Jita Park Speakers Corner

Over the past two years, while serving on both CSM 5 and CSM 6, I have diligently advocated for the interests of all players of EVE, not just a particular narrow constituency. I believe I have accomplished a lot, but there is much more work to be done, and I would like the opportunity to continue to work on your behalf.

Note: forum limitations prevent me from linking to relevant wiki pages; my campaign page has all the links, and "fix the forums" is on my CSM to-do list...

Accomplishments as a Member of CSM 5 and 6

As vice-secretary of CSM 5 and secretary of CSM 6, I was a primary author or editor of almost all CSM Blogs and Summit Reports.

I raised, championed and pushed through significant CSM proposals aimed at benefiting broad groups of EVE players (in particular, User Interface related issues), such as the Removal of Learning Skills, the User Interface - Big Wins, Fan Favorites and Low Hanging Fruit Proposal, the Planetary Interaction Omnibus Proposal, and the Possibly Practical POS Performance Proposal. Elements of many of these proposals have found their way into the game.

I created, developed and managed the concept of Prioritization Crowdsourcing, which is used to poll the players and determine what items on the CSM in-process list should be given the highest priority in negotiations with CCP. When CCP shifted their focus back to Flying-in-Space development in the Fall of 2011, these lists helped determine what got developer time.

I have consistently made myself available to the community, answering questions via Email and on the forums, and (when appropriate) bringing player concerns direct to interested devs at CCP. A particular focus of mine has been strongly encouraging devs to reconnect to the EVE community and go directly to players for feedback about game features, and over the last 6 months there has been a significant uptick in this sort of communication.

Finally, I regularly blog about the CSM process, and actively post on the forums.

My Goals during CSM 7

If re-elected, I will continue to keep the pressure on CCP to deliver improvements to the game that the current players of the game want, and to justify their resource allocations. The hard work done during CSM 5 and 6 has clearly demonstrated to CCP how useful and productive engaging with both the CSM and the community can be, and I will redouble my efforts to build on that success.

I will in particular continue to push for improvements in the User Interface, for iterations on widely-used parts of the game (such as Trade, Industry, and Mission gameplay), for increased resources to be devoted to game performance issues (both on the server and in the client), for game design changes to revitalize important areas of the game (such as factional warfare, low-sec, industry, and sov), and for renewed efforts to fight RMT and botting.

Finally, I intend to continue to push hard for a proper reform of the CSM voting process, aimed at reducing the number of "wasted" votes (which unfairly reduces the voting power of non-bloc candidates, and thus reduces the number of their representatives on the CSM). The CSM should properly represent the interests of the entire community.

Over the last few months, with CCP's new focus, some significant momentum has built up. I pledge to keep the pressure on CCP to keep delivering fixes and new content that benefit their current customers.

I hope you will honor me with your vote, and encourage your friends in EVE to do this same. A high turnout in the CSM 7 elections is important, not just for me personally, but because it demonstrates player support for the progress CSM has made; the more votes are cast, the louder our voice becomes, and the more we can accomplish for you, our fellow players.

A little about Me

My RL name is Robert Woodhead. I am 53 years old, and live in North Carolina with my wife and two children. I am the author of the first 4 games in the Wizardry series of RPG games, as well as one of the first anti-virus programs, Virex. I'm an old-school hacker (in the original, good sense of the word) -- in fact, I was the Hacking Consultant for the film "Real Genius".

I am also a founder and CEO of AnimEigo, the oldest surviving Anime company in the US. I lived in Japan for over 6 years working on AnimEigo and other projects, and speak Japanese well enough to impress gaijin and amuse nihonjin.

In my spare time, in addition to playing EVE, I also build and fight combat robots, write the occasional bit of free software, and I'm one of the few EVE pilots who actually knows what Zero-G feels like.

I have been playing EVE for a little over 4 years now, and in that time I've lived in hisec, lowsec, nullsec (npc and sov) and wormholes. In addition, I have written several private API tools to help me trade and manage production pipelines, as well as the EViE browser-based skill training monitor (for iPhone and all major desktop browsers).

Recent Blog Postings:

The Cold Equations of the CSM Election

Jester's Schmeck

Coming This Summer To A Screen Near You

I succumb to the latest meme

Off-topic: Punished by Rewards

Knocking on Doors in Outer Space

Other interesting links and posts:

The Independent Voter's Guide to the CSM 7 Elections

EveNews24 Interview

Please dont re-elect, the guy can't even operate a camera.

This is the guy operating the camera at CSM Summits: CCP Xhagen.

Please feel free to take up your concerns directly to him.

Trebor brought balance to the CSM this past year, glad to hear he's running again.

A "like" and a vote for the useful candidate.

I won't be voting for you Trebor but I do hope you make it on to CSM7.

Good luck!

Trebor is a pretty awesome guy who listens to players' concerns and does his best to understand and address them. Your support here will not be wasted.

Trebor, in addition to being a successful small business owner and an all around great guy, has been a member of the two most influential CSMs in EVE history, and has been there, in the trenches working hard and representing the broad spectrum of EVE players. If you've read the CMS blogs & reports in the last two years then you have seen examples of his work.

Items such as removing learning skills, PI & industry fixes, UI improvements ,POS changes. . . have all been items Trebor has championed for EVE players as a whole through the course of his tenure.

This bump/plug I am writing goes to the "independent vote" in EVE. With the changes that CCP has made to the structure and process for the new CSM, Trebor needs your vote more than ever. Yes, CSM6 did amazing things this last year, but now is not the time to rest. We EVE players need to voice our wants and needs to CCP and as an integral part of the last two CSMs, Trebor is the ideal candidate to assure us, the players, that CCP is accountable and providing us with the best service and EVE that they can.

In the coming weeks there will be an orgy of rancor, back biting, and flat out a$$hattery displayed by uncountable neck beards with questionable social skills and grooming, all wanting a trip to Iceland or Internet famez. I urge you to look to the incumbent, who has done so much and continues to be the voice of the player, Trebor.

Re-elect Trebor to CSM7 and help assure that the interests of all EVE players are represented, not just special interests.

+ 1 for CSM Solidarity.