both unique and remarkable. We have built something truly phenomenal in this work of “Living Science Fiction” and I am grateful and privileged to be a part of it. I want to be an inclusive voice for all the regions/strata and pilots of New Eden!

Character Created: 2014/02/07

Corp/Alliance: Mecha Enterprises Fleet/Federation Uprising

Country: United States

Twitter: @Silver_Suspiria

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Media Appearances

* Mind Clash Podcast #86 – A Council of Minds

Candidate Self Description

Silver Suspiria [FEDUP-XO] for CSM 13

Greetings pilots of New Eden, I am Silver Suspiria and I am running for CSM 13. Please let me take a moment to introduce myself and state my approach and goals as a candidate of this years CSM.

Why CSM?

In my real life career as an IT Director at a global Fortune 100 company, I have had the opportunity to serve on Consumer Advisory Boards for multiple organizations. I view the duty of a CSM member as very similar. It’s a great way for a company to get direct feedback from their customers who use their product every day. I feel I can use my real life experience in such a position to channel meaningful and constructive input from our community back to the business that maintains the game we all love so much. I intend to focus my attention on low sec, faction war, and small to medium gang PVP. This is a section of EVE Online that is critical to further growth of the game. It offers an important alternative to big block NULL sec game play for both New and Veteran players. Attention to this area of the game is important to EVE and CCP and as a member of CSM I would work very hard to explore with CCP ways to nurture and improve this fantastic mode of play.

My History:

The Beginning:

I am a B-R baby, I was introduced to EVE Online watching the coverage of the battle of B-R. I am a gaming news buff and was following this gaming history making fight. I had of course heard of EVE Online prior, however, as a Thirty Something father of one with one on the way, who has time for an MMO right? I took the plunge and cut my teeth as a PVP pilot watching streamers like Fintarue and Sardcaid as well as participating in Sir Squeebles public fleets. I developed a love for solo, Low Sec, Frigate PVP and found my available game time was well suited for that.

Sucked In:

It wasn’t long before my time spent fighting EVERYTHING I could find in a Novice and Small Faction War site as a pirate got the attention of the locals. Recruiters from Mecha Enterprises Fleet (XMETA) reached out to me. It was a perfect fit, a small Faction War corp who focused on intense, highly skilled, small gang PVP. The type of PVP that I found delivered a feeling that I never had with any other game. I was able to move up to a Director and then second in command and I was hooked, EVE Online was my game.

Building my Legacy:

After the introduction of Citadels, the tone of Faction War changed dramatically. When alpha clones were introduced, the enemy Caldari State scooped a lot of the incoming player base and began to burn the war zone. In an attempt to turn things around for the Gallente Militia, Myself, Kontraband Venning, Zouren Mamba of XMETA and Ashterothi CEO of Aideron Robotics got together and formed Federation Uprising (FEDUP). Our goal was to breathe life into Low Sec and Faction War, embrace new players, and focus on bringing to our members a wealth of PVP game play that only Faction War can offer. Today a year later,

Character Created: 2013/05/18

Corp/Alliance: Unpublished Chapter/Suddenly Content

Country: Finland

Twitter: @raphgendyrEVE

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Candidate Self Description

I’m a hard boiled veteran of Eve. I started my career in Suddenly Content alliance as a diplomat and later I became one of the leaders. Currently our community has over a hundred Finnish players. After years of wormhole life, my knowledge of wormhole mechanics can be described as formidable.

My main interest is to find fair and interesting gameplay for both the hunter and the prey. This includes fixing features such as unfair war declarations, wormhole pve, structure gameplay and finding new grids for combat interaction.

Furthermore, industry is also close to my heart. As a centerpiece of Eve’s ecosystem, it needs to be carefully maintained to keep other areas in balance. My expertise here range from alliance quartermaster and market stocking to manufacturing and even mining.

As a developer myself, I know the importance of the Eve API. It can be extended to new areas, but it also requires attention to avoid abuse.

Check out my forum thread for more details!

Campaign Post

Hi,

I am running for CSM 13. I have been interested in helping the community and discussing the direction of Eve for a long time. As a CSM member, I believe that I could help CCP to make Eve a better game for newbros and veterans alike.

About me and my history

Members of my community see me as a hard boiled veteran of Eve, even though I started eve in the beginning of 2015. I have a really enthusiastic relationship with Eve and I’ve gathered a lot of knowledge in this relatively short period of time. I always drill to the core of problems and phenomena and thus I get a deep understanding of them. I have an open mind and I share my knowledge with others.

I have been a wormholer since the beginning and have formidable knowledge of wormhole mechanics – it’s my home. I do have some experience with null and low security, and of course extensive experience with high security space as that is a very important area for wormholers. However, it’s not an area where I dwell daily.

I started my career in Suddenly Content alliance as a diplomat and later I became one of the leaders. Currently, our leadership manages a community with over a hundred Finnish players. I have been a part of designing the internal processes, organizing operations, commanding fleets, managing industry, taking care of the local market and even mining. So I have experience in many areas of the game.

