CSM 20 Candidate Interviews - Part 4 csm !campaigns

CSM 20: Vierte Interview-Reihe mit Kandidaten

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- 19.10.25 - 01:43:59 - 7.369 - EVE Online

Der vierte Teil der CSM 20 Kandidaten-Interviews präsentiert weitere Gespräche mit Bewerbern. Jeder Kandidat stellt individuelle Pläne und Visionen für die Rolle des Councils vor. Die Interviews bieten Einblicke in die politischen Ausrichtungen und geplanten Aktivitäten der Teilnehmer.

EVE Online

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00:08:41 Hello, everyone. It is CSB Swift and CSB Lumi back right here once again for CSM20 Candidate Interviews. We are here for Day 3. This is Session 4. We've got two sessions today, one starting now, obviously, and then a little bit later on at 1800 UTC. That's Eve time, so if you're ever confused when that is, just look in the bottom left of your Eve client, and then I'll show you the handy dandy time.

00:09:08 But yeah, we've got about 20 additional, or 19 candidates that we're chatting with today, rounding out our CSM candidate interviews. And it has been a real, real delight.

00:09:22 Es ist ein langes Wochenende so far, aber lange in eine gute Weise. Wir haben bereits mit QuikMats gesprochen, um 37-er Leute? 20? Wow, Mats sind hart, ich kann das heute machen. Wir haben bereits viele Interviews zu gehen und noch 19 mehr heute, als CCP-Swift schon gesagt hat. Ich freue mich.

00:09:47 Ja, same. And many of these candidates are also...

00:09:53 Vielen Dank.

00:10:22 So, I strongly encourage you to check it out. But without further ado, we've got our next candidate.

Interview mit Augustin Augustus

00:10:46

00:10:46 We do. We are talking to Augustin Augustus right now. CCP Swift, can you bring him in? I did it. I pushed the button. I'm so good. I'm proud of you. Hello. Yes, you're alive. Yeah, sorry. There we are. How are you doing today? Fantastic. Just woke up. How's Yastos going?

00:11:18 Doing great. Well, I'm glad you're awake for this interview, so let's just kick it right off with a little explainer of who you are and what you do in EVE.

00:11:28 Ja, so, uh, I'm Akustin Aresis. I am a previous nomad, now founding, uh, now pilot with Spooky Movies, and I, I'm an FC. I, I do fleets, not, not the best fleets, but definitely the most fun ones. Um, and I am now working on building a squad of random pilots who like throwing their bodies in the fire.

00:11:58 I think that about covers it. That sounds like a blast, actually. Literally and figuratively. So this is not your first time running for CSM. I believe last year was your first year? I might have a bad memory on that one. It was the first year for me last year. Excellent. So why come back? What inspired you to run for CSM20 this year?

00:12:27 Well, last year I tried running as a wormholer. I got to do nine votes. I'm cool with that, especially for it being my first year. But I'm actually glad that I didn't win, because McFarvester was the candidate who won as the wormholer. And, I mean...

00:12:45 He was doing an amazing job from the start. So I've decided to switch things up this year and I'm actually running as a pirate and I'm running for pirates of all space classes. So if you're running as a pirate, can you explain a little of what that entails for you? What are the topics you are pushing for?

00:13:10 Well, für mich specifically, ich bin ein Windhole Pirat. Ich bin nicht entdeckend ganker Schicks in HighSec oder in Redex und ich definitiv nicht in Faktual Warfare. Primärlich, ich spiel in Low-Class space und ich roll Case-Based Stattics für whatever Piratis es ist, ich mache, dass ich in Low-Sec, in einem Raum, in Low-Sec, um zu machen.

00:13:37 ...as best I can in a fun manner. Robbing Skyhooks, robbing ESSs, blowing up my own ships, blowing up my funds. That's piracy for me, really.

00:13:55 Nice, es ist eine sehr Iconic EVE Online tradition. Ich erinnere mich, die erste Trailer ich sah, die Kaldari Outlaw war. Es ist ein giga-old Trailer, von 2004. Und ich dachte, ich bin ein Piratet, das ist doch. Und dann habe ich es. Aber dann habe ich es. Aber dann habe ich es. Aber dann habe ich es. Es war mir ein bisschen zu finden.

00:14:17 So, living in a wormhole, going outside, exploding gloriously, being a happy pirate. I added happy in there. You seem quite happy. That is very much your strengths, it seems. What are some areas of the game that you're not as strong in or is maybe a bit of a blind spot in?

00:14:40 Ich würde sagen, HiSec. Das ist die Nummer 1. Ich könnte nichts zu sein, wenn es an HiSec geht. Wenn ich zu Beginn habe, zwei Wochen in, bin ich in HiSec für Wormhole Space. Und ich bin da immer schon. Und ich habe nur noch einen HiSec.

00:15:01 wenn ich um ein Market Hub gehe. Und das ist eigentlich ein viel mehr zu sein, als C5 oder C6 zu sein. High- und Lowsec sind die Weak-Points für mich. Und ich versuche, dass ich so viel wie ich kann, was die Leute tun und was sie fühlen ist, was sie wichtig ist.

00:15:27 Es ist nicht etwas, dass ich mich nicht mehr als Experte bin. Die gute Sache ist, wir haben viele Personen, 55 Personen, neben euch. Einige Personen sind in die Ereignisse, die du nicht in die Ereignisse bist. Wenn du, wenn du die 55 Personen wählst, und wahrscheinlich die nicht auf CSM19, sind die nicht auf CSM19? Wer würde du mit?

