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JediRobin
Globaltech Industries Yulai Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.16 02:54:00 -
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Hi
Another way to get more players into Eve would be to introduce a language filter that you can configure.
This way Eve would be able to target the younger audience of teenagers into the game.
Yea some of you would say its a game for mature people but eve still needs to get subscriptions and this would help.
And those of us with kids would welcome a filter we could configure out certain words in local chat.
Regards
JEDI |
Psychotic Monk
Paper Snowstorm Petition Blizzard
922
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Posted - 2013.03.16 04:49:00 -
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Jedi, the language is the least reason children shouldn't be playing eve. You're asking for optional blindfolds for children being brought into a strip club. The language sometimes bothers me too, I understand.
The argument that it might gain subscriptions is absolutely foolish. Star wars doesn't worry that it isn't pulling in the people who'd rather go watch a ping pong match, after all. Psychotic Monk for CSM. Belligerent Undesirables Blog. |
June Ting
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
19
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Posted - 2013.03.18 12:53:00 -
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Nice analogy, Monk. Definitely agree that the harsh language people like to throw around is not the only reason that young children probably shouldn't be playing the game, heh.
That being said, I do personally find it to be a turn-off how much people in the game like to shittalk each other and call each other slurs, and did from the very first day I was new, but my personal solution to that was to join a corp/alliance that has a compatible culture with mine. I'm vaguely curious whether there's any merit to the corp finder having some kind of flagging (in addition to "new-player friendly") for culture-related broad categorizations that would help people make a first pass and weed out places that are too straightlaced for them or too wild for them. Proud independent player. I support Ali Aras and Psychotic Monk for CSM 8! Ali's thread: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=213048 Monk's thread: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=212105 |
Gemini Stone
Jovian Labs Jovian Enterprises
0
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Posted - 2013.03.19 20:31:00 -
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I like your ideas and you get my vote in the CSM. |
Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
202
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Posted - 2013.03.20 21:31:00 -
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After a lot lot lot lot LOT of revision, here's what my CSM text will say:
Intro:
Whether youGÇÖre a newbie, highsec resident, lowsec player, NPC 0.0 dweller, or wormholer, you need someone whoGÇÖs not just another bittervet from a big bloc. IGÇÖm new, independent, and IGÇÖll work for you. I love this crazy game -- I want to get more people into it, taking risks and having fun.
Read more:
You want new blood: new corpmates, new customers, new conflict. We'll get this if we give newbies better tools to survive. When I first started, I quit after being canflipped because I didn't understand the game. I fell in love later when I resubbed with friends who taught me to PvP in cheap frigates. I got my first kill with their help and gained the resilience to survive the harsh universe of EVE. The newbie experience should include that kind of moment, giving everyone a foundation to work from and broaden their comfort zone.
In my time since, I've gained experience with growing a small corp, living in highsec and then nullsec, daytripping in wormholes, industry, POSes, and of course pewpew. I've seen enough to be more than a one-issue candidate, but I still remember being new, confused, and spacepoor. I'll work for all the players to make this game the best it can be. There are 14 people on the CSM. All of them shouldn't be noobs, but at least one of them should be. Vote Ali Aras. Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
Speedkermit Damo
Callide Vulpis Curatores Veritatis Alliance
53
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Posted - 2013.03.26 16:47:00 -
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Good luck Ali Don't Panic.
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Xander Phoena
Zebra Corp Gentlemen's Agreement
116
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Posted - 2013.03.27 01:02:00 -
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I interviewed Ali as part of the Crossing Zebras CSM8 Election interviews project. You can listen to it here
http://c-z.me/csm8aliaras www.crossingzebras.com |
Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
210
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Posted - 2013.03.28 02:48:00 -
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Thanks again for the interview, Xander.
For folks who are following along, I got my email confirming that I have 200 pre-election votes today. Thanks for the support, and I hope you all will come back and vote on the final ballot.
