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Hello Ladies, Gentlemen and Fidos,
I am here to formally announce my intended candidacy for CSM 11.
Now -of course- you’re probably wondering who I am to be running for CSM, especially considering the relatively space famous nature of my running mates. Well, as you can see on the top left, my name is Jin’taan, and I am a member of CVA. More specifically however, I am an FC within the Provibloc coalition. I’ve experienced quite a lot of my time in EvE through this lens, from bombing Brave Newbies and PL, to crafting about as many fits as there are ships in the game, for solo PvP or fleet combat.
But, in addition to that, I’ve experienced a good amount of the content that is available in the game. I’ve lived everywhere from Hisec to WH’s, and tried to experience as much as I can in each of those locations, diving in with a spreadsheet in one hand and dragging a few friends along with the other. I’ve mined, I’ve hauled, I’ve built, I’ve FCed Incursions in Hisec and Nullsec, I’ve run moon mining PoSes and strategic deathstars, I’ve led oldschool Dominion sov wars from both sides, and I’m currently fighting over Fozziesov timers with PL. And that’s just a fine selection of it. If you’ve done something I haven’t, chances are you can get me to try it atleast once.
Outside of the game however, I’m Aaron Denyer. I’m a design engineer, and work with GE and Airbus as a subcontractor. Whilst I understand and deeply respect some of my fellow CSM candidates desire for privacy, I think my real life background could be of note. I’m used to attending meetings, and utilizing critical thinking within them to help stop one viewpoint from being drowned out. Plus, at the end of the day, I intend to come to Fanfest. So expecting people to not know who I am in real life would be kind of defeating the point, as meeting up with the people you’ve known for years through EvE is half the point of it.
If I am elected to join the ranks of the CSM, I intend to focus on two main things that I believe I have expertise in; Fleet Combat & Alternative Playstyles.
The former is rather self explanatory, but I feel it’s necessary to explain myself with the second part of that. Alternative playstyles are something that has been typically under represented in the CSM, with the vast majority of candidates and electee’s being NBSI, despite the incredible popularity of NPSI, and an (admittedly small) nullsec coalition based around NRDS. Oftentimes the minor issues that affect the communities built around these ideas are overlooked, such as the original thoughts on removing fleet warps, or the relatively small number of standing slots available on an alliance level. These are the kinds of things that could seem like inconsequential issues to those who haven’t dealt with the practicalities of working within them, but are in reality a huge pain in the arse for anyone who has to do so.
These communities are an important part of the vibrant cloth that is EvE Online’s society. They provide low barrier to entry for new players to try various experiences that are otherwise daunting to try, and I’d say that having some 3 month old character try PvP in Spectre Fleet, or mine ore in Providence does more for the player retention rate than anything else.
And, with that, we come to why I want to join the CSM.
I want to join the CSM because EvE has been a part of my life for around 5 years. By the time I am old enough to drink in Iceland, I will have played this game for a third of my life. It is something that I love, and something that I have dedicated a huge amount of time and thought towards. I want to join the CSM because I want to help this game get better, in any way I can.
If you would like to contact me outside of the forum thread for any reason, feel free to mail me in game or at jintaaneve@gmail.com.
Further Information/Interviews for your pleasure;
My thoughts on the Battlecruisers at EN24