Good evening ladies and gents of EVE Online. This is one of the very few “out of character” posts I will write on this blog. As you can see by the title of this post, I am running for for the 15th EVE Online CSM in 2020, and I need your support to do it.
Why should you vote for me?
I may not be the greatest PVPer. Heck, I only PVP when I’m in a fleet and I’m terrible at it, to be honest. I perhaps should have been a pacifist, but I live in null sec and that makes that idea rather impossible. However, as is noted on my killboard, I tend to prefer to stick with role playing, writing equally terrible fan fiction as Meredith en Thielles, and nit picking the lore and trying to just be helpful to others.
But what I am is a listening ear and communicator – and a researcher.
In real life, I am a freelance writer. I make my living researching, double checking leads, and communicating with intent to publish and further communicate to the public.
Who better to be on CSM who can bring that experience and those skills to the table?
If that is not enough to convince you, then consider my platform.
The lore. As you can see from this blog, I have an addiction and that happens to be the storyline and background of EVE Online. I love the lore, and digging into missions for more story. If I can’t find the story, I create it. I can’t get enough of it and own a good number of the books as well.
Finding space rocks. Anyone reading this blog can see that. I mean, I identify as the space astrogeologist.
Being the best diplo I can humanly be for both my alliance and the community at large when they ask me, “What is EVE Online?” while maintaining an alliance radio station targeted at fellow alliance and coalition members.
Outside of the game, I work in the financial industry by day, and I write books (published four times) and paint (my artwork has been displayed in a few galleries across North Ontario) in my spare time.
My community involvement includes:
- Donating my art to the EVE meets (starting with EVE North – that hand painted framed picture of a planet? That was my work.) to raise money for charity.
- Volunteering at the meets and conventions. I’m more of a hands on “it’s more fun as a volunteer” than sitting on the sidelines type. Someone asks for help, and I’m there.
- Working as a diplo for my alliance, SLYCE, as a point of contact for corp recruitment and helping new players and old alike get used to null sec if they haven’t been out there before.
- Maintaining an in-character blog (this one!) on surviving EVE while doing it all in character.
What I stand for:
- Anti-bullying. In game, this is a complex issue. Outside of the game, it’s far more simple. We are all blue to each other. Act like it.
- Anti-botting.
- Helping others get into the game, whether as a brand new player or a returning one a little lost on the UI changes.
- Anything to do with industry.
- The meets and more ways for us to just be blue to each other outside of game.
I am, of course, at the end of an EVE mail in game, or even open a chat with me. I’m here to listen. I can also be found on social media. All you need to do is just reach out.
My corp likes to call me the Space Mom or “She Who Spends Way Too Much Time Underneath Asteroids”.
Remember, a vote for me is a vote for someone who listens.
Staring at Asteroids 