Meissa Anunthiel
Redshift Industrial Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2011.03.02 21:36:00 -
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Originally by: Aureleos Edited by: Aureleos on 02/03/2011 21:03:08 Lol, Eve politics is crap for sure. Like Mittani says, we are all going to lie to you if you expect the typical democratic process. But honestly, getting a block of guys that works together to block the horse***t ideas that get thrown up by every body who thinks their opinion matters is ultimately the most useful function of the CSM (which otherwise is a worthless organization). Some of the horse***t ideas come from CCP itself.
Ultimately, they want a free vacation to Iceland. Which a**holes do you want to give it to? What intelligence level do you want in the peeps that go to the CSM? And on the flip side, do you want intelligent council members who would love to screw up the game for everyone as part of a larger griefer-style meta-gaming scheme (coughs PL), or do you want intelligent reps that will spoil the plans of those meta-game fapping a**hats?
Caring about the game is one thing: the fact I've spent three years playing shows that, but you have to be realistic about what the CSM can or cannot do. Unified front is the only way to make it do anything. 0.0 needs to sweep the CSM in order for anything to happen or be stopped from happening that we don't want as 0.0ers.
I don't lie, I know some others don't either. There's enough candidates with valid programs that can stand on their own without needing to resort to backhanded real-life lying tactics at this stage. Maybe it will come, but the time is not that yet.
Now, as pointed out in many posts made by me or other, the CSM is no vacation. Picture this: arrive on the evening before the meeting, or during the night. 3 days of meeting, starting around 8:30, ending around 6pm. 1 hour sessions, facing fresh dev teams every time, delving into details. Constant focus required. That's a grind if I've ever lived any. After 3 days, every CSM member who paid attention is exhausted. Evenings are spent with devs, discussion more Eve matters, sharing stories from both sides of the fence, albeit in a more relaxed manner. The morning after the meetings, plane takes off.
No time for vacation. CCP extends as a courtesy to members the ability to prolong their stay, on their own dime, to visit Iceland. But then it's not a free trip anymore, is it? And that's not even taking into account all the time spent prior to the iceland meetings to read and discuss all player proposals.
I'd expect anyone touting the "free trip" aspect to be labelled an idiot, for that's all it is... there's enough reports now to be able to determine that there is no such thing...
Meissa Anunthiel, CSM 2, 3, 4, 5, and maybe 6. ----- Member of CSM 2, 3, 4 and 5. Feel free to contact me with queries. Convo, evemail or join the "meissaCSM" in-game channel. |