Beitrag von: Aura am April 09, 2013, 04:01:02 Nachmittag
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It's election time for the 8th Council of Stellar Management and as a helpful reference tool, this Community Spotlight will briefly look at each candidate, summarize their platform, and provide a brief bio. Additionally, many of the candidates have done interviews with the Crossing Zebras podcast discussing their candidacy, platform, and credentials. These podcasts have been linked to provide you with additional information should you choose to listen!
Click here to vote on your selected candidates. For more information to match a candidate with your preferences, check the CSM Vote Match tool.
Disclaimer: All candidates were asked to provide their bios and platforms. If a candidate chose not do so, ones were written for them, either as direct quotes from their official threads, or via a summary of official statements made or other publicly available data. All items contained within quotation marks are statements made by the candidates; some minor editing may have been made for brevity or to correct spelling or style errors.
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She also wants to make it easier for independents to carve out a niche in lowsec or in nullsec without having to pay rent. As a member of (and FC in) an independent coalition, Ali understands some of what what works and what doesn't in terms of living in and fostering a diverse, vibrant nullsec region with tons of activity." |
Biography “Ali Aras is a new, independent, non-bittervet candidate with a fresh and unique perspective on the game. She quit EVE when she first subbed, but came back later and got sucked in for good by friends who taught her to PvP in cheap frigates.” |
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Biography "As your elected representative, I will ensure that the opinions that I represent and communicate to CCP are in fact the views of my voting constituency, and not my own personal opinions. While it’s not always possible to represent everyone, I will ensure proposals which I bring before CCP are properly discussed by the members of the community beforehand, and that all voices and opinions will be heard, equally. I will also make all due effort to assist and guide CCP through the complex POS overhaul project, to ensure that the system that ends up on TQ is a system that is easy to administer for directors and managers, easy to manipulate for industry players, easy to access for regular users, and scalable for the future. With the most recent Odyssey announcements, CCP has taken steps in the correct direction, and CSM8 should keep them on that path." |
 | Platform “'Less clicking, More ass kicking!' - If there are any issues, changes, or themes CCP pushes our way, I'll be doing everything I can to suggest it be quicker, easier and less of a grind. Not to the point of making the game 'easy mode' but simply anything possible to make the grind many of us have been exposed to easier. This hopefully will lead to EVERYONE being able to enjoy more aspects of the game, either PvPing or PvEing.” |
Biography “I've been playing since 2005, I stick with things till they are dead, I've been with my corp from a high of 300 to a low of 40 and then back to 300. I don't like giving up on things, I work at them until they either come back fully or not at all. I hope to bring that to the CSM duties I'll be tasked with. Either finding info I need or asking questions till it's done. I've written the 'Outpost updates' in the past and done almost every single job in EVE over the last 8 years I've been playing. This, hopefully, classifies me as one of EVE's Renaissance men, able to discuss and debate a wide range of topics from memory. These aren't my normal wall-o-text, I'll save those for the various forums and blogs around EVE as CCP allows me to report on what's being discussed and debated.” |
 | Platform “Well it is quite simple. I will try to do my best to continue what Two Step (current CSM member) did. I did not always agree on his approach but I think he did hell of a job being CSM. It takes me some balls to acknowledge that as our alliances are quite the rivals.
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Biography “I am Chitsa Jason and I am a diplomat and mercenary contractor for Exhale alliance. Given the unique circumstances of EVE wormhole space, my official capacity has allowed me to become proficient in both the skills necessary for diplomacy as well as the minutia necessary for victory in PVP.
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 | Platform “I plan on running to bring CCP's attention to the need for a new or improved conflict driver in w-space. As it stands right now, w-space is running the risk of stagnation due to the lack of risk to many organizations, we have reached a point for many organizations where there’s no counter to the strategic cruiser fleets other then a larger fleet, or capitals. I would like to see the blob discouraged in wormhole space, though I cannot honestly say how to do this. My former alliance is even guilty of this.” |
Biography “I am the CEO of a medium sized wormhole corporation called Clann Fian, and the was the lead diplomat for my former alliance, Transmission Lost. I have been living and playing in wormhole space for about four years, have spent time in all classes of wormholes. My corporation is based out of a Class 2, with a static high sec, and a static Class 4, and we accommodate a wide variety of play styles within the organization, everything from pure industrialists, to players who constantly hunt for PVP targets, even taking on the occasional mercenary contract.
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 | Platform “I do not agree EVE is broken and 500,000 players prove differently every day. There is room for major improvement and enhancement of the game fun for sure, eve should be evolving with us. A CSM candidate should bring that across; CSM should keep CCP at their toes giving it all they got and make sure their activities match the players demand as a whole. CCP's resources should be divided based on player activity or their activity wishes. If 10 % of eve loves mining, then that should receive an equal part.
