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Dierdra Vaal was recently interviewed for EveCast. Go here to check it out!

http://myeve.eve-online.com/council/voting/Default.asp

Go there, scroll down until you find Dierdra Vaal, and click vote!

LaVista Vista organised a small CSM discussion. Find out all the details, and the recording, here:

http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=763252

Eve Tribune asked CSM candidates the following question: Do you support BACON? Dierdra’s reply was as follows:

The BACON issue is an interesting topic. While it does not breach any EULA rules _at this point_, it is clearly doing something CCP did not intend, which is shown by the following quote from GM Grimmi:

“While BACON, and the many similar tools currently used by a large number of players, may technically not be in violation of our EULA/TOS, we frown upon the use of this information for any other purpose and we are currently working on changes to prevent this sort of unintended use of information provided by the LogServer. “

Because it is clearly achieving something that is not intended, I do not support BACON.

However, it does raise a good question, one I feel everyone should be willing to ask and debate rationally. Why can our ship computers identify targets in local space, but not explicitly notify us of this?

I do believe the Eve UI leaves a lot to be desired, and people using programs like this only serves to illustrate that. When would scrolling through a list of players in a system ever be fun? And if it isnt fun, why would we want to have this in a game that we play… for fun?

Ofcourse, this is not to say I am in favour of automating the UI or give players notifications for everything, but if there is a local list with everyone currently in system, why do we have to go through the simple but tedious task of checking all players manually when our ships boast computers capable of interstellar travel.

I hope this issue will allow us to talk about interface improvements that make the game more enjoyable.

For those of you who are not familiar with BACON, it is an external program that uses CCP’s diagnostic tool LogServer to create notifications of ingame events, such as when a war target enters local.

CCP opened a new forum section for the CSM campaigns. It is called “Jita Park Speakers Corner” and you can find it here.

I have taken my soap box and set up my own thread there as well: http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=762067.

As a CSM candidate, Dierdra Vaal has been invited as a V.I.P. guest to the “Auctoramentum Gladiatorium” event, hosted by Revan Neferis from Bloodveil. Dierdra will be attending the “CSM Halls” part of the event, a platform of debate and presentation of various CSM candidates.

This invitation has also caused this campaign’s first controversy, as PIE - an Amarr nationalist alliance - have threatened to interpret Dierdra’s attendance as an act of hostility towards the Amarr empire, and have notified her that standings will be set accordingly. Unwilling to bend to outside influence, Dierdra is accepting the invitation as planned, stating:

While I regret PIE’s reaction, I will not let threats dictate my campaign. My attendance at the event should not be interpreted as a sign of favour towards one faction or another, and I would like to remind PIE Ivy League has an open N.A.P. policy. We would be happy to exchange positive standings.

No response has been received from PIE at this point.

We have added 3 new pages to the website that should more clearly illustrate Dierdra’s campaign for CSM.

Eve-Mag recently interviewed a great number of CSM candidates, including Dierdra Vaal. You can read about the Eve-Mag announcement here, or click here to go to the download (.pdf file) directly. You can find Dierdra’s interview on page 43.

The ‘About’ page is updated, and a FAQ page is under construction.

Bear with us as we set up our website. This will soon contain all the details about Dierdra Vaals CSM campaign.