So, the CSM8 Candidates are available. Quite frankly, I’m a bit disappointed in the turnout from non-bloc candidates, which TMDC commented on recently. However, without the low-sec representation of Marc Scaurus, it was going to show holes anyway.
So, let’s get the easy ones out of the way:
| DaeHan Minhyok | no | bloc | |
| Sala Cameron | no | bloc | |
| mynnna | no | bloc | |
| progodlegend | no | bloc | |
| Kaleb Rysode | no | bloc | |
| Greene Lee | no | bloc | |
| Kesper North | no | bloc | |
| Awol Aurix | no | bloc | |
| Travis Musgrat | no | bloc | |
| Artctura | no | bloc | |
| Sort Dragon | no | bloc | |
| Banlish | no | bloc | |
I’m not voting for a bloc candidate because they’ll get enough votes regardless; if not directly, then from preferences. There’s some bright people in there, like Banlish and Mynnna, which is nice to see, but my vote won’t make a difference there.
Other NO candidates are
| Grand Admiral Simo-Hayha | no | highsec, possibly James315 alt | |
| Fon Revedhort | no | neo-nazi | |
| Sgurd Battersea | no | no effort put in | |
| PsychoBitch | no | who? | |
which leaves me in the unenviable situation of voting for practically everyone else.
| Ripard Teg | yes | good poster | |
| Malcanis | yes | good poster | |
| Steve Ronuken | yes | industry guy | |
| Ali Aras | yes | token newbie | |
| apricot baby | yes | ui guy | |
| Mike Azariah | yes | casual guy | |
| mangara solaris | yes | rvb guy | |
| Roc Wieler | yes | roleplay guy | |
| Trebor | yes | csm secretary guy | |
| Nathan Jameson | maybe | wspace | |
| Chitsa Jason | maybe | wspace | |
| Cipreh | maybe | wspace | |
| James Arget | maybe | wspace | |
| Corebloodbrothers | maybe | … | |
| Ayeson | maybe | … | |
That’s in rough order of how I would preference them. Only the top seven have a shot, but realistically only two non-bloc candidates will get over the line. The others just haven’t articulated their constituency very well, and will likely be lost in the noise.
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