CSM Campaigns

Greetings Capsuleers! I am Ashterothi, and I would like to represent you as a member of the Council of Stellar Management.

A little about me:

I have been playing EVE since 2010. During that time I have lived in Null Sec, been a mission runner in High Sec, and fought for the Gallente in Faction Warfare as COO of Aideron Robotics. I have also been a standing host for two podcasts and attended a few meetups. I currently run a Wormhole corp that is taking the first steps into the great beyond.

I love the variety of activities in EVE Online; I have made ISK from ratting, mission running, tag collecting, PI, exploration, Faction Warfare and incursions.

My goal for the last few years has been understanding of EVE from a holistic point of view. I am eager to learn, teach, and help things grow. The EVE Online community is amazing and I love to give back to it. I am a host of the High Drag Podcast which focuses on the new player and small gang lifestyles, as well as Hydrostatic Podcast which is more focused on EVE mechanics and lore with some of the biggest experts in EVE. A few years back I also wrote for The Mittani.com, focusing on analysis and Faction Warfare. I am also the guy who made the Tweetfleet Slack.

In my real life I am a software engineer working primarily on Android applications.

So what do I bring to the CSM?

First of all, I am a strong advocate for revisiting and expanding exploration content in the game. I am an explorer and a scout at heart, so seeing more, better, and more challenging exploration content is key to my Eve experience. Large parts of this are the hacking and scanning minigames, which have both received some love recently but not enough, as hacking remains a 20% project for one or two passionate devs and scanning has only gotten minor updates in the last six months. EVE’s other minigame, Planetary Interaction, is in an even worse state, and while it’s not necessarily exploration-related, I’d advocate for a substantial update there as well.

Secondly, I am fascinated by the lore of EVE Online, and its potential. One of the most rewarding things from being part of the Hydrostatic podcast was the Lore Panel that I participated in . Recent events like Caroline’s Star have shown people are very interested in watching the lore unfold. If I had my way, the devs and other members of CCP who love the lore would be encouraged and enabled to continue to do awesome things. The development of the lore, and its manifestation in the game should be an important part of EVE’s development, and I plan to support that from within the CSM.

Additionally, the importance of having a successful, fun, and engaging new player experience cannot be overstated. One of my early money making activities was recruiting people into EVE Online, which has allowed me to experience a lot of the issues that new players struggle with. While many people enjoy the fact that they can kill someone who yet to learn the nuances of the rules that govern the game, I prefer my prey a bit more advanced. It is important that everyone who comes to try EVE are given the tools to be successful. Failure is an important aspect of the game, and shouldn’t be prevented. However success and failure should come from informed decisions and counter-play, as opposed to encyclopedic knowledge of confusing mechanics. If I am playing chess with someone, I will make sure they understand the rules fully before I crush them.

These issues represent only a fraction of what I could offer as your CSM. However, I prefer to let my actions and words speak for themselves. As a member of the CSM, I would work hard to communicate with you to ensure not only that I am representing you properly, but that you know what I am presenting to CCP. I also staunchly defend all of the aspects of EVE Online's gameplay, even those that I have not engaged in, or am not engaged in now. If I am elected I will do my best to represent the playerbase and actively pursue the best course of action for my constituents, and the health of the game.

Here are some samples of my previous works:
http://www.themittani.com/features/poses-apocrypha-and-themes
http://www.themittani.com/features/apathy-swings-pendulum
http://www.themittani.com/features/fundamentals-reconnaissance
http://www.themittani.com/features/retribution-post-mortem
http://thelemicascension.blogspot.com/2014/11/cause-and-effects.html (This one is a bit tongue-in-cheek)

If elected to the CSM I promise to be open and honest about how I am representing you to CCP. While Hydrostatic will not change to become a “CSM podcast” you can rest assured you will receive regular tweets and updates from me via all of the media at my disposal. My software development background gives me an unique perspective and insights into CCP's six week release cycle. I will be able to leverage my background and expertise to better work with the developers and communicate on their level, as well as my history within EVE makes me a powerful candidate to help CCP navigate this highly ambitious time.

