Esha Amphal
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.19 04:46:00 -
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Hello there Ms. Galeo,
I've personally communicated with select candidates that I feel are of particular interest over the others, and are worth increased consideration concerning CSM9's vote ballot. In my opinion you certainly fit that description, but I continue to worry that you may fall short this year considering the line up is quite exceptional. Who to vote for is a more difficult choice compared to last year, I will say, and so I give you this opportunity to sway my considerations in the favor of what you believe to be best for Eve Online.
It is a frequent concern of the player base that you have participated in Eve for a short while, meaning you may be too inexperienced to give developers the best possible player insight. Once elected NDA obligations tend to prohibit specific outward communications, and insomuch as you have the developers and the rest of CSM9 available to question, I'm sure it will feel like you have to stand on your own two feet and personal experience. Isolated, in a way. You have been posed with questions of this nature repeatedly, so I will refrain from the same and merely put it out there for you to touch on, should you feel it a worthwhile topic (and not beating a dead horse).
What I will say... It is my strong belief that the CSM and its process should be very careful not to become elitist in nature. Of course, the more insight you have to offer the developers the better but this is only a part of what your responsibilities could be. Fresh blood, a brand new perspective - someone capable of piping up with the n00b point of view - these are qualities that the voters need to keep in mind for the CSM. Incumbents that we already voted in last year with these traits - Ali Aras, Mike Azariah perhaps - lose their grasp on these very traits over time. The potency of their new point of view fades because they aren't n00bs anymore.
Ali Aras was last year's best example, a player of some nine months who had dived head-first into null-sec, player-vs-player combat, fleet command, etc. Highly unusual styles of play for a new player to commit to, and she brought fresh perspective to the table. She also did her utmost to communicate inwardly to CCP and outwardly to the players, essentially wearing the double burden of Secretary and Vice Secretary when a certain member of CSM8 decided to vanish. Google hang outs, blogs, twitters, you name it. She did it. Eve character was the youngest, and she was right up there with the likes of Ripard Teg and Mike Azariah, outwardly communicating. Making sure the player base wasn't in the dark.
That said, she first tried the game some six years ago - high sec carebear mining veldspar and crying when she was can flipped - so she had at the very least recognized the game ages ago, put her two ISK in and left again. So as for my first real question of this post - hooray Esha is getting to the point! Where the heck have you been all this time? Why has Eve not been important enough to you for the last 10-11 years but now suddenly it's super-duper important enough to run for CSM9?
I note you have a blog, and you're making use of that recently. Bravo! Maybe you can follow in the footsteps of retiring CSM8 member Ripard Teg and his bravery concerning where the line of the NDA is drawn and how close to the line you're allowed to place your toes? I hear you're also dipping those toes in the forums - careful they bite in there - so that's also a plus. How else do you plan on committing to your soon-to-be responsibility of outwardly communicating to the player base? Do you use Twitter considering a rather large, vocal portion of the community make their voices heard there? It's essentially an information feed that you plug into your brain when you're following a lot of people, and vice versa can transmit information to a great deal of people swiftly and accurately. Quite the CSM9 weapon to have in the arsenal I'd offer.
Anywho's, tldr; talk talk too much talk questions suggestions.
Thank you for your time. If my theory is correct and you don't make it this year I expect you to take a page out of Mike Azariah's book. Never give up.
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