Blaugust is Coming!

Of course, I was late registering myself for the party.... although I was planning on trying this since last year. Procastination is my speciality...

So... there are actually several things I would want to blog about. Things coming out of the CSM elections... the adventures with Solstice Project (see my last CSM campaign thread)… things coming out of my time in EVE... and other things as well.

After the last CSM elections were over, I went out for a spin through Null again. Blowing off steam whilst risking my neck more than in High Sec.

I heard that a high-sec-based alliance had gotten "Sov" in null, so I went to check it out. It was, of course, uneventful... 40+ jumps for nothing. I did, however, get blapped on the way back...

https://zkillboard.com/kill/77532443/

Fortunately he was nice enough to also blap my pod (he asked me first), so I did not have to slow-warp all the way back him.

That was fun!

CSM Interviews

So, considering the current popularity of my Campaign Thread (657 Replies, 3.2K views), I decided to break my silence on interviews since CSMX.

I have done interviews for Talking in Stations and New Eden Podcast.

Hopefully they will be up before the voting starts. I will post links when I have them.

Edit: And here they are!

German:

http://www.newedenpodcast.de/2019/06/09/new-eden-podcast-86-go-vote/#more-1159


English:

https://www.talkinginstations.com/2019/06/csm14-lorelei-ierendi/

CSM 14 Candidacy

It is that time of year.
My application is in, and my forum post is up:

https://forums.eveonline.com/t/high-sec-candidate/159244

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Hello! It's me! Shadwell.....

Well... not really.

My name is Lorelei and I am announcing my candidacy for CSM XIV. I have just submitted my application to CCP. I am running whilst focused on High Sec. I am a self-confessed High Sec Carebear and am proud of it. I have – as I do every year - analysed the commitments planned/coming up in my life for the next year and have decided that I can afford the time to run for CSM XIV!

I really haven’t changed, neither has what I am thinking, (and therefore neither has my opening campaign post, really) and I am looking forward to discussing with you all!

I waited a while and really thought hard and talked to people before running again... Having seen that @Mike_Azariah is returning to the fray, it seems like it might be counter-productive to split the carebear vote between two of the more popular candidates. If you do end up voting for me, make sure to put Mike on your list too.

My (soon to be reanimated) blog contains links to previous campaign threads, interviews, posts about me and so on. If you are interested to know more it is worth a look. The copy of this Campaign Post also has more linkage, to articles that explain and expound on the things I am saying and/or thinking:
Here: http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de

Just to recap my CSM history:
For CSMX I came in 15th for the 14 seats. Because of the way the Voting was calculated, with transfers and so on, I did not get called to replace the people that left or were removed. In another election I managed to come in before an incumbent member running again, whilst still not getting elected. In the elections for CSM13 I came in 14th... which would have gotten me a seat if CCP had not reduced the membership for CSM to 10 beforehand... such is my luck.
My last campaign thread: https://forums.eveonline.com/t/high-sec-candidate/63973

I have been excited about many of the developments that EVE has taken in the recent past. Even though noone with a real "High Sec" Ticket has made it onto the CSM in a while... many of the issues that we have been discussing have been worked on and taken up by CCP... even if I am not totally happy with how they did it / are doing it... at least they are doing it!!! And that is reason enough to keep on running in the CSM elections... to give the High Sec population a chance to show their interest and support for some issues.

But to recap for people that do not want to jump to other web sites:
Is there room for a High Sec candidate on the CSM? Someone that has the well-being of the multitude of High Sec pilots at heart?
I would like there to be a “High Sec” platform, for a candidate for the CSM.
The problem with High Sec space is that the players there are all independent. There is no feeling of “we”. This lack of “we” is a problem. The lack of “we all stand together” is a problem. The “apathy of the carebear” is a problem…

This I know. I know that, although numerically High Sec has the largest number of log-ins… accounts… players… I know that High Sec will probably never be able to gather together enough in order to support a CSM candidate. But that is no reason to not try!!
Come on, High Sec! If something is important for you, stand up for it!!!

Who am I?
I am a High Sec Carebear, and proud of it!
High Sec Carebears tend not to socialize too much, and are only members of NPC or small corporations. If you are reading this thread, then sadly you probably do not belong to the player-metric that I mostly represent!

Well, this is not the first character I have created in order to play “EVE”. I have never been a member of a big alliance or coalition. I have never been a member of a big corporation. I wouldn’t know what one would do to “define” a big corporation. Hell, I have never really left High Sec space before the CSMX Election…

I gained my love of Spaceship games by playing Elite… way back on my ZX Spectrum 48k+ (with a jammed SHIFT key (jammed as in… raspberry jam)). Back then it was possible to try docking with a space station and to accidentally line up with the back of the station… and die whilst trying to fly through the back of the station to the entrance. Fun times.

I graduated to Frontier: Elite II on a 486 PC, and spent my time happily flying between Barnard’s Star, SOL, and Wolf 359. I should have been studying, but flying a (mostly harmless) panther fully loaded with robots was more fun.

I kept my eyes open for an online version of a space-sim… and that is where EVE comes in.
I really enjoy (as in “really”) flying transports, fulfilling contracts, and, sometimes, mining.