Good candidate.

Hi there!

You talk a lot about lore in your OP, but I see no mention of roleplaying. Is this something that you think CCP should promote, or is it a fringe playstyle that doesn't require developer attention? As a tie in to that question, when CCP organizes a live event, do you prefer well scripted ideas that follow the lore, or open ended scenarios that evolve based on player actions? Should player actors be involved in these events?

Thanks in advance, and good luck.

As I stated above, I think the lore of EVE is very rich, but is still somewhat separated from the in-game experience. CCP Seagull has spoken about giving "Enablers" tools in which to better create cool things.RPers have already done amazing things without many mechanical tools in the game. However, a more integrated lore, and a better sense that their action as RPers impact the lore, as it did with the Sansha events, will naturally promote more RP activity in EVE. If members of the RP community came to me with something that would better enable them, I would of course highlight those to CCP. For example Morwen has spoken about the need for tweaks in the in-game RP channels and systems, and the new "communities" concept should be tooled to solve many of those problems.

My name is Bhock and I am one of the contributor of the Capstable Podcast.

In early 2014 our podcast interviewed a great majority of the candidates for CSM9 and we will be doing the same for CSM10.

Here is our announcement: http://capstable.net/2014/12/01/council-of-stellar-management-x-call-for-candidate-interviews/

As we stated in the announcement, you can contact us to schedule your one on one interview via any of the following methods:

Email: podcast@capstable.net
Twitter: @CapStable
Or via our contact form

We look forward to speaking to you about your particular skill set and expertise in EVE Online and we hope you success in your candidacy.

Sincerely,

Bhock
Contributor of the Capstable Podcast

How many live events did you take part beside the Battle for Caldari Prime and that one in null...

By "player actors" you mean dev actors, without tham there is no live event realy.
Events should be "scripted " in a way that the event should have at least two or more different endings, that may lead to a new event related to his one and the story develops.

But then again it has been realy long time from last event... now we get mostly few news articles

Unless I'm mistaken, CCP has previously given active roleplayers in the community control of one on the ships in a live event.

Lore, exploration, and broad experience?

You have my vote.

Brigadir Black emailed me a question about how I would improve PI. My answer is a bit short, I may expand on that more soon.


From: Brigadir Black
Sent: 2015.01.29 19:37
To: Ashterothi

How would you make the interface better? if you can somehow get a live PI app, I would literally love you forever

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PI app is the dream, and something I would push for

In the mean time the following changes would go a long way:
1) Drag and drop connections between things, drag and drop elements into the map, drag and drop items to locations to create routs, lock to grid and lock to adjacency.
2) Factories build on input smartly, and better feedback if the inputs are not configured correctly
3) Copy paste function so you can save setups and just plop them down wherever wanted like templates.

Friends, Capsuleers, and citizens of New Eden,

I come before you today to speak of a scourge that is plaguing the heart of this community. One that cannot be underestimated, overlooked, or outright ignored. It comes without warning devouring prominent members of the Eve media leaving a lack of content in its wake.

I speak of course of the NDA sleepers.

It would seem that our friend, Ashterothi has fallen victim to this slow, creeping miasma that stretches it's tentacles across the meta game. The monster comes with promises of attaining grandiose stature, vacations to far away lands, and a free account. Its gentle chorus leading to certain destruction like that of a siren's call wrecking ships upon it's jagged, rocky edges.

No member of the community is safe. If we don't fight the monster, our friend Ashterothi will succomb - leaving his ability to tinfoil about lore related events frozen. It will create a gaping chasm of content that cannot be refilled.

We must FIGHT for our lore! We must BATTLE to save our keepers of lore safe from the confines of the NDA! Together, we can say, "NAY Mr. NDA! You cannot take our Ashterothi and silence him! We say NAY!"

FIGHT THE SCOURGE! Save Ash from himself!



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Okay, that's out of my system.

Ash, you're a big part of us in the meta. I'm both excited and torn on you taking this step. But if this is where your heart is leading you, I'm behind you. One hundred percent.

Good Luck!

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