Talking in Stations

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 2011/11/06

Corp/Alliance: The Hivemindholding/Not imbalance yet

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Candidate Self Description

I like long walks on the beach,

Asteroid Hugging,

Ship killing,

Reaction Making,

API Coder

Campaign Post

I can’t believe I’m doing this… so here we go!

Let me formally introduce myself, I’m Cwittofur Cesaille (pronounced Quit Toe Fur). Many of you probably do not know me, I tend to be fairly quiet and stay within a small bubble.

With that being said I have had the fortune to experience many aspects of the game, a game that I truly love to play.

First a little background on myself, I am a software developer by day and a glassblower by night. I love my dog and I take her everywhere I possibly can. I’ve been playing Eve Online on and off since 2005. I came back a few years ago and have been playing solidly since then.

In game, I run a small corporation which consists primarily of my own characters. I’m a jack of all trades, master of none, at least that’s how I look at it! I lived in Wormhole space for nearly two years and I enjoyed the times there. I have also experienced Null life, incursion running, and industry.

Having experienced many of the multiple facets this game has to offer I feel like I’m a good candidate for representing you. I listen, and I tell it how it is. I pride myself on being honest and assertive. In the end, I want you to enjoy the game as I do. I do not think of myself as a Politician, of any sorts, I get enough of that via real life. I’m much more of a talk it out person, I frequently have discourse with those who have opposing views in the game, it has been great to see things from other perspectives and adjust my own if they’re not correct.

I could write stuff until my fingers fall off, but instead of that, let’s have a discussion! What would you like to know about me? Ask here, send me an in-game mail or if you’d like we can schedule a time to have a discussion on my TeamSpeak server

Thank you for taking the time to read this, it means a lot!

Take Care,

Cwittofur Cesaille

Character Created: 2017/05/07

Corp/Alliance: Back To Black Division/Fraternity.

Country: United Kingdom

Eve-Who: Link

zKillboard: Link

Candidate Self Description

No entry supplied.

Campaign Post

Why you should vote for me.?

I come as part of EVE online as a big picture and how the full EVE universe should balance out and have a good and bad in all aspects, from public communities that have never been really listened to, a small alliance in hisec, low sec, null or wormhole space.

Sure some dream of being master spies and hunt big targets and overthrow governments, some dream of being bounty hunters and some dream of being a major industrial powerhouse, and some capsules prefer to roam independently as EVE promises and underdelivers.

Comming from a software background I understand the limitations of legacy and that CCP and CSM arent at all powerful and updating a sandbox environment takes time.

However, I never saw a CSM get close to the actual players they say that they represent and what is the feedback or concerns of the player base, I want to change that and open a constant communication with any and all groups interested in adding their feedback.

Currently, the game is off balance with more off-balance features being introduced to the scope of a handful of people which is not fair to the rest 99% of the player based that have not seen a change or complaint addressed in years.

CSM will tell you they will fix X and they will break Z while EVE universe needs more liberty as a player base driven universe. And safer/dangerous space is up to both the players to act on and CCP to ensure guidance and enforce where the case is needed. Have an issue create a player owned solution don’t nerf ships or economics indexes like LP gain or Bounties.

As a CSM I want to talk to independent people and small groups as well as big powerhouses to be sure we get the best of all points of view and find a way to serve both.

We’re here to gather feedback and requests from people, ensure that user journey makes sense and discuss it with CCP to balance the game and offer new capsuleers what they need to start they life in EVE as well as to offer new excitement to veterans.

I want to focus my time encouraging CCP to address the concerns of ALL the players as well as encourage better communication from the development team to the playerbase.

I want to work with CCP to deliver what all the players need to enjoy EVE. Whatever may be their chosen path, whether that is in a solo capacity in FW, exploring WH and doing sites, or just PVE or is it

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