My CSM Interests for 2019:
I think it is important for people to know what the CSM is, and can achieve. I could not run claiming that I would make all spaceships pink. As a member of the CSM I would not be in a position to dictate to CCP or enforce any “election promises”. The scandals of the past have meant that the Player Base has lost some trust in this institution.
But well, check out all my old threads for more about what/how I think… but here is what is mostly on my mind at the moment:

None Of The Above: An opportunity for people to vote in the CSM, but to vote for None Of The Above. It’s like a survey to try and gauge player interest.. The problem of player participation is disproportionately affecting those of us in high sec (because we carebears are not exactly non-solo)
In order to increase the possibility of player participation, maybe CCP could get some more Popups/Emails rolling. Reminding players to vote is not a bad thing, and I remember thinking when all those “Agency” popups/notifications started flowing… that CCP could also do something good for the elections (if they were interested in the CSM).

Ganker: I would like at least a 50% chance of walking away from a gank. At the moment this is not the case. On my blog, in the past, I mentioned some changes to Concord that I would like to see. I would also like to see some changes to Ice Spawning (maybe in random systems?) that would mean that the gankers would have to move around to gank ice miners! Local chat could also be changed to provide less free “intel” to people. No need to announce to everyone who is in local… just the number of pilots.
I would like to clarify, I am not in favour of stopping ganking completely. I am not in favour of just AFK mining the whole day. EVE is what it is, and the game developers have been quite clear over the years where they stand on this issue.
Please read my last threads before posting questions… we really do not need to cover the points that have been discussed before… high sec is worth fighting for!

New Player Experience: That has been a WOW change in the last years. I have managed to try it. It is about a bazillion times better than the old way. It does however need observing, and I am looking forward, as always, to the statistics from Fanfest!
On the subject of Fanfest, I missed the (missing) Team Security presentation last year. That was, for me, one of the highlights!

Player Corporations: In previous years in the campaigns, some other candidates also took up this banner... that I only started with in the run up to CSMX. Inventing some way to let people socially interact without having to deal with a bunch of tedious stuff can only help player retention – especially in an area (High Sec) where people are otherwise isolated. Now it is possible to be in a player corporation, have all the social benefits, without being wardecced or something. Of course, that raises issues with things like Taxes (The NPC corporations have a higher tax on players to previously be immune to war decs...). And of course... that leads to discussions on war decs.

War Declarations: This is a work in progress for CCP, and I must say, that I am glad they finally got around to it. Since they started the changes I have been involved in war in high sec (both on the receiving and the giving end). Although I find it more interesting than before, it still needs a lot of work. This is also tied up with things like the Citadel invulnerability mechanics.
See my (soon to be updated) blog and previous posts in Campaign threads for details. The need for player groups that are just social has not changed.

But when all is said and done, I believe a CSM member needs to be a conduit for information exchange between CCP and the players. I do not think that the CSM should be used for the Metagame.

Thank you for reading this far. I am looking forward to working with you / hearing from you, and although I am always busy at this time of year, I promise to read every post in my thread.
Links to other posts about me: http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2015/03/csmx-lorelei-posts-links.html

CSM Minutes

Travelling for work, but I had to quickly post this short stub.

The minutes of the last CSM Summit are out, and contained some interesting stuff for high sec.

The thing that most caught my interest was the definitive news of the affect that War Decs have on corporations. I hope that this means that the mechanics are finally going to get a much needed overhaul! It was good to see that such ideas as "player corporations as social groups that are excluded from war decs" (and probably some benefits as well) has been fielded. That was one of the positions that almost got me onto CSM X.

I shall be watching these developments with great interest!

You don't have to vote for me if you would rather spend time whining!!

