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Mike Azariah
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Posted - 2012.02.10 15:42:00 -
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If you don't think that this game is a job that you devote your every waking minute to.
Elect Mike Azariah
If you would like to be represented because that is what the elected person is supposed to be doing.
Elect Mike Azariah
If you want a reasonable person without a huge political axe to grind.
Elect Mike Azariah
If you would actually like to know what CSM is doing BEFORE they start taking bows for it.
Elect Mike Azariah
If you would like to hear more than one voice from the CSM.
Elect Mike Azariah
More platform to come but this is the start
oh and
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.10 15:43:00 -
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[place holder for more platform] |
Mike Azariah
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Posted - 2012.02.10 16:31:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:i for one firmly support roleplaying bloggers +1
You forgot to mention that I also quote out of context
But thank you for the endorsement
(Oh and I do not think you are a bad man . . . just you play the game in a different manner. I have nothing but admiration for your skill in this regard.)
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Mike Azariah
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Posted - 2012.02.10 16:33:00 -
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Two step wrote:I'm sorry, I didn't catch the name of the guy I am supposed to vote for in here, could you mention that again?
OK, that one actually DID make me laugh.
Mike Azariah
and thanks for the bump
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Mike Azariah
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Posted - 2012.02.10 16:51:00 -
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Akrasjel Lanate wrote:He has no platform -1 Wait... can't do that 
Just hit the +1 while frowning, the computer will know what you mean
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Mike Azariah
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Posted - 2012.02.11 02:19:00 -
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Iam Widdershins wrote:So what kind of experience do you actually bring to the table? It's all well and good if you are a reasonable person who understands some things and represents people and stuff, but we only have your word for it.
Been playing since 2008
Missioneer, blogger, I have mined and lived in wormholes (currently a C5), I have run incursions since they started. I worked with OUCH and completed their lowsec courses, I have lived in null as part of SIRadio. I have been on roams with the Bastards and been shot down during player events . . . laughing the whole time. I play this game to have fun, to try new things.
There are tons of things I have not done in the game but I think I have a fair handle on some of it.
Things I am willing to admit I don't know enough about:
Faction Warfare (When everybody tells me it is broken this does not make me want to even try it)
Null sov
Moon mining (not a clue)
Large scale battles of more than 150 a side (except for one live event)
I don't claim to know it all . . . but I do claim to be able to learn, to listen.
What I am curious about is do you want someone who is all set to push his own agenda and hope that he feels the same way you do about everything? Or would you prefer someone who still understands what represent means?
Do I have opinions on how things might be better? Yes. Ask a specific question and I will try for a specific answer.
For instance Marc Scaurus asked me if I agreed that Fleet Wars could be a test bed for new sov mechanics.
NO
No more than they should put some tech moons up in hisec so we can try new mechanics for them before releasing the new version to null.
specific questions? fire away
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.11 02:21:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:I'm delighted to see that Mike will make it on the ballot!
Thanks Mittens. You have no idea how much your support means to me.
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.11 16:25:00 -
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Aggro mechanics are complex and I agree with your assessement that the higher up you go in security the more byzantine they become. partially because the more active gamers find loopholes or ways to circumvent them
Do I want to close all the loopholes? Make it so0.9-1.0 space is totally safe? nope
What I would like is for them to make sense so a new player coming along had a hope in hell of knowing what the logical consequences of his actions would be through common sense.
Seeing as you are running, Iam, I could turn it back to you and ask what your prroposals were . . . are you looking to make Concord less or more active as a police force?
I just want it to make sense and to make the graded scale of security mean more than response time for Concord to react.
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Mike Azariah
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Posted - 2012.02.11 17:30:00 -
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Tiger Would wrote:Hi Mike, +1 for you.
Do you also agree that the CSM should be re-vamped with the purpose of getting the EvE playerbase more envolved with the game and CSM processes?
With an other purpose being, that the CSM does not feel "lobsided" meaning there is a voice from a broader spectrum of players (new players upto vet players & from every corner of New Eden) So the game will be looked at from many more angles?
