They used to have a few GMs that would hit up their forums every so often but beyond that, no, I don't believe so. I don't know if there are any translators actively operating to translate the juicy dev posts like those of Rattati and MC Peanut. It's something that I'm actively working on at the moment.

EDIT: And when I say actively working on it, I mean just that - this isn't something I'm waiting for the elections to go down to make happen, I'm speaking with a lot of people (community, CPM0, etc) to make sure this happens.

Grenade spam has been the #1 balance issue in the game for many months now, the proposed nerfs are clearly not enough, what further nerfs do you suggest?

I have only two questions for you.

Those who have played with you over extended periods of time know that when the games balance is not at a point to your liking you rage quit and are absent for extended periods of time. Example: When murder taxi's were at there height you quit the game for over a month


With knowing your past can you be sure that if balance isn't what you would like it to be will you still be available in game and to the to the community, or will your personal emotions get in the way?

Secondly do you have the back bone to actually stand up to CCP and inform the of whats wrong with the game instead of being a yes man?

The second question I ask due to your statement of:

" I know the extent of the CPMGÇÖs capabilities; I know that I canGÇÖt advocate for things that are beyond my control.""

Nothing in the game is technical in your control as you are not a dev and the position of CPM is there to be an advocate for the community....

Sounds like a vote for Aeon Amadi is a vote for CCP fanboyism.

Sad really I was a very strong advocate for you as CPM even after our past dealings fell apart, but after your sub par time in the dust Q&A at fan fest In my eyes your proved you are everything that is wrong with the current CPM and something/someone who should be avoided for the next CPM.

In all fairness you were a very strong advocate for me as a CPM representative before I called out a group of boosters with evidence provided Then you decided to rage all over the forums, in-game channels, support tickets through CCP, threatened to sell real-information of our directors, sent me messages repeatedly on multiple accounts to circumvent the blocking mechanic, etc....

But you know what, I'll humor the trolls and answer some of these questions because some of them actually have some weight

A person shouldn't be expected to play a game if they don't legitimately enjoy it. There were a few times I did rage-quit (though I can't think of anyone who is not guilty of this with one game or another) but to say it was "because balance wasn't to my liking" isn't telling the story properly - mostly because of the fact that a large portion of the community was calling foul about it as well. Hence why they nerfed the hell-fire out of Free LAVs scoring easy kills. This wasn't -JUST ME-, it was everyone but a small group of people who liked godmode LAVs. Despite popular belief, it is -entirely- possible to get burnt out on a game that you're playing too much of (20+ hours a week).

Even when I wasn't playing the game, I was always (and will always be) available on Skype, Twitter, etc. I simply stopped giving my phone number away to people because I learned that that can be used against me when someone decides to take their frustrations out of the game

And there is plenty within a CPM's control, when that word is used in the right context. Sure, they're an advisory council, but they're also given a lot of homework to do by CCP and there's a lot of power in merely suggesting that the community should have more impact on the game as a whole. To say that we don't have any control over what CCP does is the same as saying a graphics artist doesn't have control over what kind of game their work is put into.

I like that use of the word 'fanboyism' though, it really paints a unique picture about me that makes me smile. It's one of those nifty little terms that's used whenever someone likes to straw man and attack a person's character in order to make their own argument sound better In fact, the most powerful thing a CPM representative can do is ask CCP, "Why?" (I'll let you think about what this means). Anyone who's actually spent some time reading my posts knows that there's been a -lot- of things I strongly oppose CCP on and will argue to death. To which I strongly suggest clicking my name on the left of this post and clicking 'view posts'. It offers some amazing insight to who I am as a person (when I'm not being sarcastic!)

Although I sincerely apologize for not letting other people have an opportunity to ask their questions at the microphone for the Dust 514 Q&A's at Fanfest. I shouldn't have let them have the moment to voice their own concerns that might echo mine. I really regret not taking up the entire twenty minutes of the Q&A, now that you bring it up... Shucks, I really hate preferring one-on-one communication over beers and I'm ashamed that I didn't hold EveTV hostage to force them to televise the panels where I sat for 15+ minutes holding my hand in the air waiting for my turn to ask my question (don't believe me you should ask some of the people that were actually there ).

It is like you to dig up the past even tho I let sleep dogs lie ... I think the player base will see what kind of Candidate you are based on you going behind alot of peoples backs and ratting them out for something you your self were taking part in yet the pictures of your scores mysteriously disappear.

I made not mention of you taking the whole 20 min of the sad little q&a but maybe ask a question that had some substance that mattered to the dust community not a question about eve in a dust q&a... You know who did do that Zatara even tho i have butted heads with him once or twice in game he will be getting my vote ... A vote for Zatara is a vote for a CPM with a back bone.

Something your rage quitting and campaign have proved you have not.

-Cheers

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Hi!

Great reply, i really can sense the passion in your campaign and like that you are quite firm about much of your beliefs. ( i also like that you have an edge, something missing from a few of the candidates) its important to have people there voted in by us, who will continue to represent us and not become CCP focussed once in.