00:15:51 I actually would like to serve with McFightmaster, and I know he's not a high-sec or a low-sec candidate, but he's done a lot of great work, and I want to see what it is that I could do with him to improve not only wormhole space, but also piracy in general and how it could be applied to all different areas of space.

00:16:20 Right on. And, you know, some of the things that Mick and the rest of CSM19 and the CSMs before them do exceptionally well is communicating back with the players, not only the people who voted for them, but also just the people who are interested in what's going on in EVE. So if you're elected, how do you plan on kind of communicating back with the player base?

00:16:45 Last year I said Reddit, this year I'm saying that's a mistake and I actually would make a Discord server because that seems to be the best way to get a bunch of people into a shared space and talking about things that need to happen in the moment. I've made quite a few of them over the past year or so. I'm doing a lot of work on one specifically now and I will

00:17:12 Es würde einfach nur Discord sein. Es würde ein Open Invite für alle zu jointen, um zu geben, zu geben, und das wäre es. Wir wissen, dass Discord sehr viel Zeit kann, wenn du nicht bemerkst, und so wird die CSM, wenn du dich wählst, wenn du dich wählst. Wie ist es, dass du dich das Zeit für die CSM mit alles in deinem Leben verhältst?

00:17:39 I, thankfully, have a jab that, while it doesn't make me the most money, it is definitely the most flexible job I've ever had. So I am able to very easily swap around my own working schedule to fit extracurricular schedules as needed.

00:18:03 Nice, that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, as Lumi was saying, the CSM can eat up a lot of time. And I was just like going through my Discord notifications today. And yeah, it can also eat up a lot of time.

00:18:19 So one thing, let's say you're familiar with the CSM as an institution, right? This is your second time running, so you kind of know what it's about. If there is one thing you could change about the CSM, let's say like Bob comes out and says, hey, you can change one thing. What's it going to be?

00:18:40 Well, if Bob came through and asked me what I would change about the CSM, I would actually, and I mentioned this on Chad's stream when I was on it the other day, I would have the CSM take, as a council, take the creative lead on one of the two major expansions that come out.

00:18:59 throughout the year and have CCP advise on that and then do the opposite where the other major expansion is led by CCP and advised by the CSM and see what the differences are in what comes out content-wise for the game. That would be a very interesting approach.

00:19:24 I'm just thinking back to my time on CSM 6, boomer days back then, and how they would have done that. And it's given me a case of the giggles. But the CSM do have quite a lot of impact on the updates between the expansions as it is now, the major update. So the Legion major update back in September, which had a lot of predominantly ship balance stuff, was heavily influenced by the community and the CSM.

00:19:53 Und ja, das ist ein wirklich guter Platz in da. So es wäre nett zu sehen, was passiert, wenn das zu der nächsten Liste.

00:20:03 Ich würde gerne sagen, dass ich das inspiriert habe, von wie mein Landkreis ist. Ich wohne in den USA. Die Idee ist, dass es das gleiche wie die Senate würde, wo man an even number von Leuten voting hat und man einen tiebreaker hat. Und man würde die tiebreaker von jemanden von der CCP an, wenn man einen tiebreaker hat, für was die CSM würde.

00:20:31 Ich habe keine Ahnung, dass das eigentlich wie es jetzt funktioniert. Ich habe noch nicht auf den CSM gearbeitet.

00:20:39 Good news, it doesn't quite work that way, but it also isn't dysfunctional sometimes either. It's significantly less organized and it's also much smaller, so it's kind of easier just to have some individual chats and individual influence as well. But luckily, we're only managing EVE Online, a spaceship game, and not an entire government, so thank goodness for that. That would be like an insane pressure on us.

00:21:08 If we had to do that. We are somehow nearing the end of our 10-minute segment for you. And so if people want to hear a little bit more about you as a candidate and kind of understand a little bit more about what makes you tick, have you been on any other shows or do you plan to be on any other shows?

00:21:26 Oh ja, so I was on ShadStream a few days ago, and I fully intend on showing up at Yves University to be there for when they have their CSM talk, and as well as if Kashal will have me again for an interview this year, I'll definitely be showing up there. Anywhere, I couldn't say just yet, but I'm sure there'll be a few more places that I'll be popping up. Right on. Yeah, this is one of the most fun seasons for content.

00:21:57 für EVE Online, wo es so viele Leute machen Podcasts, Diskussionen, Streams, und zu reden, über ihre Passions für EVE Online. Und das ist so cool und gibt uns viele talking points zu gehen für den Rest des Jahres. So, even wenn du nicht CSM 20 gewonnen hast, du und alle anderen anderen für CSM. So, wir wirklich appreciate das. Aber best of luck! Wir werden ein kurzer Zeit für ein paar Minuten, während wir unsere nächste Kanzlei machen.

00:22:26 So don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. Back everyone. Candidate one has done his interview. So we're back with candidate number two of this block of interviews. Say hello Sven. How's it going? Doing good. How are you?

