I am a active Fleet Commander for VOLT and Providence and am seeking to be elected in the Council of Stellar Management to give a voice to the players who would not normally be heard.

Providence residents have always worked to keep space open and accessible, with its now very rare NRDS (Not Red DonGÇÖt Shoot) policy, anyone friendly to the rules can come and gain null sec experience and many new players, corporations and alliances have started in Providence thanks to this policy. Some stay and some move to larger power blocs having gained experience so this last bastion of NRDS does do good for many players all over Eve. Some say providence is the worst region in eve, others embrance the concept and feel this is how null sec is enjoyed best.

In a fitting way, i want to be elected to give a voice to those same players, some enjoying empire, some coming from empire to learn about Null Sec in Providence and of course some being residents of Providence. All of whom would not normally be heard under the much louder voices of the large null sec power blocs and there representatives. Its also about prioritisation being proportional to what people enjoy doing what for example.

CoreGÇÖs Personal Introduction

Let me first introduce myself; corebloodbrothers. Fleet Commander for The Volition Cult alliance and the Providence Residents, proud member of the Provi-Bloc and long time Eve Online player with three accounts, used for various activities such as trading, scouting, spying, titan, etc. In real life I am Dutch, 42 years of age and proud father of 4 daughters. During the day, I work as an IT Manager in a call centre with 50 agents and in Eve Online I am a godGǪ when the kids sleep.

Eve is my passion. I have 5500 kills at the moment and still enjoy PvP. I am a big fan of wormhole roams, new cruiser doctrines and the paper/rock/scissors mechanisms that Eve presents us. I do not agree Eve is broken and everyone proves that with their daily login. However there is room for major improvement and enhancement of the game fun, Eve should be evolving with us.

A CSM candidate should bring that across; CSM should keep CCP at their toes giving it all they have got and making sure their activities match the players demand as a whole. CCPGÇÖs resources should be divided proportionally based on player activity or their activity wishes. If 10% of Eve loves mining, then that should receive a similar proportion focus by CCP.

As a roamer and Providence member personally I would love to see Isk gathering based on local player activity as most CSM candidates promote these days. Everyone wants action, change is good, it forces you to adapt and opens up new opportunities. Change POS moon harvesting into a moon activity like in belts, I am sure CCP have ideas regarding this as mentioned in historical dev blogs. CSM should not want to try to implement their own ideas and stand in CCP shoes. They should push forward the player wishes and demand that change, no matter what the actual outcome for their individual agendas will be. CSM should handle player interests and even control CCP in their integrity. Personally I think the player council is unique and also a way of promoting Eve. I think that is a secondary responsibility, while still being as demanding and critical as you can be. Remember that your worst adversaries can be your biggest promoters on a higher level.

There used to be huge projects, lets not steer away from controversy. Some people say everything is broken in Eve. You can also say people enjoy Eve so much that they care on the level where they want to improve it all. I am a big advocate of a positive approach where you can demand the world. CSM does not work for CCP, it should work for its player base and reflect that, whether youGÇÖre an indy man, a wormholer, a pos owner, faction warefare; you name it. We share that goal with CCP and the employees who make their real life Isk there to pay for their mortgages and kids. We all want the best for Eve from different angles of interest, but we share that common ground. Some wanted to walk in station, others would like the social part to pick up, and some want to have browser access to the market. LetGÇÖs collect those wishes, split them in occupations and vote per section of Eve interests to prevent the blobbing of ideas by big blocks. As providence i dream of pi accessibele by standings in null sec, like i set my high sec poco s tax. Control to players how to utilize and control their space. How many mobile devices does one need? I dont know, i would love to have one that increases decloack change on a afk cloacker over time, i miss allaince fittings and bookmarks, but i guess there is slot of ideas everywhere.

What you can expect from me is to represent your interests, be open, and be a player demanding the best out of CCP for us. I will make the gap between player and developer smaller, representing all the best, funniest and craziest parts of the player base which you all love when you log on. This is what I love to do for you with the same passion as I have enjoyed Eve over the years and which make me login any time.

DonGÇÖt hesitate to contact me.

Ps and for the obervant reader, yes this is my post from last year copied, i am on holiday typing on mobile device, and throwing this in for now.

greetz
core