# Tikka - for CSM 21 "High-Sec and New Player Retention **URL:** \ **Category:** CSM Campaigns\ **Tags:** pve, high-sec, new-player\ **Created:** [October 4, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634 "2026-10-04T10:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamylle\_Anschau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kamylle_anschau/32/514233_2.png) [@Kamylle\_Anschau](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kamylle_Anschau)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/21 "2026-10-11T19:14:51Z")
You do know that you’ve just told people that they shouldn’t care about affiliation with a group, when there are highly-documented problems with said group? Particularly with its leadership? I’m familiar with bloc candidates, but running as a member of a group that has had multiple documented issues with just **treating people right** is, in fact, something that people should take pause at. You’re right that ideas shouldn’t matter. However, the fact stands that you count yourself a member of a group that has struggled with being the slightest bit respectful. If you lose, you can still advocate your ideas to those who make it onto the Council; if you win, a group with well-documented, serious issues gains legitimacy. And how you handle the criticism of being aligned with such a group speaks volumes about how you’d handle other criticisms. ---
**Author:** ![Tikka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tikka/32/508952_2.png) [@Tikka](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tikka)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/22 "2026-10-16T09:25:25Z")
I do think I am polite, and you will find in 20 years not one post that will paint me as inconsiderate. Having a point that is different from yours does not make someone a bad person; it makes them a person with a different point. I firmly have the point that being a CSM member is not about alliances and affiliation or politics. It should be about the ideas that benefit the game and the player base. I understand that is fundamental against your point of view, but that makes neither point invalid; it makes them just different. ---
**Author:** ![Kamylle\_Anschau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kamylle_anschau/32/514233_2.png) [@Kamylle\_Anschau](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kamylle_Anschau)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/23 "2026-10-16T13:44:29Z")
That was not the point at all, and if you’re reading that out of what I said, then you are heavily misreading. The issue **is** affiliation, and **is** that the alliance you call yourself a member of has a history of mistreatment against various people. Not that **you** do, that is a claim you’re reading into this. ---
**Author:** ![CPL593H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cpl593h/32/515678_2.png) [@CPL593H](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CPL593H)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/24 "2026-10-17T04:56:46Z")
> [@Tikka](#): > > I firmly have the point that being a CSM member is not about alliances and affiliation or politics. It should be about the ideas that benefit the game and the player base. I understand that is fundamental against your point of view, but that makes neither point invalid; it makes them just different. Maybe we can make progress by coming at this from the opposite direction. One of the most aggressive alliances at recruiting new players is AO. This is massively damaging to both the experience of new players and retention of those players when they discover they are in a corporation the leadership of which is openly fascist. As a member of the CSM with an interest in new players, how would you address the damage done to the game by AO? ---
**Author:** ![Shin\_Soter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shin_soter/32/515150_2.png) [@Shin\_Soter](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shin_Soter)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/25 "2026-10-17T17:26:40Z")
“I bet AO has made a lot of new players quit eve…” I’ll take that bet. I’ve been in AO for years and I think I’ve heard 2 people rage quit for lack of help. I wasn’t there when the “NAZI” controversy came about, but I can tell you I’ve never heard anyone talk in Alliance chat in that way. There are annoying people in any large corp and that’s normal stuff. Cursing is actually not even allowed in chat, but it happens now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Facewookum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/facewookum/32/384415_2.png) [@Facewookum](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Facewookum)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/26 "2026-10-17T23:01:31Z")
Why is your last post 3 years ago? CCP notified me! ---
**Author:** ![Kamylle\_Anschau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kamylle_anschau/32/514233_2.png) [@Kamylle\_Anschau](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kamylle_Anschau)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/27 "2026-10-18T01:10:49Z")
Shin’s been there for years yet wasn’t around when the controversies came out… They’ve been since about 2024, so it’s kinda been when you were around, Shin. They’re all well-documented from ingame and in Discord. With respect, sounds like you’re in a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil mode. So don’t act surprised if no one takes your defenses at face value. ---
**Author:** ![Tikka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tikka/32/508952_2.png) [@Tikka](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tikka)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/28 "2026-10-18T16:26:01Z")
The same way I would address a larger entity inviting many new players, preferably by introducing ideas that help bridge the knowledge gap between new and experienced players in EVE. I see the new UI changes as a great opportunity for this. The more accessible we can make the game, the easier it is for every player who intends to help a new player. This will benefit new players and ease their way into the game. ---
**Author:** ![Darius\_Dee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/darius_dee/32/385560_2.png) [@Darius\_Dee](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Darius_Dee)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/29 "2026-10-23T05:21:21Z")
I totally agree. The better the experience for new players, the more will stay in the game. It doesn’t matter in what guild or alliance they end up in the end. Especially the 13 new free Air Ships are a great way to show the new players what is possible and what they can do in the game later. It is good that thise ships can’t leave the starter zones, so they don’t break the industry. ---
**Author:** ![Kshal\_Aideron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kshal_aideron/32/390152_2.png) [@Kshal\_Aideron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kshal_Aideron)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634/30 "2026-10-23T19:54:25Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/b/d/4/bd46910f99d8ec73a639767869d5065d4137fe61.jpeg "Voices of New Eden CSM21 Interview with Tikka") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3Auu3XAI8) Thank you for coming and interviewing @tikka. I know it couldn’t have been easy and for that, mad respect. I know we’re absolutely not going to agree on the alliance aspect of things, but regardless, best of luck. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/tikka-for-csm-21-high-sec-and-new-player-retention/519634.md?page=1)