Theoriecrafting-Fokus von Sven

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00:27:22 Ich bin gut. Ich bin gut. Ich bin gut. Ich bin ein bisschen auf dem Hotel Room. Aber ich muss noch Zeit für das Interview machen. Ich sehe, du hast deine Priorities straight, auf jeden Fall. Ja. Kannst du uns ein bisschen über dich, was du bist und was du in EVE ist? So, du möchtest mich aus ein paar Plätze. Ich spreche viel auf EVE-Discord. Ich habe eine YouTube-Channel. Ich bin viel in Null und Losec über die letzten paar Jahre.

00:27:51 Das ist mein Passions in theorycrafting und die Balance des Spiels. Und ich hoffe, dass ich CCP mit dem auf den CSN das Jahr helfen kann.

00:28:02 So, I believe it's your first time running for CSM. Can you tell us a bit about why now is the time for you to be running? Why CSM20? So, last year, the current CSM candidate, or CSM member Seto, was the CEO of my corp. So I was in Outback Steakhouse for two years, and I did a lot of work writing up summaries for him on...

00:28:29 die Niche Sachen, wie die Kapital Mechanics und Fitting und Balance und so etwas. Ich habe einen großen Dokument über Diminishing Returns geschrieben und die Probleme mit dem aktuellen CSM. Und ich habe wirklich gefühlt gemacht, um die Zukunft der Game zu entwickeln. Und ich wollte das als ein voll-fledged Teil des CSM machen.

00:29:01 Sounds really great. I can confirm we did see those, Sato did share those during the CSM Summit and stuff like that. So great news. They didn't just go to waste. You didn't just write that down and throw it into the ether. That would have been kind of funny, but yeah. Glad those got to their intended audience.

00:29:25 We really don't like wasting time, so I'd rather have the... Sorry, CCP Swift is doing some stuff on the overlay and I'm super distracted by it. I would focus. But yeah, we'd rather see what you guys write than that it just somewhat ends up in a drawer, because that would be way too sad.

00:29:44 Broadly speaking, what topics would you say you're running on this year? I know you mentioned some already, but... I think my strongest area is theorycrafting and fitting. I've helped advise a bunch of different current CSM members on some of the more nuanced areas of the balanced ecosystem.

00:30:08 Ich habe auch ein paar Theorycrafting und Fittingen in generell für viele TryHard-Gruppen in der Spiel. Ich habe lange Zeit in Deepwater mit dem, und ich habe das auch mit dem in Horde. Die andere, die ich finde, macht mich mehr von vielen anderen Kandidaten, ist, dass ich mich sehr interessiert in UI-design und optimizieren. Und ich habe mich sehr hart in den letzten zwei oder drei Jahren für...

00:30:36 Some UI improvements. I've gotten some into the game already. I hope to get more as a member of the CSM. But stuff like having unique icons for all active modules is really important. Or having more accessibility options for text size on your overviews. Something that I personally find really important for anyone playing the game. So those are my two main things. I also have a lot of experience with Capitals and the ecosystem around those. I hope to...

00:31:04 Und ich würde sagen, dass CCP in eine direktion, dass die Spiel mehr für alle, für das.

00:31:10 If I remember correctly, it was Drake who already sang your praises for the work you've done on some of the icons. So you've definitely already made an impact in that regard. Yeah, individually they're pretty small changes, but cumulatively they add up to a really nice quality of life setup. For example, right now with first-time icons, right? It's the same as a multispectral ECM, and so if you're flying a Widow...

00:31:39 You've definitely had it where you're not sure which one's which, and if you hit the wrong one, you're going to get laughed at. You just push all the buttons. That's what I do. Just push them all. What could go wrong? I think also some of your posts have inspired us to make some changes similar to the... Yeah, so the other ones were... Yeah, the fuel changes were big. The color-coded isotope icons were really cool. Glad we got that through. I've also done some stuff that wasn't...

00:32:08 Das war nur die UI-design. Die Smartbomb-Schanges waren die Dinge, die ich über ein Jahr war. So, um, drei Jahre später, als ich nach dem Southeastern, der Southeastern Agreement mit der Small Group, ich habe Smartbomb-Routing. Und ich habe all die verschiedenen Smartbombs gesehen. Und ich habe gesagt, oh mein Gott, die Balance hier sucks. Was ist das? Und so, ich habe die nächsten Jahre über ein Jahr über jemanden gehört, über fixing Smartbombs.

00:32:36 Hey, we finally got it fixed. So very happy about that. Yeah, every once in a while there are some modules that have been in the game for a really long time that have like a super niche role. They can always be reinvented. They can always do something a little bit more. So that is a cool element that the CSM can be capable of. But you mentioned, you know, chatting with current CSM19 member Seto.

00:33:03 Part of being on the CSM involves a lot of communication, not just with CCP, but with other players, doing some outreach, soliciting ideas from people, and it can be really time consuming. So how do you see yourself kind of balancing that time commitment with all the things that you do both in-game and at a game?

00:33:22 So, over the last few years, I've probably put on average around like 35-40 hours a week into EVE. Pulling that back a little bit and making time for CSM is definitely a worthwhile trade-off that I would love to make. In one way to still just playing EVE and just yapping instead of actually locking into the game, right? But yeah, I have enough time for that. There shouldn't be any issues there.

00:33:56 Sounds good. We like hearing that there won't be any issues. Makes our lives a lot easier. For someone who's never heard of you, I'm just going to my favorite question right here. Can you describe yourself in three words? I can only need two. It's Pyfa Warrior. So for those who don't know, Pyfa is a Python-based fitting tool. And I've spent...