I love the ISD idea, it grates me that we have had that 'special missions' tab for ages and no special campaigns or even many events!!

A question if i may, how would you see this ISD being delivered in Dust 514 - given CCP had quite some issues with corruption in the EVE version of the ISD? what could we do to remove this as a risk?

Was there any corruption in the ISD for Eve Online? Apart from some potential sketchy forum monitoring, I'm not aware of any legitimate scandals involving the ISD though I'd imagine that it'd be fairly difficult given that it's strictly a volunteer based organization that is moderated and overseen by CCP themselves.

As far as how I would see the ISD being delivered in Dust 514, there is a misconception that I'd like to address - there is, in no way, a requirement for a test server for either Dust 514 or Legion in order for ISD to work. The Bug Hunting division of ISD is just a facet of the larger project and I did a lot of work in recording video evidence of bugs on the live servers (although it can be frustrating at times).

Bug Hunting, Lore, New Player Support, Player Events - all of those sort of things already happen in-game but with the empowerment of ISD being directly connected to CCP, it'd be better off. I worked fairly closely with CCP Saberwing when it came to bugs and hot-topic issues, forwarding video links to him via twitter to some much received success. IMO, simply having a private channel with which prominent volunteers are capable of forwarding this sort of thing directly to the developers would be a big help on it's own but it'll only ever be TRULY powerful if they can communicate with one another as well.

To put it simply, nothing would really change other than cutting the middleman (twitter/skype) and giving more opportunities for those volunteers to communicate and work together. Having special access to the forums would be, in my opinion, a very simple way to accomplish an early step toward this sort of thing, but I'm interested in alternatives.

Sadly yeah there was a major scandal with ISD many years ago, basically forming faction fit fleets and flying them into their friends space to be killed for lootz. it was a very long time ago however so probably not an issue anymore.

perhaps as a follow up question, what sort of events did you have in mind, given Dusts limited flexibility? i quite liked the Templar one and am surprised they never followed up with it.. the thought of hunting down dudes is also pretty cool, maybe some sort of infected thing?

Thanks

CEO

Aeon, you are one of the few candidates I actually recognize.

I have thought a lot of your feedback was quite good.

If you don't mind me asking, when did you first begin championing the ISD for dust? Somehow it seems i've never really noticed anyone pushing for it, but I was simply wondering if this was an epiphany you had recently perhaps right prior to running or have you been here for a much longer while pushing this?

Can you elaborate on why of all the issues the ISD should be such a large priority? How would it change my experience on dust if it was implemented?

The ISD is a low cost high reward proposal that made perfect sense the moment Aeon enlightened me about it.

+1

I'll be going to Sowella Technical hopefully this fall where I'll be working to attain an Associate of General Studies and then proceed to apply as an exchange student at the University of Reykjavik in Iceland.

2) Recruiting players is a tried and true method of establishing a better overall experience in many games, the project I worked on was no different. In Atonement RPI, I started as a player before I became a developer. It helps to have history with the project you're working on and understanding some of the pressure points that the player-base experiences. This is further backed in Eve Online with CCP Fozzie, who is renowned and respected for his work on the balance initiative in Eve but it's fairly common knowledge that he started as a player before becoming a developer.

To put it simply, yes, it is entirely acceptable and largely to the benefit of the game and I'd argue that it is, in most cases, more beneficial than hiring outside. I've yet to see any evidence that would suggest otherwise.

Beyond that, a great deal of Eve Online players are now developers because of ISD - so take that into consideration.

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Hi again,
Yes that does address my concerns and i'm very happy to be able to see the thought process behind the answers.

I do still feel that the broader public need to be approached.. but i also agree as you said that it would need to be moderated by groups to ensure it's content would be apt and not full of silly ideas. The way i would structure this internally is to ensure that a CPM meeting was able to form a consensus on subject matter and then pose any relevant questions to the community through the splash screen / en-mass emails to ensure everyone gets the chance to throw their opinion in the mix too. Naturally if this was adopted it can't be the only means because it could indeed be exploited like so many other ways could be. Yes it would also take some dev time up in providing that means of communication in game, personally if i were a dev on the team, i'd be pushing my producer to allow me to put the feature in.. but at the end of the day it is indeed down to CCP. I'm also more than willing to accept many people will have differing views on this topic too. :)

Overall i'm very happy to have seen your reply, and with that in combination with teetering on the edge of putting a vote in for you before.. i think you've provided me with enough information to be satisfied in my decision to vote for you.

All the best with the rest of the campaign.

Aeon your meticulous attitude with finding the truth of a matter should not be ignored. With already favorable interactions with CCP I know that being you becomming CPM member would only reinforce that relationship and help build the rest of CPM 1 member's influence much faster to get them to hit the ground running.

Also its always a pleasure to shoot you; I see you on often enough in my limited play times.