Sjonkel Dunk
Eighty Joule Brewery
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.11 13:25:00 -
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I think the current system is fine, with a single vote for each account. Any problems with large organized blocks gaming the system or null-sec getting too high representation is easily remedied by increasing the amount of voters. In order to do so, the CSM must be more visible for the playerbase as a whole.
Let me quickly tell a bit about my own situation, to show you what I mean. I'm a fairly active player. I have 3 accounts, one which is my main character that I pvp with. The second is my PI account, while the third is a high-sec trader/manufacturer. I read several EVE blogs daily, and I pay attention to our alliance forums and various news sites. I only started playing back in February, so I'm a fairly new player. Still though, I think it's safe to say I'm pay more attention to what happens with EVE than the average player. I'm not the most hardcore by far though.
The whole mess with Trebors thread is honestly the first thing I've seen CSM do since Mittani was thrown out. I can't come up with a single thing I can remember them doing, or a single change they've been responsible for. Why should the average player care about voting, when they don't even know if the CSM is doing anything? Even those who took the time to vote, cannot know if their representative is doing anything. I know there was some minutes released, but very few people are honestly going to read through that. All this creates an extreme voter apathy. I'll likely vote for whoever the goon leadership endorses, just because I have no idea what the CSM has done or who is responsible for what.
I will say that the way the various CSM members handled Trebors thread, has made me even less impressed with the CSM, but at least it gives me an impression about the various members. There's literally not a single other thing I have to form an impression about them, which is quite sad considering how long it's been since the election.
CCP and/or CSM needs to do something to give the CSM exposure, and give us all information on what the current members are doing, if anything. Right now, they might as well do absolutely nothing for all we know. Find a way to do this, and more people will vote, fixing the problems you are concerned about. |