Dovinian opened his candidacy with a short introduction about his RL character. He's young and married with no kids....yet. The next important point to me is the fact that he joined EVE a few years prior, but left because the game was too complicated and had too few resources for him to get a firm grasp. I can certainly relate to that. I assume that since he mentioned the new player experience, that this is one area that he's interested. He also mentioned that he thought that the POS and corporation management interfaces need some attention....Indeed they do.
His introduction was followed by a long list of Dreddit (the corporation to which he belongs) members endorsing his candidacy and a few Goons sprinkled in for good measure. Most of the thread, however, was about 'beeping'. The thread was apparently locked by a Developer, and then unlocked after which the discussion about 'beeping' continued.
Dreddit and TEST Alliance are primarily null sec outfits. Null Sec interests are well represented throughout the list of candidates and, unfortunately, Dovinian did not distinguish himself.
I didn't bother to look beyond Dovinian's candidacy post for insights because I don't take his candidacy seriously. I will, of course, keep an open mind.
Good luck Dovinian.
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Showing posts with label CSM7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CSM7. Show all posts
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Alekseyev Karrde
Alekseyev is the second CSM candidate that I'll review here. I've read his candidacy post which is mirrored on his blog.
Focus: Mercenary experience.
Secondary Focus: War Declaration mechanics, small gang PVP
Tertiary focus: broken game mechanics.
The Good:
Member of Noir., a well known and respected mercenary corporation. I haven't had any business with Noir. directly. I may have ended up on some of their kill mails, but I don't really pay attention to such things and I certainly wouldn't hold that against them. What is important is that I've heard of them and this is important because any viable candidate has to have some brand recognition.
Member of CSM4: This guy's been there before, he knows the players and he knows the process. Experience is invaluable and he has already established relationships with CCP developers (for better or worse).
Platform: War Declaration mechanics are indeed broken. War declarations are far too easy to evade, and have little or no impact or consequence to the game. If the war dec function was removed from EVE, I don't think anyone would notice. That being said, Alekseyev didn't mention how he'd like to see the mechanic fixed (more later).
The Bad:
Area of Play: Mercenary corporations operate in a small niche of EVE that was created as an indirect consequence of other mechanics in the game. That in itself isn't bad, but the Mercenary experience is a very small aspect of EVE that affects only a handful of players. Of course fixing the war dec mechanics is important to a mercenary corporation like Noir. Unfortunately this platform alone is far too narrow to support another merc bloc candidate.
Over representation: Selene and Elise apparently represent the Mercenary bloc on CSM6. Selene has already announced and won a position on the CSM7 ballot. Elise has not. If Alekseyev's platform was a bit wider and if he had addressed a wider range of issues, I would have dismissed his association with the merc bloc as a non issue. Even one seat going to a single candidate with a focus on war dec mechanics and the mercenary experience is over representing that small group of players.
Specifics: Alekseyev offered very few specifics in his candidacy announcement. What's clear is that he wants to fix war dec mechanics, but he hasn't presented any vision for what his solution would look like. I realize that CCP likes to come up with their own solutions to problems. I think that the candidates idea of a solution is an important indication of how he will frame his argument.
Communications: A few questions were posted in Alekseyev's announcement. None were answered. We already have too many non-responsive CSM members.
History: A search of forum posts by Alekseyev yielded three posts, one of which was his announcement. Apparently Noir. was involved in a dispute with another corporation over the terms of a contract. The posts yielded no insight into this candidate's perspective.
Conclusion: At this time I can not support Alekseyev for CSM7. While I agree with his assessment about war dec mechanics and I personally admire Noir., Alekseyev's platform is too narrow to deserve a seat on CSM7.
Good Luck, Alekseyev.
Focus: Mercenary experience.
Secondary Focus: War Declaration mechanics, small gang PVP
Tertiary focus: broken game mechanics.
The Good:
Member of Noir., a well known and respected mercenary corporation. I haven't had any business with Noir. directly. I may have ended up on some of their kill mails, but I don't really pay attention to such things and I certainly wouldn't hold that against them. What is important is that I've heard of them and this is important because any viable candidate has to have some brand recognition.
Member of CSM4: This guy's been there before, he knows the players and he knows the process. Experience is invaluable and he has already established relationships with CCP developers (for better or worse).
Platform: War Declaration mechanics are indeed broken. War declarations are far too easy to evade, and have little or no impact or consequence to the game. If the war dec function was removed from EVE, I don't think anyone would notice. That being said, Alekseyev didn't mention how he'd like to see the mechanic fixed (more later).
The Bad:
Area of Play: Mercenary corporations operate in a small niche of EVE that was created as an indirect consequence of other mechanics in the game. That in itself isn't bad, but the Mercenary experience is a very small aspect of EVE that affects only a handful of players. Of course fixing the war dec mechanics is important to a mercenary corporation like Noir. Unfortunately this platform alone is far too narrow to support another merc bloc candidate.
Over representation: Selene and Elise apparently represent the Mercenary bloc on CSM6. Selene has already announced and won a position on the CSM7 ballot. Elise has not. If Alekseyev's platform was a bit wider and if he had addressed a wider range of issues, I would have dismissed his association with the merc bloc as a non issue. Even one seat going to a single candidate with a focus on war dec mechanics and the mercenary experience is over representing that small group of players.
Specifics: Alekseyev offered very few specifics in his candidacy announcement. What's clear is that he wants to fix war dec mechanics, but he hasn't presented any vision for what his solution would look like. I realize that CCP likes to come up with their own solutions to problems. I think that the candidates idea of a solution is an important indication of how he will frame his argument.
