White 0rchid
Country: United Kingdom
Character Created: 2006/05/02
Corp/Alliance: SniggWaffe/WAFFLES.
Reddit: White0rchid
Twitter: @White0rchidEVE
Eve-Who: Link
Eve Forum Posts: Link
zKillboard: Link
Media Appearances
Statecraft CSM Debates - Day 1, Session 2
Talking in Stations - Soundcloud - YouTube
Ballot Statement
I'm passionate about the game and want to work with CCP and other players to help make it better.
Feedback between players and devs is in my opinion critical to the game's successful evolution.
Due to my varied history and diverse experience in game, I feel I would be able to contribute to almost any discussions that arise and require input from the CSM. Working as a team, I think the CSM can do some fantastic things for the game.
Tldr; I want to get things done because I love this game and the people in it, I'm not in it for the space fame.
Hi everyone, I'm White 0rchid and I'm happy to announce I will be running for CSM.
Who am I?
I've played EVE on and off since 2008. In the latest 'on' period, I've been subbed for just over 2 years.
A brief timeline and run down of my experiences in EVE:
- 2008: Omen Incorporated (part of Brutally Clever Alliance) - Living in sovnull pre Aegis (Fountain). These guys helped me get off my feet when I first started and without them I'd most likely have quit soon after subbing.
- 2009 - 2013: Subbed on and off, mostly running missions/DED sites.
- 2015: Eve University - Incursions, low class (C1-C3) PvP, C5 WR cap escalations, station trading, small to medium gang low/null PvP. They do a fantastic job at helping new/returning players. I am still a mentor there for players who show interest in PvP. I spent a while on the recruiting team. I also spent some time with Bomber's Bar and now run some of their out of game services.
- 2016/2017: WAFFLES. Solo/Small gang to large fleet PvP. Logistics/JFs. We are a nomadic group who deploy where the content is. I've recently been appointed a director.
Most of my time spent playing EVE is focused on PvP. In any one week the situations I find myself in can range from solo T1 destroyer roaming to 200+ fleet fights with caps on field (you can check this on my zkill, I am a regular player and not AFK by any means).
I've also written various third party webapps that make use of CCP's apis (I'm a consultant/software developer in the real world and enjoy a problem).
Why run for CSM?
Feedback between players and devs is critical to the game's successful evolution. I believe I am the type of person who would do well in such a role.
While I don't think having a single agenda is ideal, one aspect I'd like to tackle is lowsec, more so I feel it should have reward equal to its risk. At the time of preparing this, each of the top 10 most active (PvP) lowsec systems (24hr) have either higher or equal PvP activity to their nullsec counterpart. Taking into consideration there are 4 times as many null systems as there are low, that's a lot of activity packed into a small area of space, which makes it dangerous. The rewards for living there however, are not particularly fantastic.
There are several other issues that I believe also need attention from CCP, if they are not already looking at them. Session change timers & jump clone irks, certain aspects of citadels (courier contracts, broken tethers, set and forget mentality - space is getting crowded), customer support for hacked accounts, , to name a few.
Due to my varied history and diverse experience in game, I feel I would be able to contribute to almost any discussions that arise and need input.
Tldr; I want to get things done because I love this game and the people in it, I'm not in it for the space fame.
If you want to chat, feel free to hit me up
Tweetfleet slack (@white0rchid)
In game (White 0rchid) - it's a zero not a letter :)
Twitter (@White0rchidEVE)
Thanks
0rchid o7