00:34:25 Many, many hours in Paifa. And just trying to understand the fitting game more, right? And that's the area that I'm running on, like with the fitting and ecosystem balance. And if you have to take two words to describe me. Just add an extra one. Just add like a cool Paifa warrior. And then you're there.

00:34:52 The best Pifa warrior. Best Pifa warrior, there you go. Kadesh might have something like that, but I would watch that fight. That'd be great. I wonder how you'd structure like a Pifa debate. It'd be funny. I'll definitely take part. That sounds fun. Yeah, that does sound dope. One day we'll do something like that. We'll have just CZB Fozzie and CZB Kestrel there as well as ringers on the CCB side.

00:35:21 Ja, das ist gut. Aber Sven, wir sind nach dem Ende der Zeit. Wir sind noch nicht weit da, leider. Aber wenn die Leute wissen, etwas mehr über dich und deine Kandidaten, und was macht Sven Bauer Tick. Habt ihr auf einen anderen Podcasts? Ja, ich habe ein paar. Ich habe ein paar. Ich habe einen Untethered. Ich habe einen Kachal.

00:35:48 Ich bin auch sehr aktiv in die EVE-Discord. Ich glaube, ich habe das letzte Mal gesehen, ich habe 45,000 Messages.

00:36:08 If you do want to reach out through Discord, that's probably the best way to do it. If you have any questions on anything that I'm running on, I'd love to answer them. Love yapping about Eve, so hit me with anything. Yapping about Eve, number one. Really, this has been great chatting with you, great getting to know you a little bit better. Before we send you off into back to Eve Online, is there anything else that you want to kind of add that we didn't get to address?

00:36:35 Oh, no, that's pretty much it. I think one of the... There is one thing.

00:36:42 On the things that I really like about what the current CSM is doing that I want to carry forward, I really like the roundtable discords. I participated in some of them, like the Potsdam with Drake. I find the more specifically CSM feedback-focused environment leads to some really good feedback and discussion, and I 100% plan on running one of those.

00:37:10 Ich glaube, es ist sehr wichtig. Und ja, definitiv expecten einen von mir, wenn ich mich wähle. Ja, wir lieben das auch. Und sie sind sehr viele CSM-initiatives, die Mitglieds take on. Ja, super cool. Ja, es ist immer so. Und jederzeit wir at CCP receive...

00:37:34 Ja.

00:38:00 Thanks for having me on. Right on Sven. Thank you so much. It has been great chatting with you Sven. We're going to go to a quick break where we get our next candidate ready and we'll be right back. So don't go anywhere. Welcome back everyone. We're still doing CCP and CSM interviews. So it's CCP Swift and CCP Lumi here and this time we brought limited liability. Say hello. Hello everyone. Thanks for having me on. Thanks for doing this guys.

Außenwirkung von Limited Liability

00:43:27

00:43:27 Our pleasure for sure. So for those of you that for those of us that don't know you very well, can you introduce yourself?

00:43:35 Sure, so I am in-game Limited Liability. I play under a few other characters, so it's always a little bit confusing. But I suppose my main, or potentially what I'm best known for, is Limited Liability. I focus on the market and the economy, given my background. But I will say, sort of generally from the get-go, I'm a bit of an unorthodox candidate. For any of you that have read my forum post, I sort of say that right from the get-go. There are certainly people running that are...

00:44:04 Far better than me at managing the in-game economy and the nitty gritty of what goes on behind the scenes there. Likewise, there are plenty of people that are running that are going to be better at in-game mechanics and suggesting small little tweaks and changes. So that's really not my campaign. What I am campaigning on is improving the general outreach of the game to a broader audience so that hopefully that can translate into more new players. Now, there are two problems with that.

00:44:32 Die erste ist, dass die Leute, die nicht in den Spiel spielen können, nicht für mich. Ich habe wahrscheinlich gedacht, dass das vor ich meine campaign habe. Aber ich hoffe, dass die Leute, dass mehr neue Leute in den Spiel ist, dass es eine gute Sache für alle. Und das beginnt, bevor die neue Spieler-Experienz, das beginnt mit tatsächlich zu sagen, was die Spiel ist, was die Realistikale ist. So mein Background ist, ich bin ein Professioneller Economist, bei Education.

00:44:59 Aber ich habe wahrscheinlich als Influencer gewonnen. Ich habe nicht wirklich gewonnen, weil es ein bisschen cringe ist. Aber ich habe, glaube ich, viele Content Creators, und ich habe persönlich, selbst, produziert einige Videos, die ich collectively haben, 20 Millionen Views, über die Game. Und natürlich viele Leute hier, die die Game haben gesehen, haben aber ich denke, dass sie auch, generell, viele Leute, die nicht gehört haben.

00:45:23 Und es hat sie in so eine Weise, dass sie eine Realistik-Idea über was sie können und was sie nicht tun können. Und meine Idee ist, dass das eine wirklich effektive Art von bringen, aber auch um sie zu gehen. So, das ist mein Pitch zu Ihnen, die Voters.

00:45:41 Right on. And a very strong pitch. I've definitely seen your videos. I know we've chatted before as well with some projects that you were looking to do for future videos and stuff. Really, really cool stuff. Really, you're able to contextualize Eve in a way that people who aren't like super gamers even can really understand and appreciate. That's a very, very hard skill to be able to do.

00:46:08 So, definitely a golf clap for you on that one.

