Welcome to the Party Zion o7.

Hope you packed a lunch it going t be a long trip

I've added you to the CPM1 Candidate Chat on Skype!

Welcome to the race mate.

With no player trading on the table I want Dust514 players to have the ability to liquidate any assets they choose by selling it back to the NPC Market for ISK. We have **** will never use and we want it sold for something.

Nice to meet you Zion,
You got my vote simply for the comment above ^

I regard this as one of the most important things for Dust 514 left to do.
Push for this, and I will be happy

Shad,

I suspected you might become involved in the CPM race at some point; glad to have another candidate for the race.

With the introduction of what we now know as Project: Legion the landscape has changed for the CPM hopefuls. You have two focus areas to help the community out with Dust and the development of Legion. Outside of your media work many haven't seen you and ZionTCD in game for a while (i know you still play though) ...are you guys involved in the recent PC district shuffle?

Enough said bro

Still have your back

Seriously bro, After meeting you at FF I think you would be a great addition to the CPM1. You're very direct and have the means/channels to get the much needed reform.

Zion, you know me, so I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I have to call you out on one notion. The "removal of red zones" would be a completely irresponsible change. The red zones are, in many matches, the only area players can possibly recover from an unending murderous slaughter. If you remove the red zones, the sole response to being five-capped will be to leave match. Because there will be no point in doing anything else.

The redline isn't the problem. The problem is where the redline is located. Players need a fallback position. However, the issue with the redline is that high-elevation sniper perches overlooking the entire map is in the redline. There's no problem with snipers, or them using high ground, which is their ideal places. The problem is that those spots are in the redline.

All that really needs to be done, is the redline needs to be redrawn so it does not have a direct overlook over the combat area. People should be able to fall back to the redline, but they shouldn't be able to see the entire map while still behind the redline.

Of course, you're entitled to your view (and certainly not all CPM candidates should have the same views), but at the very least, I'd like to hear some justification for the intention.

I'm so disconnected with Dust that i had just started to write a very agressive post regarding your candidacy. Why ?

Because for a second i mistook you with CEO pyrex

So bottom line, i got nothing to say. Good luck with that CPM endeavor

Redlining is caused by poor map design.

WTF HAPPENED TO ReGnYuM ?
God I miss the old days !

Red lines and map design is tricky. If you make a bowl, you give advantage to the Red line. But if you make a hill, you can make it to easy to be red lined. Is there a simple answer... Maybe not, but testing is a good start and something we have not seen much of.

Whats your thoughts on a solution? I would like your feedback.

Man this made me laugh while drinking coffee this morning. Thank you for the Good Luck and glad you stop by

The hills on the edge of a map serve to help cover up the fact that there is much less detail beyond the hard redline. That being said, if the hardware is capable of handling the rendering and generation of a massive area without loss of fidelity in the graphics, the need for these barriers is diminished.

Maybe he's forgotten that he is supposed to be a troll?

Nope ReGnYuM is now a failed troll....... His question to CCP after the Dust 514 Legion keynote 'will heavies be able to carry light weapons' <-LMFAO

Zion Shad is so lucky. He brought the oh-so-very-fun topic of red-line into his thread.



Quote mining to add, the new Fractured Road, Boarder Gulch, and Impact Ridge are all a single terrain. You can take a dropship and within 20 seconds examine the map to see they are fully constructed but without any surface installations.

You can do the same on the older maps... but you don't find any of the other maps connected to them.

Line Harvest is probably the best example of a terrible red-line map. On the attacker side you spawn up high, then go down to "sea level" then find 2 hills on each side, 2 buildings, and another structure which all gives you high ground.

And on the defender side the Hill in the back is too far to get to and harbors Thale's users.

(Though I really love the terrain inside the map on Line Harvest, it's one of my favorites because there's a sufficient amount of cover for Infantry to move around in, unlike the 3 most recent additions.)

CPM1 will have limited involvement with Project Legion.

Happy would you troll as a way to play a game or would you troll to help a game you play fail?

Game failed without any help from me.

You need to stand down though because you're still not getting on the CPM Shad

The term Community is an important part of the CPM position, indeed every candidate uses the term at some point. However it is an abstract concept, so what I would like is to hear your definition of community. No right or wrong answers here, just looking to get a better feel of where you are coming from.