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          Channel ID:      ID
          Channel Name:    A CHANNEL
          Listener:        Lorelei Ierendi
          Session started: 2018.09.24 21:15:38
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[ 2018.09.24 21:15:49 ] EVE System > Channel MOTD:
[ 2018.09.24 21:18:10 ] A CAREBEAR > again got kicked :S
[ 2018.09.24 21:23:13 ] A CAREBEAR > UGGHHH
[ 2018.09.24 21:23:20 ] Lorelei Ierendi > ugh?
[ 2018.09.24 21:23:26 ] A CAREBEAR > Salvaging that dst or br wreck
[ 2018.09.24 21:23:34 ] A CAREBEAR > got me non broken rig stuf
[ 2018.09.24 21:23:49 ] Lorelei Ierendi > dst salvage is worth more?
[ 2018.09.24 21:24:08 ] A CAREBEAR > I think it is
[ 2018.09.24 21:24:22 ] Lorelei Ierendi > then salvage those
[ 2018.09.24 21:24:33 ] A CAREBEAR > I usually get tripped power circuits
[ 2018.09.24 21:24:43 ] Lorelei Ierendi > :)
[ 2018.09.24 21:24:44 ] A CAREBEAR > Now i have a normal power circuit
[ 2018.09.24 21:25:36 ] Lorelei Ierendi > oh
[ 2018.09.24 21:25:43 ] Lorelei Ierendi > what can you do with those?
[ 2018.09.24 21:25:52 ] A CAREBEAR > make t2 rigs i think
[ 2018.09.24 21:26:11 ] Lorelei Ierendi > sounds like fun!!
[ 2018.09.24 21:26:21 ] A CAREBEAR > i will sell it  though xD
[ 2018.09.24 21:26:30 ] A CAREBEAR > I don't produce things yet
[ 2018.09.24 21:26:32 ] Lorelei Ierendi > hopefully to the right people!
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:05 ] A CAREBEAR > An autopiloting nomad D:
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:16 ] Lorelei Ierendi > where?
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:21 ] A CAREBEAR > <.<
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:22 ] A CAREBEAR > >.>
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:26 ] A CAREBEAR > i better not say xD
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:35 ] A CAREBEAR > SPIES are here
[ 2018.09.24 21:28:51 ] Lorelei Ierendi > um you probably shouldnt have mentioned anything about it then.
[ 2018.09.24 21:29:02 ] A CAREBEAR > heyyy >(
[ 2018.09.24 21:29:44 ] Lorelei Ierendi > if you dont think it needs help.... then keeping quiet is the best.....
[ 2018.09.24 21:29:50 ] Lorelei Ierendi > loose lips sink ships!
[ 2018.09.24 21:30:47 ] A CAREBEAR > i like to chat :s
[ 2018.09.24 21:30:56 ] A CAREBEAR > But i am good with keeping secrets !
[ 2018.09.24 21:31:11 ] Lorelei Ierendi > then chat about something that isnt afk jump freighters....
[ 2018.09.24 21:31:18 ] CAREBEAR2 > Are AGBee 001 from  Vigilance Training Bureau good guys or bad guys?
[ 2018.09.24 21:31:26 ] Lorelei Ierendi > what is the weather like?
[ 2018.09.24 21:31:41 ] Lorelei Ierendi > agbee's are bad
[ 2018.09.24 21:31:49 ] A CAREBEAR > xD
[ 2018.09.24 21:31:59 ] CAREBEAR2 > Lorelei Ierendi thx
[ 2018.09.24 21:32:18 ] Lorelei Ierendi > CAREBEAR2 code alts.
[ 2018.09.24 21:33:28 ] Knowledgeminer > lol, I reported them in intel channel for a reason, and there is a thing called killboard, you know https://zkillboard.com/corporation/98517677/
[ 2018.09.24 21:33:59 ] Lorelei Ierendi > yeah...
[ 2018.09.24 21:34:09 ] A CAREBEAR > :S
[ 2018.09.24 21:36:10 ] CAREBEAR2 > Knowledgeminer you are so NOT into chitchat :)
[ 2018.09.24 21:36:25 ] Lorelei Ierendi > which is fine
[ 2018.09.24 21:36:36 ] A CAREBEAR > /emote loves to chitchat
[ 2018.09.24 21:44:32 ] CAREBEAR3 > why aren't you producing things yet? you've been playing for about 6 months :)
[ 2018.09.24 21:44:49 ] A CAREBEAR > I like doing other stuff
[ 2018.09.24 21:44:54 ] CAREBEAR3 > you missed the bad old times of manufacturing :D
[ 2018.09.24 21:45:06 ] CAREBEAR3 > lol. fair enough.
[ 2018.09.24 21:45:32 ] A CAREBEAR > I like mining, logi, chatting. salvaging, freighter webbing
[ 2018.09.24 21:46:01 ] CAREBEAR3 > hmm. do you tend to stick to a single region or are you a traveller?
[ 2018.09.24 21:46:17 ] A CAREBEAR > For mining, i stick to regions
[ 2018.09.24 21:46:20 ] A CAREBEAR > Else, i travel
[ 2018.09.24 21:46:39 ] CAREBEAR3 > ah. that could be a bit of a pain for doing manuf stuffs
[ 2018.09.24 21:46:44 ] A CAREBEAR > I just fly a 58 jumps route through all the trade hubs
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:11 ] CAREBEAR3 > nice.
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:15 ] A CAREBEAR > /emote is very bored
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:27 ] CAREBEAR3 > if jita wasn't so huge i'd go back to amarr space. it's so pretty
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:36 ] Lorelei Ierendi > * A CAREBEAR mincraft then?
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:44 ] A CAREBEAR > Grrr jita >(
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:44 ] CAREBEAR3 > << will attempt to be more entertaining. sorry.
[ 2018.09.24 21:47:59 ] A CAREBEAR > I like minecraft too ^^
[ 2018.09.24 21:48:14 ] Lorelei Ierendi > if eve bores you go do that then!
[ 2018.09.24 21:48:19 ] A CAREBEAR > :(
[ 2018.09.24 21:48:36 ] CAREBEAR3 > same. but i'm a builder so even after all these years i have yet to kill the ender dragon in std survival
[ 2018.09.24 21:48:47 ] A CAREBEAR > CAREBEAR3 Same xD
[ 2018.09.24 21:48:52 ] CAREBEAR3 > haven't even gone to the end dimension yet
[ 2018.09.24 21:48:59 ] A CAREBEAR > Same xD
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:06 ] A CAREBEAR > I just end up building stuff
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:17 ] Lorelei Ierendi > so many things to do rather than sitting here whining about being bored! ;)
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:20 ] A CAREBEAR > HUUGE stuff
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:28 ] CAREBEAR3 > like mega build size?
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:29 ] A CAREBEAR > Lorelei Ierendi you are not nice >(
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:36 ] CAREBEAR3 > or just huge normal scale stuff
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:37 ] Lorelei Ierendi > A CAREBEAR you are whining
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:44 ] A CAREBEAR > i am chatting
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:46 ] A CAREBEAR > not whining
[ 2018.09.24 21:49:54 ] Lorelei Ierendi > A CAREBEAR sounded like whining
[ 2018.09.24 21:50:00 ] A CAREBEAR > blocked
[ 2018.09.24 21:50:06 ] A CAREBEAR > And i voted for you -.-
[ 2018.09.24 21:50:12 ] Lorelei Ierendi > thank heavens
[ 2018.09.24 21:50:20 ] A CAREBEAR > what a prick >(
[ 2018.09.24 21:50:34 ] Lorelei Ierendi > id rather you didnt vote for me


End of an Era...