00:46:14 Thank you. I actually, I did want to say, talk about that. I'm glad you brought it up. I wasn't sure if I'd like to talk too much about it, but that was actually sort of the inspiration for this. So CCP Swift and I were sort of talking behind the scenes about, I was helping another influencer, but you know, another content creator. God, it's horrible. It's cringe. I'm sorry, but bear with me. To produce another documentary for the game. I thought it was a really cool idea.

00:46:41 Wir waren zurück und zurück, und ich denke, die Prozess zu bekommen, was ein bisschen rigid. Ich denke, CCP Swift war fantastisch, und es hilft viel, und ich bin sicher, dass ihr euch schon bereits waren. Aber es hat sich dann in eine große Diskussion mit der CCP-Legal-Departement mit der CCP-Legal-Departement. Und es hat sich dann in die Two-Hard-Basket. Und ich dachte, das ist eine gewissene Möglichkeit, denn ich weiß, dass dieses Video wäre fantastisch, und es würde wahrscheinlich auch ein paar neue Leute geben geben. So mein hope ist, dass...

00:47:08 Wenn ich mich involvieren kann, dann kann ich das, dass das Prozess und es auch einfacher ist, aber auch einfacher für die Leute, die das auch das auch machen wollen. Ja, Lawyers the worst. Ich kann sagen das als ein Former Lawyer. Sie haben alle die Spaß aus alles. Except für unsere Lawyers oder jemanden von der CSB Legal Team. Sie sind großartig. Sie sind großartig. Sie sind großartig für alles in der Zukunft. Ja.

00:47:39 So you talked a little bit about getting more people into the game and raising the exposure for EVE Online outside of kind of the bucket that it's in right now. What are the other constituencies that you kind of plan on representing while on the CSM?

00:47:55 Sure. Well, I mean, I think that naturally dovetails well into, obviously, this is a step before the new player experience. I think that's point zero. Honestly, there's been a billion people that have talked about the new player experience, and I think that process has been so refined over the years that it's generally, I think it's generally in a pretty good place. It's obviously seen radical improvements over the year. So, again, I think there are people to better represent that and better talk about it.

00:48:20 But generally in terms of what I actually do in the game, beyond sort of making videos about the game, I really, really play the game. So I do understand that 90% of what CSM does is look at ideas that you guys might have and tell you why they're dumb. You know, actors are sort of a little bit of a sieve and we just never hear about that stuff because it never gets announced because the CSM is there to sort of say, hey, you know, maybe consider this instead or maybe don't do that. And I know that that's a bit of a thankless job. Now I do think...

00:48:49 In my areas of expertise, I am competent enough to be able to represent those interests. So, you know, I am a market trader. I make trillions and trillions of risk, and that's all very fun. And on my alt, I am, you know, I do PVP. I've been sort of tangentially involved in a number of very successful AT teams. So I get to at least pretend I'm competent at Small Gang to the ascent that I can sort of say this is a good idea or a bad idea. But obviously my focus would be on the sort of...

00:49:18 mit der Hoffnung, dass das weitergeht, um mehr Menschen zu geben, um es zu gehen. Das ist gut für alle, richtig? Gut für die großen Blocs, die vielleicht noch einen neuen Recruiten haben. Gut für Leute wie ich, die mehr Leute zu shooten, oder mehr Leute zu ripen auf auf dem Markt. Whatever Ihr Game ist, ich denke, Fresh Blood ist immer, immer, die Leidenschaft der Game.

00:49:44 So, considering you say you do a little bit of everything on various tunes, etc. What are topics you say you'd have the least experience with in EVE?

00:49:55 Sure, industry. I suck at industry. I mean, the people that can look at, you know, industrial graphs and produce TTBPOs, I don't understand how they do it. I don't understand how they do it psychologically. It's just mind numbing. And I just don't understand it. I've never really sort of delved too far into it. It's completely beyond my capacity to even interact with. And I think another area as well is, you know, major null sec blocks.

00:50:21 Fortunately, I think representation for them on the CSM is pretty good. So hopefully I'm filling in areas where maybe it's a little bit weaker. But, you know, I have very, very little experience actually sort of even flying with an LSAT group, like a major LSAT group, you know, let alone running it or truly understanding what their requirements are behind the scenes. So those areas, I'll put my hand up and say I don't have a RASU I don't know.

00:50:48 So if we're looking at the CSM as a whole as it is now, and with all the 55 other candidates that are also running for CSM, is there anyone in particular that you'd really like to run with?

00:51:00 Sure. So, from the market side, I think Theoz, always a fantastic pick. He is so granular in his understanding of exactly what goes on behind the scenes of the market that I think he is a fantastic person to be that person that is, hey, you know, this is a bad idea because there are going to be XYZ knock-on consequences that maybe you haven't even considered. But because I sit down and look at, you know, Evil 9 Market Graphs for 10 hours a day, I can see what you can't. I think, obviously...

00:51:29 Ich denke, das ist ein sehr guter Wettbewerb. Ich denke, Atea ist ein weiterer Wettbewerb. Ich habe ihn mit ihm schon in der AT. Er hat eine sehr, sehr, sehr, sehr gute Verständnis von sehr high-end PvP. Er ist sehr, natürlich in Tournament settings, aber auch in generell Small Gang activities. Er nicht nur versteht die Spiel auf ein Level, sondern auch, er kann...