Communications: A few questions were posted in Alekseyev's announcement. None were answered. We already have too many non-responsive CSM members.
History: A search of forum posts by Alekseyev yielded three posts, one of which was his announcement. Apparently Noir. was involved in a dispute with another corporation over the terms of a contract. The posts yielded no insight into this candidate's perspective.
Conclusion: At this time I can not support Alekseyev for CSM7. While I agree with his assessment about war dec mechanics and I personally admire Noir., Alekseyev's platform is too narrow to deserve a seat on CSM7.
Good Luck, Alekseyev.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Character counts
As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm starting to research the candidates for CSM7. First and foremost, I will not be supporting anyone associated with the Goons. I never really cared for The Mittani's snarky posts, his gamesmanship, or his ego. I'm really not sure what he did on CSM6 or what his role was in resolving last summers standoff between CCP and its customers. His role on CSM6 is unimportant to me; I don't like the guy.
I read this forum post. The condensed version is that some poor noob got scammed while applying for membership with Goonwaffe. Apparently this guy thought it was reasonable to pay billions of isk for the opportunity to apply to Mittani's corporation. That was stupid. Goonwaffe is renowned for this kind of scamming and openly brags about it. In fact, this is the second post of this sort I've seen in the last few weeks. Goonwaffe has no integrity. Pay special attention to this post in that same thread by The Mittani. Notice The Mittani's CSM label under his name and above the name of his Corporation.
If you elect a scammer to CSM, you're asking to be misrepresented.
I read this forum post. The condensed version is that some poor noob got scammed while applying for membership with Goonwaffe. Apparently this guy thought it was reasonable to pay billions of isk for the opportunity to apply to Mittani's corporation. That was stupid. Goonwaffe is renowned for this kind of scamming and openly brags about it. In fact, this is the second post of this sort I've seen in the last few weeks. Goonwaffe has no integrity. Pay special attention to this post in that same thread by The Mittani. Notice The Mittani's CSM label under his name and above the name of his Corporation.
If you elect a scammer to CSM, you're asking to be misrepresented.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
CSM7
The December meeting of CSM6 is over which means two things: a) CSM6's influence over CCP extends only as far the likelihood of the individual candidates' incumbency, and b) its time to start looking around at the field of potential candidates. Fortunately, CCP seems to be heading in the right direction and I doubt that CSM6 will be called upon between now and elections to stand between CCP and its customers. In the meantime, its time to start researching candidates for CSM7, explore my own feelings about the direction of the game, and figure out who will best represent my feelings during the following year.
This will be the first year that I vote for a CSM candidate and I'm excited about that. I joined EVE during CSM4 and wasn't even aware of the existence of CSM. As I recall, it wasn't until the pop-up on the log-in screen announcing the election of CSM5 that I became aware of it. I closed the pop-up without any further thought and didn't think about it further until I saw the posts in forums about "18 Months" and the development of Incarna. Still, I had no opinion and no reason to vote for CSM6 candidates.
Then the shit hit the fan last summer. Ordinarily, I don't let myself get worked up over a video game. A confluence of events that had nothing to do with Incarna, events which occurred both in game and in real life, made me realize how much I enjoy the game and that EVE was worth getting angry about. I was one of the players that shot at the statue in Jita. I was one of the players that posted in threadnaughts. I was one of the players that unsubscribed and biomassed my character. To be frank, CSM6 still wasn't on my radar when this was all happening.
However, in the few months that I played Perpetuum Online, it occurred to me that CSM would/should have been ideally suited to communicate the anger and frustration of players like myself to CCP. I started paying closer attention to posts from CSM members. I started reading blogs. Most important, I started forming an opinion about individual CSM6 delegates. Two delegates stood out: White Tree and Two-Step.
This year, I will actively participate in the CSM7 elections. In the coming months, I will research a few of the incumbents' positions, I will pay closer attention to players that I think would make good candidates, and I will discuss CSM7 with anyone who engage me in a discussion. By election time, I will have an informed opinion and I will try to rally as many players to support the candidates that deserve a free trip to Iceland.
Comments, opinions, debate and discussion are welcome and appreciated.
This will be the first year that I vote for a CSM candidate and I'm excited about that. I joined EVE during CSM4 and wasn't even aware of the existence of CSM. As I recall, it wasn't until the pop-up on the log-in screen announcing the election of CSM5 that I became aware of it. I closed the pop-up without any further thought and didn't think about it further until I saw the posts in forums about "18 Months" and the development of Incarna. Still, I had no opinion and no reason to vote for CSM6 candidates.
Then the shit hit the fan last summer. Ordinarily, I don't let myself get worked up over a video game. A confluence of events that had nothing to do with Incarna, events which occurred both in game and in real life, made me realize how much I enjoy the game and that EVE was worth getting angry about. I was one of the players that shot at the statue in Jita. I was one of the players that posted in threadnaughts. I was one of the players that unsubscribed and biomassed my character. To be frank, CSM6 still wasn't on my radar when this was all happening.
However, in the few months that I played Perpetuum Online, it occurred to me that CSM would/should have been ideally suited to communicate the anger and frustration of players like myself to CCP. I started paying closer attention to posts from CSM members. I started reading blogs. Most important, I started forming an opinion about individual CSM6 delegates. Two delegates stood out: White Tree and Two-Step.
This year, I will actively participate in the CSM7 elections. In the coming months, I will research a few of the incumbents' positions, I will pay closer attention to players that I think would make good candidates, and I will discuss CSM7 with anyone who engage me in a discussion. By election time, I will have an informed opinion and I will try to rally as many players to support the candidates that deserve a free trip to Iceland.
Comments, opinions, debate and discussion are welcome and appreciated.
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