oh 100% i said on the podcast that only about of 2% of the toxicity i have faced has been homophobic because i am openly bisexual on my discord so its a target on my back however i would like to add that i was not fazed by it and am still playing this game and running for csm to improve the player experience in general be that new or vet. therefore id like to add i will push forth the idea on tighter message control with certain hate words being flagged for inspection.
i love this game and the playerbase hence why i am running to represent the community as a whole and not just nullblocs.
Frippyy would be an awesome addition to the CSM. Providing a new player point of view along with his passion for this game makes him the perfect candidate!
I watched your interview with Kshal today, it was good. I think that being new is kind of a double edged sword, on the one hand you have something that no Veteran can possibly acquire and that is a genuine naivety regarding long term experience with the game. In my opinion that might be a voice worth hearing and a user base that likely could use some genuine representation. On the other hand it’s fair criticism to suggest that in such a competitive forum selection would benefit more from a more knowledgeable representative.
I would add to that, that it creates an interesting opportunity, if only for contrast sake, that a person such as yourself directly participate in and witness the process. It would be interesting at the end end of a debate or presentation for example, when your understanding has been deepened by other representative members to have them consult you.
I imagine that your response would give them some perspective on what it’s like not know. And prompt them to remember a time when things weren’t ‘so obvious’.
Part of the attraction to EVE is its unapologetic complexity, it’s convoluted systems, it’s dead ends and diversions. Not everything should be obvious, and straight forward, the on-boarding process needs some mess or it’ll lack authenticity. Simplification for simplifications sake threatens to homogenise the entire process and deplete it of its character and flavour. At the same time, if no one sticks around to play because the Developrs can’t offer a way in that’s compelling enough that it incentivises further investment, then ‘the flavour’ was for nought.
Hi Rhett, I very much appreciate your comment and the points you have put forth.
I myself have said on many interviews that I am aware of the disadvantage being a new player puts me in, however it also provides an insight like you said, of providing a perspective upon the game of someone who is far newer than the other candidates.
I also agree that if elected I shall learn a lot of information from the other CSM19 members and that too would be beneficial.
Yes one of the main attractions to EVE is its complexity and unforgiving nature. However, I do believe that the introduction to the game should provide a new player with more information on the mechanics of the game, as without a beginner-friendly corp or friends to guide them, the start of EVE can be very off-putting.
I know this for a fact as I’ve had some IRL friends start the game and quit within days due to the aimless direction of the new player experience we currently have.
Therefore, one of my main campaign points is to build upon the tutorial EVE currently has to give new players a fighting chance of remaining within the game, because new players growing the population of EVE is beneficial to all.
Now you may be wondering, How can i build upon the tutorial as it currently stands?
My solution would be to introduce new agents within the starting areas who’s main purpose is to provide missions that teach new players the base mechanics of the game such as effective PvP and PvE activities as well as how to efficiently fit ships.
I believe that these implementations wouldn’t degrade EVE’s difficulty but instead give a slight helping hand to the new player.
Please feel free to share your thought’s upon these ideas and if you could provide any insight on how you would improve the new player experience I’d love to hear it.
All podcasts and interviews for CSM19 i have been apart of you can find at the top in at the initial post. plus i have another interview tonight on twitch @ streamdrb - Twitch so feel free to tune in at around 8pm uk time
this question
Fighting against toxicity is a strong case, as it comes with the territory of gaming -everywhere-
However. How would you handle a hypothetical stalemate wherein both parties are believe the other to be toxic, but only one party can really be telling the truth.
But then again, truth is based on the perspective of the perceiver.
How i would handle it if given this “hypothetical case” would be one of two things:
To report the issue to CCP and have them check the chat logs and see which person has committed the worse offence
If I had any actual power i would do the investigating myself. However, CSM is just a feedback group made up of players to feed information back to CCP. Which would then bring me back to point 1.
Unfortunately I don’t see the rationality behind individual case reviewing in a game of thousands over toxicity as unfortunately this comes in gaming and the only effective way of stopping it would be to ask CCP to implement a local chat Bot that reads each message for words or sentences it deems break TOS or are extremely toxic.
I would just like to say i find this question fascinating.