00:51:56 Ich denke, er hat Ideen, die vielleicht nicht gut für seine Stile, aber auch für den Spiel, aber auch für den Spiel, die ich denke, ist ein sehr komplexes Pitch, wenn du bist, die Spieler, nicht dir selbst. Und, you know, beyond das, look, ich würde gerne, persönlich, ich würde gerne, wenn Scott Manley was, was ich würde gerne, ich denke, er...

00:52:18 Er ist generell besser-known als ich bin. Obviamente, er hat fantastisch content über EVE Online, das appeals zu einem wider audience, wie ich habe. Und ich denke, er ist, ich weiß nicht, einfach nur ein lieberer Typ. Aber ich sprache zu ihm und habe den Idee, aber er ist ziemlich busy und hat viele Dinge zu tun, in seinem Leben. So, er ist nicht running und wird nicht running. So, honestly, ich glaube, ich bin der 3rd-best Backup. Sorry, guys.

00:52:44 All good. So somehow we've blitzed through our chat. These 10 minutes always seem to go by so quickly. But for anyone out there who wants to hear a little bit more about your campaign and kind of what makes you tick, have you been on any other shows or will you be on any other shows within the community talking about your CSM campaign?

00:53:03 Sure, so I've been on Kasharl Aderon's podcast a little while ago. She said she was posting that. At some point in the future, obviously with her focus on new players, I thought that was important. I'll be keeping an eye out for various interviews that I haven't committed to yet, but may. I am based in Australia, so sometimes timing is a little bit difficult. But outside of that, obviously I think I have my Discord on my forum post. Feel free to reach out to me there.

00:53:30 oder in-game durch die Message System. Ich bin sicher, alle wissen, wie Sie in Kontakt sind, wenn Sie so empfehlen. Vielen Dank, Limited Liability. Es war großartig mit Ihnen, und zu hören über Ihre CSM-Campagne, warum Sie sich vorhin und Ihre Expertise vorhanden. Lumi und ich werden gleich wiederholfen, um die nächste Kandidaten zu sein. So, keine Ahnung. Wir sehen uns in ein paar Minuten. Danke für mich, Leute.

Bexy Songweavers Casual-Fokus

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00:58:00 Welcome back, everyone. We're slightly over halfway in this first block of interviews today, but don't worry, we'll be back again later today at 6 p.m. UTC, or 6 eftime, for those of you that live in a different time zone. But for now, we have Bexy Songweaver. Bexy, can you please introduce yourself? Sure, I've been playing online games for quite a few years, starting with EverQuest. Bexy Songweaver was my EverQuest avatar.

00:58:30 und habe ich EVE für die letzten fünf Jahre oder so gemacht. Ich hatte eine Chance, um in EVE zu spielen, zu spielen, um ein sehr large, industrialer supply chain mit 4 Outsch, um jetzt in Minimatars space zu sehen. Man kann manchmal sehen mich in die MR space, aber nicht oft als ich.

00:58:57 My passion for this game over others is the idea of being able to create stuff. And the complexity of the supply chain to make more interesting things is part of the experience. So yeah, it's an interesting game from that perspective. My interest in the CSM really is as a customer service agent to bring

00:59:27 Ich weiß, viele Devs spielen das Spiel, aber es gibt Dinge, die sich auf die Gäste zu spielen. Ich weiß, viele Devs spielen das Spiel, aber es gibt bestimmte Dinge, die sich auf meinen Nervieren zu spielen. Planetary Industrie, der eine von ihnen ist, und die Inflexibilität und Klunkin- in den P.I.

00:59:55 There are some crazy things like the timers for production. You endlessly have to click around to set timers and values. Being able to move bits of the industry without destroying them would also be a handy thing to have. So making PI more manageable would be one thing I'd bring to the attention.

01:00:24 A suggestion that someone I came across also of being able to, in industry, being able to stack production. So if you are producing something which requires a number of different precursors to be produced, the ability to actually trigger the production of something else once you have completed the precursors without having to go back and start off another blueprint. So maybe

01:00:53 mehr commercializing the way that industry works to make it easier and easier on people. And another part of the game which I think needs, does need attention is

01:01:05 Es ist wirklich über die Art, die wie die Game tendt zu entwickeln, um die High-Time-Availability-Player zu entwickeln. Es gibt viele Menschen, die nicht mehrere Stunden zu gehen und machen. Wir haben schwierige Lebens, außerhalb von EVE. So machen die Game Playable.

01:01:29 in a satisfying way for people who maybe can only come on for half an hour in a day or maybe an hour in a week, making it more accessible for people who don't have the time to play. So giving storylines which are...

01:01:46 Das ist wichtig. Ich denke, das ist wichtig. Und ich denke, das ist die letzte Frage, die ich gesagt habe, ist die Lack of Consequenz für HighSec Ganker. Das ist die Weise die Game Mechanics funktioniert, die in favor of HighSec Ganker ist solidlich in favor of HighSec Ganker. Und da muss man eine Art und Weise, dass das Finde ist. Du gehst zu LowSec, du gehst auf deinem eigenen Weg.

01:02:10 Wenn du NullSec oder Wormhub space bist, bist du wirklich auf deinem eigenen und du bist auf deinem eigenen Risk. Aber wenn du etwas HighSec hast, dann kann man jemanden kommen und die Spieler mit nicht besonders starken Schiff machen, und einfach machen es für die Kicks, um andere Menschen zu einem anderen Anxiety und Probleme.