IGÇÖve been asked about my experience a few times, in the interview and out of band, namely around how IGÇÖll be able to function as a CSM member in Iceland when issues are on the table. So, letGÇÖs pretend the December CSM meeting happened tomorrow with me there. HereGÇÖs a snapshot of the kinds of things IGÇÖd be thinking about:
Ship rebalancing: T1 cruisers are now really good, armor is now really good, and thereGÇÖs a *lot* of logi out there after the t1 logi introduction. This is IMO a good thing; the cruiser buff means that a support wing of t1 cruisers in ewar, anti-tackle and logistics roles is helpful in most PvP, and t1 cruisers are something newbies can get into easily. IGÇÖm against ECM nerfs -- the sensor strength skills effectively nerfed ECM already, and bringing a blackbird or two is a valuable counter to the tons of logi thing. Outside of a few rrep domis, IGÇÖve basically never seen a Gallente BS used in PvP -- could we address that? The underlying issue seems to be that GÇ£short-range BSGÇ¥ is a thing that doesnGÇÖt really exist; Rokhs are snipers or smartbombers, Hellcats are the tankiest thing around, and Maels/Pests provide some valuable alpha (see: tons of logi). Battlecruisers seem mostly fine post-rebalance aside from the fact that I donGÇÖt see as many of them as I used to -- everyone roams in cruisers instead. Ferox could still use some love. Of the t2 ships, I know CCP has said the frigates are fine, but IGÇÖm still concerned that theyGÇÖre not worth the cost. AHACs are fine, shield HACs are basically never used outside of Vagabond -- whatGÇÖs up with that? T2 BCs could be cool.
ItGÇÖd be nice if Caldari capships were used ever for anything other than structure shoots/reps, but IGÇÖm less knowledgeable about capital warfare. IGÇÖd also like to look at ways of making cap-on-cap fights likely and interesting without escalation to a supercapital blob, the way BS-on-BS (with maybe triage support) fights exist today.
Nullsec Sov: As IGÇÖve said elsewhere, IGÇÖm pro activity sov. IGÇÖm concerned about sov which is held but not occupied as itGÇÖs boring to roam through and could be more productively used by someone else. Sov thatGÇÖs not being used should be easy to take without a lot of boring structure shooting. Sov which is being used should be at least as hard to take as it is today. Whatever way sov warfare goes, IGÇÖd like it if the GÇ£SBU to provoke fightsGÇ¥ mechanic was changed. The fact that SBUs cost money and blow up is nice, but GÇ£hours of structure grindingGÇ¥ is not a nice reward for undocking and fighting for your system (maybe SBU HP could be dependent on anyone guarding it?). My hope is that with activity sov being a real thing, you would have incentive to undock and save your system while camped in-- although the challenge there is balancing that so that itGÇÖs not too easy to screw up peopleGÇÖs sov with a tiny fleet.
Ideally, it would be easy to hold one system and the difficulty and cost of holding systems would increase as the number of systems held increases. There should be pressures keeping empires to a manageable size, and the easiest way to do that would be to increase risk and cost at increased size. Additional points of improvement: alliance income from sov (especially in a post-moongoo world), meaningful goals for a commited medium-sized gang which might be sov-related.
Economy: IGÇÖm not a fan of isk inflation and would like to decrease it. It hurts newbies, heightens the gap between the rich and the poor, and makes the economy more volatile. This could be addressed by replacing bounties with commodities (a bonus to salvaging and looting your missions/rats (=time spent vulnerable, minor mission nerf), and a reason for high <> nullsec logistics in a post-mineral-gap world) or by keeping a careful eye on isk sinks. Isk sinks have decreased over time with more items being moved off of NPC vendors. While insurance transforms goods to free isk, I still think itGÇÖs a necessary evil that helps people stay solvent especially as newbies. ItGÇÖd be important to manage isk deflation in order to not totally ruin the lives of marketeers. Aside from watching inflation, IGÇÖd be thinking through the changes proposed by others and probing when it looks like theyGÇÖre going to shift things around too much -- a dramatic economic shift isnGÇÖt all bad, but it should be justified.
