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Hello Everyone,

So here's my official candidacy thread.

For more than 3 years, I have been a member of CSM. I was in CSM 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. I was secretary of CSM 3 and Vice-Chairman of CSM 6.

I contributed to making the CSM what it is today every step of the way. Every term, I helped cement the CSM as a viable group to provide valuable feedback to CCP, improve the communication channels, and give CCP a better understanding of what we want, and why we want it.

I have an excellent knowledge of all areas of the game (I play in lowsec, wormholes, 0.0, I mission in highsec, do T1/T2/T3 manufacturing, etc.). At the same time I don't favor one part of the game over another, preferring instead that each be improved upon, and that, should they want it, paths exist for everyone to move from one playstyle to another with as small barrier of entry as possible.

Talking with a dev about my campaigning, he remarked that it was "hard to categorize "smart dude with a different perspective than most"". Yet this is what I am and what differentiates me from the other candidates. When they are focused on their own little corner of the game, I help make sure that the everyone is taken into consideration and not left aside. Because I have taken part in every playstyle, I know the particular challenges each group faces, and how each suggested change will affect everyone.
This part has been shown to be of utmost importance during this last CSM, when several self-serving suggestions made were opposed by no other member except yours truly, and occasionaly another member.
Not only am I able to take part in every single conversation topics with CCP when some members are unable to contribute due to lack of knowledge, but I am also able to provide CCP with solution paths that do not needlessly negatively affect playstyles when other members are unable to do the same because of a narrow vision of the game or lack of interest.

Due to a varied real-life experience as a developer and manager in different industries from video games to CGI movies to finance, I also am able to fully understand the developers when they come to us for feedback on graphics, general game design, technical issues or the status of the economy or the PLEX market. This experience, combined with years of communication with CCP, allow me to articulate things to CCP in a common language, guaranteeing a better understanding.

I have also shown over the years I am able to work gracefully in collaboration with other members no matter their origin, from newbie-focused ones to 0.0 focussed ones, with everything in between, while at the same time retaining independence and not feeling a need to bend to group pressure.

I will not list here anything the CSM as done as my personal contribution, but I can say with a straight face that everything that can be attributed to the CSM I have had a hand in.

If you have questions, I'll be very happy to answer them, you can also contact me in-game for a chat or shoot an eve-mail.

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Hi. Apparently I'm first.

What are your opinions on and desires for PVP in high security space?

I want the wardec system to change from a griefing system it is today, to a war system it should be. I have been an advocate of that for the past years (along with Dierdra Vaal, of Eve Uni) and CCP seems now intent to grant us that wish. The way I would like to see it changed is to provide end conditions to war, alter the pricing structure and provide a way for "defenseless" corporations to defend themselves by proxy (mercenary market) should they so desire (this would be a boon both for mercenaries, for warring groups, and remove the need to "corp hop" by industrial alliances constantly wardecced by 2-member corporations). A number of suggestions have been made by CCP on that subject that I am in favour of but can't relay here as my own (and can't relay at all :NDA:).

As far as "non-consensual pvp" aka griefing/ganking is concerned, I believe this is a very important part of Eve that needs to be preserved (the idea that no space should be safe), but in continuation with past recommendations and changes to that effect, I want ganking to be an option, not a profit source (except when preying on careless people with more money than sense).

oh god

First off, thank you for not trying to take credit for CCP waking up and realizing they were ruining the game like some of the other current CSM members running for CSM7.

One of the most boneheaded things that CSM6 proposed was destroyable player stations. Really? Who does that benefit. I hope you weren't one of them.

1. You can already casual PvP in wormholes, lowsec, mutually agreed upon wardec, joining Red vs Blue (or FW) or simply by can stealing. I'm not sure a contract system would add much.
2. In due time, when the rest of the game is fixed.
3. Yes and no. There needs to be more content, more diverse content, but some players like the predictability of the current missioning system and those needs are as valid as the ones who wish for more challenge.
4. Yes
5. Depends, I favour improvements on the storyline, but I don't think Jove is the way to go, that card can be only played once and I'm not sure now is the time
6. Pirate missions and more engaging pirate content, yes. The basic FW is in direst need of an overhaul however. So it's a question of resource allocation. I'm not opposed to it.
7. Most of the things we do is not deciding things, it's giving feedback, explaining what we want, but most of all *WHY* we want it so CCP can make a decision. Any candidate who tells you we decide things is lying, we influence the decision process thourgh advise and feedback, which is very different. When the points of view are diverse and no clear picture exists, we recommend CCP take it to the forum to get a wider set of opinion (and they do it)
8. I agree it's an issue, the way I proposed it be changed is to make the clone cost be a rent instead of a buy, the base price of which is the current value of a clone divided by its average "life expectancy". So it wouldn't be a cost on podding, yet the cost should still increase over time as you get more skills.
9. Yes, but not as much of a priority as the rest.
10. I don't like them, I'd rather they hadn't existed, but since they're here, I'd rather make them useful in a way that doesn't require more supers on the field. ie, decreased return on extras being fielded, much in the same spirit (but not form) as there is a decreased return for fielding fleet command ships.
11. I don't see how to integreate PI with ship fittings, and for ship crews, it's a fun/good iea, but it's difficult to balance. Not sure it's a priority

ok so you have my vote... +1 from me...

in regards to the pvp contract system... perhaps it would be better as an enhancement to mutual war decs...

honestly i dont have that much time to play right now and causual in eve terms usually means a few hours of time imvestment...

i would like to post a pvp contract have some random person accept it... we undock and knock the crud out of eachother till one is dead...

this could be less then a 30 min time investment...

as you said there are the usual means to find a fight... can fliping... roaming in low sec. gate camps... and so on... but as i said thats time consuming... so for me i just dont have the time investment for it anymore...

i am one of those old vets who still pays for eve but ends up just changing skills every now and then and having a casual pvp contract system would invigorate some life into eve for me...

plus if they made PI like civ V i think i would start playing 23/7 again...

Isn't that a bit too broad and dismissive? How can we determine when the "rest of the game" can be considered already "fixed" so WiS is fixed too? One year? Two years? Don't care?

And now, seriously...

WiS era sólo un truco de marketing, ¿verdad? NUNCA pretendieron en serio que tuviera contenido o fuera de alguna utilidad, ¿sí? Por eso justo ahora hay 5 pobres diablos (Team Avatar) a los que les han cargado el muerto de intentar dotar a WiS de algo de contenido... ¡¿tres años después de iniciar el desarrollo de WiS!?

I generally agree with you, though you were not too specific about how you envision these changes. (perhaps something like this.)

I also agree about the issue of suicide ganking needing preservation, but I do not see any possible way to preserve suicide ganking without making ganking for profit a common and vital option. As you said, you should never be safe; flying with three billion isk in your cargo is idiotic in low/null, and it should not make you invulnerable in hisec nor should it automatically destroy all of your drops. Ganking, and by extension ganking for profit, are here to stay.

+ 1 like for you.
Good french feedback to the community, if my english was better I'll help you in CSM charge. Eve is a serious business afterall.
More WH like of course and little PVP group / skirmishes are so important to WH inhabitants.