CSM Elections start.

The CSM Elections are open.

If you have been reading the other bloggers commenting on the elections, you will know that some of them even had me on their "lists". No really, check it out! (Even if Mike did get my name wrong).

This makes me happy.

So whoever you like or don't like, don't forget to vote.

CSM XI Campaign

Well I finally made up my mind to throw my hat in the ring once again, with my focus in the area of High Sec. My CSM Campaign thread is up:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6273935#post6273935

Stop by if you feel like it.

Please remember, whatever you feel about me or the other candidates, the CSM is a form of elected player representation. If no one votes, it will be eventually written off as a result of player apathy. I think that would be bad.

What the election really needs is the ability for players to vote for "none of the above", if they feel that there is no candidate that represents their interests, or if they are not interested in the CSM or player representation. This would at least settle the argument of apathy vs irrelevance. It wouldn't hurt for CCP to do something to promote the elections for those people that do not habitually read the forums or devblogs, and for those of us that do not habitually use the launcher. But then I have talked about that enough last year!

Don't let the CSM die out due to apathy.

My Orca Kill

Whilst looking through my old documents, preparing for the future, I found a killmail from a long time ago. I killed an Orca.

Back then I was patrolling the gates in Uedama, entertaining dreams of zapping gankers and getting killmails. An Orca went SUSPECT. I did not think about why, I just locked and started engaging.

 

 

Yay me. I was a long way down the list. That will teach you for going suspect when I am on patrol.

War Dec

So, I got wardecced by a corporation in High Sec (Zero Tolerance) that contains several ex-CODE. members. I don't know if they had realised that I am currently sitting in null / Provi.
So would I be arrogant in thinking that they don't want me running again?

I can't think of any reason why a high-sec CODE.-affiliated CORPS would wardec me. The CEO hasn't (as of this posting) answered my mail.

I'll keep you guys updated. I have already started working on my Campaign Opening post.

CSM

The Nosy Gamer has a very good point:

http://nosygamer.blogspot.de/2015/12/the-csm-no-place-to-go-but-up.html

I was planning to announce my CSM candidacy before now... but things keep happening. What with all the drama around the CSM and the bigger player groups... I have been forced to confront myself.

Do I really want to join a group like the CSM and sacrifice my precious "game time" for CSM things... as opposed to doing something to directly benefit myself? Time is, after all, limited.
Having watched the CSM self destruct (or be destroyed by CCP) this year... I find a part of me feeling that I should just concentrate on getting what I can out of this game before it gets closed by some unfeeling multinational (well.... WB will probably buy it at some point).

But EVE has captured my imagination like no other game before it, or after it. I have ideas that I believe would be a real improvement... and if I had a communication-channel to the game designers, I really believe I could make a good case for them. So what is a Space-Gal to do?

Anyway, the CSM cannot carry on as it has been... and having players / accounts "vote" for a "focus group" is not ideal. ATM I am thinking that there would be more "useful" input for CCP if they chose their own "focus groups"... and collected input from different groups of players without subjecting themselves to the meta-game from players. There should, definitely, be a line drawn between Players and CCP employees anyway.

So... compared to last year, when I was sure I wanted to join the CSM and represent HiSec... I am now really thinking hard about it. And on the fence. Here are two things that I would carry over from my last campaign:

-> 50% survival chance for gankees: this can be achieved by changing the CONCORD regulation, and improving the NPE to teach ppl how to fit their ships.

-> Player groups that are not involved in game mechanics.... The ability to make a group identity that cannot be wardecced (and cannot benefit from Tax Reductions etc) would be a great thing. I know that I can just make an in-game channel.......... but the ability to create a group identity, with logo and everything.... well that would be great! (and great for microtransactions..... I would spend AURUM and stuff on that....)

Blink and you will miss it!

So many things happening! So little time...
Making it hard to create a CSM Campaign thread that is not outdated before I can post it! I guess I should be happy that so much is happening!

RvB Shutting down activity.

In an attempt to try and experience PvP I had an alt for a couple of months in Blue. I took part in one fleet battle, and lost a couple of destroyers and frigates flying around Poinen.

Unfortunately, being a High Sec Carebear, the PvP life was not for me, so my alt left and went on to other things.

I still feel a pang of sadness for the death of organised High Sec PvP antics. When I was in the organisation there was lots of activities and themed weekends and stuff like that being organised! I hope that something springs up to fill the void that they are going to be leaving behind!