Virtuozzo
The Collective
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Posted - 2011.03.11 01:29:00 -
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I can't push folks to blindly follow the vote, if only because I think that in the light of the interaction between CSM 5 and CCP the whole concept is of such importance to EVE we really should inform ourselves. I know, CSM is part experiment in terms of democratic process, so there is block voting and mud fights and outright manipulation. But, that is part of this emerging dynamic, EVE. It's up to us to read, listen, ask questions, discuss. But that's my opinion, obviously.
Visit the Jita Park section, read the threads, but more importantly follow the links to the blogs of the candidates. Jita park is a hotbed of political posing, obviously. The various candidate threads are a decent place to ask questions, but keep in mind theat it is a political arena.
On blogs candidates tend to be more informative, and there is good opportunity to ask questions and go over answers. A good starting place for that is the CSM 6 Facebook page (I know, Facebook) where the blog posts of the majority of candidates pop up as they are written.
I made my choice, I should say. The motivation is too long to paste it all in here, I originally posted it on SHC. The following is pretty much the gist of it:
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My votes are going equally to Seleene and Trebor. I can't make a choice between them, since both bring to the table the combination of what is needed in CSM 6. In my opinion, obviously.
It's a combination I cannot see present elsewhere, in spite of some really nice folks running, and a few even with a good grasp on several detail level balancing topics - It just strikes me that unless the big pictures are tackled, the detail level will just be used by a "team awesome" to distract folks and simply stall tangible matters into oblivion. Sucks, yes, but EVE is more than just a game. It's an emerging dynamic. And this is CCP.
Considering the multitude of candidates, but also renewed block voting (which IS a part of how the election process works whether we like it or not) and a lot of turmoil on "omg foxnews bridges are getting killed" and more such stuff, they're both going to need every vote they can get.
If you want to read up on them, have a look at their threads (Seleene, Trebor) in Jita park, or read their blogs (Seleene, Trebor, the latter also has a general overview page up).
Anyhow, take a lunchbreak and go over some blog posts, ask questions to candidates and watch them respond (then compare to blog postings or past statements (eve-search.com is your friend, you can not just search for keywords, but also for authors or explore their statistics and posts) - because there is a LOT of politics. Obviously.
As for whether CSM matters? Think of it this way: we have one instrument to make ourselves be heard, the CSM. We can either toss it out of the window unused, or we simply inform ourselves and take the chance. EVE is worth it. So are we all.
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