It is not the CSM directly that would more involve the player base but rather things that CCP could do to help. Aside from offering 'free stuff' for voting, though (which would just decrease the signal:noise ratio) I cannot see a lot of ways that we can FORCE folks to educate themselves well enough to actually give a sh*t about the process as a whole.
Ask in any local how folks are gonna vote in the election and you will get
a) answers about Obama
b) proclamations that they never vote
c) questions about 'what election'
d) statements about what a scam the whole thing is
what you won't get is well reasoned or impassioned commentary about the candidates or platforms or any initiatives that folks would like to see come to pass
sadly
These are the people I am trying to represent.
As to making the CSM a more broad representation . . . I have yet to see any way that can be done that cannot be 'gamed' or manipulated b a well organized group of players. Until I see something that would pass my 'Goon test' I have no suggestions in the matter.
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.12 19:57:00 -
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VCBee 2fast2furious wrote:
Your platform so far is very non-specific.
Try the links in the second post of the thread, afterwards you may still feel the same but at least it is there
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.14 04:24:00 -
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Rihanna Reid wrote:How has no one said "We like Mike" yet?
Mainly because it is a very very old historical reference . . . and no, I was not there.
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.14 17:28:00 -
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I don't want to say who I like among the candidates until all are registered at the end of the nomination period.
What I think people should be looking for is
1) someone who can work with others
2) someone who can represent their views of understands their part of the game
3) someone who communicates well
The current drama in threads about darius and riverini are examples you should take to heart.
do NOT choose someone because they are disliked by someone else.
Vote FOR something, not against
oh . . .
1) I can work well with people
2) I am a probably best described as a hardcore casual carebear. see other posts for my experience
3) I write, a lot, I teach (for a living) communication is what I do
so maybe I am, by the above standards, the right person for you?
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.15 06:19:00 -
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quoted from blog comments
Quote:Surely if youGÇÖre going to design a GÇ£dream teamGÇ¥ CSM then youGÇÖre going to want to have at least all major areas of EvE covered, so out of the 7 that will speak to CCP face-to-face youGÇÖll want: 1 null-sec CSM (possibly 2 GÇô with 1 with null indy experience and 1 with null PvP experience), 1 low-sec CSM, 1 WH CSM and 1 high-sec CSM.
I would have this as a core team as this would (hopefully!) guard against 1 kind of play dominating over others, and should give most people in EvE a voice on the CSM.
The additional CSM seats should be chosen with regards to how CCP wants to develop EvE during there time as CSM, and as the next theme for EvE will be GÇ£WarGÇ¥ IGÇÖd say these should be additional low-sec/null-sec PvPers (ideally someone with a lot of experience with faction warfare as this area seems to be a problem GÇô even to me a full-blooded carebear!) as these people are at War more than most! These GÇ£specialistsGÇ¥ would change as CCP change the direction of EvE.
The 7 who make up the 2nd layer of the CSM would be broadly similar to the first, although they would allow for a broader coverage of play styles which would hopefully cover anyone not represented by the 1st 7.
An idea that might also be helpful is the idea of using the 2nd 7 CSMGÇÖs as a GÇÿreserveGÇÖ team for the 1st 7, so if there was someone who went quiet or had to leave EvE while a CSM then they could step in and represent the players to CCP face-to-face.
Personally IGÇÖm not sure who would fill each position but if you had this as a guide then it might help people to decide who to vote for. - cw
Yup, though you put it better that is exactly the sort of thing I was thinking about.
Coverage as opposed to a solid wall and a group that refer to itself in the singular. 'The CSM said'
But I want a variety of talents beyond just where they fly in space. Trebor's skills at crowd sourcing, I'd like Teadaze back for the speed he put up minutes, and yes dammit The Mittani for his back room deals and planning. You want somone who can be passionate and someone else who can be cold and calculating. You need a joker and somoene bordering on OCD serious.
Alex and Roc and myself have all said it. WE ARE NOT ELECTING DEVS. stop looking to the CSM to design the solution to problems. Our job will be to convince the people who are DEVS and their bosses to do the right things.
