CSM Campaigns

Some of my areas of focus:

Residents of Low Sec needs to be able to support themselves outside of Faction Warfare. This means PvE content from exploration to missions to resource gathering options. Low sec is its own defined part of space and "go to high sec and mission" or "go to null sec" should not be the default option. Those things are good and well and many fun adventures can be had making ISK in null sec, but then those things become high sec and null sec things and move pilots out of low sec.
Low Sec suffers from an identity crises brought on by the tiered approach of high -> low -> null. This approach does not represent the actual gameplay of Eve and leaves low sec an unfocused state where it has no actual definition. We have stuff. Cultures built through players living in the space.

Faction Warfare is supposed to be the empires fighting between themselves. If the actions of the capsuleers are causing the empire to lose control why is Faction Warfare not defining more across space? Should not wars affect economics, military mobilization, and be major news sources? Even bulletin boards (or a new board if it is a code problem) in high sec should announce the current status of the war.

PvE in general needs love and attention. The stale state of missions causes boredom. New content is wonderful but missions are a staple. They need regular attention.

Player Retention. We need to make sure that the introductory experience for new players is intriguing enough to get them hungry to learn more. If that is adding to it each release or completely gutting it and starting over with a new approach it is an important topic that should always be on the table. With the current upswing in people trying out Eve the information that they provide about their first days in Eve are crucial to help the continued improvement of the new player experience.

Corporation Management Interface - The unintuitive, obscure nature of the corporation interface needs a complete overhaul.

Boosters - They feel incomplete. More types, more combinations, maybe the stronger boosters less painful to manufacture so that they will gain more common use.

POS - I have run a POS for research and booster manufacturing for the last year and a half. I know this pain, well. They need to be mentioned and brought up.

The CSM is an advisory group to CCP. They are a conduit for the players to the designers. I believe that a resident of low sec can speak about how changes or additions will or will not affect the residents of low sec. I am here to represent and protect what makes low sec an unique area of space.

About me:

I am 34 years old. I’ve spent the last eleven years in emergency services. I currently spend my time solving other peoples problems and handling whatever I’m handed to take care of. That may range from courtroom testimony to incidents I have handled to being on the street in a blizzard keeping my little part of the world. I’m able to work well with others and able to document how well I happened to do that. My career has also given me a taste for honesty and a lack of embellishment in things that I report. It is a side effect of being liable for every decision that one makes. I’m not afraid of work or documentation.

There is always a question of spousal support with a commitment such as this. My husband supports my Eve addiction. He has travelled with me to Fanfest and Eve Vegas even though he is not an Eve player himself.

I write a regular blog about my playing of Eve. At over a thousand posts in two years I can, do, and will communicate. I have, in the two years that I have played, attended Eve Vegas 2012 and 2013 as well as Fanfest 2013. I will be making plans to attend Eve Vegas 2014 as soon as the dates are announced. When I attend these events, I take notes and write daily blog posts about the topics that are not available by stream or audio.

My video game background starts with MUDs as a teenager. I still log into the MUD I started playing then to chat with my friends from college. I’m a console gamer as well as a PC gamer. I did not enter into MMO’s beyond playing Diablo II with my best friend until Hellgate:London. From there I have played City of Heroes and Guild Wars extensively before settling on Eve just after Skyrim was released. I currently run a Minecraft server for the Molden Heath community.

Availability:
I’m available, daily in game, on twitter, on google, on Skype, Steam, Jabber, and e-mail.

CSM Interview Podcasts

Cap Stable
Legacy of a Capsuleer
Amarr Teaparty

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I am also supporting Sugar. Low sec really does need a bit of work, and I firmly believe that with Sugar on our side, things will happen. She is a wonderful diplomat and all-round person, observant, and she listens well to other people's opinions and ideas. A zero BS policy helps too. As a newer player, she has helped me many a time as I grow in this diverse and sometimes complicated game, with a very interesting blog to read. +1 to Sugar!

She'll be on my ballot.

I was there when Sugar talked to CCP Masterplan about the removal of the 1/10 and 2/10 DED sites and the need for new player content in low sec to allow them to make money and have a greater measure of independence. She is very impressive and isn't intimidated when she thinks she's right. With Sugar, we'd know that the low sec point of view would be heard.

Nah.

I strongly support Sugar Kyle for CSM 9.

New ideas are needed for lowsec and I really feel like you have something to offer.

A few things I'd like to know:

Part of your platform is the ensure the liveleyhood of lowsec residents in lowsec. Although more local and interesting PvE is a good idea, I think many value rewards for PvP just as much if not more. Do you have any ideas on how to create income based on actual PvP for those who are in lowsec primarily to fight? Although your primary focus is how lowsec can make a living outside of FW, I think it's important to know your stance on the FW side of things; a majority of the inhabitants in lowsec are after all enlisted in the militias. The LP rewards for FW kills are ridiculously low, but some suggest that increasing them would only result in people exploiting it by killing their own alts. Is there a middle ground here? Can the LP rewards be raised a bit wihout risking exploitation? Do you have any other solution for this?

Along the same lines; FW plex farming is an infected issue that many lowsec inhabitants are passionate about, pirates as well as FW pilots. What is your stance / ideas on this? Would you make any changes to WCS and cloaks when it comes to plex capture? What other ideas do you have on FW plexes to make them more conflict drivers, less ATM's?

Your lowsec market is inspiring and it's something that many areas of lowsec lack. What, practically, would you see done to incentivize and stimulate local trade in lowsec?

Above all I'd like to commend you for stepping up!

I'll just echo silver here and add that Sugar is the very definition of the proverbial 'work horse' (forgive me the choice of words). You need not ever worry she wouldn't pull her weight on the CSM, such a thing would be anathema to her very nature, I've come to know her as a woman with an incredible sense of duty.

Boo! Don't vote for Sugar Kyle!

Well, I guess you can if you want a representative for low sec. Which has been sadly lacking for a while. I'm really just a day tripper there. (FW alt, for finding solo fights, when I'm in the mood.)

You have my support.