Taking a sliver of a statement and placing emphasis on it... nice trick.

I AM a known entity by many... clearly not AS many as one would clearly prefer to see.

Many =/= All, and I respect that many will not know me. I play in a different Time Zone to most US and Eurpoean players, I work while you guys play, or I sleep while you play, and while I play, you sleep. So now, as we've establish that I am known by many, (but not some of you) we can move on.

I would hope, however, that people do not judge me because I do not play with THEM, and judge me based on policy and willingness to represent this game when, so far as I know, NO ONE else has endeavoured to do, or even aimed for. Representation on the CSM is an important step for DUST 514, it symbolises that we are not some add-on to EVE Online, but are a community upon our own, with a voice of our own.

THAT is why I'm running, THAT is why I made this post, and THAT is what I want to help give EVE Online and DUST 514.

P.S. I have no affiliation with Assassin's Creed whatsoever. The Jackal in my name was chosen symbolically to project an image of Anubis, Egyptian god of the Underworld who's image was of a Jackal. ie. The Black Jackal = roughly The Black Death.

I will respond to the previous statement, Garret, with a few questions of my own.

Firstly, in regards to you post sepcific...

What would you consider 'many people? 10? 50? 100? 1000?
How many people are currently 'active' in this game? 1000? 2500? 5000? It's entirely conceiveable that I know many from portion C, while you know many from Portion E.

As to playing from New Zealand, I play almost every night, from 4pm AEST to Down Time at 10pm AEST (UTC +11). The fact that you don't rememebr the matches we have had, insults me. And makes me think you either have a faulty memory, or are somewhat distorting the truth.

In addition, how many of the 'active' players in DUST 514 beta actually post? Many simply click 'like' (demonstrated that some actually like my OP, since it has some likes.) Did they post a comment? Probably not? Does that mean they mean less? No it doesn't, becuase IF we have DUST CSM Representative Elections, EVERYONE will have a voice, and there are just as many out there who see these forums as cluttered with QQers, whingers, and trolls. (Not saying that everyone is, but many people have told me they avoid the forums due to this fact.)

The fact of the mater is this...

I am committed to running for CSM on behalf of DUST. My motivations have been made plain, I nominated myself becuase I KNOW I have what it takles to step up and represent this community in the New Eden Universe, and that so faras I am aware, there have been no other outspoken condidates. I'm standing here with the guts to tell you I want to represent you, I have policies to improve the game and it's integration with EVE Online, and I truly believe that with myself representing the community, we can make DUST the game it's meant to be.

Sincerely, The Black Jackal

I don't want an eve player representing me in an FPS. I want someone who has experience in console FPS to represent my voice.

Not entirely sure how to take that Plymco comment...

Clarify please?

Plymco Pilgrim is someone who has a LOT of respect from the MAG community, love him or hate him, we all respect him.
started a clan in mag that lasted almost the entire game and is respected still (like it or not)

is currently a Playstaion MVP, which means Sony uses him as a PR guy, contests, giveaways, and "hey lets all play on this day"
are handled by him on the starhawk forums.

Trouble with doing that is, it takes time to get that kind of respect. Fact is, there are still a lot of people who have never heard of you/ played with you/ against you.


EDIT: I get it you don't think that should be a deciding factor, but it is, sorry.

Now I am not one of those who is over active on the Forums, I have read, seen, posted some comments, but I let my in-game play do the talking and clearly, with servers being what they are, I have not had a huge amount of exposure.

This in and of itself disqualifies you in my book. If you are not active on the forums, how are you supposed to understand the issues? What is an issue for you may not be an issue for everyone else, and vice versa.

And we know this how? If we don't see someone posting on the forums, we cannot be for certain that they are reading them. I don't care how many people from SL come to his defense either. He is not an active member of the community if he does not post. He is just watcher, not a contributor.

And we know this how? If we don't see someone posting on the forums, we cannot be for certain that they are reading them. I don't care how many people from SL come to his defense either. He is not an active member of the community if he does not post. He is just watcher, not a contributor.

You guys need to get off your high horse. The fact of the matter is, The Black Jackal is only known to the membership of The Southern Legion and a very few other people. Tectonious, I never once changed my story. I quoted Jackal as saying that he wasn't active on the forums. I said this disqualified him. You said he reads but doesn't post. I said that still doesn't make him active, so it disqualifies him. As far as the current CSM, or a past one, they are known entities. Not someone that just up and out of the blue makes a post announcing their candidacy for a non-existent position. They are known because they, before being elected, were active members of the community. The Black Jackal does not fit that position.

Again, you are not a name that is well known. How can I say that? You have 3 pages already of different people telling you that they don't know who you are. You have 6 pages of various posts in your post listing. I am not nearly considered "active" and I have 14 pages. Most of the posts that you have made are contained inside of the 3 recruitment threads that you have made. Very few posts outside of there and this post.

I am in no way shape or form trying to boost myself up. I am not qualified for the post in my opinion. I personally believe that the person most deserving of the position, and who would do the best job at it, would be Zion_Shad. He is actively involved in the Dust 514 community as a whole. Congratulations on getting to go on Podside. I can't take that from you. Congratulations on being in the tourny, again, I can't take that from you either. But the fact remains that you will NEVER convince me that you know what is going on in this game unless you take the time to read and RESPOND to posts. Or well, make posts that don't just serve yourself. How many posts have you started or contributed to in the Bug report forum? How many in the Feedback forum? Map sections? Or is all of your posts in General or Corp Recruitment?

As far as the CSM thing in Eve goes, no, they don't always post in the Assembly Hall, but they post elsewhere. You do realize that there isn't just one or two sections of the forums, right? Put up their hand in the beginning? Really? I don't think so. It is an elected position. If I were to jump on the forums right now and just put my hand up, it would get laughed back down. Why? Because I am not an active contributor to the Eve community. Yes, I post over there, but I'm far from being "known".

Now, understand this, I am in no way attempting to put down on you or anything. I just believe that it is a valid concern that many would have. The CSM is not some social club. It is for those that contribute to the community in a meaningful manner, and 2 posts in the Feedback forums and 1 post in the Bug forums does not meet the threshold of "contribute" in my mind.

And for my last little bit, it is SyNergy, not Synergy. There is a difference, and if you were as into Eve as you claim, you would know that, and be aware of the little details such as that.

and now another point... leaders should be cool calm and collected, not hot headed.
and if you can't use the official forum then why try to be an official.

gotta say it because it is obviously a rhetorical question. You Mad Bro?

I'll back you wanting for a CSM placement, but to be honest at this point that's all we can be viewed as, little people running around playing in the dirt, it woln't be untill we start blowing up capitials that we get any recognition.

have fun with this guys i see the only people here promoting this is TSL.
I'm done, good luck, good ridance