I can appreciate what you're saying. I really can. There are two diverging topics here though.

1. I've read many of your posts; not just the ones about high-sec. You don't exactly come across as someone who is professional and polished. Well, until now. And you just don't strike me as someone who has my interests at heart, and that's okay. I hope people spend the time to really research all of the candidates and choose whomever is best for them. I shouldn't say you should support everyone's ideas; that's obviously not possible. The point I was trying to make is that a good representative does their best to support a middle ground whenever possible. I don't know that you would do that. I just don't see that in your posts.

2. I don't think high-sec is broken. I've yet to see any reasonable argument that it is. It doesn't need to be changed. It is an area of space that has evolved in its own right. What is so wrong with that? From my point of view, as I've shared once or twice now in other posts, you guys just want to turn high-sec into low-sec or null-sec. For what purpose...?

Malcanis, do you really want to keep engaging me? Like I said, this is your candidacy thread and I'm not here to troll it. There shouldn't be a bunch of back-and-forth between you and I here. If you really want my opinions, I'll put them in an evemail and send them to you. As for your first point, I'm happy to concede that. I hope that you make it very clear which issues you would compromise on, and which you would not. Also, your thread is far newer than I realized when I first posted; you're obviously just ramping up.

I'm quite happy to discuss with you here, because other potential Malc-voting players might have similar concerns. If someone is thinking "Well I would vote for Malcanis, if only he didn't want to turn hi-sec into 0.0" then this is my chance to earn their vote - even if I don't get yours.

*Does not vote

*Sulks when people who do vote get their candidates elected

*Responds by not voting next time

*Is hi-sec.

Malcanis, like I said before, I didn't just read your manifesto. I read your posts. Here's one you write a few days ago.



It's pretty clear to me you have a low opinion of those in high-sec. Care to retract that? For reference, it was posted here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2435748#post2435748

Also, you suggested in your manifesto that no one be allowed to re-enter certain parts of space that were too secure. That sounds to me like someone who wants to turn high-sec into low-sec.

Could you expand on your question. Ideally, include some nouns.

The Who?

hmm i like you might activate an alt just to vote for you...

edit:
Sorry to hear about your dad... hope he is better now

Now that Hans has stated he is not running for CSM 8.

Wait what?

Man that's a shame. Working with Hans was one of the things I was looking forward to.

EDIT: Yeah his blog confirms it. Welp.

I have seen few men as articulate and sharp as Malcanis, having had the pleasure of working with him I must say I find few candidates as qualified or suited for the position, and if I can spare a few votes myself from voting outside any TEST candidate, Malcanis is my go to guy.

Can't you guys just skip the messing around and make Malcanis the HBC bloc vote candidate this time around?

I say drop them smack in the middle of a fleet battle soon as the exit character creation.

Will probably get my vote (and possibly of some others i know).

Still: i want a broad stance on the type of gameplay i care about - 0.0 non-bloc sized PvP aka. pretty much everything that doesnt involve shooting a sov structure at some point.
Solo, small gangs (up to a full squad), medium gangs (up to a full wing), (semi)-consentual gang vs. gang engagements.

Do you have any ideas of your own on how to make people in 0.0 undock or care about PvP except when their space or main source of passive income (Tech) is in danger?

How do you feel about ideas that are/were at some point being discussed? (~farms and fields~/reducing eHP of structures/scrambling rats/constellation-wide structures inhibiting ratting potential/delayed local/ you name it)?

Now i'm aware of the fact that CCP pretty much shelved everything directly affecting 0.0 for the near future apart from revamping POSes.
I also understand that a CSM member cant magically make CCP do stuff.
Still, i want to know how in your opinion the part of the game i care about could should look like.

@Malcanis

Glad to see your platform is as sensible as your posting. My only question is what would you do to try and improve lowsec (specifically non-FW, CCP seems to forget about us) beyond the extensions of your Manifest? More industrialists trying to run the gates is good, but I would rather be able to describe where I live as something other than "Nullsec without bubbles, but gate guns".

Regardless, I wish you luck sir. +1

At the moment, lo-sec is a haven for small independent corps, and it's a ghetto. I can easily think of quite a few ideas to raise it up from ghetto status, but by the very act of making the space better, there's a danger to that "small corp haven" status.

FW is, despite being very lucrative, not owned or unduly influenced by massive blocs. I think the key to that is that the wealth of FW cannot be effectively excluded from or occupied and space can't really be controlled. Extend that general idea to the rest of lowsec in some fashion.

Regardless, with Hans not running again, it's all down to reputation. Malcanis is the only candidate so far who has +repped me on the other EVE forum, so he gets my vote.

What do you mean by "no troll this time"? What happened last time?

Perhaps I missed it somewhere but what's your stance on jump bridges, jump capable ships and power projection?