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Biography “FC for Volt alliance & providence residents, proud Provi-Bloc member, and long time eve player with 3 accounts, for market stuff, scout, spy, titan, and so on. In real life I am Dutch, 41 years of age and proud father of 4 daughters. I work as an IT manager in a callcentre with 50 agents, and in eve I am a god when the kids sleep.
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 | Platform “I vow to be the most communicative CSM representative to date, and to push the issues of rebalancing risk/reward, improving the new player experience, and integrating DUST514 as much as possible. I believe it is the CSM’s job to serve the players as their voice to CCP Games. CCP will determine the topic of discussions and it is the CSM’s job to accurately relate how the player base will react to changes in the game, and/or changes in the interactions between CCP and the Players. I consider myself an excellent candidate for this, as I have a proven record of communicating effectively with both CCP and the player base.” |
Biography “I have played EVE for over 3 years and have lived in High, low, and null sec as well as making short excursions into worm holes. I do PVE, PVP, Industry, Market Manipulation, and Logistic. I co-host 2 different podcasts and have been discussing major political and mechanic issues within EVE for over 2 years. My guests have included pillars of the eve community form all parts of space as well as CCP Developers/employees. I have a proven track record of communicating frequently and effectively with players and CCP alike. Outside of EVE, I am a recent college graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Computer Information Systems. My last two years of school I tutored Micro and Macro Economics, Programming I&II, and several Engineering courses. I love and understand computer hardware and software, and the development of each.” |
 | Platform Greene Lee has a diverse platform and believes a CSM candidate should represent all players equally. He has a broad platform looking for massive mechanic changes to give more opportunities to small- and medium-sized entities, new content, changes and improvements to old, neglected systems, and a push for customer support to be more globally accessible. |
| Biography Greene Lee is a Russian-speaking candidate who is a member of Against ALL Authorities. He has been an EVE Online player since 2006. |
 | Platform James Argent is an advocate of improvements to wormhole space. He has four fundamental aspects he wishes to stress: new content, improvement, inclusion, and safeguarding. He wants additional content added to wormholes, for content and changes added to the rest of the game to have some impact on wormholes, to make sure quality-of-life changes continue to be made, and for non-wormhole changes to take into account possible negative repercussions of wormholes. |
Biography “Two years ago I started a corporation in EVE. As CEO, I learned a great deal about effective leadership. As a director I learned how to be an effective contributor and collaborator. I'm now seeking to take that knowledge and put it to work by serving on the CSM.
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 | Platform “To bring the player's expectations and CCP's vision into an accord such that development decisions reflect the best possible & well balanced solutions. While I do not run on a specific platform of select problems that EVE faces, there are specific issues that need to be addressed sooner rather than later, including: nullsec/highsec income disparity, more interesting sov mechanics, and bottom up alliance income. ” |
Biography "Member of Goonswarm's Corps Diplomatique, the diplomatic arm of Goonswarm Federation. I'm a former highsec and wormhole dweller. I am currently a black ops pilot extraordinaire in nullsec. In real life, I live in Washington, DC and I'm a professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering." |
 | Platform “My focus as a CSM is less on devising new mechanics and more on working with other CSM members to ensure that our message is heard by CCP. CSM6 proved that a united CSM with a clear message can be a powerful force for player advocacy with CCP, and I believe I can work with CSM members of all backgrounds - whether hisec or nullsec, elite PVPer or hardcore industrialist - to help resolve our differences and turn a group of disparate elected officials into a unified team that leverages its status as a stakeholder with CCP to its greatest advantage.
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Biography “My EVE career has been focused on building thriving, lasting organizations. As someone who has built an alliance from scratch, I’ve learned that in order to be a good leader to an alliance you have to understand and act on the concerns of a diverse group of people ranging from miners and industrialists to corp CEOs to PVPers. That interaction - of taking a group of talented people with different areas of expertise and bringing their capabilities and concerns together in common cause - is a large part of why I play this game.
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| Biography “Former CSM4 member forcing small fixes to happen. Former CSM5 member initiating a game balance changes.” |
 | Platform “I believe in EVE. I think it's something special in the gaming world, and I think that what makes EVE special is worth protected and supporting. I believe in the freedom of players to interect with each other, and the right of players to determine how those interactions result with the minimum of NPC interference. I believe in making changes to EVE that increase the possibilities of player ineraction, and that provide gameplay opportunities. If you send me to Reykjavik, you will be sending a message to CCP that you want that emergent, player-driven narrative to be the core and centre of EVE.” |
Biography “First and foremost I have been playing EVE for over 6 years. I've seen a lot, done a lot, connected with a lot of other players and I have a pretty wide experience of the game (and some pretty wide gaps in that experience, as I will freely admit). I have lived in Sov 0.0, NPC 0.0, lo-sec, hi-sec and W-space. I'm not an intense meta-gamers, I don't hang out in the "Cool" jabber channels, I'm not in any kind of alliance leadership position. My perspective is that of a humble grunt, and my philosophy is informed by that.