My goal as CSM member

In short, uphold following principles:

* Fair and interesting options and possibilities for both the hunter and the prey

* We should make Eve easy to understand and keep it hard to master

* Eve is a MMO game and thus it’s crucial to have good ways to find others to play with: finding fleet mates for session, for corporation and to combat.

As a CSM member, I can’t directly change things, but my perspective on some important areas are described here. When giving feedback on these areas, I will present something in these lines.

Wormholes

We need more activity in means of more connections. Those who live in their system have means to close connections,

Character Created: 2007/08/23 Corp/Alliance: Resilience./DARKNESS. Country: Australia Reddit: Sorticus Twitter: @Sort_Dragon Eve-Who: Link zKillboard: Link https://sites.google.com/site/csmwire/csm-13-election/sort-dragon

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Character Created: 2008/08/05

Corp/Alliance: Kenshin./DARKNESS.

Country: Chile

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Candidate Self Description

https://forums.eveonline.com/t/afropty-for-csm-xiii/64026 

Campaign Post

Hello, my name is Afropty im a candidate for CSM XIII.

Eve online is an incredible game.

I would like to improve the game for non-English speaking players, same as last year. I have come to realize that there are many others like me who don’t speak English as primarily, which is cool because we have a diversity of people.

Together we can help improve the EVE online experience.

Propose:

*** Changes in the logistics involvement**

* Have you ever ask this question? dude where is my contract? well, in general, it would be a great idea if the player can track where is the contract % completion, region, constellation, system and at some point it will be more easy to see where is the JF and get more content.

* Create an advanced skill for reducing the isotopes consumption, in general for all capitals. Right now we have one, but what about to have one named like “Advanced fuel consumption”.

* Remove the restriction cargo container on the courier contract.

*** Language improvement**

*** Coalition Structure Use**

* I hear so many times why can´t use that bridge? well, I think when EVE started we all talking about alliances, but now we are talking about Coalitions.

The idea is creating Coalitions structures so all member of the Coalitions will be available to use it.

It means to create a new chat named Coalition, new color dark blue for example.

*** Third-party Applications**

* Battle report ingame.

https://sites.google.com/site/csmwire/csm-13-election/afropty

Character Created: 2011/07/24

Corp/Alliance: Korrupted Gaming/The Watchmen.

Country: Canada

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Candidate Self Description

1) Enough with the nerfing already! CCP’s over-reliance on “balancing” is an admission that they can’t create their way out of a problem. It is an unsatisfying experience for a player and is counter-intuitive. You don’t see Harley Davidson changing their bikes because they are too “Boss” and unfair to the competition!

2)Why isn’t AFK an OK style to play? Players already police that and if AFK isking generates too much isk… I dunno, maybe create something desirable in game that a player might want to spend that isk on? Let’s make carrier ratting great again!

3)Is new player retention any better? For those new to EVE, let’s give them the option of joining an NPC corp as usual. Or better yet, they could choose to join an established player corp. Corporations could apply to be on “Intake” for a week at a time, with new players able to join a corp sorted for language, timezone and play style. This way new players are mentored by others who are invested in their future.

Campaign Post

Hi there. I’m Solar Taranogas and I’m running for a seat on CSM. What makes me different from the rest of the field? I’m a nobody. I don’t stream, I don’t make Youtube videos (love watching them though, keep em coming Rhiload) and I’m not a player in the high level politics and intrigue that EVE is famous for. Essentially, I’m spending my time like most of you, pvp’ing, isking, trying not to get ganked in that Jita to Amarr corridor.

In the interests of full disclosure, I would characterize myself as a Null-Seccer who likes to play in Wormholes, although I think it would be fair to say that the reverse is equally true. I maintain some presence in High Sec as well.

I think past CSM attendees have been able to successfully represent the large alliance and meta-game point of view. I’m running for CSM because I believe that the CSM/CCP dialogue needs to more representative of the individual player experience.

I’ll touch on some of the ideas that I have about the direction I think EVE needs to go:

* Stop Ship and Module “Balance Passes”

Players experience nerfing as counter-intuitive. You don’t see any RL group giving up some advantage in the interests of fairness for all. It seems silly to lose and gain fitting slots and for base abilities to be adjusted. Why not replace the practice of nerfing with gradual and occasionally dramatic improvements to technology like happens in RL. An actual “Arms Race” if you will.

* Quit Nerfing Bounties

The problem they say is that a few players make too much isk. The solution is to penalize everyone. Why not create something for those space rich players to spend their isk (and to lose it).

* New Players

Let me tell you. The new player experience starts with Aura and NPC Corp Chat. Both of which are enough to turn someone off from EVE. Do you think this might have a part to play in driving some of our new players away from the game? What if a new player was given the option of starting out with a player corporation? You could have the chance to pick a corp based on region and or language group. As well you could choose a corporation that was active in the style of game play that interests you as a player.