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Our trolling/comments/observations here shouldn't be mistaken for direct attacks on Sugar; we are not publically attemptingto shame this candidate as an alliance. Any platform needs to be scrutinised and challenged adequately.

SC is a voting demographic in lowsec, part of the bloc of lowsec entities who possess titan bridge force projection and capital numbers. We came here in force because we're concerned about the "curriculum vitae" of Sugar. She as a person is fine, we don't question her oratory skills or her ability to seek consultation (which is a very crucial trait to have as a leader/representative).

Say, you were applying to the job position of Health and Safety Manager in a factory but you had never done any H&S inspections before but had worked in a factory your whole life. As you sit down for the job interview, your employer will ask "Hmm, you appear to have never done a health and safety risk assesment but you have worked in a factory your whole life." That kind of criticsm is not a direct attack on Sugar's person -- we are questioning her experience as her platform is based on her own role and place she has in lowsec.

As the purpose of any CSM platform thread is to scrutinise and allow candidates to engage with their demographics, we are here to ask how she intends to reach out to us as a particular bloc of lowsec residents. You may ask what concerns we have that are peculiar to us and not to every other lowsec resident (eg. stabbed plexers), I'm sure there are many concerns but off the top of my head: the role of supercapitals in lowsec, do they belong there, how can they be balanced to encourage lowsec residents who want to fly them to not just go off to nullsec, etc.

We have seen in any kind of political arena that representatives who base their platforms on their character traits of being able to take consultation and listen to advice, and are coming from a labelled "niche" sector, often do not pull the punches. Ergo, convince us to vote for you -- not every voter will be awed by a manifesto or CV, irrespective of how good it is.

Here's a simple solution. Would you(Sugar Kyle) be open for hoping on our comms, not sure if you're US or EU tz, and at least allowing us a chance to talk with you? It seems that Naughty Cargo is pretty strong in saying that you're up for the task and you seem smart enough. This is our chance to meet Sugar Kyle. I'm not sure why everyone is so hostile to questions pertaining to experience and everything, that's what this is for.

Dividing people and pushing others away with insults won't help the situation. We're all in the end looking for the same thing. A CSM representative for the LS voice, one that hasn't been on the council... ever, really. Noone is saying that a person is more elite than another, just that some have different life styles in LS than another.

Anyone claiming to represent the :shadowcartel: is going to get blackballed because their membership are awful twats.

Congratulations on so efficiently counteracting your own efforts through your embarrassing hubris.

+1 for Sugar

And +1,000 for timer rollbacks in FW plexes.

Sugar, you'll hear many different opinions on how to fix the 'cloaky stabbed farmer problem'. But please consider that the most popular alternative to timer rollbacks, which is limiting cloaks and/or stabs in plexes, will not achieve anything! Because you can just as easily farm with an empty hull: just run away. Also cloaks and stabs are a legitimate game mechanic that can have fun and creative uses, even in plexes, as you metioned yourself.

On the contrary, timer rollbacks favor the gal/guy who is willing to fight, making farming impossible in busy/active systems, which is exactly what pvp-ing FW people want.

+1 also to the idea you mentioned about a difficult-to-exploit mechanic to give more kill LP to the active pilots, a great idea!

Thanks for stepping up for lowsec.

I love your blog and am looking forward to hear more about your platform for CSM.

sugar fer prezident!!!

TEXN stamp of approval.


It'd be good to have a proper low-sec villainess in office.

Wow you've come a long way since we first showed u the ropes around klingt/heg Sugar!

You defo got The Herald vote mostly cuz I know you but also because low-sec sure needs some dev love!

I’m almost done with a walk through of the new player tutorials. My first response was that they are much smoother. More is explained then when I started. Popup windows show up in space for the very first steps Aura walks the player through to show them that the items in space are clickable. In many other games the interactable object has some type of glow to it.

My biggest, immediate complaint is that there is no mention of double clicking in space to maneuver your ship. I wrote a post in the features and ideas thread about that.

Are Corporation and POS management things that belong in the New Player Experience? There is a difference between having guides available to properly use features in the game and the content that brand new players are walked through to get their space legs. While corporation and POS management are important they are also things better suited for the Evelopedia.

As for the emphasis, what are your ideas on increasing it? It is very easy to scare people to the point that they refuse to interact with others. What is a happy balance that new players will actually read or somehow see in front of them?

I’ve suggested more bulletin boards. If the current ones are obscure code maybe we need new ones. Things that the new players could see and interact with outside of the station. I’d also like to open a can of worms and suggest that the Captain’s Quarter’s get some interactable things inside of it. A lot of players in rookie chat ask, “What is the purpose of the CQ?” It has almost nothing to interact with, yet it should be filled to overflowing with all of this information. It is pretty. It is also useless. Yet, new player after new player explores it expecting it to be useful It is already there so make it interactable. The similar place in Dust is intractable in a sensible way and I use it whenever I play.



I like the NPE a lot. I think CCP can link to their numerous videos as well as the Evelopedia. I think there is a limit to how much we can cram into the direct NPE. Instead, we need to look at what we can add to easily give access to information.

The MOTD in Rookie chat is very useful and very full of information. Most do not even know it is there because the channel moves so fast. What if MOTDs moved to a separate window that attached to the neocom. It can be removed easily but new players can see the valuable information on it. This extends beyond new players because people fill MOTDs with useful things from fleets, to chat rooms, to public events.

There needs to be a more obvious push to the SOE Epic Arc as well. Combined with the NPE that easily covers the first 1-2 weeks for a new player and gets them hooked into the game.

Thank you. I'm adding this to my "Faction Warfare Complexes as a major topic" file.