CSM Campaigns

Eve is known for controversial acts, intense game play, rules and regulation line tip-toeing ever. Especially when it comes to the meta-game. Eve is one of the most meta-gamed games there are. To the point that meta-gaming is serious bizness, as are the spaceships aspect of it. And podcasting/live broadcasting falls in to that part of the game.

Mike comes on Podside and has regularly as long as I've been associated in any way with the group of folks who run the show. Sure we get crazy. Sure we love to drink and go balls out. Just the same in drunken fleet roams, soundcloud recordings of rage filled PL dudes like Grath, and the like that we've all heard.

Mike continues to be a reasoning voice of calm among all the calamity. He does not waiver. He does not shy away. He does not throw his friends or associates under the bus. Because Mike knows the true people behind the drunken rants that occur on occasion. No matter where or when they may happen. That is what makes Mike such a valuable candidate for CSM 9.
Not only his proven track record of hard work and fairness while on CSM 8 but also his hard work and fairness while out there partaking in the meta game that is a huge part of Eve and how it unfolds and operates on a daily basis.

Mike deserves a fair shot for a second term. And I for one will be voting for Mike with all accounts I have. It's hard not to like Mike. A vote for this guy is not a wasted vote. I promise you that.

Best of luck Mike.

I am well known for having issues with proposals that boil down to being binary solutions. Yes/no questions seldom result in consensus or explore and issue in anything more than just a cursory.

Yes/no is good for the tl:dr crowd but when you are talking about the bigger picture it becomes 'yes but' or 'no unless'

If you want my opinion then I would recommend either of the past 2 Podside recordings http://s8.multiplexgaming.com/downloads/PodsideEp191.mp3 http://s8.multiplexgaming.com/downloads/PodsideEp192.mp3 OR the DJ Wiggles rewind from this past Sunday.

I was active in the major thread-naught and the followup one after the falcon announcement.

But I won't belittle the process or my answer with one word. It negates the idea that Ideas are complex and need discussion. That people need to talk and be listened to in return. Very little we have dealt with in the past year was yes/no

and that is the right way to do things.

m

Honestly, I was more surprised with Trebor's opinion of the question. He just happened to say it in your thread. I appreciate you taking the time to answer it with your thoughts. Thanks, Mike.

Hello.

Currently the Serpentis are the only pirate faction in the game that don't have a rated 6/10 and 9/10 DED complex available to be run. These sites have been on the "coming soon" list for quite a few years, but no further news or information has been released. Would you be willing to request that CCP introduce these sites to the game so that areas like syndicate that rely on running sites as the main form of income can continue to grow and prosper?

Any thing that you feel that you have help change or highly influence being on the CSM over the past year that was in high demand for the player bases or could have effected?

with pve as your main focus do you have any aspects of possibly looking at changing or updating any of the industry aspects of the game to make things more interesting than they are currently?

also in addition if you could change missions, what would you personally love to see changed about them especially after the nerfing they did to level 4's making them a lot easier compared to how they used to be?

More interesting industry. Yes, I would love that. NOT more clicking, not more variety that disguises itself as improvement but streamlining of the donkey work. Interesting as in decisions that can be made and are not made for you, tactical play for the industrialist.

Missions. Let me admit from the outset that I love the eve-survival site and think that it has been a boon and a curse to missioneers, over the years. It let us collect the missions and saved many a ship as it worked out the triggers. But then it made each mission a recipe and took any exploration, any excitement from the process. I want a measure of uncertainty.

To get that I alternate fits and ships running missions. Yes I am usually woefully suboptimal for the job and my isk/tick is laughable but I am still missioning after all these years. I want missions that 'see your ship' and adjust for that ship. I want some dynamic missions that include ai that will warp away if you don't have a point on them.

well . . you did ask

m

Good to see you are running for CSM again Mike.

I have a couple of questions:

1. What is the one thing you did during CSM 8 that you are most proud of?

2. What is your opinion on live events and eve rp (needed/not needed; important or not etc.) and do you talk about this things to CCP? (I'm asking this because it seems like CCP completely forgot about this aspect of eve after last live event and ran away from community as far as they could.)

I posted my endorsements this evening.

http://interstellarprivateer.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/csm9-endorsements/

Mike is one of six candidates (along with Ali Aras, Corbexx, James Arget, Mynnna and Sugar Kyle) to get a First Tier endorsement from me. Here's what I said about him:



Good luck Mike!