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 | Platform “I am basing my candidacy on a continuation of the balancing changes which have greatly improved the level of fun one can have in game, changes & additions to the NPE to make it easier & more rewarding for new players while moving them towards the "fun" aspects of the game at a faster pace and a plethora of UI amendments especially when it comes to fleets.” |
Biography “I have been playing EVE for over 6 years and in that time I have dabbled in a little of everything from mining to missioning to industry - both in null & empire - right up to pvp which I have been participating in for the past 3 years as a member of RvB. While in RvB I have lead fleets in our forever war & 3rd party wars, helped run the community forums & killboards, organised and hosted several large scale events including the RvB Ganked "drunk" roams as well as somewhere along the way become the public face of RvB for many, which has lead to me working with different groups of players in EVE.” |
 | Platform “I don’t know it all. I am not a Game Dev nor do I aspire to be one. I am always willing to ask questions when I don’t know the answers and consider the answers carefully. I am a teacher by trade and the skill set that goes with that would be helpful as a CSM member. I take pride in my ability to see things from more than one side and explain my position well.
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Biography “I have played EVE for enough time to have tried a bit of almost everything. But if you ask me to nail down the style of play I best represent and identify with it would be the Casual Player. The person who has a job, kids, wife, pets and cannot sit at the machine uninterrupted for five hours straight bashing a POS or waiting for a fleet to form. The person who does not want his entire EVE experience to be spreadsheets or clicking to manage PI.
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 | Platform “My pet issue is nullsec. I want to see sovereignty get a revamp, made into something people willingly do battle for, instead of grudgingly, and I want to see non-supercapital industry in nullsec become an activity worth doing. But, all areas of the game need each other for EVE to be what it is, so I'll see to it that they get my best attention as well.” |
Biography “In EVE, I've done almost everything, almost everywhere, over the course of seven years. In real life I'm an engineer, which means I'm literally paid to solve problems. On the CSM, I'll bring both experience sets to bear.” |
 | Platform “As the executor of the largest pure wormhole alliance in EVE, I aim to represent the specific needs and concerns of unknown space. Wormhole pilots are traditionally a small and under-represented portion of the New Eden community, and it is my aim to make sure their concerns are not forgotten. I intend to continue emphasizing the need for POS improvements, new content in all classes, and a careful eye on T3/dreadnought rebalancing. I also wish to make sure no playstyle is forgotten--from committed, bloodthirsty vets to casual weekend pilots. We are all players, and we all deserve a voice.” |
Biography “In real life, I earned two bachelor's degrees in Communications, Creative Writing, and Psychology from a college in New York State. From there, I enlisted in the US infantry for a change of pace and was deployed twice to Iraq (earning several medals and combat awards while there). Afterward, I married my college sweetheart and moved to Taiwan, where I have been teaching English to school children. My life experience has been eclectic, to say the least, and I have learned the values of diversity, respect, and proper communications in each station I've held.” |
 | Platform “There are a few major issues I want to address if elected to the CSM. Firstly, there is the issue of alliance income. Currently income comes primarily from moon mining; I want to press for change so that alliance income follows a bottom-up model, where income is generated by line members performing industrial activities, and it bubbles up to the alliance level. […]
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| Biography “You probably know me as the lead FC of Nulli Secunda, a major nullsec alliance. What you may not know is exactly what goes into that title.
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 | Platform “Making POS simpler to operate, making mining worthwhile and fun. Making Pirating and factional warfare more interesting and specialized with new weapons and abilities is what is needed to keep EVE strong and vibrant. SOV, need I say more? The core combat model of EVE lacks complexity and is too simple. Static income sources like Tech moons are a good game mechanic for creating conflict and wealth.” |
| Biography “I have played EVE since Beta. (Read: 10 years) [..] I run several successful businesses in RL.” |
 | Platform "I'm running because there isn't enough representation advocating more creative, interactive and cutthroat gameplay in highsec. The best parts of EVE are the stories generated by the players interacting and competing with each other, and I don't feel CCP is allowing space for that kind of interaction in highsec. I want players trying to outthink, outmanoeuvre and outgame each other, especially in highsec, and I hope to bring that playstyle into sharper focus for CCP. This game only becomes good once you get involved, and running level 4s without so much as speaking to another human being in not getting involved." |
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 | Platform “CSM8 needs serious delegates whom CCP will take seriously as player advocates. My knowledge of EVE Online and real life experience will help. CCP has made it plain they want to expand the audience of the EVE universe. I'm excited by that! But I don't want CCP to break the game we love trying to expand its audience. WE'VE been flying New Eden for years. I hope to offer perspectives to help CCP retain veterans AND acquire new customers. Both are necessary for EVE to thrive.
