A quick introduction of the new CSM member, corebloodbrothers
My name is corebloodbrothers and for those of you who don’t keep track of EVE politics, I was just elected as a member of the ninth Council of Stellar Management (CSM), in order to represent you, the players of EVE Online. I am also one of the leaders of The Volition Cult Alliance, a Providence sovereignty holder and member of the Providence Bloc, which I function as one of their main Fleet Commanders. For more details about me, Providence and NRDS follow my CSM advert link.
This is not my first CSM elections, as I ran last year as well, but sadly fell short of the mark. Due to last year candidates teaming up in a list in order to defeat GoonSwarm Federation representatives in the election, and the Single Transferable Vote system in place (Google it for a better explanation than I can supply) I didn’t get a seat, so I decided to try a different approach this time. Thus, I focused on just my own list, my friends, Providence and other entities I have come to know over the years, such as RNK for example, who voted for me. I have to admit though, I am very curious what the exact votes were, to see how they reflect my efforts. Surprisingly, on forums and blogs I was put down as having no real chance of being elected, yet surprisingly, here I am! Jester (Of Jester’s Trek) said he’ll try to explain why I did in his last post, and I can’t wait to read his through and in depth analysis.
My own explanation for getting elected is simple: Being honest and loyal to the people I fly withagainst. Independent voters do exist, in fact, and I have had a lot of chats and EVE mails with various people since I ran for CSM, many of which I have never met before. Also running fleets daily with friends on fixed hours and shared coms helped, while giving respect to the new players and the casual PvPers, for two years now in the Providence Bloc. Being a part of building the current Providence, a region which sees medium sized skirmishes on a daily basis, with thousands of allies having fun living together, ranting and complaining and establishing their homes here helps to get votes. Upholding NRDS, and turning The Volition Cult from a four hundred pilot alliance into its current huge one thousand and seven hundred pilot affair is no lesser help!
Have no mistake, here in Providence, we see ourselves as the last bastion of the “Not Red Don’t Shoot” (NRDS) policy in Null Security space, as well as a truly neutral zone in a universe divided by big power blocks (Which we can’t match, but that is a discussion for a different time). So for me, and my voters, this election is merely the cherry on top. Thank you all for the trust invested, and I am truly honored to be elected. Also for Providence members, have no fear, as I kept my promise to continue and lead fleets, which resulted just a few days ago in an insane fight with Nulli Secunda, Pandemic Legion and Kadeshi alliances, who brawled us in three separate engagements! Loads of good fights and crazy props for all these alliances for bringing the ships, and keeping a fun, messy non capital PvP, thank you!
So, just elected, and I don’t even have time to let it sink in as the work just piles up: Twitter account, Google DocsDrive, Skype, hundreds (Literally!) of Emails, not to mention the Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)…It is a bit overwhelming, even if I am on cloud nine, as my wife even kind of congratulated me (Since this will have an impact on my real life obviously) and my kids think I am the greatest, even telling everyone at school XD. Writing this after I already signed and sent my NDA back to CCP and just before meeting for the first time my other members for the CSM in real life, I am quite anxious. I really can’t wait getting to know my fellow CSM members (Which almost all of them are red to me in EVE). Though I did meet some of them before, this is of course, quite different! However, I intend to keep the in-game politics separate from the CSM work. I’ll pod them in-game, but I’ll work hard with them on the Council.
Communication is key, obviously, so I set up a twitter account: @corebloodbro. Make sure you follow it for updates, though I am new to this, so bear with me as I mess up, hard for an old dog to learn new tricks. If you want, you can EVE mail or contact me in-game, the name is corebloodbrothers. I will be keeping my Facebook separate though, for friends only and will turn away most requests. I also have an Email account: [email protected], and I am also going to publish my thoughts and views on EVE News 24, in order to share them with you, the readers. I am assuming that such things are not covered by the NDA. I am truly grateful for EVE News 24 giving me this platform, and hoping you can all bear with me. Due to my bad spelling I have asked Salivan Harddin, from the EVE Scribe, to edit my posts. I am not a writer, nor do I intend to pretend I have any journalistic qualities. I am just an honest guy who likes to share his CSM and other EVE related stuff with you pilots, and keep in touch with you all and up to speed. I hope you end up enjoy reading it, or just burn it to the ground, which is an undervalued quality of most online communities.
Already I see both this CSM and the previous one involved in the upcoming summer patch, crunching numbers and debating different points. We already had a fun debate about offline Towers which seem to litter space and can’t be easily removed in High Security space. People also been mailing me different suggestions and issues they have, such as AFK cloaking (A very old and much argued upon subject. I also have a few things on my list, such as Alliance wide bookmarks and fittings. Regardless, we have been talking on the CSM about many things, such as “Power Projection”, Anti-Blobbing, EHP damage for Capital ships if executing too many jumps and reduced fleet boosting for certain fleet sizes and many more crazy ideas. Of course, there is no lack of ideas in New Eden, but we have to ask ourselves questions like what it will achieve, for whom, and who will benefit from it the most? We want everyone to benefit from this so they can continue and enjoy EVE Online and keep playing. As a CSM member, I hope we can keep that as our focus.
Right now I am looking to receive more information about the future of EVE Online: Where are we going? What is the destination for this train, and what are the stops along the way? I like to dream of a player built star gates, but when can I hit jump? CCP has had a bumpy ride to say the least and pushes for what they believe, and I’d love to be part of their dream as well, both as a player and a CSM member, helping them move ahead towards that future. I don’t believe stuff is as broken as people say it is, and I always think we can improve on it. Dream big, dare to implement. If there is one thing I don’t want to, is to log into EVE Online after a patch and just play the same way I did before. Amaze me, CCP, and the pilots beside me.
Hope this was a good read for you, and thank you for reaching the end.
corebloodbrothers, CSM 9 Member
When corebloodbrothers isn’t busy sending terrible posts to Salivan Harddin to edit, he can be found in Providence shooting reds, and sometimes, being shot by them as well.