The above is all completely off the top of my head, without benefit of Google or Evelopedia, written in about 20 minutes and checked for typos. It might have a couple of clunkers in there, but the large part feels solid, and clunkers are what talking things out with other people is for. As always, I'm coming at this from a perspective of a non-bloc-affiliated new player with fairly limited resources (cheapfleets are bestfleets, caps are for Special Occasions and uncontested structureshoots, more often the SBU-ee than the SBU-er), and that's still a position many find themselves in and I'd like to see represented. Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
Ling Mei-Shin
Your Shipment of Fail
5
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Posted - 2013.03.28 23:53:00 -
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Listened to all of the interviews on Crossing Zebras, liked what you had to say the best, so you've got my endorsement and will get my top vote (with Trebor as my secondary because continuity is important for a body like the CSM).
Good luck with the election, see you out there! :) |
Niamh Aideron
EVE University Ivy League
24
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Posted - 2013.03.29 15:15:00 -
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I listened to your interview Xander and you will get my vote.
I would love to have you guest FC an Eve Uni fleet :-) We have women in Eve Uni but they dont normally FC and it's a hard role to take on. I'm told I'm not forceful enough but I'm building up experience slowly and the guys are sgetting used to me telling them what to do so having a role model would be really useful.
I've only been playing for six months and the first three months were really hard, it was only when I switched to flying logi that I felt at home. I find logi much more social than other PvP roles and I prefer the carer role to the destroyer role, I just wish there was a way I could FC and fly logi at the same time.
With respect to missions:
I use level 4 missions to train new logi pilots, as a sort of baby incursion squad using BCs and Cruisers for DD. That also trains the DD pilots to broadcast for logi as the new logi pilots do not normally have the skills to pretarget the whole squad. My suggestion would be to make the level 4s harder to do solo as a way of getting mission pilots to team up.
I want to take on level 5 missions in low sec with a Uni squad. However, the risk of getting ambushed by T3s is greater than the rewards from running the level 5s to the point where level 5s are only viable running them solo. My suggestion is to increase the rewards for level 5s and to gate them like a Faction Warfare site so that at least any PvP would be on equal terms.
With respect to the use of language:
I like that Eve Uni has a policy on the use of language. Like you I dont mind cuss words in the heat of battle but I object to having to listen to gratuitous offensive language during my gaming time and that's one of the reasons why I have stayed on at the Uni.
I post on the Eve Online G+ forum and it would be great if you could join us there to answer questions about your candidacy. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100809037321668050870
Good luck, Niamh |
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Dersen Lowery
Laurentson INC StructureDamage
467
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Posted - 2013.03.29 15:25:00 -
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Ali Aras wrote:Thanks again for the interview, Xander.
For folks who are following along, I got my email confirming that I have 200 pre-election votes today. Thanks for the support, and I hope you all will come back and vote on the final ballot.
\o/
I've become kind of OC about the new player experience, and new player retention, and this is great news for me. You will enjoy a prominent position on my ballot. Malcanis, Ripard Teg, and Trebor Daehdoow for CSM 8
(I have three accounts, so why not?) |
Rhivre
TarNec
23
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Posted - 2013.03.29 20:44:00 -
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Somehow I missed you in all the candidates, have just heard the podcast, liked it a lot.
Will be giving you a place near the top in the next round of voting :) |
Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
219
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Posted - 2013.03.29 21:24:00 -
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Thanks for all the endorsements and +1s. It's heartening to see the support that I'm getting, especially as this is my first time on the larger EVE political stage.
With that in mind, I can use all the help I can get here. Tell your friends! Ask them to vote and put me on their ballots, especially if they're not in a corp or alliance which pays a lot of attention to the CSM. I'll have an easy picture-filled "how to vote" post going up at http://warp-to-sun.tumblr.com/ when the second round of voting opens. Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
Tycho Antus
Reclamation Technologies Libertus Coventu Alliance
18
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Posted - 2013.03.30 16:12:00 -
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Congratulations for your results, from the Libertus Coventu Alliance. Tycho Antus Former Captain in the Federation Navy Chief Executive Officer of Reclamation Technologies Administrator of Libertus Coventu Alliance |
Remy Duchateau
Real Life Super Heros Inc. Caped Vigilantes
1
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Posted - 2013.03.31 09:17:00 -
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Trebor has poked me to check your thread and I must say I do like your ideas a lot! You'll definitely get a good spot on my ballots. |
None ofthe Above
471
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Posted - 2013.03.31 16:24:00 -
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Ali, I hadn't notice you till now.