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
Greater Realms
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Posted - 2012.02.16 01:43:00 -
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Grumpy If you are looking for my opinion on Malcanis's vision of Bounty hunting I think it is an excellent one. Anything would be better than the junk in place right now.
I especially like the idea that a corp could form about bounty hunting as their core purpose.
There are some niggling things like what if the target is in a ship more expensive than the contractee could afford to bounty out?
All in all it is an excellent start, though and would revive a dead end portion of the game that has been ignore for too long.
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.17 11:21:00 -
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Botting
Even fanatical miners agree it is bad for their business driving the market down. What we cannot prove is how much of it is really going on. Me, I would like to see another day of wrath and again examine the spike or dip in the markets as a result. I do NOT believe that the botting is needed to keep the game alive but if CCP does not respond in force they are giving tacit approval for it.
Connected to the bounty ops above would be an alternative. If CCP does not want to risk ban-hammer then issue bounties that can be removed if you can prove you are real, not a bot. Otherwise it is hunting time . . . and oh will some folks enjoy the hunt. I know the devs have access to stats etc that can spot a bot like behaviour but I think mining itself needs to be revamped as long term mining can make some humans almost bot like in their actions forcign them closer and closer to the pass/fail border of a turing test.
tl:dr I want to see the bots burn
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.22 16:07:00 -
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Well, the final list of candidates is up.
Read it, that is me right in the middle . . .
takes some time, make a score card . . . who in that list is going to make it a better game for you?
(hint: I am ONE of the correct answers to the above question, but not the only one) |
Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.02.27 03:23:00 -
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Pocast Voices from the Void had myself and some guy from NOIR
http://www.voicesfromthevoid.net/2012/02/26/vandv-podcast-episode-37/
It was a fantastic time and Alekseyev is a great candidate as well.
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.03.05 05:36:00 -
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Well Ripard Teg pegged me as the only Incursion Candidate.
I think we can safely discount D3 from claiming that honour.
Are incursions perfect? No. Do they need a massive nerf? Also no.
Do Vanguards needs some renbalance to put effort and reward more inline as you go up the scale of fleet size and enemy composition, Hell yes
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Mike Azariah
Gallente Benevolence Association
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Posted - 2012.03.05 17:15:00 -
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Given no other references then a person might try to pigeonhole me with some simple label. The point is the people mentioned above did not take the basic effort to even look at the simplest available information.
I have reported on the CSM doings for years and this is my third election. By his own definition of the term Trebor mislabeled me as a newbie.
I write in character and I enjoy the storyline possibilities but I am not one who makes . . . questionable decisions based on that rp. (I am looking at you CVA) I run Incursions often enough to be considered an incursion runner. Most of the isk I make is given back to the community in the form of draws in this blog.
My largest source of income has been the writing (Thank you Chocolate heaven for the 2.75 billion) so this works for me.
What box should I make for myself? I am a cooperative player who wants to see the whole game made better. I am a player who has experience (of various levels) in high low and null. I currently spend most of my time flying my main in wormholes/incursions and my alt in low.
I am a player of the game . . . like you. I find it unlikely that you read this and don't play Eve (Except for maybe Mynxee, you still there?) I am an educated man with a good imagination and a wish to be a part of a larger aspect of the game, the CSM. I am NOT a Dev. I do not have solutions to fix ****-sec space. I do look beyond simple bandaids and try to see the ramifications, the exploits, the ripple and butterfly effects of a simple tweak.
I am a player of Eve and I want to represent players like myself on the CSM. Not for tears, not for some huge group of players from some out of game forum . . . just the regular casual players . . . you know, the ones who don't even know there is an election on? The ones who log on, hav esome fun in a small corp and log off. The sailors on the surface of the sea who hear stories of the depths but never dive. Them
Us
There is no wasted vote. There is no way to box a man or a woman in a few paragraphs. There is no spoon.
Vote, for me or someone else. Read the platforms, do Dierdra Vaal http://match.eve-csm.com/ and find someone who will represent you, not laugh at you or call you names. There are seven seats in the CSM, Fill them wisely as they are there for you.
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