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Biography “Writer of Jester's Trek blog, http://jestertrek.blogspot.com/. Member of Rote Kapelle. Five-year EVE player with wide experience, particularly in small-gang PvP, T1 and T2 industry, and incursions. Past experience in sov warfare, wormhole living, and FW. IRL business and communications professional.” |
 | Platform Riverini has a broad platform which looks to improve all aspects of gameplay. |
Biography “A 28 years old creative / art director for an internet television portal for latin america, I also run a myriad of information related sites which include EVE News24.
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 | Platform “A fair, strong veteran voice for the community.” |
Biography “Problem solver, natural leader, disciplined, hardworking. Expertise in Factional Warfare, lowsec, market, exploration, missioning, small gang pvp. Real life expertise in technical analysis and architecture, quality assurance, mediation, public speaking, technical writing.” |
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 | Platform “First off I am not going to try to promise that I can get anything changed as we all know that is not 100% possible and too many times CSM's have gone out with promises to get CCP to change things and failed. On the other hand I promise to be the voice to the people who need that voice, be that from the noobie who just wants to bring his new shiny drake to a fleet or the titan pilot who just wants to make people cry. I understand that by being a CSM you do not hold infinite power but you are selected to give voice to the topics and thoughts of the player base to the developers and GMs where the average player cannot.
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Biography “A little bit about myself, throughout my long time in eve I have been involved in all levels of game play I am currently in the alliance Pandemic Legion and have been for the past year and a half. Previous to this I was in Northern Coalition. and IT Alliance before that. I am a ceo of my own pvp corp with close to 60 actual members, throughout my time in eve I have held many different leadership positions but I find myself at my best when I lead from the front.” |
 | Platform “I'm here to represent the interests of High-sec, Industry, Third Party Development and the casual player. While, rightfully, larger groups should have access to more content, and higher returns, that doesn’t mean that the smaller groups and singletons – that is, players who don’t join corporations rather than players who want a single player game- should be entirely frozen out of activities or priced out of the market. Corporation Roles need work, to cut down on the risk of corp theft, which keeps people in singleton corps. POS need work, to stop people going crazy managing them. Industry needs a cure for RSI. This is all things I want personally, so I have a vested interest in advocating them. I’m plugged into the third party dev community, so I’m aware of what they, and I, want from CCP with regards to that.” |
Biography “Having joined EVE in mid 2011, I’m one of the ‘younger’ players here. I have, on the other hand, done pretty much everything high-sec has to offer, bar incursions. I’ve done toe dipping into lowsec and wormholes as well. Null is, other than NPC null, the main place I’ve not been. There, my opinions have mostly been formed from reading about what the inhabitants like and dislike about it. I’ll voice any opinions I have on it, but that’s all prefixed with the fact it’s just an opinion. Most of my time has been spend in high-sec industry, because right now, high-sec is the best place for industry. As industry leaves me plenty of time, I’ve spent time doing exploration, missions, FW with an alt, trading and courier work. For any of those topics, I think I’m well versed. FW is probably the weakest of them. Mostly consisting of losing ships. But that’s why I make ISK. Make it, to spend it.” |
 | Platform “In addition to tracking titans Travis would also like to fix ways for lowsec and 0.0 players to make their isk. It should be rewarded to those who actively make it and do not have access to passive moon income. Travis is also looking to fix the way CCP tests their expansions. Several time CCP has removed assests that players acquired due to taking advantage of valid although unintended game mechanics.” |
Biography “During my time in EVE, I have seen and done it all. In my early days I spent most of my time missioning in low sec, moving on to large scale mining operations in high sec and now on to commanding fleets of several hundred players across a multitude of alliances as a Coalition leader. I am an extremely active member of the community and I do not claim to be a saint. I have been banned by CCP before, I truly understand the side of the coin that falls on those who are banned or done wrong by CCP and how terribly slow and inefficient their customer support can be. I have a deep and intricate knowledge of EVE and I plan to put my knowledge, drive and ambition to good use as a member of CSM8.” |
 | Platform “As a member of CSMs 5-7, I have steadfastly pushed CCP to deliver improvements to the game that the current players of the game want, and to justify their resource allocations. In CSM 8, I will c |