Crime & Punishment

Hello space friends;

You may or may not be aware that I am running for CSM in 2012. No hurt feelings from me if you didn't know that; honestly, I only know it because I'm the one doing it. In any event, it seems to me that the CSM could benefit from a consolidated list of what you fine folks in See and Pee think with regards to the present state of High Security Space.

I realize that what I am asking is a bit out of the ordinary, because we have been trained for the entirety of our political lives to simply pick a politician based on what he claims to want and then to complain about the politicians who we perceive did not give us what we want. I am not trying to do that at all. I want you, the People, to tell me what you want. I want to go to Iceland with a list of things that you guys want to see in EVE Online, and try to advocate them to CCP and the other CSM delegates. I realize, again, that this is a bit of a change from how we in Western cultures are accustomed to picking our politicians, but I honestly think it stands a good chance to succeed and if nothing else it is the most forthright and honest way to represent a constituency.

So that's my spiel. Whether or not you vote for me, how about contributing to a list of things you'd like to see?

I, for one, am in love with Rifters. A vote for Lyris is a vote for Rifters.

Pretend that you're me, the illustrious sky captain of everyone's heart and space friend to all, and that I am an Icelandic man with a hangover whom has never read the forum arguments concerning them; now, explain to me concisely what you believe ought to be changed with regards to Incursions in High Security space and why. This is not a troll, and I am not mocking you. My entire point with this endeavor is that the forums are a lot of information to sift through and that there is a very high amount of noise corrupting the signal. In order to communicate effectively with CCP and other CSM delegates, I need a list of political talking points and reasoning that is sufficiently simple to address someone with no knowledge on the subject; simultaneously, I need to represent the constituent's desires with as precise and specific language as possible to avoid confusion.

Do you see the exercise at which I am trying to arrive?

I could totally see turning in CONCORD loyalty points for security status increases, or something like that.

No, and neither can any other candidate. The CSM is not a development team.

I can guarantee that I will represent the interests of the people of See and Pee as expressed in this thread, and nothing more; but, to my knowledge that is a much higher standard than any other candidate is offering.

That the topic "covert cynos in high sec" needs to be added to a list of talking points, and that I (or any other candidate elected to the CSM) should passionately advocate that issue to CCP in accordance with the People's expressed desires.

In other words: my position is your position. So tell me what that is, won't you?

Noted! Thanks for your reply.

My position is that it'd be totally radical. Perhaps limited such that only bombers can jump through to a high sec cyno. Dropping a gang of recons and cloaky t3s would be a bit too awesome imo.

Also, please advocate adding a "dont ask me again" switch to the remote assistance popup. I understand its there to protect the children, but for someone in my line of work (andprobably a few other folks that frequent this section of the foums) its mostly just a pain in the privy member.

Can you expand on this a little bit? With respect, a vague suggestion like this, which amounts to nothing more than, "hey, maybe do something about this thing here, I don't know what but do something, yeah," is not very convincing; moreover, it is difficult for an advocate to articulate a reasoned argument on it.

It seems to me as though that proposal could be combined with an argument for something I've heard discussed as "personal war declarations," within the same sort of functionality. Thanks for linking that proposal, and thanks for posting!