01:02:30 Without really having any consequence, these people fly around. They're able to come in and out of high-sec at ease without any consequence. And if you try to address them by firing on them, you're the bad guy. You're the one that gets shot by the police. So bringing a little bit more reality to the way that high-sec operates. So if you are a serial high-sec ganker, you're going to find the game a lot more difficult to play.

01:02:56 Und das würde einfach nur mehr Balance geben und auch helfen mit Nuclear Retention. Weil es eine der Probleme, die ich gesehen habe über die Jahre ist, dass die Leute in die Spiel zu spielen und sagen, hey, fantastisch, great fun, ein bisschen Mining, ein bisschen Industrie, und dann, sie verlieren, was zu ihnen ist, wie ein Schiff ist. Und dann haben sie jemanden engagiert in Blackmail und sagen, dass sie das Spiel zu payen, ein paar in-game Currency, um zu spielen. Und das...

01:03:25 Das ist nicht ein guter Weg zu retten und entwickeln neue Spieler. Und das habe ich gesehen, über und über und über und wieder mit bestimmten Leuten in der Game zu tun, die gewonnen haben. So, das ist definitiv etwas, was ich an, um die Game zu helfen, als in historisch einer der Deaths des Online.

01:03:50 ist, wenn du nur die Gefühle und die Gefühle und die Gefühle und die Gefühle und die Spieler auswählenst. Denn du endest nicht zu ermöglichen neue Spieler zu kommen. Das ist etwas anderes, dass ich die CCP auf würde. Ja, das macht viel Sinn. So, du hast Fragen für mich?

01:04:20 We do, for sure. You've mentioned a lot of ideas already. For those platforms specifically, how do you plan on building a support base? Because previous years and members have shown that the more data you have to bring up, the points, the more likely we are to take action. How do you plan on doing that? Well, you have a number of different platforms that are available. For one thing, you've got the forums.

01:04:47 So you have the eForums, which can be used as a channel to get ideas and to get support. And there are other social media platforms that can be used to garner support for different ideas moving forward.

01:05:09 Ja, right on. So, it was great to hear about your campaign and the constituency of, you know, in gaming, this is sometimes a dirty word, but it's not. More casual players, people who, you know, don't have 30 hours a week to play a video game, which is definitely like a perspective that is very good to have on a group like the CSM.

01:05:36 Und ich denke, meine eigene Perspektive auf das ist, dass die Leute auf der CSM haben, die nicht die Voice der mehr Casual Player bekommen haben. Und ein Teil der Computer-Developung ist es die Voice der Customer zu bekommen. Und du musst, dass du eine Broadbase auf die du bist, in order zu werden, die Perspektive zu bekommen. Weil sonst, du bist nur die High-Time-Volume-Player. Das affects die Art der Entwicklung.

01:06:05 und es ist leicht zu werden. Wir sind jetzt zu Ende, aber ich wollte eine andere Frage stellen, bevor wir zu gehen. Es gibt 55 andere CSM-Candidaten für CSM 20. Ist jemanden, dass du dich als jemand, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, oder jemanden, in general?

01:06:33 Ich denke, was Kaschale Andersson machte ist sehr solid. Sie wird sicherlich sein, was meine Wahl zu wählen. Sie hat eine große Perspektive von der neuen Spieler-Experience und hat viel Zeit mit neuen Spieler zu entwickeln.

01:06:55 Right on. Absolutely wonderful choice. Previously on CSM18, also doing a lot of work doing interviews for people for CSM20 candidates.

01:07:09 Vielen Dank.

Saldath Ternius für Underdogs

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01:11:33 More CSM interviews yet to come. They are truly unlimited this year, with 56 candidates vying for your attention. Right now we've got Saldath Ternius. Saldath, can you say hello and introduce yourself and your background in EVE? Hello, I am Saldath Ternius. I'm currently in a wormhole corporation and just going around PVPing and LOSEC and just having some fun in general.

01:12:04 So having fun in Yves, what does that mean for you? It means, you know, just be the best that you can be. You know, you could ruin someone else's day, you could make a bunch of friends, and you could actually make someone's dayliving nightmare, in-game that is. So, if I got it correctly, it's your first time running for a CSM. Why do you think now is the time?

01:12:35 Ich bin in dieses Spiel für 14 Jahre alt und ich denke, es ist Zeit, dass ich meine Spielzeit ein wenigstens und sehen, wie ich es auf die Tabe für CSM ist, wenn chosen.

01:12:51 Right on, yeah. The CSM, just running for the CSM is a pretty big commitment. Obviously, there's a lot of time. You have to chat with people. You have to somehow distill all of your EVE knowledge into like forum posts and quick interviews like this. And one of the best things about it from the CCP side is we get to hear...

01:13:16 von der CSM und von Passionate Menschen, was macht EVE wichtig. Und sogar für die Candidate, die nicht auf die CSM machen, starten sehr gute Gespräche, die wir für den Rest des Jahrzehnten haben. Es ist eine Sache, die wir so sehr lieben, das ist, dass wir sehr viel, wenn jemand versucht, wenn jemand in den Ring zu bringen, für die CSM.

01:13:44 But you're talking a little bit about the type of playstyle that you like to do. What are the, I guess, types of player that you would plan on representing on the CSM? I like to represent the underdog and all of all the player groups. And to be fair...