Not an EVE post, and very short.
Mostly for personal reference.

I play computer games. On my computer I have a bunch of old games, games I never play... also games I cant play (because I did not read the min. specs before I bought/downloaded), but want to play somewhen... when I get around to upgrading some components...

If you haven't played or read about SWTOR in the last year or two, then there might be spoilers ahead....

I can remember the moment I lost all interest in SW-TOR.
I can remember the very second. It is burned into my mind.

It was when that cut scene played, where the Sith and the Jedi were working together to build the secret base.

That was the end of my SWTOR career. And now it is gone from my PC...

Lorelei Ierendi, Act fast - Get 15% off Omega!

Just a quickie.

I got this mail on all my accounts, alpha and omega.

The fact that CCP sends these mails out is proof that they believe that the message reaches people.

Yet there was no mail reminding about the CSM elections....

Just saying.

CSM 13 Votes

https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-a-closer-look-at-the-csm-13-voting-numbers/83221

The voting information has been released.

I would like to thank everyone that voted for me.

I have not had time yet to go through the data line for line... but here are my observations:


Round 33 beginning - 14 candidates remain
27952 votes, 2542 quota
Initial talley:
  6809 "Aryth"
  4035 "Sort Dragon"
  2832 "Jin'taan"
  2260 "Brisc Rubal"
  2242 "Steve Ronuken"
  1698 "Suitonia"
  1522 "Killah Bee"
  1299 "The Judge"
  1288 "ExookiZ"
  1201 "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
  828 "Merkelchen"
  696 "Tifida"
  660 "Lorelei Ierendi"
  582 "Innominate"
Actions:
  Elected: "Aryth"
  Elected: "Sort Dragon"
  Elected: "Jin'taan"
  Transfer from "Aryth":
    Votes: 6809.000000, Factor: 0.626671, Excess: 4267.000000
    3537.555441 votes to "Merkelchen"
    542.070054 votes to "Innominate"
    75.200470 votes to "The Judge"
    51.386988 votes to "Brisc Rubal"
    18.173447 votes to Exhausted
    16.293435 votes to "Suitonia"
    10.653400 votes to "Steve Ronuken"
    5.640035 votes to "Killah Bee"
    3.133353 votes to "Lorelei Ierendi"
    3.133353 votes to "ExookiZ"
    1.880012 votes to "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
    1.880012 votes to "Tifida"
  Elected: "Merkelchen"
  Transfer from "Merkelchen":
    Votes: 4365.555441, Factor: 0.417714, Excess: 1823.555441
    1629.507311 votes to "Innominate"
    66.026913 votes to "The Judge"
    40.390266 votes to "Brisc Rubal"
    36.346737 votes to Exhausted
    16.134917 votes to "Suitonia"
    12.743081 votes to "Steve Ronuken"
    7.936574 votes to "Killah Bee"
    4.594859 votes to "Lorelei Ierendi"
    4.444496 votes to "ExookiZ"
    3.341715 votes to "Tifida"
    2.088572 votes to "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
  Elected: "Innominate"
  Transfer from "Sort Dragon":
    Votes: 4035.000000, Factor: 0.370012, Excess: 1493.000000
    1181.819579 votes to "Killah Bee"
    129.504337 votes to Exhausted
    44.401487 votes to "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
    35.891202 votes to "Steve Ronuken"
    31.081041 votes to "Suitonia"
    19.610657 votes to "The Judge"
    18.870632 votes to "Brisc Rubal"
    14.430483 votes to "Lorelei Ierendi"
    12.580421 votes to "ExookiZ"
    4.810161 votes to "Tifida"
  Elected: "Killah Bee"
  Transfer from "Jin'taan":
    Votes: 2832.000000, Factor: 0.102401, Excess: 290.000000
    86.221751 votes to "Steve Ronuken"
    67.584746 votes to "Suitonia"
    51.507768 votes to Exhausted
    25.805085 votes to "Brisc Rubal"
    21.709040 votes to "ExookiZ"
    19.046610 votes to "The Judge"
    9.420904 votes to "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
    6.963277 votes to "Lorelei Ierendi"
    1.740819 votes to "Tifida"
  Transfer from "Innominate":
    Votes: 2753.577365, Factor: 0.076837, Excess: 211.577365
    162.259672 votes to "The Judge"
    19.574503 votes to Exhausted
    15.816147 votes to "Brisc Rubal"
    5.670576 votes to "Suitonia"
    4.533571 votes to "Steve Ronuken"
    1.509689 votes to "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
    0.900167 votes to "Tifida"
    0.896757 votes to "Lorelei Ierendi"
    0.416282 votes to "ExookiZ"
  Transfer from "Killah Bee":
    Votes: 2717.396188, Factor: 0.064546, Excess: 175.396188
    54.504898 votes to "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
    49.474175 votes to Exhausted
    30.581284 votes to "Suitonia"
    16.111066 votes to "ExookiZ"
    10.397709 votes to "Steve Ronuken"
    4.884227 votes to "Lorelei Ierendi"
    4.051398 votes to "Brisc Rubal"
    2.775464 votes to "Tifida"
    2.615967 votes to "The Judge"
  Pre-elimination tally:
  2416 "Brisc Rubal"
  2402 "Steve Ronuken"
  1865 "Suitonia"
  1643 "The Judge"
  1346 "ExookiZ"
  1314 "Tikktokk Tokkzikk"
  711 "Tifida"
  694 "Lorelei Ierendi"
  Elimination: "Lorelei Ierendi" with 694.902955 votes
I got into the final 14, which is my best result ever.... in the old days that would have been enough to have gotten me into the CSM! So thank you!
I got 694 votes, which I think is my worst result ever... which is probably a reflection of the people that didn't vote.
I did notice that my cross platform support (which haunted me for CSM 10... Tikktokk beware) was better than ever... so slowly my message seems to be spreading.

