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Fatmarrow
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.04.14 20:53:00 -
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Edited by: Fatmarrow on 14/04/2010 20:54:20 The election committee have used the millions at their disposal to hand-craft the following interactive campaign website: linky
In a nutshell, I have an extensive technical and legal background and a professional demeanour (when I need to) which I believe will increase the credibility and effectiveness of the CSM. I'm used to representing clients and getting them what they want (except when I don't, which is always someone else's fault, probably). Staying awake and focussed in long drawn-out meetings discussing the fine detail of technical issues is something in which I have a particular expertise!
I am not beholden to any power blocs, alliances or special interests*, and I am not fixated on any specific issues or play-styles (I do enjoy PvP, even though I am hopeless at it, but I understand that other people enjoy other things, and lost ships have to be paid for somehow). I believe it is my role to listen to players' opinions and to represent the most popular viewpoints at CSM meetings, whether or not I personally agree with them (although I would always seek constructive ways to improve any proposal if I felt it wasn't good enough).
In not entirely sure of the etiquette, but I will be happy to answer any questions here that people have - although I apologise in advance if I'm not on much in the coming days as I am in the process of moving house (er, I mean transporting my personal habitation unit to a new system).
* so I'm not overly hopeful of being elected :)
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Yristor
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Posted - 2010.04.16 11:05:00 -
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What do you consider the three most pressing issues for the next CSM to address, and your proposed solutions?
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Fatmarrow
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.04.16 20:01:00 -
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Originally by: Yristor What do you consider the three most pressing issues for the next CSM to address, and your proposed solutions?
I'd say that big fleet lag is the biggest issue at the moment (although I don't myself 'blob'). CCP do seem to be treating this as a priority, so I think the CSM can best help by focussing on peripheral improvements to complement CCP's work behind the scenes, such as finding ways to ensure that people who haven't yet loaded the grid can't be killed before it does (in non-exploitable ways), for example. There is of course a broader question of whether big fleet battles are to be encouraged or discouraged, but CCP have invested a lot of development and marketing effort to achieve a more epic scale in the endgame so we have to be realistic about the chances of changing their approach in the medium term at least.
A second big issue I think is accessibility of solo and small gang pvp (which I think is an important part of the eve experience) at all levels of the game. Instanced pvp is a dirty word (or rather two) in the Eve universe, but - as an example plucked from the air - would newbies or experienced 0.0 blobbers do more small scale pvp if they could jump fairly instantly into some kind of 'combat wormhole' with mass limits on the gates so both sides were reasonably matched (avoiding blatantly artificial limitations)? That's just an example - I'm not saying instanced pvp is the solution, and in fact there are lots of other ideas (many good) knocking around here and I think it would be my role to help select the best ideas from other people for consideration by CCP.
A third issue I would consider as one of the most important is the need to keep refreshing and adding content to Eve for all levels from newbie to old pro. Again CCP are pretty well on top of this with the regular updates but I think the CSM can really add value by selecting the most credible and popular suggestions from these forums (fora?) and presenting them coherently to CCP. I think the CSM also needs to communicate quite clearly to CCP the issues which a majority of players dislike (not least because it is in CCP's interests to take the criticisms into account).
Otherwise, I would like to be able to propose some grand and exciting ideas to radically improve everyone's Eve experience, but the reality is that big changes to Eve mechanics can have unpleasant unintended consequences and are, frankly, unlikely to be adopted by CCP and may therefore be a waste of time and effort to pursue during a CSM term, so I would prefer to be pragmatic and present a strong case to CCP for implementing a number of smaller changes that gradually tweak gameplay in a favourable direction. As mentioned above, I see a lot of good ideas like these in the assembly hall and Jita park channels and I would happily champion them before CCP.
Of course what is a 'favourable direction' is a matter of opinion, but I hope those issues I picked give a flavour of what my opinion is...
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Fatmarrow
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.04.21 08:20:00 -
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I'm assuming that either hit the spot or bored the previous poster into submission. Any more for any more?
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Fatmarrow
Minmatar Galactic-Empire
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Posted - 2010.04.26 08:21:00 -
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Fatmarrow answers your questions:
Keith Neilson interviews CSM candidates...
Alas I don't have any helpful alliance members to big me up on this thread, so I'll do it myself :)
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Fatmarrow
Minmatar Galactic-Empire
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Posted - 2010.04.26 08:46:00 -
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PS since this seems to be an issue for some candidates let me also mention that I am able to field your questions (hopefully!) in Spanish or French if you prefer, although I think this would have to be privately rather than on the forum (due to forum language rules). Je parle francais / Hablo espaħol.
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Fatmarrow
Minmatar Galactic-Empire
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Posted - 2010.04.27 01:25:00 -
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With great timing, it looks like I may lose my net connection for up to a week if not longer. Apologies if I don't answer any further questions/surveys in a timely fashion...
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Fatmarrow
Minmatar Galactic-Empire
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Posted - 2010.05.06 23:23:00 -
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To continue my monologue... I'm back and of course happy to answer any further questions.
I'm also delighted to see that I seem to be a good match for many people who've used the excellent Vote Match website.
That said, I think it must be stressed (having listened to what has been said by prospective and actual CSM members) that my preferences for the future direction of eve are relatively unimportant compared to the importance of being able to persuade CCP to implement what has already been agreed by all parties as being Very Sensible Ideas. I think that this is where the CSM realistically needs to focus its attention, and where I can particularly add value with my particular background.
I realise I could make things more interesting by promising to hold the developers at gunpoint until they created mission AI that passed the Turing test and gave out free donuts for everyone, but it would be neither realistic nor honest...
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Ran Khanon
Amarr Ministry of War
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Posted - 2010.05.07 05:20:00 -
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Did the vote match thingy and Fatmarrow came out on top for me. Since you also seem like a smart guy you'll get my vote. Help us to make parrots game related today! |
Fatmarrow
Minmatar Galactic-Empire
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Posted - 2010.05.07 09:13:00 -
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Thanks Ran. Something about this election makes me feel obliged to point out that we're not in the same alliance or corp, have not exchanged ISK for votes, and have never previously corresponded :)
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