01:14:09 There is a lot that needs to be done with, like for example, PI for example. Like I said on my forum post, while introducing my candidacy to the CSM, I'd like to see other players' colonies at some point. And of course, I'd like to see them involved too at some point. If you can see in the background, I got...

01:14:42 Something that is very close and dear to my lovely Machiavellian heart. Right on. Nice. I see the Vanguard hat and the Vanguard swag. Heck yeah. It is an interesting time for New Eden just in general with E-Vanguard kind of popping up closer and closer to...

01:15:05 Wir hatten Operation Nemesis, und vorhin wir hatten Groundbreak und ein paar andere Spieltests und die Interaktion zwischen den beiden Spielen. Ich weiß, das ist definitiv ein Thema, das CSM20 wird überraschend werden, für sicher. Indeed. Ich würde gerne hören, was sie zu sagen, wenn chosen.

01:15:31 So, saw that. There is 55 other candidates running, besides yourself. I have a two-fold question, or kind of like maybe two in one. One being, what makes you different from all the other candidates? And two, which one of them would you really, really like to work with?

01:15:51 Well, to answer the second question, I'd like to work with Cashel Aderon, if necessary, Micah Azaria, if he is also chosen to. And to answer your first question, what makes me stand out of all the other 55 or 54 candidates?

01:16:14 Well, I'd be really surprised if I got on the first time, but nobody gets on the first time, but at least it's worth a try.

01:16:26 Es ist jemand, der für CSM war, als Spieler zu sagen. Ich kann sagen, dass es sehr schwer zu gewinnen. Ich konnte es nicht. Ich konnte es nicht. Ich konnte es nicht. Ich konnte es nicht. Der zweite Mal war der Charme für mich. Aber ich weiß, dass viele Leute sehr gut sind. Und dass sie auf Interviews sind, dass sie mit jemanden, mit jemanden, mit jemanden, mit jemanden, mit jemanden, das immer hilft.

01:16:53 Ja, es ist eine große erste Schritt. Und ich glaube, du hast auch schon gehört, weil ich habe gehört, dass ich das richtig gehört habe. Kannst du vielleicht sagen, wo sie finden Sie? Sie können mich auf Discord, sie können mich auf Reddit finden, sie können mich in-game, E-mail und, of course, E-forums. Und welche anderen Interviews haben Sie schon gemacht?

01:17:26 I have done Federation Frontline Report. I've done Untethered. I have done The Meta Show. And I believe I have done Kashaw Adaran's personal interview. And I have one more upcoming interview coming up next Thursday.

01:17:49 Right on. That's a whole bunch of places where you can talk about your campaign. That's amazing to go on so many shows and stuff like that. So there you go. If you want to hear a little bit more about Saadath in more detail than just our short 10-minute interviews, you know where to go. Really, really great stuff.

01:18:09 Communication is always like a really important part of the CSM process, not just in getting enough votes to run for CSM, but if elected, kind of sharing information with the community, soliciting information from them. And you talked about this a little bit about how people can connect with you, but how do you plan on kind of relaying information and getting information from people if you are elected?

01:18:38 Well, it doesn't hurt to reach out, and I will definitely put that on the table as well. Right on, and you mentioned in-game on the forums, Discord, Reddit, for people that like to go on the EVE subreddit, all places where a lot of players kind of tend to hang out, and of course in-game.

01:19:05 That is correct. I would love to get in contact with all those who are interested, and I would be able to dedicate my time in order to assist with your needs and wants. That is great to hear. We're reaching about the time of the interview where I like to ask one of my favorite questions. So, Sonia, can you please describe yourself in three words?

01:19:35 Trust nobody. Myself? That is a very Eve answer. Nobody is to be trusted. I believe it's one of the golden rules, isn't it?

01:19:54 That is true, huh? It absolutely is. It's kind of like don't undock with what you can't afford to lose. Always important maxims for Yves, but it's pretty clear. The friendship machine also sort of works that way, too.

01:20:11 Touche.

01:20:37 When you're giving back information to players, soliciting information from other player groups, and just chatting with people and just being open to chat, this can really pile up. How do you see yourself balancing the time commitments of the CSM with your just kind of everyday everything?

01:20:56 Well, since my work ethic is actually very flexible at the moment though, every week for an hour and a half with you guys and I will make time, no excuses whatsoever.

01:21:14 Ja, das ist immer der sign von einem guten CSM, einfach zu sprechen mit Leuten, wenn man nicht sofort zu sprechen, einfach zu sehen, dass etwas da ist, und dann zu können, dass es etwas da ist. Das ist etwas, was ich immer noch nicht so zufrieden, aber dann wird es wieder da sein.

01:21:32 Hey, it builds skills. Skill training completed. Very nice. I'm just hearing the sound effect in my head. Yeah, same. I just hear it. It triggers some sort of dopamine rush for me. Yeah, for our final question, is there anything that we haven't chatted about that you'd like potential voters to know about you?

01:21:58 Well, you may know me in Lokola, or if special occasions do occur, you will know where to find me in game or on the ground. But other than that, I'm a nice guy. Sometimes I heard the old saying that nice guys finish last, but that is not true.

01:22:23 I can say CSM19 is filled with nice people. So is EVE Online. So we're number one in that regard. But Sarav, it's been amazing chatting with you. Really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us today. And yeah, these 10 minutes blow by so fast. CCB Lumi and I will go to a quick break before we get our next candidate for this section of interviews ready. And don't go anywhere. So we'll be right back.