I am looking forward to other people's analysis of the voting... as being directly involved I cannot help but feel biased. I will anyway look at the numbers later in more detail!

Thank you all for voting.

CSM Elections - Results are in!

So the CSM election results are in. There were a few thousand less voters than last year... which probably means I got a few thousand less votes than last year!

I am looking forward to CCP publishing the voting data. Should be out soon!

CSM Elections...

So the CSM elections have started.

I checked my email.

 

I got a mail from CCP:

 

"Free MPT Certificates
On Selected Omega Packages"

Which I guess says it all…

 

#Whyshouldwecarewhenyoudonot?

 

Whatever. Just vote!

 

https://forums.eveonline.com/t/high-sec-candidate/63973/76?u=lorelei_ierendi

 

CSM Elections

The voting for CSM 13 starts next week.

Voting is important, whoever you vote for. Unfortunately there is no option yet to vote for "none of the candidates", although I at least would find it an interesting statistic.

Let's get this done!

CSM 13 Elections in June

CCP published a DEV BLOG about the CSM Elections.
About time!

So the voting is in the first week of June, set your calendars.

Remember it is important to vote, whoever you are voting for. Even if you have accepted that nothing can save or help the candidate of your choice. Your vote helps keep up the relevance of a conduit between players and developers. It shows the interest of the player base. If you don't vote, then you don't need to complain about the direction the game is taking, the microtransactions, the cash grabs and the stale PVE content.

CSM XIII Campaign Thread

Just fallen afoul of my own laziness... newer forum users can only submit two links per post.
https://forums.eveonline.com/t/high-sec-candidate/63973

Hello!

My name is Lorelei and I am announcing my candidacy for CSM XIII. I have just submitted my application to CCP. I am running whilst focused on High Sec. I am a self-confessed High Sec Carebear and am proud of it. I have – as I do every year - analysed the commitments planned/coming up in my life for the next year and have decided that I can afford the time to run for CSM XIII!

I really haven't changed, neither has what I am thinking, (and therefore neither has my opening campaign post, really) and I am looking forward to discussing with you all!

This is my Campaign Thread from last year:

https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6822498#post6822498

This is my Campaign Thread from the year before:

https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=464501&find=unread

This is my Campaign Thread from the year before that:

https://forums-archive.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=386664

This is my CapStable Podcast Interview from 2015:

http://capstable.net/blog/2015/01/26/lorelei-ierendi/

And this is my infrequently used blog:

http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/

But to recap for people that do not want to jump to other web sites:

Is there room for a High Sec candidate on the CSM? Someone that has the well-being of the multitude of High Sec pilots at heart?

I would like there to be a "High Sec" platform, for a candidate for the CSM.

The problem with High Sec space is that the players there are all independent. There is no feeling of "we". This lack of "we" is a problem. The lack of "we all stand together" is a problem. The "apathy of the carebear" is a problem...

This I know. I know that, although numerically High Sec has the largest number of log-ins... accounts... players... I know that High Sec will probably never be able to gather together enough in order to support a CSM candidate. But that is no reason to not try!!

Come on, High Sec! If something is important for you, stand up for it!!!

**Who am I?**

I am a High Sec Carebear, and proud of it!

High Sec Carebears tend not to socialize too much, and are only members of NPC or small corporations. If you are reading this thread, then sadly you probably do not belong to the player-metric that I mostly represent!

Well, this is not the first character I have created in order to play "EVE". I have never been a member of a big alliance or coalition. I have never been a member of a big corporation. I wouldn’t know what one would do to “define” a big corporation. Hell, I have never really left High Sec space before the CSMX Election..

I gained my love of Spaceship games by playing Elite... way back on my ZX Spectrum 48k+ (with a jammed SHIFT key (jammed as in... raspberry jam)). Back then it was possible to try docking with a space station and to accidentally line up with the back of the station... and die whilst trying to fly through the back of the station to the entrance. Fun times.