Ripard put you on his list rather highly, so I went and checked out your crossing Zebras interview and was very impressed.
In spite your relative "youth" in game, you've done a lot with yourself, and came across extremely well in that interview. You are far above average for a CSM candidate in your ability discuss and articulate concepts in a clear and intelligent manner. I like your perspective on Sov and representation of the Provi block.
I may just have to change my sig.
One question though:
How much time are you prepared to put into CSM 8? Estimates from current CSM are saying 15-20 hours per week to be an effective member. (Skype meetings, providing feedback, writing of minutes and other communications with the CCP and the playerbase.) Do you see yourself able to do this? Would you be one of the working CSM? EVE is a sandbox; The only "end-game" content in EVE is the crap that makes you rage-quit. Vote, you bastards! CSM 8 Endorsements: Malcanis, Mike Azaria, Psychotic Monk, Trebor Daehdoow, Ripard Teg |
Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
222
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Posted - 2013.03.31 17:39:00 -
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Absolutely, and I wouldn't have campaigned if I couldn't. I ran because I was already spending so darn much time metagaming and talking to people (corp IRC, mostly) even when not logged in. Right now, I'm spending probably 20-25 hours a week on the campaign -- I have a full time job, but I usually end up spending 2-3 hours per weekday on CSM stuff, with 4-5 hours spent on the weekends. Right now, most of that is being spent in writing and research. I'm doing a lot of outreach to other candidates and organizations I think might be interested in my platform, and separately I'm writing up ideas in order to show off how I think and what I'm concerned about. In the next few days I expect to move to mainly get-out-the-vote hectoring and catching up on the Odyssey stuff being posted by CCP right now (I've seen all of it so far, but I haven't sat down and crunched numbers yet). Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
None ofthe Above
472
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Posted - 2013.03.31 17:49:00 -
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Ali Aras wrote:Absolutely, and I wouldn't have campaigned if I couldn't. I ran because I was already spending so darn much time metagaming and talking to people (corp IRC, mostly) even when not logged in. Right now, I'm spending probably 20-25 hours a week on the campaign -- I have a full time job, but I usually end up spending 2-3 hours per weekday on CSM stuff, with 4-5 hours spent on the weekends. Right now, most of that is being spent in writing and research. I'm doing a lot of outreach to other candidates and organizations I think might be interested in my platform, and separately I'm writing up ideas in order to show off how I think and what I'm concerned about. In the next few days I expect to move to mainly get-out-the-vote hectoring and catching up on the Odyssey stuff being posted by CCP right now (I've seen all of it so far, but I haven't sat down and crunched numbers yet).
Well said and welcome to my Sig in esteemed company. Vote, you apathetic bastards! CSM 8 Endorsements: Ali Aras, Malcanis, Mike Azaria, Psychotic Monk, Trebor Daehdoow, Ripard Teg |
Bronn Stormborn
Ministry of War Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2013.03.31 18:01:00 -
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You have my votes, good luck! |
Bi-Mi Lansatha
Tactical Universal Research and Development Caldari Industrialist Association
13
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Posted - 2013.04.01 08:05:00 -
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I listened to your CrossingZebras interview.
Someone who is not a bitter-vet running!!! Someone who is excited about the game and its possibilities!
You need to be part of the CSM. I will bring your name you the attention of my Corp and Alliance.
Good luck. |
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Trebor Daehdoow
Dirt Nap Squad Dirt Nap Squad.
2806
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Posted - 2013.04.02 02:53:00 -
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Just a quick note to say that Ali is on my recommended ballot. Pre-Election has begun! Click to endorse Trebor for CSM8 * Candidate thread * CSM Blog |
Frying Doom
2093
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Posted - 2013.04.02 03:10:00 -
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At this time I would like to ask the candidates to think carefully about any endorsements that they give.
By putting other candidates on your ballot you are effectively giving them any excess votes you may have if you become elected or all of your votes if you are knocked out of the election.
So the choice of who you endorse and in what order you endorse them on your proposed ballot is very important.
Remember that these people are voting for you and a lot of people will rely on your proposed ballot.
