CSM Campaigns

Yup, wouldn't really be an election if I didn't run now would it?

I am Mike Azariah, Hisec resident, and I am tossing my hat in the ring for CSMX.

I have served on the previous CSM8 and am a member of CSM9 and am still willing to keep doing what I am doing.

CSM is a team effort so it is hard to take credit for things that are done but there are one or two that I feel I have had a stronger hand in. I fought to keep some form of drone assist active. I pushed for the Bowhead ship. Most of all I have tried damn hard to keep the lines of communication between the players and the CSM and on through to CCP open. Podcasts, blogs, I will drop into fleets or do side conversations.

I listen to players.

Doesn't mean I always agree with them but I listen and if I say I will take it up with CCP, I have.

I expect a few folks will post into this thread trying to hang a label on me and some of them will be accurate . . . and some won't. The ones I accept are Carebear (although I do PvP from time to time), Casual player (although there are days when I spend 'too damn long on that computer' to quote my wife), A reasonable person to talk to (although I do confess I like the nickname Northern Troll) and last but one of my favourites . . . Anarchist (Thanks, Sion).

I am passionate about balance of game, about the new player experiences, about keeping the game a solid deep challenge for new and old players. I have seen the roadmap and I want to continue to be a part of the paving crew.

So I ask for your support.

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Worth voting for just to keep that moustache on the CSM.

Mike will be on my list - he is a strong representative for many who would otherwise go unrepresented and thus a needed voice. He is highly communicative and gets bonus 'stache points.

Good luck! It's nice to have a highsec person on the CSM, and someone who appreciates PvE play. Will definitely support!

'bout time. Good stuff!

Hi Mike. :D

You'll be on my ballot, keep up the great work.

Had you #1 on my ballot since July

I voted for Mike each time he ran in the past, why stop now? +1 Mike for CSM X !

I want to see the tools for social groups strengthened, mailing lists enlargened. I would really like to see an entirely new set of mechanics for people who hang together for specidc things (like CODE, Bombers Bar, Redemtion road, mining fleets, mission teams and incursions to focus on the hisec sort of thing). Grouping is the glue that makes this an MMO and we need to keep working on the tools that help that.

But I DO take issue with your wording of the question. We should never have to FORCE folks into groups or interactivity. There are people perfectly happy to play solo, to be the lone wolf hunter or the quiet single industrialist. There is nothing wrong with that and we shouldn't punish them for that style of play. Casual players face this the most since often they have limited game time to be online or odd hours and so they find it difficult to be reliable in a social group and they self isolate.

tl:dr So I want CCP to develop the tools to facilitate interaction but I do not want to force it.

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Another canadate has mafe issue of acessablity of Eve for the visually impaired and those with hearing disabilitys. In CSM10 what would be. Your ideas on addressing this issue?