I graduated to Frontier: Elite II on a 486 PC, and spent my time happily flying between Barnard's Star, SOL, and Wolf 359. I should have been studying, but flying a (mostly harmless) panther fully loaded with robots was more fun.

I kept my eyes open for an online version of a space-sim... and that is where EVE comes in.

I really enjoy (as in "really") flying transports, fulfilling contracts, and, sometimes, mining.

**My CSM Interests for 2018:**

I think it is important for people to know what the CSM is, and can achieve. I could not run claiming that I would make all spaceships pink. As a member of the CSM I would not be in a position to dictate to CCP or enforce any "election promises". The scandals of the past have meant that the Player Base has lost some trust in this institution.

But well, check out all my old threads for more about what/how I think… but here is what is mostly on my mind at the moment:

**None Of The Above**: An opportunity for people to vote in the CSM, but to vote for None Of The Above. It’s like a survey to try and gauge player interest. The problem of player participation is disproportionately affecting those of us in high sec (because we carebears are not exactly non-solo) http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2017/03/just-vote.html. http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2016/03/this-is-reposting-of-post-in-my.html http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2016/03/just-just-vote.html

In order to increase the possibility of player participation, maybe CCP could get some more Popups rolling. Reminding players to vote is not a bad thing, and I remember thinking when all those “Agency” popups/notifications started flowing… that CCP could also do something good for the elections (if they were interested in the CSM).

**Ganker**: I would like at least a 50% chance of walking away from a gank. At the moment this is not the case. On my blog, in the past, I mentioned some changes to Concord that I would like to see http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2015/08/concord.html. I would also like to see some changes to Ice Spawning (maybe in random systems?) that would mean that the gankers would have to move around to gank ice miners! Local chat could also be changed to provide less free "intel" to people. No need to announce to everyone who is in local... just the number of pilots.

I would like to clarify, I am not in favour of stopping ganking completely. I am not in favour of just AFK mining the whole day. EVE is what it is, and the game developers have been quite clear over the years where they stand on this issue.

Please read my last threads before posting questions... we really do not need to cover the points that have been discussed before... high sec is worth fighting for!

**New Player Experience**: That was a WOW change in the last years. I have managed to try it. It is about a bazillion times better than the old way. It does however need observing, and I am looking forward, as always, to the statistics from Fanfest!

On the subject of Fanfest, I missed the (missing) Team Security presentation last year. That was, for me, one of the highlights!

**Player Corporations**: http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2015/08/player-corporations.html
Last year in the campaigns, some other candidates also took up this banner. Inventing some way to let people socially interact without having to deal with a bunch of tedious stuff can only help player retention – especially in an area (High Sec) where people are otherwise isolated. See my blog and previous posts in Campaign threads for details. The need for player groups that are just social has not changed.

But when all is said and done, I believe a CSM member needs to be a conduit for information exchange between CCP and the players. I do not think that the CSM should be used for the Metagame http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2017/09/i-wandered-through-null-again.html.

Thank you for reading this far. I am looking forward to working with you / hearing from you, and although I am always busy at this time of year, I promise to read every post in my thread.

Links to other posts about me:
http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2015/03/csmx-lorelei-posts-links.html

CSM 13 Candidacy has opened!

Candidates can submit their applications as of... now.
https://www.eveonline.com/article/p5u73v/csm-13-applications-are-now-open

I already have mine submitted, even managed to find an electronic copy of the passport.

Campaign thread on the forums will be following SOON(tm). If you cannot wait, then check out my older blog entries. I have not changed that much in the last years.

CSM XIII Call For Candidates!

Finally CCP gets around to officially doing this:

https://www.eveonline.com/article/p4tnhx/call-for-csm-13-candidates
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Applications are open – March 19 - 23


How to apply
There are two steps to applying:

1. Fill in the application form (link will be provided in a follow up news item when candicay opens) between 12:00 AM on March 26 and 12:00 AM on March 30th. The form will return a confirmation if the application goes through. Beware session time-outs and make sure to save your text in a document. If you don‘t get a confirmation, re-enter the information and try again. If your application already went through, the website will inform you of that.
2. Submit your document scans/pictures to csm-contact@ccpgames.com in high-quality with the subject „ CSM 13 application“ Both these steps need to be completed within the submission window. Applications filed outside this window or without valid documents will be rejected.

Once your application has been submitted, you are encouraged to create a campaign thread in this forum section.

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I am not yet sure how to deal with what I perceive as "date confusion" on this announcement, but I am sure that it will be cleaned up in time to be relevant.

I have submitted my candidacy for the last 3 elections... and I will be doing the same again this year, you can be sure.

I shall be saying and doing pretty much the same things as the last three elections. And I shall be opening a campaign thread in the forums in the time frame suggested... no need to waste potential voters time by sounding off before I even know that I really can get an application submitted!

My previous campaigns are represented on this blog, if you look back at the old posts. There are not that many old posts. I shall do a blog post about me nearer the time.

But for the people that are watching for it... I am still in it.

I wandered through null again.

So, as usual I have taken a break from blogging, and spent my precious free time playing the game that we all love so much.



I went to nullsec again.

I don't mean Providence, which is now such a regular occurrence that it does not warrant a blogging. No I went to other parts of null, where people are not so friendly.

