CSM Campaigns

I dig it.

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+1 anyways, dank candidate

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I've known Lex for a little over a year and can attest that he's a man that knows his capitals and while a generally bad poster can make some pretty epic good posts as evidenced by this thread.

You have my vote Lex Arson sir

edited OP to add some BOLD to break up wall of text a bit

also ama etc

edit: and as for why I'm not pushing more of a lowsec platform after spending most of my career as a lowsec/npc player, I honestly think lowsec is in a good place right now. You have good income, your adversaries live relatively close by in terms of LY, gate guns and sec status keep things interesting and 'in-lore' without being game breaking or even annoying. Facwar has gotten a lot of love in the past few years (tho as Niden mentioned, the standings hit for smartbombing in a friendly fleet needs to be fixed). All in all there are conflict drivers and income sources, and's that's really all you need for a good 'sec space.'

So the goons will get their 2-4 nullsec focused csms

PL will get theirs

A few other null focused CSMs will most likely be elected depending on how smaller alliances vote.

Do we need another null sec focused candidate that doesn't have any skin in the game?

I've heard nothing but good things about you and I am sure you would be great, but I have to question the need for another Null focused candidate when over half the candidates will be focused on these issues.

What separates your perspective on Null from the other 5-8 candidates that will certainly be elected running on the exact same platform you are?

The expansion cycle has been almost exclusively focused on Null for the last year plus. Every single CSM is full of very smart Null players, but according to the narrative Null life has never been worse. Why should independent players still throw their votes at Null candidates that either cant do the job or CCP won't listen to anyway.

I would probably vote for your name as most people have a lot of respect for you, but I can't if you are running on the platform of High-Sec is fine, Low-Sec is fine, Null-Sec is crap, and WHs should be ignored or left up to that one WH csm that's now a goon.


Edit: If I misread and you are running on the platform of increasing conflict drivers in Null then please explain some of your ideas and how they will be able to be intertwined with existing mechanics and the upcoming release of citadels.

I'm attempting to run on the "I actually log in and play the game, and thus have a slight idea of what I'm talking about" platform.

Have a look at least years' elected CSM - http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/csm-x-voting-results/

Half of them I've never heard of, and from the ones that I do recognize under the nullsec ticket I'm pretty sure the only ones that are people who deal with these game mechanics on a day-to-day basis are Sort Dragon and corebloodbrothers. The rest are ~meta~ or leadership people like Sion, Cagali, Gorga, or Thoric who just sit behind virtual desks and push pencils all day long and don't actually have to deal with the things actual EVE players do. Are you going to expect someone like Sion, a lead diplomat whose game mostly consists of jabber and skype to advocate for things like capital balance and entosis mechanics with the sort of passion you'd want from a CSM rep? When those are things they've never dealt with themselves personally?

If you look at the people in the running so far for the CSM XI, the list isn't exactly promising so far. It's full of "literally who's" and people who are promising to be all things to all people, etc etc... you get the idea.

The reason we are in the situation we are in is because our current and past CSMs have either been unable to do the job, or CCP didn't listen to them anyway (more the latter than the former, I think). I'm not a part of any bloc, and the interests I represent are perhaps of the older player, with a mind on spaceship violence and a hint of empire building. If you don't think that CCP listens to the CSM no matter how good the elected are, vote for Xenuria. If you think that the CSM can in fact make a difference, and your interests are aligned with mine, then vote for me.



I can't speak for highsec as I haven't lived there since my infancy, nor wormholes since I've never lived there. Point me towards a CSM member that has effectively advocated for all ranges of space and actually had a clue what he was talking about and I'll eat my shoe, but thankfully I don't think I'll have to. This is why we have a panel of CSM members from all different walks of EVE.

As far as ideas for conflict drivers and the like; being on the CSM doesn't mean you get to give your wishlist to Fozzie Claus every christmas and he gives you everything you asked for so long as you were a good boy. From what we've seen it seems to be mostly CCP coming up with ideas and asking the CSM how good/bad they are. Regardless, I do have my own ideas;

• Having a Citadel should give an ADM bonus to the current sovholder based on size, not have it's vulnerability affected by ADM. Citadels are defensive structures in real life, thus you should get a defensive bonus for having one.
• Jump bridges should grant a fatigue reduction bonus of some sort, how much is up to CCP's balance team. As they stand they're currently very nearly useless and have no 'use case' of when it's better to use one over just taking the gates.
• I will advocate for the removal of a lot of 'special-exception game mechanics' like Rorquals being able to boost inside poses (which tbf is being removed with offgrind link removal anyway), CCP's proposed idea to give a weapons timer for capitals cyno'ing onto citadels, and the like.
• I will advocate against mechanics or changes that are easily 'gameable' by a playerbase that has shown time and time again it will do so (think titan AOE cap neut DD side-effects) which don't actually solve the problems CCP set up to solve, while increasing a lot of tedium for all parties involved.
• Every kind of gameplay allowed by the sandbox is valid gameplay so long as it has a counterplay other than N+1. I will keep this in mind while on the CSM and encourage fellow members as well as CCP to remember it as well.

Lex actually logs in, plays the game, and is a general fun-haver, thus should rank very high on anyone's list of candidates to vote for.

Lex is my vote for CSM and not because he is my alliance CEO, He logs in and leads us, he comes up with new doctrines for us to fly and generally knows what he is talking about. Lex is the one who drives our entire alliance and the blues we ally with and not some name behind it all, so that gets my vote.