We all thought CSM 6 was a war crime with it's massive Null Presence CSM7 topped it by selling out our Council to CCP, don't let it happen again. Vote or next time Incarna is your fault. Stupid Signature Broke
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Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
236
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Posted - 2013.04.02 18:09:00 -
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Oh, I'm absolutely keeping that in mind. My ballot right now is generally those who I feel really strongly about (regardless of vote chances), followed by those who could use the votes and who have some good ideas, followed by those who I think are some combination of pretty okay and don't really need the votes. I'm still firming up the order and writing rationales. I'm following the general trend of voting for strictly non-bloc-supported candidates, as the good bloc candidates are doing fine on their own and I don't want to assist in the transfer of votes to their bottom rank.
And thanks (again!) for the endorsements, folks. I'll need all the support I can get here. Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
Mangala Solaris
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
491
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Posted - 2013.04.03 02:22:00 -
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Just dropping by to thank Ali for taking some time to come and chat with RvB tonight about her platform/run for CSM and for answering the questions people had for her. Mangala Solaris for CSM 8 |
Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
263
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Posted - 2013.04.03 03:32:00 -
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It is nice to see a person stepping up to represent the new player experience who can still claim to be a relatively new player.
If you could add one new portion or lesson to the NPE what would it be?
m Mike Azariah for CSM8 - Representing YOU |
Apricot Baby
caldariprimeponyclub
51
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Posted - 2013.04.03 05:03:00 -
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Caldari Prime Pony Club endorses this product and / or service.
CSM Participation Reward Program - www.tinyurl.com/caldariprimeponyclub Earn rewards for taking part in this year's CSM Elections |
Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
239
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Posted - 2013.04.04 16:21:00 -
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First off, VOTING IS OPEN GO VOOOOOOOOOOTE. I have made a helpful post (with pictures) to show how this whole thing works: http://warp-to-sun.tumblr.com/post/47113743772/csm-voting-guide-part-2-the-final-coutndown
Oh, yes, and I have a blog that I've been keeping at http://warp-to-sun.tumblr.com/ . It's neat. It'll be around post-election, regardless of the result.
I also have written up my own independent candidate slate. I've seen some concerns (most notably from Xander Phoena) about the idea of voting a bloc-free ballot, and I respond to them here. TL;DR: this whole thing has been turned into a prisoner's dilemma, and it's up to you to vote with your conscience or strategically.
Mike Azariah wrote:It is nice to see a person stepping up to represent the new player experience who can still claim to be a relatively new player.
If you could add one new portion or lesson to the NPE what would it be?
m I want players to learn a bit more about the PvP side of life, or have an opportunity to. Ideally, that would include learning some of the basic tactics of a PvPer (use of d-scan, patience, using/gathering intel) and at least one case of total unexpected ship loss, followed immediately by the lesson in how to recover mentally and cash-wise. In the best world, this would produce newbies who're less likely to quit after a gank and more likely to try PvP, null and lowsec living, and undocking during wardecs. Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
Issler Dainze
Tadakastu-Obata Corporation The Honda Accord
2333
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Posted - 2013.04.04 18:33:00 -
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I strongly endorse this candidate! Good luck!!
Issler |
Alekseyev Karrde
Noir. Noir. Mercenary Group
1108
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Posted - 2013.04.04 22:53:00 -
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I too endorse Ali Aras.
However I warn Ali i'm going to give her the hardest time on Declarations of War if she doesn't dazzle the playerbase with communication ;)
Btw that is a very very good answer to Mike's NPE question. +1 "Alekseyev Karrde: mercenary of my heart."-á -Arydanika, Voices from the Void
Hero of the CSM Noir./Noir. Academy Recruiting: www.noirmercs.com |
Ali Aras
Valkyries of Night Of Sound Mind
240
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Posted - 2013.04.04 23:57:00 -
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Alekseyev Karrde wrote:I too endorse Ali Aras.
However I warn Ali i'm going to give her the hardest time on Declarations of War if she doesn't dazzle the playerbase with communication ;)
Btw that is a very very good answer to Mike's NPE question. +1 Thanks for the +1, and if I'm not awesome at communication I will 100% deserve it ;-) I'd love to come on and hang out with you there.
And thanks to Issler as well. Ali Aras for CSM 8 |
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