Jita Park Speakers Corner

Voices from the Void, an Eve Online podcast you should listen to if you like squirting, half-pubbies, and upstanding pirates, is getting in on the CSM7 election cycle action with a series of '1v1s' between select candidates.

Our first 1v1 has already taken place between Hans Jagerblitzen and Kelduum Revaan. The 1v1s are essentially interviews conducted by VftV with two candidates at once - giving the candidates themselves the chance to ask questions of their opposition and make their case to you, the voters. The format is loose and we have the candidates on for the entirety of the show, hopefully giving you an idea of the person behind the name and forum raging.

Episode 36 - Hans vs. Kelduum (starts at about 1:06:30 in)
Episode 37 - Mike Azariah vs. Alekseyev Karrde (1v1 starts at 1:10ish but really good answers throughout)
Episode 38 - leboe vs. Blake Armitage (1v1 starts at 1:08 but topics are covered throughout)

SPECIAL EDITION: CSM6 Incumbent Heavy Weight Bout - Featuring Seleene, Two Step, and Trebor.

We are targeting non-bloc, non-incumbent candidates who might just have a chance at winning a seat on CSM7. We have received several requests for the last pairing, which will air just days before voting commences - but we still haven't decided yet. Once we have nailed down our subjects, I'll update this post.

So go on - and listen to the Voices! C'mon, you know you want to just wallow in CSM coverage as much as possible you New Eden politicos.

Oh FFS

Not sure if you started out intending to be a self-parody but you are heading there fast, goon.

How about an actual non-bloc candidate... like me.

How do you figure that I am bloc-aligned? I am running as an independent candidate.

My coalition will not be backing me with votes. I am not in a leadership position in my organisation, and I am not privy to what sorts of things my coalition leadership would consider favorable. I cannot, even if so inclined, represent biased interests, because I do not know what those interests are. I am a line grunt, and an occasional Skirmish Commander. The only bias this affords me, in terms of a null sec bloc, is a hatred for million-hit point structures and a love of newbies in Rifters.

You make some points which I will be happy to address.

First, my "posting style" changed to "one-liners" because I don't post much at all during certain days. This has to do with real life obligations that limit my forum-browsing and posting time, and has nothing at all to do with an edict from Dear Leader. On those days when I do not have much time to browse and post, I post less content and less frequently. You're welcome if you are so inclined to pore over my entire posting history and identify patterns of my average number of posts per day, words per post, and other assorted variables, and then to present them in a spreadsheet or perhaps a powerpoint presentation for the enjoyment of yourself and whomever else may deign to view it. I apologize if you found my posting anemic this weekend, as I usually am rather prolific over the weekends, but as you may be aware it was a holiday weekend in the United States and I was occupied by ~doin' thangs~ with my ~kickboxing girlfriend~ more than I was with my computer. This is no troll, no sarcasm, no spin. I sincerely thought that it would be better for me to post something, anything, than to just be quiet and not post at all. I will call your attention to the Supreme Internet Court case of Goon v. Pubbie, where the ruling to, and I quote, "Never stop posting," was decreed, as my justification for this perceived misstep. I promise to do it again.

Second, you cite an EN24 news article. This is not a post wherein I poke fun at Riverini, or wherein I mock anything to do with the EN24 commentary style. I merely wish to point out that your timeline is out of whack. According to you, I started with the terrible one-liners this past weekend or some time prior to that. The EN24 article you mention references a CEO Update that was posted to the Goonfleet forums literally yesterday. Let me emphasize that: in a broad divergence from their usual updates being about a week late for anything to do with Goons, EN24 published an article very quickly. It is literally impossible, unless you are alleging that I am some sort of time travelling Internet space wizard space wizard (in which case I would argue you have even more reason to vote for me), that I could have been influenced two or more days ago by something which did not exist until yesterday and which was not read by you until today.

Third, I believe that regardless of what you wish to say publicly on these forums that I have already established a track record on these forums as an independent candidate. I have been an active player and a terrible poster on these forums since 2008, and only in the past year have I been associated with Goonswarm in any way. During my time playing this game I have been an EVE University student, a high-sec miner, a low-sec pirate, a fighter in the Amarr militia, a high-sec can-flipper, a role player in the Intergalactic Summit and the associated in-game channel (The Summit), a resident of Providence under the auspices of the Curatores Veritatis Alliance role playing entity, and many other things. Most recently, I am a Rifter pilot in the Right Honourable Goonswarm Federation of Space Planets, the intrepid Sky Captain of Your Heart, and Space Friend to All.

Feel good post of the day.

Confirming this, can you please pick a more fair candidate for me to debate? Perhaps Xenuria.

Funny, I personally noticed your style change yesterday:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=833874#post833874

Sorry if I missed other crappy posts that might lean toward exonerating you as a goon tool.

Irregardless, you wear the Goon badge. I don't hate you for it, but you have no credibility as an independent candidate. It is surprising that you are surprised by that.

PS - Oh and thanks for confirming the validity of that being the Mittster's actual posting.

Anybody who believes anything that ANY Goon says deserves the **** in the ass they get originating from gay bars in Iceland where the Goon's glorious leader whispers sweet nothings in to the ear of top level CCP employees.

No scandalous corruption happening with this CSM. /sarcasm