Greetings CPM Candidate!

You and your peers are formally invited to attend what will no doubt become a provocative debate on the topic of Scouts! We very much look forward to your participation in said rumble, should you take interest and be so kind as to opine.

We do hope you swing by and weigh in:
Your Summons, Sir or Madam

o7

My App has been sent in as of Tuesday night my time and waiting on any update if being accepted. This is to update any following my campaign.

Thanks for the support

If you cant even keep a corporation afloat, what makes you think you can keep a whole community afloat?

[b][center]Hello I'm Zion Shad

To me Communication is Key
I also believe in the community and will strive to make sure those who are active in community work are given proper support, promotions and tools they need to be players working for players.

And I want player transfers to be taken care of on the players timing.

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My first question was generated by reading your campaign policies and your very clear and straight approach to each one, most particularly was the discussion around your belief in the community and 'those who are active in community work' recieving tools and promotion from CCP et al in their efforts. Can you elaborate on what you believe will be the deliverables of such a task?

As a content producer for Dust 514 - I can myself confirm that CCP are not very helpful and engaging with those who help promote their game so i would be keen to know what actual outputs you foresee from such a great project.

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my second question comes from the comment of 'player transfers' i think you are the first person to actually mention this in a campaign pitch so firstly, wanted to say thanks for that, secondly what do you feel CCP could have done better in their comms around this topic at fanfest?

Given the CPM0 were fully aware of the 'drama bomb' that was coming with fanfest, i found it very disappointing to see that their hands were fully tied with the NDA and in effect were unable to act in the communities best interests at all, rendering the process moot. What would you have done differently here given that communications and the fair transfer are key policies for your campaign?

Now 1st I would want to establish a Fansite kit/update for who want things such as images, icons and even music to build site for Dust/Legion.

So I will have a direct line for ALL content creators to pitch their projects to CCP or Myself

Now hindsight is 20/20 and this situation should not arise again

This is already in existence and is obtainable from CCP - CCP Frame can help with this

This is an interesting statement to me, would this mean that you would be in fact be potentially the default first port of call for all Dust 514 content creators? would this also mean that you would have a sign off authority for this? A direct line implies you would be the gate keeper for all 3rd party content, something im sure you would have to accept is not perhaps a role for the CPM?

As a content creator myself for the entire life of Dust 514 - i can say that CCP are terrible at acknowledging 3rd party content creators and the value they bring. My fear would be that if the CPM became part of the 'on boarding process' for this group, we would see even less activity than what we have so far. major concern for me.

"Now hindsight is 20/20 and this situation should not arise again"

Sorry to say but that is quote a concerning final statement you raise there - sure hindsight is 20/20 but it also is commonly used by far too many people to brush under the carpet mistakes and balls ups generally. CCP have made an industry of providing this game with terrible customer service and focus on what is actually the main criteria for them, us.

I think you have a great passion for the game, i would question your ability to be objective above your own interests slightly given you are obviously quite an entrepreneurial chap with great ideas but i would question that your focus and reason to run for CPM 1 is in the interests of the game, Dust 514, or really in the interests of the more important product to you, the product of brand 'Zion Shad'.

Shad, I don't know anything about you aside from some really silly things I seem to recall you've said in the past.

Your post however, and the mere fact you traveled to FF and brought back audio of some of it...was an immense service. Thank you for that. I know not everyone can travel to FF, but you did and I even heard tales of your generosity in the alcohol department. It warms my heart. :D

However, I wish to focus on your campaign. I really want to vote for you. Can you help me distinguish what unique things you bring to the table as a candidate?

Can you provide me examples of how you've been here for the community? I know just that I know your name so well makes me think you have, although I also know Contrabanjoe's name as well >.<

Zion Shad, I can't that you are now running for CPM 1.

ZionTCD forever!

Best of luck to you.

I've had my disagreements with Shad in the past, but few will interact with the community in the level he will. You want a voice that goes to CCP? Shad is a great proxy for it, and he'll understand what you're saying to properly help CCP digest your opinion. He may not bring diversity or creativity to the group, but what he does bring may be all the more important - communication.

It's the one thing we solely lack right now, and if Shad is seated with IWS, Cross, and Kevel, we can expect the new CPM to fix the concerns we've always had with having a CPM to begin with - things being said without the community knowing on behalf of the community.