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How to Become an ISD?

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ISD AeolusWind
ISD STAR
ISD Alliance
#41 - 2012-10-09 22:43:06 UTC
Greetings! AeolusWin(d) here, one of the captains of the ISD:STAR volunteer department. I figured this was a good time to point out that ISD is not just forum moderators. ISD Is an umbrella term covering a variety of different volunteer corporations. STAR is the Support, Training and Resources division of ISD. There are also the Forum mods, Bug Hunters, Wiki Editors and News Writers (I think that's all of them).

In STAR, we are responsible for welcoming new players to the game in the form of Meet and Greets as well as Moderating the In Game help channels. We have recently expanded our duties to seminars and show up in high security systems once and a while to say hello.

If you aren't the forum moderating type, but love the game and want to help new players (And have at least 6 months EVE experience) consider giving us a look!
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#42 - 2012-10-09 23:14:40 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Grow roughly 100,000% larger, install six squadrons of TIE fighters, enough ground forces to land and man an entire garrison, and roughly a bajillion turbo lasers and ion cannons.


Millenium Falcon > ISD simply because it can turn distance into time


It fails so hard here D:

I'm not even a super Star Wars nut and I know the proper meaning behind this.

Han Solo wasn't being a dumbass mixing time and distance, his point was that he shortened the Kessel Run route. He was able to pass through a dangerous nebula or roid belt or something that everyone else flew around for that route.

The Drake is a Lie
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#43 - 2012-10-10 06:30:06 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Halp! I sent in an application Shocked

lol...glorious times ahead

TunDraGon is recruiting! "Also, your boobs [:o] "   CCP Eterne, 2012 "When in doubt...make a diȼk joke." Robin Williams - RIP
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#44 - 2012-10-10 06:47:33 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
I'm not even a super Star Wars nut and I know the proper meaning behind this.

Han Solo wasn't being a dumbass mixing time and distance, his point was that he shortened the Kessel Run route. He was able to pass through a dangerous nebula or roid belt or something that everyone else flew around for that route.
…and proper Star Wars nuts know how much of a retcon that is. P

And anyway, this leading to this is a much better explanation.
Gibbo3771
AQUILA INC
Verge of Collapse
#45 - 2012-10-10 10:41:11 UTC
By the looks of it any ******** gigolo with a resume in shoveling shite from A to B can get it.
Ginger Barbarella
#46 - 2012-10-10 16:47:17 UTC
Nanatoa wrote:
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
I LITERALLY spent several hours a day for nearly three weeks waiting in the IRC channel to speak to someone about my application. Gave up on it.


That was a test of your assertiveness.
You failed.


It was an expression of correct grammar usage to emphasize what I did. I really did spent hours a day sitting in IRC chat waiting for CCP.

Perhaps you should go back to school.

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#47 - 2012-10-10 16:52:38 UTC
I would do the whole ISD thing, but I fear I would snap on some people, which wouldn't end well. Plus I would have to fill out a form, which requires effort.

CCP's Motto: If it isn't broken, break it. If it is broken, ignore it. Improving NPE / Dynamic New Eden
ISD TYPE40
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#48 - 2012-10-10 17:29:01 UTC
Had to remove a very derogatory remark, this also removed subsequent replies to said remark. Please post sensibly in future, thank you Big smile - ISD Type40.

[b]ISD Type40 Lt. Commander Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department[/b]
MinefieldS
1 Sick Duck Standss on something
#49 - 2012-10-10 17:47:21 UTC
ISD TYPE40 wrote:
Had to remove a very derogatory remark, this also removed subsequent replies to said remark. Please post sensibly in future, thank you Big smile - ISD Type40.

Dear forum readers, you can view this very thread, uncensored, here http://eve-search.com/thread/161523-1/page/2
Pingu Arareb
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#50 - 2012-10-10 18:07:47 UTC
if i become isd, will i get new ships and can sell them to others?
ISD Eshtir
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#51 - 2012-10-10 18:14:29 UTC
Pingu Arareb wrote:
if i become isd, will i get new ships and can sell them to others?


Nope

ISD Eshtir

Captain

Community Communication Liaisons

Interstellar Services Department
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#52 - 2012-10-16 04:42:59 UTC
Christy D Floyd wrote:
Simple question How does one either apply or is selected to become an ISD?

Rengerel en Distel wrote:
I'd guess not being able to read the stickies before posting would automatically rule you out.

Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark.

MDD
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#53 - 2012-10-16 04:44:35 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Maybe I should apply for ISD, I can be on the troll hunting squad Big smile

Conflict of interest detected; application denied. Twisted

MDD
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#54 - 2012-10-16 05:09:26 UTC
Christy D Floyd wrote:
Simple question How does one either apply or is selected to become an ISD?

Arrowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9riZYUpTw

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
F'elch
Wall Street Trading
#55 - 2012-10-16 11:10:17 UTC
On a related note, does anyone know how I can join the Nazi party?
Becka Goldbeck
#56 - 2012-10-16 11:17:06 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Suvetar
ISD Suvetar wrote:
Graic Gabtar wrote:
ISD Suvetar wrote:
...have a passion for the community...
What a curious turn of phrase.

"passion" huh?


Absolutely - it's a word I don't like to throw around lightly.

I've been around this community since 2003 as a player, 2005 as a member of ISD.
In that time I've had various real-life traumas and quite a few good times too.

But throughout it all, thick and thin, this community has kept me uplifted, amazed, surprised and sometimes in genuine awe of the human spirit.

Passion. I haz it.



It surprises me that you seem so eager to squelch free expression if that's the case. A sandbox functions better if it has a set of defined rules, that's true, but on the forums of all places people like you apply the most rigid definition of "trolling"

OP, you need to have a certain amount of cognitive dissonance apparently and be willing to abandon principles for the sake of your ego.
ctx2007
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#57 - 2012-10-16 13:06:35 UTC
You need to have thick skin for the insults (that are not necessary) that are thrown at you.

You only realise you life has been a waste of time, when you wake up dead.
CCP Gargant
C C P
C C P Alliance
#58 - 2012-10-16 13:36:25 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Suvetar
Becka Goldbeck wrote:

It surprises me that you seem so eager to squelch free expression if that's the case. A sandbox functions better if it has a set of defined rules, that's true, but on the forums of all places people like you apply the most rigid definition of "trolling"

OP, you need to have a certain amount of cognitive dissonance apparently and be willing to abandon principles for the sake of your ego.



This isn't a sandbox. It is a discussion forum. We don't take kindly to trolling as it derails threads, sometimes to the point that we can't really get it back on track, so we need to lock it. That in turn creates threads that accuse us of "squelching free expression" that get locked as they violate the rules. This is a vicious circle that is not easily broken.

We are trying, though. I am trying. I ask that you guys try as well and the first step in that trying is to stop berating the ISD's like they are some sort of pinata that you can vent frustrations on. The edit message from Amber you quote is one of them. If something regarding the ISD's appears on the forums, the posters that love to hound them descend into it like vultures to a carrion.

You have the right to post anything you want. If you do so within the rules there is no problem. Pissing and moaning about the volunteer moderators will not be tolerated anymore. There is now an official place to discuss moderation and all of us in the Community Team are watching it. Don't bash, constructively criticize. I believe these posters can so I don't understand why it doesn't happen.

CCP Gargant | EVE Universe esports Coordinator
Becka Goldbeck
#59 - 2012-10-16 14:06:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Becka Goldbeck
CCP Gargant wrote:
[quote=Becka Goldbeck]
This isn't a sandbox. It is a discussion forum. We don't take kindly to trolling as it derails threads, sometimes to the point that we can't really get it back on track, so we need to lock it. That in turn creates threads that accuse us of "squelching free expression" that get locked as they violate the rules. This is a vicious circle that is not easily broken.

We are trying, though. I am trying. I ask that you guys try as well and the first step in that trying is to stop berating the ISD's like they are some sort of pinata that you can vent frustrations on. The edit message from Amber you quote is one of them. If something regarding the ISD's appears on the forums, the posters that love to hound them descend into it like vultures to a carrion.

You have the right to post anything you want. If you do so within the rules there is no problem. Pissing and moaning about the volunteer moderators will not be tolerated anymore. There is now an official place to discuss moderation and all of us in the Community Team are watching it. Don't bash, constructively criticize. I believe these posters can so I don't understand why it doesn't happen.


I never claimed the forums were a sandbox unto itself but as part of the EVE universe, the ISD was espousing that he or she is a passionate veteran of EVE and EVE is a sandbox. A forum is a medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged, where the community comes together outside of the game. This includes ideas which you don't agree with or rub you the wrong way. That is what a forum is supposed to be, you can have yours be about whatever you want (I never claimed you can't).

For instance I'm of the opinion that the laziness of CCP staff lead to this outsourcing and it's ill-advised.

Is this opinion wrong? Maybe. Are you offended by it? Maybe, if you're easily offended by random opinions (which is a distinct possibility considering).

What I'm concerned about it why you think I shouldn't be able to express it.

There are many ways to interpret "trolling" and it seems like CCP and the ISDs have determined it means anything that they don't agree with... or isn't "friendly" enough.
JC Anderson
RED ROSE THORN
#60 - 2012-10-16 14:08:45 UTC
Chribba wrote:
Pak Narhoo wrote:
http://community.eveonline.com/isd.asp

At least this first response wasn't a troll. We need more of these threads.

/c


No we don't.

What we need is more Imperial Star Destroyers.