Jita Park Speakers Corner

1. not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.

2. not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy: The arbitrator was absolutely neutral.

poorly my sentences are enstructured indeed

Forum ate my post...nothing to see here move along

CSM6 and Mitten's emphasis on better communication between the CSM and CCP, getting the focus back on to FiS, and advising over the little details that made Crucible great is clearly 'ruining the game' right?

I am many things in EVE but mining is my base. It is where I started and I go back to it fairly often. I have mined in highsec, lowsec, nullsec, and wormhole space. I've mined most types of ores, ices, and gas. And I for one can say that I do trust Goonswarm and The Mittani to take care of my mining needs. One of the worst things about mining is how boring it is, and nobody has ever made it more fun than Goonswarm. My favorite times to mine are during hulkageddon or during an interdiction--it gives me something to do other than just mining.

I generally Jet-can mine, and I've had lots of people steal my ore just to provoke me. But once I saw someone take it in a defenseless industrial, clearly wanting to take it back home and sell it all. With the realization that that can happen, I started equipping my barges with warp scramblers, and was able to destroy an iteron that stole my ore once. It's this kind of stuff that makes mining fun, and if you disagree then I can only assert that you are running bots and fear that the changes that real players consider positive are going to be negative to your illegal mining cartel.

I also like to PVP, and I would suicide gank mining barges all the time if it was easier and I could get my security status up faster. I prefer to gank bots, and will call out for real miners to alert me to their presence so I don't gank them mistakenly, but that's just my personal preference. There is a certain rush a person gets from performing a successful suicide gank, and the victim can get a rush too, knowing their ship is about to die. Both pilots' heart rates skyrocket, they get an adrenaline rush, and their hands will be shaking. And then there's a certain beauty to seeing your ship explode, hearing that satisfying *BOOM!* and secretly enjoying it even though you just lost your beloved ship. That's what EVE is all about. It's about suspense, it's about never knowing what's going to happen. It's about screaming in outrage and frustration when you lose something expensive, or screaming and crying out of joy when you have a major success. No other game gives that. If you just want to grind all day, play just about any other MMO.

There are few things more pathetic than a passive-aggressive forums sig. Ask yourselves: who do you want to vote for, someone whose supporters openly campaign for him and explain why he is the best candidate, or someone where his supporters must resort to passive-aggressive badposting in their sig, and who align themselves with fans of pro wrestling like Cipher Jones?

He often does speak for himself, and if you would look up his posts in the forums, you would see this. But he's only one person. You can't realistically expect him to come to every misguided post and set them straight with some carefully researched words of wisdom relevant to the specific topic being discussed.

u mad?

While I regret that a frank exchange of ideas has reduced you to this state, I do appreciate your honesty in laying bare the real differences between The Mittani and other competitors, such as your preferred candidate Hans. People who support The Mittani are well-educated goodposters who coherently and intelligently discuss the important issues and work with all parties in eve willing to cross the lines that divide us to work as one to make EVE better. And, while it would be unfair to tar Hans himself as having written such a post, we must keep in mind the character of poster he has attracted, who would post such vitrol and hate, while freely and openly stating that you are unable and unwilling to back up your preferred candidate with calm, coherent reasoning.

The CSM is a body that must work together with people of opposing viewpoints, and it is clear The Mittani has had a stellar track record in this regard. In contrast, we must note the tribalist nature of the opposition where candidates are supported not on their own merits, but merely as "the anti-goon". And, when necessary, the CSM must be willing to openly and coherently explain why ideas are flawed and unworkable. Goons, The Mittani, and The Mittani supporters are able to coherently do this without needing to resort to petty name-calling. Those opposing The Mittani, well, we need only look at the above post.

Funny. Here I thought that Andski was a Goon. Oh well