TL;DR
Introduction
This page is more or less the quick 'n' dirty condensed version of my CSM campaign. If you only read one page of this site, then this one should probably be it.
I've put this list together in response to some concerns I see amongst voting circles about how much they have to read as part of the voting process. And considering that there are 64 different candidates running for CSM, I think that's a fair point! So here we go...
Who is Benneh?
Ben Derindar is my PvP main; I am a member of the Axiom Empire [AXE] alliance, a bunch of guys who roam around 0.0 operating on NBSI policy. I've played Eve for four years and PvPed on and off for most of that time, mostly in 0.0 but the odd Empire war too. I make my isk primarily by ratting if I'm in 0.0, or by missioning if I'm in Empire.
IRL my name is Brendan Reid; I am a 29-year-old web developer from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Why vote Benneh?
I'm running for CSM because I like to help people, both in Eve and in RL, and I see the CSM as another opportunity to "do my bit" in an environment that I enjoy. In Eve I regularly help out newbies when I'm on my NPC corp alts, and over 10% of my entire eve-o posting history is in the New Citizens Q&A section. In the past I have drawn Eve maps for people, and prior to the bookmark nerf I created my own "BennehInsta™"sets and gave them away to friends and allies.
Meanwhile my RL employment history reveals 8 years in radio announcing and 3 in teaching, so I have plenty of experience as a communicator within group environments. I have also won CCP's trust in this capacity in the past; In 2006 I was offered a forum moderator's position within ISD, but due to RL commitments that arose unexpectedly at the same time, I had to turn the offer down.
What are your issues?
Essentially, they will be your issues, hence my slogan: it doesn't matter what I think, it matters what you think. That's not to say that I don't have issues of my own - certainly I will pick up on discussion of those subjects more easily than others - but my aim is to be as open-minded as I can. I am as much of a carebear as I am a PvPer, and I certainly don't want to force things one way or the other.
The Benifesto offers some more reading on this subject, but in summary I am personally more interested in the issues of communication between CCP and the playerbase, lag in general, PvP mechanics, low-sec mechanics and the RMT menace.