Having woken up to the news that CSM member Aryth arranged to buy a Keepstar from CSM member TheJudge and that goons were Hellcamping a Keepstar, I decided to pack my bags and go for a look. I have not yet watched a goon Hellcamp, nor seen a Keepstar.

I climbed in a new Interceptor, bought and fitted especially for the attempt to get there. 41 Jumps, mostly through null. On the way to 68FT I encountered a couple of warp bubbles, a smartbombing Machariel sitting at a gate, and a whole lot of silence.

I did make it there, to the System. I did have a bit of trouble locating the Keepstar that was being being Hellcamped. Fortunately someone posted a Contract in local, and I could warp to the Keepstar from there. I warped in at 100km. At last!

Unfortunately I got blown up before I could get a screenshot of the Hellcamp and the Citadel...



Jay Amazingness - I have heard of him.

That was frustrating.
So I climbed in my trusty Anathema and went back again, this time taking a route avoiding HED-GP, just to be different. Not being immune to warp bubbles, the 40-something jumps were a lot more tense.

I made it again! This time I warped in to the Keepstar at 200km, already cloaked. That felt much safer, even though I landed right between some bubbles. I could, however, get out there and make my screenshots!

I was there!

The Ice Cream is Falling Off The Cone.

I got so carried away playing with camera angles, once I figured out the CTRL-F9 trick to get rid of the UI, that I forgot I was moving. Then I decloaked, and got to take the Pod-Taxi home.

To read more about the events leading up to this, I used Wilhelm Arcturus's blog: https://tagn.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/the-imperium-buys-a-keepstar/
He has a list of links about sources.

CSM XII Voting

Well pardon me for missing the release of the Voting statistics etc. Especially after CCP went to such great lengths to make sure we noticed it.

https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/a-closer-look-at-the-csm-12-results/

I found it, however, and whilst I found it I managed to get careless[er].. check out zkillboard!
I guess I will write more about it when I have had time to digest it... I must say.. I am glad Xenuria gave me a run for my money!!

I got hotdropped....

Waiting and waiting until CCP release the voting information from the CSM elections...
Waiting before I get all teary eyed about other voting methods that might have gotten me more votes...
Waiting...

Whilst waiting my corporation has been busy mining, and sometimes losing ships. Not all members are registered with zkillboard... but I am!

https://zkillboard.com/character/94644678/

I got hotdropped by a Sansha's Dreadnaught whilst ratting in an asteroid belt in Provi. Crazy!

So I will keep on waiting and think about other ships I could use. Maybe also talk one of my corps into training into a sensible logi...
Hah! But it was fun!

Good to be back!

So the CSM elections went as expected. I'll post about them later... looking forward to seeing the voting information.

Time to take a breather... watch the Fanfest twitch (sadly no Security presentation) and go and relax in Provi null to get some distance from the issues that bug me. Maybe I will go on a trip around null again, like last year (http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2016/04/nullsec-holiday.html).

So I went back to my base at DNR-7M. I discovered a bunch of null-ore in the corporation hanger (my Corpsmate was busy whilst I was doing high sec things) and proceeded to move it back to high sec for refining and selling.

Whilst flying back and forth I almost got caught in an interdiction bubble. Fortunately I remembered how to escape them without being made to decloak...
       
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  Channel Name:    Local
  Listener:        Lorelei Ierendi
  Session started: 2017.04.07 11:37:03
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[ 2017.04.07 11:49:13 ] EVE System > Channel changed to Local : JEIV-E
[ 2017.04.07 11:50:51 ] Lorelei Ierendi > interdiction bubble on xh gate
[ 2017.04.07 11:51:18 ] Provi Friendly > y  AntarisIX is cloaky sabre jumped back xhq most likely
[ 2017.04.07 11:51:44 ] Lorelei Ierendi > nearly got me

