Why 85% dont vote? maybe becouse couldnt give a fu#k just want log in kill **** or wotever els they do in game and cant be botherd with eve politics same resone most ppl dont go 0.0 and become sheep

who's complaining?

If you really want to change the voting system then how about this

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I am fully aware that I will flamed to Hell and Back but this is something I would actually support


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I would keep the CSM but remove the whole voting for candidates.

Instead I would have say the 10 largest Alliance each put forward 1 Candidate with 1 Assistant and make the CSM up with that.

Why?

Well the most 2 important things for me anyway is that these alliances will actually care a great deal about how the game is developed,and will have a very good understanding how the game mechanics work.

What a lot of people who have only ever lived HS need to realise is that if a lot of problems in null are fixed then by default HS will improve.

You can also argue that people have had years to put together a dedicated HS lobby group and have failed to do so.

You can solve the WH issue by simply inviting a couple of members for various well know WH Alliances / Corps.

Yes it undemocratic but I do not see the CSM as anything other as a advisory body anyway, so you might as well put people who have a good knowledge of all aspects of the game and a solid fundamental understanding of the game mechanicals in that advisory body.

Call me a simple minded Brutor if that's your thing, but after reading all these... lets call them opinions, I am still wondering what the CSM actually is and does. I believe I can represent myself to a larger community better than someone who holds a mere "writ of passage" can, but I commend the effort to brainstorm with the voters and get them to do your job for you.

Also, why is it that all elected canadates seem to go into one all powerful ruling body *sniff, sniff* (I smell a despot!) rather than have a 2, 3 or 4 party system. Then people can vote for their party's elected ministers, 4 months later the ministers vote for a leader to represent them and 4 months after that is the CSM election. 4 months later, rinse and repeat.

Of course, the people are right and any system put in place will be gamed to the max. And since this is just a game, give the voters what they want. Hold a Battle Royale!!!

Well I won't correct you. But two major parties (eg: Red, Blue) and several independant parties would make an effective electoral roll. CSM could act as a neutral moderater rather than a glorified accountant sending/receiving "issues" to and from CCP and players. Plus, a player run EVE governmet (aka: intense headache) would be more interesting than a puppet council doing CCP's bidding, i'd imagine

I hate to agree with you but yeah the main defining characteristics of all the CSM's has been a failure to guide CCP away from monumental mistakes and blunders.

In all honesty almost anything would be better than what we have currently. The system in it's current form is exploitable and a new system or a hybrid of systems is in order.

Now now, some people might have misclicked...

--- Assume standard STV system, where players designate their own votes: How do you reassign overvotes fairly? For example, suppose Trebor received 1000k overvotes.... which of his 1000 voters' votes get reassigned? Is it random, is it a FIFO or LIFO system? And why does anyone get their votes reassigned?? Everyone that voted for trebor is getting their preferred candidate in, so their votes are perfectly placed!!!!