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  Channel Name:    Private Chat (Provi Friendly)
  Listener:        Lorelei Ierendi
  Session started: 2017.04.07 11:51:59
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[ 2017.04.07 11:52:02 ] Provi Friendly > o/
[ 2017.04.07 11:52:05 ] Lorelei Ierendi > o7
[ 2017.04.07 11:52:07 ] Provi Friendly > take care when he is around
[ 2017.04.07 11:52:13 ] Provi Friendly > he is a pussy but dangerous ^^
[ 2017.04.07 11:52:24 ] Provi Friendly > belonging to spectre gate camp in kbp
[ 2017.04.07 11:52:33 ] Lorelei Ierendi > there used to be a channel with intel for the region?
[ 2017.04.07 11:53:03 ] Provi Friendly > north provi intel
[ 2017.04.07 11:53:19 ] Lorelei Ierendi > thx
[ 2017.04.07 11:53:20 ] Provi Friendly > you can contact DIPLO PERSON for access
[ 2017.04.07 11:53:32 ] Provi Friendly > and the citadel for all of providence
[ 2017.04.07 11:53:33 ] Lorelei Ierendi > thanks again!
[ 2017.04.07 11:53:39 ] Provi Friendly > and blue system in catch
[ 2017.04.07 11:54:06 ] Provi Friendly > there you have to apply for access asking cva
[ 2017.04.07 11:54:29 ] Lorelei Ierendi > thanks! its good to be back!
[ 2017.04.07 11:54:35 ] Provi Friendly > http://forum.cva-eve.org/index.php?topic=3576.0
[ 2017.04.07 11:54:38 ] Provi Friendly > bw then ^^
[ 2017.04.07 11:54:41 ] Provi Friendly > *wb
[ 2017.04.07 11:54:43 ] Lorelei Ierendi > :)
[ 2017.04.07 11:55:19 ] Provi Friendly > you are a blue alt or back from inactivity ? ^^
[ 2017.04.07 11:55:28 ] Provi Friendly > already living in providence longer time ago?
[ 2017.04.07 11:56:30 ] Lorelei Ierendi > I came out here last year... got an office in DNR. After a couple of months I got drawn back into the probs of high sec.... but high sec is too problematic!
[ 2017.04.07 11:57:03 ] Provi Friendly > the?
[ 2017.04.07 11:57:14 ] Provi Friendly > ah the probs?
[ 2017.04.07 11:57:32 ] Lorelei Ierendi > non consensual pvp.... and what to do about it...
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:22 ] Provi Friendly > ah like that thingy
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:26 ] Provi Friendly > with the premits
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:31 ] Provi Friendly > forgot the name code was it
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:41 ] Provi Friendly > y in 0.0 we laugh about that guys
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:44 ] Lorelei Ierendi > yeah like that thingy.
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:54 ] Provi Friendly > like the guys in kbp are a joke aswell
[ 2017.04.07 11:58:55 ] Lorelei Ierendi > and that is why I am back in null!
[ 2017.04.07 11:59:12 ] Provi Friendly > they camp the gate and do small fast roams in severance and yulai pocket
[ 2017.04.07 11:59:18 ] Provi Friendly > but they do not search fights
[ 2017.04.07 11:59:20 ] Lorelei Ierendi > time to get some perspective... :)
[ 2017.04.07 11:59:23 ] Provi Friendly > tehy are only looking for victims
[ 2017.04.07 11:59:35 ] Provi Friendly > y null is great ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:00:31 ] Lorelei Ierendi > I like it here
[ 2017.04.07 12:00:41 ] Provi Friendly > y providence is unique in eve
[ 2017.04.07 12:00:45 ] Provi Friendly > with nrds
[ 2017.04.07 12:00:53 ] Lorelei Ierendi > nrds is the best!
[ 2017.04.07 12:00:54 ] Provi Friendly > most populated 0.0 space
[ 2017.04.07 12:00:59 ] Provi Friendly > indeed ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:01:12 ] Lorelei Ierendi > its like high sec should be!
[ 2017.04.07 12:01:13 ] Provi Friendly > and the neutral pilots living with us are the real ritchness of this space
[ 2017.04.07 12:01:23 ] Provi Friendly > y or all 0.0 ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:01:38 ] Provi Friendly > in fact it is ccps idea how the 0 sec space should be organized
[ 2017.04.07 12:01:54 ] Provi Friendly > and not with that pussy behaviour not blue shoot it
[ 2017.04.07 12:02:10 ] Provi Friendly > providence is the gaulic village in eve ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:02:18 ] Provi Friendly > we got the magic drink ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:02:18 ] Lorelei Ierendi > :D
[ 2017.04.07 12:02:23 ] Provi Friendly > if you know asterix ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:02:53 ] Lorelei Ierendi > I know a little asterix.... that's more my daughter's field of expertise!!
[ 2017.04.07 12:03:36 ] Provi Friendly > ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:03:49 ] Provi Friendly > it wa in fact the first "book" i read as i was little ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:03:58 ] Provi Friendly > my father had all of the comics
[ 2017.04.07 12:04:07 ] Lorelei Ierendi > nice!
[ 2017.04.07 12:04:34 ] Provi Friendly > and asterix and the golden Sickle was my first ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:05:32 ] Lorelei Ierendi > got to go afk.... lunchtime! o7 nice talking to you!
[ 2017.04.07 12:05:51 ] Provi Friendly > cu later maybe o/ ^^
[ 2017.04.07 12:09:25 ] Lorelei Ierendi > o7
And in my experience, high sec does not normally deliever random helpfulness like that. My Carebear cousins have a lot to learn.

Then I got in touch with my null-mining friend and we decided to mine.

https://zkillboard.com/corporation/98385501/



Almost a year to the day after the last losses.....
It's good to be back in null for a while!

Fly Safely! o7

http://hisec-carebear.blogspot.de/2016/04/corporation-recruiting.html

CSM 12 Voting Ends Soon!

I know that statistically, most of the people that are going to vote do so in the first couple of days, but there is always the chance that some people are still looking for guidance if they have not already made up their minds, or had their minds made up for them.

So this is what my recommended voting list looks like (taken from my CSM forum thread). - in case any of my supporters are unsure what to do with their votes. I will happily answer any questions people have about it.

List
Lorelei Ierendi
commander aze
Toxic Yaken
Roedyn
Steve Ronuken
rhiload Feron-drake
Ariel Rin
Juvenius Drakonius
Erika Mizune
DJ Thomas

Alternates:
Xenuria
JTClone Ares

The alternates are there in case there is anyone that cannot stomach one or other of the candidates. I have already received questions about this list, and I will answer them here after the elections.

CCP have done more for the elections this year, notifications and so on. Looking forward to see if that has had any influence on the turnout.

Happy Voting!